WEEK IN HISTORY

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume VLI, Issue 3421, 18 December 1935, Page 6

WEEK IN HISTORY

NEW ZEALAND ANNIVERSARIES SOME NOTABLE DATES December 16. 1850—Arrival of first two ships with Canterbury pilgrims. 1864—Foundation stone laid Canterbury cathedral. 1922 —Auckland Zoo opened. December 17. 1864—Confiscation of Maori land in Waikato by Sir Geo. Grey. 1875— First Drainage Board elected Christchurch. December 18. 1864—Discovery of gold in Westland. December 19. 1868—Ohinemuri goldfields ceded to Government by natives. 1877—Railway, Ngaruawahia to Hamilton, opened. 1879—An act passed to assess property for purpose of taxation. The Triennial Parliament Act passed, and an Act passed to qualify every resident male of 21 years and upwards to vote. 1884—Cambridge co-op. cheese factory opened. 1887 —First race meeting at Claudelands. An act passed to reduce the .number of.M.P.’s to 74, including 4 Maoris. 1898—Railway opened to Thames, Thames - Hauraki Gold Mining Company’s pumping plant started. December 20. 1850—Site of Christchurch selected. 1861 —Waipori gold diggings discovered. 1895—Railway opened to Paeroa. 1915—Evacuation of Gallipoli completed. December 21. 1866— All Saints’ Church, Ponsonby, opened. 1867— Sparrows sold at auction for 10/-. each at Auckland. 1880 ; —Railway opened to Henderson. 1901—Capt. Scott on “Discovery’’ sailed for Antarctic. December 22. 1814—Rev. Samuel Marsden arrived Bay of Islands and introduced Christianity to. N.Z. 1849—Dunedin Cricket Club formed. Bishop Selwyn founded St. Stephen’s school, Auckland, for Maori boys. 1858—Austrian exploring frigate “Novara” arrived at Auckland. Government commissioned Dr. Ferdinand von Hochstetter to make geological surveys of greater part of Auckland and Nelson provinces. 1876— First meet Coromandel County Council. 1897—Act passed to establish Victoria College, Wellington.

A second book by Mr J. A. Lee, Labour M.P. for Grey Lynn, and New Zealand’s first Parliamentary Undersecretary to the Prime Minister, will be published about March of next year. As in his first successful publication, “Children of the Poor,” of which over 6000 copies have been sold in New Zealand, the theme (says the Dominion) is again a New Zealand one, but in this instance the setting is laid in Canterbury. Questioned on the subject Mr Lee was very modest, and was reluctant to speak about the merit of his next book. “I think,’’ he said, “that as far as technique is concerned the work will show an improvement, because one learns as one goes on. As for the rest, however, it is impossible for an author to say. I can only hope that it will be better than my first.” Expert critics have expressed the opinion that Mr Lee’s “Children of the Poor,” which was published anonymously, is one of the finest books to have been written by a New Zealander. It is a vivid piece of life, and already promises to be ranked as a New Zealand classic.

The venerable superstition that if three people light pipe, cigar* or cigarette from the same match one. of them will die before the year is out is probably about as true as the belief that to pass under a ladder or spill the salt means asking for trouble. But how these old wives’ tales persist ! The “lighting up” by three persons from the one match is unimportant. What is important to note is that to smoke, (habitually), tobacco rank, with nicotine (a deadly poison) is very unwise. And unfortunately so many brands' are like that! The safe and sure way is to smoke “toasted.” You may indulge in Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold or Desert Gold . as freely as you please. There’s practically no nicotine in these fam- . ous tobaccos. It is got rid of by toasting in the process of manfacture, and you get a pure, sweet, cool and fragrant smoke full of comfort and; delight. But be wary when buying. Ask for any of the brands named and. . you’ll be right.