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Northern Advocate, 30 January 1922, Page 3

The commissioners dealing with, the Urev.eru consolidation, are at present in the Urewera Country settling details. Four survey parties are working there now. Run, who is a changed man, is giving all possible aasitance to the surveyors. He has cut off all his long hair and whiskers, and is now a smart and vigorous specimen of a Maori. He has a great influence over the Maoris, and is making all of them work. All their land is well cultivated, and planted with corn and potatoes. Do the residents of Darwin consume an inordinate amount of intoxicating liquor.' (asks tlu; Melbourne "Age"). Evidence from a variety of sources would lead one to believe that the thirst engendered by the heat really did have that result, but the Mayor of Darwin (Alderman Burton), who called on the Acting-Minister for Home and Territories (Senator Earle) recently, says that the belief is quite a mistaken one. The fact was, he .said, that a certain nomadic population drifted to the district ami admittedly consumed a great deal of liquor, but by tu'd by these hard drinkers moved on, and the steady, sober, and regular population of Darwin hat! to bear the reflection caused by the drinking bouts of the birds of passage. Thus it was found that when the .figures of the drink consumption came to be compiled the annual outlay represented £27 per head of the population. That did not by any means represent the true state of affairs, and resulted in the quite unjustifiable allegation that the citizens were all heavy drinkers. Alderman Burton also protented against the frequently made • stait merit- that the climate of the Territory made the place unfit for white women ami Personally he was quite satis! with the climate, and al + hou-h he had a family of three children he had never found it necessary to call in a doctor to attend them.

of mothers know the value to their children of Sharland's Magnesia, especially during the hot weather. Given daily it helps to correct acidity find flatulence, and keeps the digestive organs working regularly. 5