NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1917, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

On Monday 7 (says the correspondent of the Dominion) the Napier insurance companies paid out over £75,000 in connection with losses sustained at tlie recent fire at Dannevirke.

No fewer than 14 19-year old recruits volunteered in Invercargill last week. With the exception of one, who was classed 01, all passed the medical test. This is most unusual, for, as a rule, a considerable number fail.

A representative of the Advances to Workers Department paid a visit to, Te Aroha last week in order to prepare a report on most suitable sites for workers’ houses. It is understood the department is prepared to erect a limited number of houses in the near future. France has now the most powerful blast furnace in Europe, surpassing the famous Krupp works. It is located in Normandy, and was constructed since -the war. After the war France will be a formidable competitor of Germany for tire iron and steel trade of the world. At a well known poultry farm in Sydenham (says the Christchurch Press) a girl called for a sitting of a dozen duck eggs. She came back again twice on the same day, on each occasion making a similar purchase. At the last visit the poultry farmer asked the girl if her mother had an incubator, as she required so many eggs. The delightfully innocent answer was: “No, but mum has a very big hen.”

YOU CAN ENJOY WAI—RONGOA | IN YOUR OWN HOME. ! Time was when Wai-Rongoa Natural Mineral Water—'Now Zealand’s princi- ' pal mineral water—could only be par taken of by dwellers in its immediate vicinity, or by the few who could afford to travel to the Springs. To- | day, however, owing to improved facilities, the waters of this mineral spring, with all its healing qualities unimpaired, are. bottled and distributed,- and may be enjoyed by purchasers in their own Domes, whatever part of Dominion they may reside in.

The advantage of drinking tVai Itongoa Natural Mineral Water regularly cannot be over-estimated. It contains properties which make it both tonic and aperient. Charged as it is with its own natural gas, its effect is to cxhiliarate and invigorate the system, to promote digestion, to check acidity of the stomach, and to cure rheumatism, gout, etc. The New Zealand “Medical Journal” says:—“Waillongoa can be confidently recommended as a table beverage. It is beautifully clear, cool and effervescing, with sufficient chalybeate qualities to remind one there arc healing qualities in this liquid, as well as simple refreshment.” Drink it by itself or with your whisky. Obtainable at hotels, chemists clubs and stores.