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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8, 9 January 1908, Page 2

Despite official and journalistic reminders, and the imposition of a ten pen. cent, penalty for delay, a largo number* of people have not yet paid their land tax (says the ''Dominion"), During the past few weeks the Commissioner for Taxes (Mr. P. Hej'es) has been receiving the annual pathetic explanations of people who, through various misconceptions, omitted to forward the State's tribute by the appointed time, and now submit heartrending reasons why thfy should not be penalised in consequence. To these the Commissioner points out ! that the hated addition of ten per cent after a certain date is just a-i truly rax as is the original exaction, and the ad- I ministrator of the Act can no more remit! one than the other. Every year, Mr. Heyes states, a considerable number of I persons make themselves liable for the I increased rate, though in some, cases, the I difference represents hundreds of pound?. A month's notice is always given of the date when the tax will become due, and ' afterwards a fortnight's grace is given I in which to pay. \] r, Heycs has also ! been accustomed to extend the fourteenth day of grace until the following j noon, so that letters forgottsn on the final day may be posted the next morn- | ing and no penalty be incurred. But there are some people whose procrastination cannot be restrained. Those vho do not pay in time are notified of the omission, and of their increased liability, and if Departmental communication fail | to bring in the tax recourse is bad to j summonses. Dr. J. lotyeko, head of the laboratory I of Brussels University, has declared that j the food of the future should be a care-; fully chosen vegetable diet. This would ] '"be a proper system ior working men; while its use would reduce those accidents on railways and in other industries which come from over-fatigue, and would increase the productivity of labour." Bub the most exasperating deduction made by the "dietists" is that the nutritive part of.meat is not, as most people continue to believe, the gravy or other extract or essence which can be .derived from it,, but the tasteless fibre. The late Alan MacFadyean onse called attention to this point; but the later theorists go further and say that the extractives of meat, far from being nutritious, ar? actually poisonous. "The poisonous effect is aggravated by intestinal bac--teria, which find in these extractives an excellent culture medium." Dr. Turck, I who propounds this theory, recommends perso/is of weak digestion Id eat meat I fibre which has first been denuded oi its I dangerous extractives. Street music has been prohibited in \ Leipzig by an order of the municipality. j This order applies not alone to barrelorgans and street musicians in general, but to gramaphones, pianos, and other instruments played indoors with open windows. The " Tageblatt " remarks that by the enforcement of this measure the authorities hope to lessen the number of suicides and murders which occur daily.