NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3596, 8 February 1927, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES

Water-glass, in solution in water, is commonly used for preserving eggs.

Attempts are being made to grow the Douglas pine to its full height in Britain. In the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere this tree reaches 250 ft.

A radium-bearing ore vein of considerable size and value was discovered recently near the old TuyaMuyun mines in Turkestan, Asiatic Russia.

The sum of £11,688 was spent by the London County Couficil last year on 859 band performances, 224 dances and 128 stentorphone performances.

Ratana’s boycott of Wanganui institutions has not extended to the court there. Although his disciples no longer purchase luxuries and necessities from Wanganui business men, they still patronise the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court, and for a long period yesterday the Bench was occupied with the hearing of rather tedious evidence tendered by Ilatana natives on various claims. “I wish Ratana would take this business to Marton, along with the rest of it,” said one of those eingaged in the proceedings. Speaking at a Rugby football function in France on the occasion of the visit of the Maori team, the New Zealand Prime Minister (the Right Hon. J. G. Coates) said “I always think that the final test- of sportsmanship is to win the appreciation oil.' the public whether the game is lost or won. The Maoris will play to win if they possibly can, but they will be satisfied if their tactics are appreciated by the people of France. It is very pleasing to me to be here on your own ground. Now that we are back into normal times and the war is over and out of the way, let us hope that the nations will be able to understand one another, and live in peace so long as it is peace with honour.”

Is the spirit of the early pioneers

dying out? The question was answered in. the negative )>y the Governor-General (Sir James Fergusson) when he returned from a visit to the North (states the “New Zealand Herald”). His Excellency explained that he had studied the people he met on the tour, and had found living examples of the old pioneers. “People talk as if the race of old pioneers has died out. That is not so. We saw, in going through the country, men and women exhibiting exactly the same qualities of resource, endfuranci*, and courage as 'those possessed by their grandparents. It has been a perfect eye-opener.” He added that through meeting the people he had realised the great work they were doing in building up the country. WJhat is the least injurious form of smoking? The doctors favour the pipe. So does Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the British Premier (an inveterate smoker). By the way, Mr. Baldwin differentiated between

smokers. He says, judging by his experience, pipe smokers take a wider and saner view of things than either cigarette or cigar smokers. Be that as it may, the pipe has much to recommend it hygienically. And what of the tobacco? That is an all-important question. Toboccos heavily charged with nicotine (like most of the imported brands) cannot be smoked habitually without causing trouble sooner or later. The heart, the nerves, or the general health is bound to suffer. In marked contrast are our New Zealand grown tobaccos, which, as a result of the toasting process to which they are now subjected, are so pure and so comparatively free from nicotine that they may be indulged in freely with absolute safety. That’s why doctors recommend them. Obtainable in three grades. “Riverhead Gold,” mild; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium; or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bulishead), full strength. Caversham Mixture is the latest addition. 46.