NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2155, 27 July 1920, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

■ln conversation with a stock deal-, er, a Southland Times representative was informed that the sale of 372 head of cattle at £32 each had taken place between a Balclutha grazier and a Christchurch butchery the other day. This probably represents one of the biggest transactions of

this nature that has taken place in South Otago for some time.

One crumb of comfort that may be taken in connection with the increased price of sugar is that- the average man eats too much sugar. Dr. Thacker, M.P., states that one of the first articles of diet *he rules .out is sugar, because it is an unsuitable food for a person who does not get good muscular exercise. In such eases sugar can be replaced in the diet by fruit, either dried or fresh. At the same time he states that the epidemic, proved that sugar is one of the most necessary articles of diet, because the epidemic started in Europe, owing to the amount of sugar in the blood (normally 9 per cent.) being reduced.

The old Mabri idea regarding tapu still prevails in some districts, notwithstanding the spiead of education. In the north, a Maori woman had been engaged by the local constable to scrub out the Police Court. When the constable inspected the job before making payment, he noticed that the dais (5n which the majesty of the law is represented by the magistrate had been carefully left untouched. Upon demanding the reason, he was informed by the woman that she dare not touch that because it was “tapu,” that she feared to approach the spot where the magistrate, sat to dispense justice.

The Dunedin Star says: —W e understand dial the tooling amongst dairy farmers in regard, to selling their output to 'the Co-operative Wholesale Society in England is not by any means unanimous in favour of the scheme. During the last few days a number of the factories in this province have sold their season’s output of cheese to the Tooloy Street houses at prices ranging from 1 lj ! d to Is 2d per lb, f.o.b. The corresponding prices before the Government control was lifted was 10}d per lb. While the farmers as a whole favour co-operation in the matter of selling their produce, they object to being tied to one ■particular channel of distribution.

Can cancer be cured ? Scientists say no, but a Yew Plymouth man says it, cun be, as lie found recently in the United States. His wife had been operated upon for cancer, and, as is generally the case with the virulent kind of the disease, the operation only accelerated the growth. By accident he found that there was an institution in "Virginia that claimed to cure all forms of cancer except intestinal, so he and his wife repaired thither without delay. She was in the institution for a few weeks, and way completely cured, the cancer itself coming away by the roots, and though the event look place over a year ago there is no sign of a recrudescence of the disease. He found out afterwards from others that the cure was quite permanent, and he says it is a great pity the cure is little known, for one out of seven die from it in New Zealand. Most, of the cases run ho successfully treated. Our informant is quite prepared to give full information regarding (lie cure to anyone interested. Enquiries addressed to us marked “Cancer,” will be forwarded to him. —Hews.