HOUSE NUMBERS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6242, 14 June 1946, Page 4

HOUSE NUMBERS

RELATION TO STREET NAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL DISCUSSION Mr W ( . Tootill attended Monday’s meeting of Te Awamutu Borough Council at the request of the Mayor, when the numbering of houses was discussed. The Mayor said that one aspect of the subject was the correct naming of streets and where they started and ended. Mr Tootill explained the position as he saw it in regard to various streets. Lack of continuity of names led to confusion. Before having the houses numbered it would be a good idea to get the streets placed in their proper sections. Cr Wjoodward said it was going to be a long job, and he’thought that a special meeting of the Council, with representatives of the Post Office, the Carriers’ Association, and Mr Tootill, should be held, and a definite plan outlined. It would take a full night to arrive at a decision. Cr Woodward moved accordingly. Mr Tootill considered the suggestion a good one. Cr Clarke seconded the motion.

Cr Pa’rsons saw no reason for a special meeting. Qnce the streets were namied there would be no stumbling block to the numbering of the houses.

Cr Hopping said he was inclined to agree with Cr Parsons that there was no need to hold a special meeting.

On the motion being put it was defeated, only the mover and seconder voting for it.

Bright and early the other morning an old Maori woman, wearing a man’s battered felt hat and a brightly coloured shawl, was seated on the steps of a warehouse in Customs Street, Auckland, calmly smoking a blackened c’lay pipe. Two smartly-dressed, laughing girls passed. Said one: “ How happy that old thing looks ! ” “ She’s enjoying her after-breakfast pipe,” said the other. They seemed much amused. “ I wonder,” said the first, “ what (kind of tobacco she smokes—must be something special, I should say.” “ Let’s go back and ask her,” said her friend, “ just for fun.” So back they went, and asked her. The old dame smiled, and said: her. The od dame smiled, and said: “ Cut Plug No. 10,” adding that she always smoked it. It is one of the five famous toasted tobaccos Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold, and Desert Gold. And their rare flavour and delightful fragrance appeal to Maori and pakeha alike. And they have another outstanding merit: they are harmless ! It’s the toasting that eliminates the poisonous nicotine. All toasted, and no sore throat, no cough.