NOTES AND COMMENTS

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 4315, 11 June 1921, Page 2

NOTES AND COMMENTS

To-day's N.Z. Boost. , What" really matter, in the defence of a country is the vvav in which the land is held, and in this respect NewZealand is particularly strong. '1 here is no country which has such a healthy agricultural population as New Zealand. There is no country with a larger hodv of people who own their own houses and holdings. Masterton Age.

Two Decades Ago. It was 20 years ago to-day that; their Majesties, then the Duke and Duchess of Curmvall. made their ofcial landing 'in Auckland to la-gin their tour of New Zealand. Quite recently their eldest on paid us a visit. H is probable thai, the next

roval visitors will be the Duke of York, and very likely he will be accompanied bv Princess Mary. Or, ii the Duke of'York, who is also Baron Killarnev, becomes Viceroy of Ireland if and when the two Parliaments materialise, -then Princess Mary (who is 21 years of ago) may come along with her younger brother. Prince Henry, who 'is just 21 years of age. Talking About the Pictures. ' f

What has become ol "Snowy linker' ask tin picture lens who a I mired his made-in-Austrul'a photo plays. He is now working on stunt plaVs in the Selig studios. Los Angeles having joined up with Lolono< Selig in the Snowy Baker Productions Inc. Most folks 'will be surprised to learn that the Sydneysider. who is 3G. is younger than those other urns' notable athletes ot the silver sheet--Tom Nix (13), Douglas Fairbanks Ml), and Hill Hart (over 50). The remarkable feature of Snowy HnkerV success in America is his first visit to Los Angeles, some six or seven years ago, the directors ol the cinema industry wo.ild not give him a hearing. Coining back to Sydney. h 0 made go with the big Australian productions. Now he goes hack to tin hub of. the industry as a producer himself. He has taken his highly tram eel horse, boomerang, with him, am the two Aussies are doing work lha out-Fairbanks Douglas. Perhaps S.ti will "ive the New Zealandcrs win have gone over a chance to climb 111 into the pictures.