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Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1925, Page 4

“Tho 0110 drawback.” said an Australian visitor to Wanganui, “is that your beautiful country is not advertised. Do you know tliat half the people in Australia—l mean people who are in affluent circumstances—know nothing of your liotorua. nothin”: of your glueiers in South Westland, little of your beautiful Wanganui river, but a great deal of your footballers? Would it surprise you to know that 7o per cent, of Australian tourists visit the Malay States-and far-olf Continents yearly, oblivious to the fact that the most wonderful eotitry in the world. New Zealand. lies at their very doorsteps? And whv. again ? liecause you do not advertise."—“Chronicle.”

In April last a Wanganui land agent bought a pocket knife anil discovered with dismay on the first occasion that he used it the blade crumpled like a piece of lead. More in sorrow than in anger ho wrote to the makers, a Shellield tirm. with the result. She “Herald" says, that he got hack both a nice letter and a new knife. The tirm said that the kirife had evidently been an unfortunate exception to the high-class cutlery sold: “As yon state in your postscript, you certainly sent tts good soldiers and good ltugby players. and you can take it from us that we do not wish to send out anything but the best of cutlery,” ,