LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Patea Mail, 7 May 1941, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

A pair of white Rosary beads, lost between Catholic Church and Town Hall, are enquired for in this issue.

Those requiring building material, especially wallboards, asbestos sheets, roofing materials, concrete products, lino and rubber flooring, or paints, should communicate with G. F. Millward and Co. Ltd., Wanganui, who will furnish prices etc.

ihe tivo old mates chanced to meet .11 the Auckland domain and got talkng about the old days. “I 'member ho time," sal one, ‘‘when you could t'l.iy a prime leg o[ mutton for a bob." "Ah," said the other, "and I mind the time when beer was sixpence a pint and ’bacca sixpence an ounce. Not this here toasted ‘bacca ’most everyone smokes now, of course." "Not likely," agreed his mate. "Toasted is different to other ’bacca. I been smoking it this dozen years —mid can you beat it?" "There’s nothing to touch it!" declared the other with emphasis, "and mind you, it couldn’t do you no ’arm not if you smoked a pound of it a week. That’s what toasting does!" This being carried unanimously, the pair lit up and toddled off in quest of " ’arf a ’audio." Toasted certainly has an irresistible appeal for smokers. Look at the demand for all five '■rands: Cul Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish. I? i verb cad Gold and Desert Gold. Yes, and h'ok at the imitations—and avoid them!