Tho valno of hydro-elcctrio power has been demonstrated on tho Ruakura State farm. The manager, Mr A. W. Green, states that steam and other power has cost tho farm £I,BOO a year, but the cost of electric light and power supplied from Horahora has been at the rate of only £l2O a year. This inolud*B the cost of power used for a (cinematograph apparatus which has ken in operation twico a week. "Soft words butter no parsnips," was the comment of a delegate to the. Superannuated Public Servants' Conference at Wellington, in reference to tho promises of members of Parliament and their nonfulfilment. And another delegate added: /'Sympathy without relief is like mustard f.without toof t "
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Evening Star, Issue 17923, 20 March 1922, Page 2
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116Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 17923, 20 March 1922, Page 2
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