NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LII, Issue 4797, 18 August 1932, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Twenty clubs representing a total of 1055 active members are now affiliated with the Mhnawatu Lawn Tennis" Association.

The use by farmers of a simple but effective device for heating water, consisting of an iron drum containing pieces of pumice or scoria, over which waste oil from motors is allowed to trickle, was mentioned at the last meeting of the Waitemata Electric Power Board. The question of providing sufficient boiling water for sterilising milking machines was 1 being discussed. The engineer, Mr. F. J. H. Wilson, said electric heaters were not (being seriously menaced. It. may not foe known, but it is a fact, that in 1914 New Zealand as a whole produced 1000 tons less cheese than Taranaki alone is producing to-day,” said the Minister of Industries and 'Commerce (Mr. R. Masters) when opening the Stratford Show last week. “This shows that wonderful progress has been made in primary production and. it is note-worthy that the Stratford County has shown a greater measure of progress than any other,” he added. ; 'Signor Marotta and his countrymen (Sicilians) are keenly interested in agriculture and fruit-growing, and before leaving for New Zealand he was approached by some of his compatriots and asked to make inquiries concerning the primary industries in the Dominion. The Signor was also interested to hear about the agitation in New Zealand for closer settlement and the conditions pertaining thereto. He says that in Italy, land is leased and cultivated on what is familiarly known in New Zealand as the “fifty-fifty” basis. The leases are for various areas, small allotments largely preponderating, and for any term of years. The main condition ,of such leases is that the rentals shall consist of half of the produce, the lessee giving his labour in return for the use of the land. Signor was also asked to inquire about New Zealand flax. Flax fibre is extensively used in quite a number of industries in Italy, and very high prices rule for the raw material, which he was informed is difficult to obtain.

Roars of laughter greeted a speaker at a social gathering at Wellington the other night. “My first pipe” was his theme. “When I was 16,” he said, “I thought I’d like a smoke.. A real smoke—not a cigarette. So I borrowed an old briar of my father’s—in blissful ignorance of how ‘seasoned’ it was! I filled up with some of Dad’s favourite mixture—strong as dynamite! (Laughter). Pretty soon I was ill! Like the ehap who t9b.s sea-sick I was afraid I was going to die then I was afraid I wasn’t. (Laughter). A year later I tried again. I fijlod up a brand hew pipe with New Zealand toasted tobacco, and enjoyed that smoke so njuch I have (been smoking /toasted ever since.” (Laughter and applause). The difference twixt ordinary tobacco and toasted tobacco is certainly astonishing! The ordinary stuff is sometimes full of nicotine. The toasted is practically free from the poison. The toasting does it. There are only four brands of toasted—'Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish and Cut Plug No. 10. Delicious!—267.

fhd, Go slow on dosing until you feel

bad; Then trust a treatment endorsed by a test, What served the past for the future

is best. Juggling with health is like groping

your way, They who trust nature are mostly

“0.K.” But when bronchitis or flu you

endure, Promptly take Woods’ Great Peppermint- Cure. —25.