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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 251, 31 October 1901, Page 4

But bad as the man is, the boy with the cigarette is infinitely worse. He can buy the iilthv things at the rate of ten for twopence, with the portrait of a dancinggirl or a famous general into the bargain, but the really remarkable consideration is that he can smoke them at all without becoming ill. —Opotiki Guardian. The colony is shortening sail, so to speak, in order to be ready lor a change of wind; but her so-called friends assume that she has been struck by a tornado, and yet they can only vainly declare that it was what they expected and had predicted. and glory in their vanity, instead of holding out the hand of friendship.— Nelson Colonist. As regards the future, caution is certainly necessary, but the growth of revenue gives reason for honing that the future will prove increasingly bright, for the people of New Zealand are not content to stand still, and settlement is advancing, and industries are being developed.— Nelson Colonist.

A stony, waterless region of France has evolved a race of .mimais that do not drink. The sheep feeding upon the fragrant herbs have altogether lost the habit of drinking, and the cows drink very little. The muchesteemed Roquefort cheese is made from the milk of the non-drinking cows,