WAR NOT FEARED

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 338, 20 January 1937, Page 6

WAR NOT FEARED

FEELING IN BRITAIN “HAS MUCH UP HER SLEEVE.” ENGINEER’S IMPRESSIONS. There is no war scare and no talk >f war in London, according to Mr. H. iV. Childs, electrical engineer to the Kaiapoi Borough Council, who has returned after living in England for throe months. Mr. Childs is a native of London and he noticed many changes •ifter an absence of 29 years. While Londoners admitted that the •uture might harbour dire consequences, iny suggestion of an immediate out>reak found little support. There was i feeling of quiet confidence as to the state of Britain’s preparedness. “Bri tain is eaid to have much up her sleeve and already rearmament is proceeding ■it an enormous pave 1 ,” he said. London was the most sober and orders' city, Mr. Childs continued. He did not encounter one drunken man during nis stay in the city and he ascribed •hie state of affairs to the fact that the tens of thousands of hotels catered for the public by supplying drink during lie leisure hours of the people. Money spent 6n drink was equally apportioned over the seven days of the week ind sobriety was the restilt. FEW SIGNS OF DEPRESSION. Mr. Childs saw no signs of depression, except in derelict mining areas. In industrial centres and farming comnunities there was an actual shortage of labour. Undoubtedly the speiding ip of the manufacture of armaments accounted in large measure for this shortage. “It is safer to cross the road in London than to cross the street n Christchurch,” Mr. Childs commented. “The system of control is amazingiv efficient and the skill and ability ind dicipline of motorists in restrict cd'or unrestricted areas is a revela iion.” In addition ter already possessing among its many power-houses one of 380.000 k.w. capacity, London had in its control the Battersea power-house, with a potential capacity of 500,000 k.w. This station was visited by students and engineers from ali parts of the world. All its functions, electrical and mechanical, were governed by n wonderful system of remote control From its two 340-foot chimneys, no’ more than 5 per cent, of noxious fumes were permitted to enter the at mosphere. Milk, eggs, non-seasonal fruit am l fish generally were more expensive than in New Zealand, but bread, clothing, crockery, furniture, groceries, rents travel "and amusements were much cheaper. “Army officers and all ex-service men eite New Zealanders as gentlemen, who will never be forgotten,” Mr. Vhilds

The late G. K. Chesterton, the well- | known Journalist and Author, may j not have cared much, for “cakes and ■ ale,” he preferred, tobacco and ale and was a keen judge of both He loved a good cigar but loved his merschaum no less. His favourite ’baccy, it seems, was a blend of his own, doubtless very “grateful and comforting” after a hard day’s work. This same tobacco appears to have resembled in some respects New Zealand’s famous Cut Plug No. 10, but differed from it. in one most important particular—-it wasn’t toasted. As to that, the world’s only toasted tobaccos are those grown and manufactured within this Dominion —Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. .Now you can’t go on smoking the ordinary tobaccos for any length of time without getting a burned tongue or other ills. But you can puff “toasted” freely as you please; it won’t burn your tongue, irritate your throat, affect your heart or nerves. 1 Where can you find its equal for flavour, aroma, comfort and enjoyment?