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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6764, 23 January 1932, Page 11

To get rid of ants tho following mixture has been found very effective. Take one teaspoonful of powdered borax, four teaspoonfuls of sugar and a cupful of water. Add the two former to tho water and boil for ten minutes — not moro. Place the liquid in saucers near tho haunts of the ants. They will crowd into it for the first few days, after which they will entirely disappear. This will keep them away for a considerable time and when they begin to come about again repeat the process when tho same results will follow. Following tho example of British women, hundreds of whom are wearing the Tudor rose, as a sign to shop assistants that they havo pledged themselves to give preference to British goods, a Now Zealand women s organisation will most likely adopt a similar problem. At the coming meeting of tho Women’s Division of tho Farmer’s Union, to be held in Auckland on January 21 and 22, the suggestion is to be mado that the division should follow the example of their British sisters, and give the products of their own land first choice —New Zealand goods first, and Empire goods next. The Kowhai blossom, New Zealand’s national flower, would be just as distinctive a badge as tho Tudor rose, and the wearing of such an emblem would be a constant reminder to everyone of tho advisability of asking for New Zealand goods. Two big public schools at Home, Eton and Malvern, havo also adopted the badge, and flaunt the rose as a warning to shopkeepers that only British penknives and sweets are to be shown them.