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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 7 December 1938, Page 6

How long does it take to smoke a ton of tobacco? It has taken an old Canterbury resident —on inveterate lover of the weed—just 73 years. He -commenced to smoke when he was 13 years old, is now' 86. and is still smoking! He was a cabin-boy when he learned to smoke, and for three-quart-ers of a century has found comfort and solace in his pipe. Anti-tobacco-it.es declare smoking shortens life. But there is reason to believe (as in this case) that it often prolongs it. Good an-’ pure tobacco, containing but little nicotine undoubtedly benefits the health because it lessens nervous strain and banishes the “blues.” New Zealanders are fortunate in that respect. Our Dominion tobacco is so pure that many doctors smoke it habitually and recommend it to their patients. It is toasted, and the “bite” taken clean out of it. A mo;c delightful tobacco or a less harmful one the world does not produce • The five brands are- Riverhead Gold, i Desert Gold, Navy Cut No. 3, Caven[dish, and Cut Plug No. 10.*

[ Welcomed As New Zealanders | “Everywhere' we went in the Old Country we were heartily welcomed • ns New Zealanders,” said the Rev. H. H. Barton, a member of the board of the Bible Society of Otago and Southland. during a brief address at the annual meeting (reports the “Daily Telegraph"). "In the Old Country it is recognised that we belong to one of the 1 most loyal possessions of the British : Empire.” Mr Barton, who visited the parent societies in the United Kingdom, was on the platform at the great annual! ! meeting in London when the Archbis- | hop of Canterbury presided. From his! j travels Mr Barton formed the opinion . that the world was rapidly changing, but whether for better or worse it was | not for him to say. Safely Slogans Nearly Collide Many trade motors this week are bearing road safety publicity banners | and posters, all doing their little bit to j catch the eye of the pedestrians and ! other drivers. Perhaps the driver inj side can’t sec the placards. Anyway I two commercial vehicles bearing proml inent posters approached an intersection in the city at the same time yester- ! ! day afternoon and had to pull up hurI ri-dly with a screeching of brakes, one ; leaving a long skid mark. They came ; to a stop with about a foot separating ' the bonnets. The onlookers saw the humour of the situation. Co-operative Week-end at Onekaka The Onekaka branch of the Labour party is holding what is described as a "grand co-operative week-end” commencing next Friday, when several visiting members of Parliament will be present. These will be Messrs Ben Roberts, M.P. for Wairarapa, C. Morgan Williams, M.P. for Kaiapoi, Clyde Carr, M.P. for Timaru, as well as Mr C. F. Skinner, M.P. for Motueka. A Labour Ball will be held on Friday night. A visit on Saturday morning to Tukurua (the site of the new Onekaka township when, or if. it is built) will be followed in the afternoon by a tour of inspection of the old works, and a co-operative , public meeting at night. Para Para and the vicinity will be visited on Sunday , morning, and a picnic will be held at Tukurua Valley in the afternoon.

Roadside Post Offices By providing for regular collections from and delivery of mails and parcels to rural mail boxes fixed outside the farmer’s gate, the Post Office brings many of its services direct to the country home. That this is substantially appreciated has been shown by the constantly growing numbers of these boxes. The total distributed throughout the Dominion has now reached just over 30.000, which includes 4.836 in the Hamilton postal district, 4.687 in the Auckland district, 3,389 in the Christchurch postal district. 2.926 in Southland. 2.568 in the Palmerston North area. 1,729 in the Dunedin postal district. 1.539 in the Timaru district. 1.244 in Wanganui district. 1.218 in the Wellington area, and 1.136 in the districts surrounding New Plymouth. The importance of this ; country postal service was demonstra- ; t.cd during the economic depression j when the number of rural delivery j boxes actually increased by 5,385 during the five years from 1929, but the present total is an improvement on the 1929 figures to the extent of 10,703. Britain Prefers Red Apples Advice to New Zealand orchardists to concentrate on growing red varieties of apples if they wished to meet the requirements of the British market was given by Mr A. M. Robertson, who returned to Hastings after a tour of Britain. “The preference in most places in Britain is for a red apple, such as - Doughertys. Rokewocds, Rome Beauties, and Tasmans; the only green variety now popular on the market is the ! Granny Smith,” Mr Robertson said. 1 Practically all the fruit throughout Bri- j tain except some in the higher parts of i South England, where they had a fair crop, was killed by early frosts of last year, he said. This gave a splendid | opportunity to Australia and New Zea- | land, and all fruit arriving in good condition met a remunerative market.

Strikes Discountenanced At a general meeting of the Longburn (Palmerston North) branch of the Freezing Workers’ Union the following resolution was carried unanimously:— “That while sincerely sympathising with the Westfield freezing workers in their recent troubles over the ring system, this meeting heartily endorses the statements of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Hon. D. G. Sullivan and the president of the Labour Party, Mr J. Roberts, and the statement of the Minister of Mines, the Hon. P. C. Webb, I more recently at Westport, with refer- ! ence to strikes and the necessity of full | co-operation with the Government and country.” j Mission Work in China I “The soul-destroying activity of the j war in China has created a spiritual ! hunger, and this is finding its food in the Christian message,” said the, Rev. C. W. McDouall, a New Zealand , missionary w'ho has been stationed for i many years at Pekin, in an address at! Auckland (reports t: * "Herald”). Mr ! McDouall show'ed how the work of the; missionaries had been maintained and developed during the conflict, and he said the church had grown until it was to-day a sister communion to the church in New Zealand. He suggested that the New' Zealand centennial in 1940 should be regarded as an opportunity to send the additional missionaries which were needed by thel church in China. It would, he said. I be a most fitting way of marking the occasion. The attention of sheep-farmers is directed to an advertisement in this issue in connection with the disposal by ! public auction of a pastoral run license over the “Rainbow” run of approxi- , mately 76.200 acres in the Nelson Land I District.* The members of the Nelson Townswomen’s Guild will hold their final meeting for this year next Friday afternoon in the Marsden Hall Library The meeting will take the form of a Christmas Party, and a very bright and happy programme has been arranged. The party will be lor members only. ’ The picture entitled "As Evening! Falls" from Enner Glyn looking across! the Bay, was taken by Ellis Dudgeon F.R.S.A., A R.P.S. Nelson listeners are icquested to tune in to 2YN this evening at 7.30 p.m. to’ hear a talk on the work of the new ly- j formed National Committee of Swim- 1 ming and Live Saving. This campaign ■ is to be a national one which is sponsored by the Internal AfTnirs Department, and has the enthusiastic support of the Government. Readers are reminded of their duty to their kiddies in the matter of swimming and life sav- i ing -‘ 1

Chinese Governments 1 i “In Northern China the breakdown of governments was not so serious f as it would be round about Shang . hai,” commented Mr B. Ward Per- . kins, an English visitor to Napier . at the present time (reports the “Tele- . graph”). He added that the “Red” * Army was acting very loyally under the i Chiang Kai-shek government and had » done remarkable work in reorganising , the government of the country nomin- [ j ally in the hands of the Japanese. * I . i can confirm in what I saw myself the 5 j opinion of a competent observer, that j | the government of these areas is better . and more efficient than any government ;; that has been there in the last 20 years,’ I he said. “The situation is in some ways Gilbertian. Within five miles of a city 1 garrisoned by Japanese troops a Chini ese government is operating by collect--5 ing taxes, organising village life, run- ; ning law courts, schools and even a » j simple medical service and operating 11 efficiently.” , Practice and Precept ; This all goes to show that while the ■ ; petrol boys have the initiative, it is the • i steam boys who get things done.” said Mr L. Halcrow. when proposing the ! ; toast “Locos and Traction Engines,” at the annual smoke concert of the Otago ! Model Engineering Society. Mr Hal--1 crow’s remark was by way of giving point to a story he told of a model \ power boat meeting on the Wanganui ricer. In the middle of the river, where . the races were to be held, he explained. ! a tree had become stuck, and all the . efforts of the competitors failed to dislodge it. At length one of them hit on . the bright idea «f wagering the owner , of a traction engine that he could not , shift the obstruction. The wager was promptly accepted; along came the engine. the tree was removed without any . trouble, and the races were held ac-1 cording to schedule. Electrical Wiremen’s Examination In the examination held in September by the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Board A. R. Cross of Nelson passed in the practical part, and J P. Ber- | ron in the written part.