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Shannon News, 3 February 1922, Page 2

Hals—at least, some rats—have peculiar tastes (says the Christchurch Press). The assistants of the Public Library, who are in the habit of plac ing vases of flowers on the tables, noticed recently that all the carnations placed in the vases, to the number of twenty or thirty, disappeared dui'ing the night. No flowers of any other variety were touched. The City Council's rat campaign supplying the necessary stimulus, one of the staff suggested that a rat might be the cause of the disappearances though no reason for partiality for carnations was capture of a large black rat. The carnations may have been selected as beadvanced. A trap was set with a carmet with a well-deserved reward—the nation as a bait and the brainy device ing particularly suitable for nesting purposes, but that no other flowers at all should be touched is certainly peculiai.

The Australian authorities estimate that the daily loss on the railways is Thi,s comes to about four and a half million pounds a year Although the position is favourable, by comparison with other countries;, the position in Australia,” writes a; Sydney correspondent, “is such that Mr Dooley must do' something immediately. The question: ‘What Wilt Mr Dooley Do ’ was the newspaper heading over the announcement of fhe state of affairs this morning. So far, the question has not been answered.” ' “There is no other medium in New Zealand that will give you the same results at the same proportionate cost as newspaper advertising,” Mr Will Appleton told- the Nurserymen’s Association’s Conference in Christchurch, when discussing “Co-operative Advertising.” Mr Appleton added that his. reasons for the remark quoted were that practically every person in the Dominion could read the daily newspaper, and there was absolute distribution—there was no> country in the world better served with newspapers than little New Zealand. Newspaper advertising cost one-tenth of advertising by circular through the post. “For the best all-round value, you cannot beat the daily newspaper,” said Mr Appleton in conclusion.