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Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1930, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL

DUKE AT GOLF. LONDON, Oct. 10. When the Duke of York played him. t*»lf in as captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews, he had to he up very early. This timehonoured ceremony takes place 'before breakfast, or, to be exact, at 8 a.m. And breakfast follows it. Tt had rained all night, but the dawn’was clear. Over five thousand people stood round, a terrifying gallery for a nervous man to play such a ceremonial "shot. The caddies paid the Duke the compliment of waiting for his ball beyond the roadway, and. were rewarded for their optimism. Old Andrew Kircakly, the veteran professional of St. Andrews, • teed up a high hall. The Diike took a club, then changed it for a steel-shafted driver, rolled up his sleeves, and

a bea:utiful drive straight down tin fairway. The'bat? flew low and tarried the roadway, and came to rest 200 yards away. It was the finest playing-in tee shot for many years. Eight years ago the Princes of Waps was played in as captain when his ball merely trickled off the tee.

As the Duke’s hall came to rest, there was a scramble among the oaddie,s for it, which had all the vigour of a Rugby scrum, and the winner was accorded the usual golden soveieign. and shook hands with the Duke. Then the old gun boomed out the announcement that another captain had played himself into office, and t ■ game began.

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England is very indignant about ar article in very had taste which -l’”' iost appeared in Now York. suppled (by a woman of title who lias been hotel proprietress. rabbit breeder and manv 'other thing*. Tt states tha tthe Prince gave liis solemn pledge to the Duke and Duel, ess that if the baby was not a bov lie would get married with,in the v w Tt also contains, I l>elievc, some rather minleasant tilings. But American papers will pay a big price for sue l ' news.

Am other recent attempt to nom mercialiise the Royal Family was nrooosal to writ® the biogrnnhv Princess Elizabeth. T don’t know i 1 this has” been stooped, hut there wa« an indignant outcry about all tha manufactured rubbish that appeal's about, the little Princess, most of which is purely imaginative. COST OF A “BEAUTY” FACE. This is the cost of a modern benubftil face: Massage and mod park. three cnincus: and pond. permanent wave, ; five guineas ; that plucking o* the eyebrows with a •pair of glittering tweezers, one guinea. Then comes the tinting, the cream and roses, the violet shadows that make eves like forest poolsr-aiio+her guinea. Now he starts on her lips, the tiny scarlet pencil that curves the o’iPid’s how half a guinea. Mv lady ©merges aft«r about three hours mirerognisabb' in her new beauty, at a total cost of al>out ten guineas. Experts now agree that each kiss dors half a, nr,urea’s damage to that work of art—her face. DOG AND HORSE DOPING. The doping of racing dogs has filled Vhp air. and he w th inside information has been telling stable secrets. It is not drugs that do the damage. Just a change of diet, and your hound may vary his pace enough to win or lo<e half a fortune. A long fast or a fat meal will make as much difference to his pace as a shot of drugs. Now a trainer has been warned off the racecourse, because a horse from his stable which won a race was proved to have been ‘ drugged. But who drugged the horse P The racing stewards assume that the trainer was responsible. Friends of the trainer have implicit faith in his integrity, and have offered £SOO reward for evidence of who did the drugging. And now Scotland Yard is taking a hand in the mystery. PEDDLER GAMBLER. Dog racing has qpened the door for Jutting among the poorer people. Recently a tipster, who went from door to door in Liverpool, selling brushes' nnd household odds and ends to women, was found to be, earning, £2O a week from selling them tips on the dogs His brushes were just a sideline, and gave him entry, and also ore veil ted suspicion growing around his frequent visits. Be found they could not resist tlm chance of a small gamble—that- alluring something for nothing. CURE FOR, HEART DISEASE. Now doctors have a new ta.le to tell. Heart disease causes more deaths titan anything else. Yet the cure soems easy and not unpleasant. Don’t work too hard, avoid drinking water, or too much water. That will cheer quite a lot of people. Eat sugar, 'live heart is. all muscles, and sugar is the best food fur it. Recently we ha re heard a lot about the stimulating effect of (sugar. 1 often see tired wr-mrii n at a. few lumps of loaf sugar and declare they feel letter. What could be simpler ?