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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18232, 17 November 1924, Page 11

. While the Empire Parliamentary Association in : South Africa'were paying a visit •to a dam built for,; irrigation purposes, a very informative; speech ■was delivered by ; the Hon. A. P. Hawke (New Zealand), who 6poke on irrigation matters in' his Dominion. He said he noticed the similarity between the conditions there and in South Africa,- and had been much impressed bv the Grass Eidge Dam, which scheme, he predicted, was going to.be an education to the whole- of' South Africa. • He drew a picture .of how irrigation, had transformed .farming in the dry parts of the South Island; Although : cock-fighting, or, as it-was more commonly called "cocking, officially came to ■ an- end in Britain in 1849, battles were held in. different parts of the United Kingdonv very much later .than that year., ihe last list published of meeting was in 1867, but even bo late as 1875 there was a '.'mam' fought between Paington and Alnwick,..at Brawnton. Iu Mexico, however, the main still-stands.' The Mexican passes hi* Sundays, his Saints' days, and **& holidays at. the- cock-pit. He : may «>e seen on anv of these days walking down the street with a pair of birds under bis arms, on his way to the arena. A business man", called Campbell tells of .the strange survival of-a clan'feud which was.brougrrt unpleasantlv to his notice during a. Higklanrl tour. He was • driving in.- the Glencoe district when he happened, unwueiy, to remark to the.Jehu, '"Perhaps it-would be dangerous for met» say in this district tha'o rny narse is Campbell-" The driver's response to' the pleasantry was ..impressive, for he stopped the machine at once and' told his fare,that he would drive him no farther. "I am a McDonald," ha said, with dignity", "and I will never drive a Campbell, -if .1 .can hel-p-it." • And; he