LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Patea Mail, 8 January 1940, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

An advertiser 11181108 to rent 1 fur l nished and 1 unfurnished room.

An advertiser requires two unfun uished rooms.

An.advertiser fas room for a couple of.hoarders.

An advertiser * has a vacancy for a boarder.

An. advertiser has 'a first-class baby Austin car to sell at a bargain figure.

Langslow’s have an advertisement in this issue relating to January specials. They feature the latest in ladies’ sun ray shirts, costumes, frocks etc.

Those intending to travel oversea* should make a point of communicating with .Messrs C. F. Millward and Co., Wanganui, who will furjiish them wits, fuil particulars with regard to fares, sailings etc.

Messrs Smith and Trim Ltd. advertise in this issue particulars of their sale at the Foresters’ Hall at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 10th, of the whole of the household furniture and effects of Mr. A. Edser, who is leaving the district.

The attention of our readers is directed to an advertisement in this issue in connection with the special arrangements made by the Railway Department for a week-end excursion to Wellington an "connection with the Centennial Exhibition.

In Germany wedding rinp are now being manufactured of steel, and the press has been instructed to describe them as having a “fine and noble effect.” Germany’s 12,000 jewellers and goldsmiths may only sell gold and jewellery if the customer surrenders old gold of equal weight. •

. Germans who found the food ration doled out by the Nazis insufficient and unsatisfactory'have , recently had recourse to a simple ruse to obtain extra supplies. They “fell ill” and called in a doctor, who prescribed'more and better food, allowed only on a medical certificate. .

Enthusiasm was the keynote of the civic reception to Major-General Freyberg in the Auckland Town Hall on Tuesday. At one stage when the Rt. Hofi. J. G. Coates, who represented Auckland returned soldiers referred to Major-General Freyberg, there was a cry of “Good old Tiny.” Tiny is the nickname by which the army leader has been popularly known since he held various swimming championships and records before the Great War. , v.

The magnitude of the oil testing operations at present being carried out in Taranaki is shown by the fact that the company engaged on the work, which operates over the extensive area from Uruti to Waverley and many miles inland,, lias .put down between 500 and 600 .bores, the depth of which aggregates 40,000 feet. Technicians believe that if oil is found in Taranaki it will be at about the 7,000 feet level. •

To‘mil at tobacco for thirty years ahd denounce smoking as a vice and then conclude that you’ve been “barking up the wrong tree” all the time? What a ‘right about face!’ The late Professor Huxley, tho. eminent scientist, was au auti-tobaccoitc for half his lifetime, One day a friend persuaded him to try a mild Havana, and straightaway he changed his tune! He found it delicious and lived to admit “there’s ho more harm in a pipe of tobacco than there is in a cup of tea,” But’ tobacco varies in quality just us tea docs. In both cases it’s a wise plan to buy the best but not necessarily the most expensive. In the case of tobacco the best is.the genuine ‘toasted’ which though quite moderate in price is matchless for bouquet and mi rivalled for purity. 'The nicotine it contains (common to all tobaccos) is eliminated by toasting, and bon"c the barmiossnoss of the five toasted brands —Gut Ping No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, RivoriiCff-d Gold find Desert Gold.

Mis:: F. Power lias a splendid range of diaries to suit all tastes. Also a line stock of .reading matter suitable for the holidays. Opening an envelope from England addressed in her fiance’s handwriting, a Danish girl found inside the following note from a British censor; “In this envelope was a letter from your fiance. Mr. ' . ’ He was too talkative and wrote of things which did not concern him, and for this reason we were obliged to destroy Hs letter. All the same we wisli to assure you that he is quite well and sends his loving greetings and many kisses. “When next you write to him, perhaps yen wouid bo good enough to ask him in future to write love letters. ”

On Wednesday the Island Bay bowling green was covered by two feet of water. On Thursday Nature had left it surfaced by a thin coat of silt topdressing which will probably do it more good than harm. Club officials who inspected it state that the water, which overflowed from a nearby street, flowed gently over the green and did not scour in any part. It has therefore, left a coat of silt, with the grass protruding hero and there, which may, if carefully treated, act as an excellent top-dress-ing, to the ultimate improvement of the turf.