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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 52, 25 November 1926, Page 3

Although the establishment if a seismograph at Auckland has been urged in scientific circles, it is an enthusiasm that is not shared by some of the citizens who have taken a prominent part in supporting bodies like the New Zealand Institute and kindred organisations. "It is the last thing that 1 want to see in Auckland." said one prominent citizens in Auckland (states the "Star”), and he went on to say that information in regard to earthquakes and seismic matters generally was the worst kind of advertising that the Dominion could possibly, have. He said that when in Australia he had noted in the newspapers a paucity of Dominion news, which was frequently commented upon by the New Zealand residents there, hut anything in connection with earthquakes was given great prominence, and an entirely wrong impression was being treated in regard to New Zealand. Similarly when in London some tune ago he found in insurance circles an impression that earthquakes were au every-day experience in the Dominion. He had had the greatest difficulty in assuring the people he met that • quite the reverse was the case, and that in the city of Auckland they were entirely unknown.

The nap on silk hats is sometimes made from the fibre of the milkweed.

Canada. which has 103 men to every 10(1 women, has an estimated population of 9.364.201). This Dominion ranks twenty-fifth in ponulation among the nations of the world.