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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4445, 26 July 1922, Page 2

The New Plymouth Municipal electric ’bus in June ran a mileage of 2279 miles, and carried 11,068 passengers. The fares collected amounted to £lOB 16s 4d..

One of the speakers at the last meeting of the Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce said (reports the “Waipa Post”) ; t seemed extraordinary, but it. was nevertheless a feet, that the more a man did for the public, tlie greater the public spirit he displayed, the more people he had against him. He had only to show that he was possessed of ideas, pfj initiative, and a certain element was against him. That element was known as “tlie man in the street,” who was free iri his.criticism, but who, generally speaking, did not know what lie was to Iking about.

What is thought to be a new pest in lemons has been discovered in a shipment of the fruit that, arrived recently in Lyttelton (states the Lyttelton “Times”). In the lemons have been discovered the larvae ot a! beetle, and samples are being kept for pupating purposes. The pest attacks the fruit something after the fashion that the codlin moth attacks apples. Of course, if the pest got a good hold in New Zeaalnd, it might be a serious affair for the cultivation of citrus fruits in the Auckland district.

ASK THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC THIS ' According to Police Reports for 1921 there were Over 8800 convictions for drunkenness in New Zealand. Ask the I'quor traffic what made these cases "drunks,” and where did thev get it? Ask the liquor traffic ifl the arrests and convictions represent all the drunkenness in New Zealand ? Ask the liquor traffic if it is true that every habitual drunkard and casual drunkard began as a moderate ? Ask the liquor traffic if intoxicating drink is sold anywhere in New Zealand without drunkenness being there too ? Ask the liquor traffic if a prohibition order taken out by a man himself or bn a relative’s request is ever broken ? Ask the liquor traffic it a prohibition order has a chance of being obeyed whilst an organised trade is pushing temptation before a man at every opportunity ? Ask the liquor traffic who pays when a husband and fathei spends most or. all of his money on drink? In the U.SA. under prohibition'' drunkenness has been reduced 60 per cent. Ask yourself if it is not true that Prohibition is just Commonsense ?■—N.Z. Alliance Publicity.