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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 704, 3 February 1922, Page 5

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —The nineteenth century surpassed all preceeding centuries as to the wonders and triumphs of inventive genius. Probably the twentieth will not only vie with but quite eclipse i.ts predecessor in such advancement. Already we have seen the flying machine inland at an altitude of ten thousand feet, speeding tc the Waikato towns. The tank has crushed through barriers that would otherwise have made advance beyond “No Man’s Land” humanly impossible. Also we are informed (that electricians have recently succeeded in transmittig ntheir subtle fluid over noder-ate-sized conductors at a voltage of one million. We are sure to find other equally startling advances made at not distant dates. Why should our little town remain in obscurity ? Indeed, it is not doing so. A genius has appeared in t, having made the dual discovery of a means of turning gci£» engine sr r * &so into common “mud,” and of a substance which he names “soft soap.” Hurrah, Mr Hurle. daubtJess your inventive powers will stand you in such good stead tha + the name Pokekihe and you* name wil’ be coupled in the temple of Faroe. —I am, etc., CIVIS.