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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 781, 3 November 1922, Page 6

Un '“ "f Hm businesses Uiat have been hi!, since the days of plenty following and during the war is that of Ihe übiquitous taxi-man. Before the - country was flooded with money resulting from Imperial purchases there were only seven or bight taxis in Dunedin, and their owners earned a com—lortahle living. Soon, however, tin; business became so * lucrative that, like all good things, it was rushed by many who had visions of getting rich, quickly, and more or less easily. For a sliorl time they were on the road to attaining their desire but gratuity money does not last for ever, and with its disappearance disappeared their hopes says the Otago Daily Times), {'here are now over seventy taxis registered in (lie city, but within the past month or two many have packed up and left for other avenues of bread-winning. “A "short time ago there were twice as many men in this rank as there are now,” said one taxi driver. He added that it was n<d uncommon for a man to wait all day on the rank to earn half-a-crown. A decent run was a rarity nowadays.

Several of America's ould men have been advising their countrymen how to live long. Mr John A. Stewart, who was financial adviser to President Lincoln, and is still chairman of the trustees of the United States Trust Company of New York at one hundred years of age, says his great rule is moderation in ail things and lie avoids smoking. Mr Barr Spangler, another centenarian financier, gives * similar advice, and has attained hi-*

great age on two meals a day. Dr! Stephen Smith, “the father of American public health,” who died in New Turk a few weeks ago within a few months of his hundredth birthday, went so far as to declare that everyone who tailed to reach the ecnlury killed himself with his knife and fork. He had ten maxims for long life: Eat> hardly any. meat: drink lots of milk; lake a nap after luncheon and dinner: sleep ten hours; sleep outdoors; don't smoke; don't eat fewecls; take no stimulants; "avoid the easv elixir* ani#' all foolishness. * ’ 1

The Maori was governed by three ruling passions—to kill his enemy, to love a woman, and to turn his steps to the sea once in a year. The first has almost been obliterated by the law and by Chrislianily. the second will die only with the race, and the third is modified by the supplv of equivalents lor fish food. Every season, however, quite large parties oi Maoris visit some localities in this district, when the streams through llto flat country grow abundance of watercress ‘States Hie "Manawatu Daily limes”). This weed is hauled out 0} hare arms to trie banks for miles along water courses, and , with it thousands of eels. These are smoked, or. ii the weather is favourable, dried m the sun. In the absence of flesh mod m New Zealand the desire of the Mauri lor fish was one 'of his strongest, passions.

According to some London papers, Uu> King will, during the course of ihe next to wtnonlhs, create Prince Henry ;i Ruya! Duke, and much speculation prevails as lo the title I hat will he bestowed upon him. There is every possibility that this will be Duke of Edinburgh.