NEWS AND NOTES.
The Queen of Spain was so pleased with the New Zealand cheese which she tasted at Wembley that she ordered a crate to be sent to Madrid.
Rainfall measured in yards has been the lot of Innisfield, between Townsville and Cairns, Queensland, on the Great Northern Railway, now in course of construction. A Brisbane newspaper of July 41 h stated that since the beginning of the year three yar<l> of rain has fallen at Innisfield or in other words, 108 inches.
“It is inconceivable that you could have a more peaceful, lawabiding community living in a foreign country than the Chinese. The pioneer of the Dominion butter industry was a Chinaman living in Taranaki. Those who have traded with the Chinese know that none have a higher sense of humour and duty than they.”—The Mayor of Palmerston N., Mr F. Nathan.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2769, 9 August 1924, Page 1
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