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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 192, 12 February 1914, Page 8

' Mushrkmis arc already making their , ' in huge numbers around : Palm'e'istdn. The sign of this fungus { growth is an indication tlmt the late season is rapidly approaching. ;It has been decided by the Wairarapa Automobile /Association to invite Mr. Keith ' Jackson, of Masterton, to address the executive at its next meeting on the proposal to establish benzol works iii New Zealand. It is estimated that £20,000 would be required to capitalise the scheme. J A dastardly act is reported from the Timaru .golf links. Some miscreant smpUiered the horse in use at the links ■ with coal tar, and the poor brute's con- ' sequent suffering was great. A veterinary surgeon has been at work on the .animal, but it is very doubtful if Hie ■ horse will survive the outrage. ■. Few crazes are more extraordinary than the American mania of "souvenirJiunting." It is calculated that in London hotels nlono the annual depreda- ' Jaojw_Ainpui)t..to £20,000, mostly made up of articles of small intrinsic value, Such as plates and spoons. Snobbery is said to be responsible, as the returning itourist loves to display articles bearing tlie crest of celebrated hostelries. Tho worst of the souvenir fiends are the travellers who carry small axes to chip off pieces of statues and fragments of the masonry of cathedrals. . Mr. C. Leech, of Rangiora, has set up a stripping machine in his llaxmill to make a more effective dressing of the fibre. The machine is the ordinary ..stripper irttcd with feed rollers. These, by a different motion, travel at a less speed than the. stripping rollers, where--by a kind of scraping process is promoted on the flax leaves. The experiment, has been satisfactory, but a more complete test is to be given shortly. Mr. Leech expects that the dressing of the flax will be much improved, and the .vegetable and gummy matter will be removed much more effectively. "In the voting men of New Zealand, and I have a high opinion of them, I see a likeness to some of the rivers of New Zealand, and more particularly to those of Canterbury." said Dr. A. W. Avcrill, new liishop of Auckland, in an address at the Y.M.C.A. at Auckland the other day. "They arc good for sport, and in some cases very sluggish. Unless you can liarnehs them they are not much good for the country.''' Men required to lie harnessed *by Christian ideals, concluded the speaker, and they would then give (heir lives to unsellisii service lor their Uod and humanity. Ask for the famous "Roslyn" Writin" Pad every time! Containing 100 sheets fine bank paper, with artistic picture ot New Zealand's Wonderland (Rotorua), including photo of a charming native girl. Only 6d ach, from local dealers.

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