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NEWS AND NOTES.

- It is not (lie heat that gives yon sunstroke, bill Die invisible viole! rays of the sun, 'and the base of your skull is Ibe vulnerable spoi. A Persian carpet in the Victoria and Albert Museum measures 34ft. by 174 ft., and contains nearly-400 hand-tied knots to the square inch, or oyer 30,000,000 knots In t-ii(• whole carpet. Cabinet has decided to' proceed with the Parliamentary visit to Sa- . moa, and telegrams are now being sent on behalf of the Premier to members of Parliament, inviting them to take part in the trip. The .steamer will leave in the second week in Eobruary, and the trip will occupy about 30 days. Invitations are being issued to members themselves, not to their wives. It is not expected that the Premier will be •‘able to accompany the party, but Sir James Allen will go. It is hoped to arrange for trade ooraissumers to accompany the Parliamentary party, The High Commissioner of the Pacific desire;- to have a conference In-'tween the trade represent alives nf I lie .Dominirn nud ihe Pijian Administration,, end tins witl probably be arranged a! the seme rime. The selection of bn •.mesa men to re! as Iradc c •«:ii■ ii-• i - ictW under considcranon. i An A.-hbuvio!! ra-advar wlio Im.-'r-i'Ccnily rciimicd troui a tour in (he .Wcdi island, ial.V.rmcd a Ouardian reporfer lhat he considered, a tier seeing Ihe Idgh prices paid for dairying land in Ihe north, land in ihe south country was selling te.-i’ cheap, in Ihe Waikato, where the land-boom started some years ago. and laidCiDiiinued to the present time, il was not uncommon to pay JJSI) In £!)(! per acre for dairying laud, and then, in order io make il p.ay, have In puljup to 24 (.ras per acre of mamirr oh per anrnini. The I a naei', who could stand the c.dd had a inncli easier time of il in the ,\shlmr(on Courtly, and ihe drain on his pockel to buy in was not nearly so hea-vy. “My great-grandfather never had on a pair of boots in his life I ill I hey were put on when lie went lo (ighi for Prince Charlie at Culloden, and we have not the physique- of our forefathers,” said a' Devonport (Auckland) Scot, after he had been barracked for goitig without his boots during the holiday season. “If we had a little'more of the barefooted business, and a little less of the stuck-up collar, we might have a return to the days when men. lived on plain fare, and when they had to hunt and toil for what they ate, and then they threw themselves down at night and slept. What I say is an impossible dream in these days,” concluded the Scot, “but I have not worn a boot for eight days, and it’s glorious. Put what of the cilice desk next week!” One channel through which numbers of’ undesirable characters mightheater New Zealand if a very strict walc.li is not kept, was demonstrated in the Police Court on Wednesday, says the New Zealand Herald, when four seamen from England, two of whom, it was staled, had been “logged" on ibeir vessel, were, brought before Mr J. Is. Wilson, S.M., on a thefl charge, After they had been convicted, I lie niasler of Ibe ship said he did vml wish them lo come aboard again, indicalmg 11ml il did not mailer if, by imprisonment, they missed Ihoir. vessel. “Oh, that is very nice of you,” remarked the Magistrate, “but New Zealand happens to want these men even less than you do. I cannot prevent .yen from discharging them here, but I think you should know that we have no room for them in New Zealand.” The men were not imprisoned.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2080, 20 January 1920, Page 1

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NEWS AND NOTES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2080, 20 January 1920, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2080, 20 January 1920, Page 1

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