GETTING EVEN

Northland Age, Volume 25, Issue 13, 23 July 1925, Page 3

GETTING EVEN

Rangi owned a hundied acres of worthless land in the far North. Not haying very substantial fences, he found it difficult to keep his cattle offhis neighbour’s property. At last he gave up trying. “Py chove, t’at kapai,” he said, "more grass in Mr. Purdy paddock." 1 One day Mr. Purdy called on Rangi and j complained about the cattle. “Look here, Rangi,” he said, "if you don’t keep your cattle off my place I’ll hoot every one of them.” Rangi eyed Mr. Purdy (who, by the way, kept an api^A ' your prace w’en you keep your prurry bees out of my paddocks.”

The political campaign has started in earnest in the Bay of Islands electorate and already three of the five c indidates, Messrs Wrathall (Liberal-Labour), R E Hornblow (National Liberal) and Sweeney (Country Party) have addressed meet- ; ings and are advertised to speak at others for some weeks ahead. According to press reports Mr. Hornblow had a good reception at Kiwakawa and last week-end. Mr Hornblow stated at his meeting that there were 130 places at whioh he intended to speak and as some of th**m will have to be done a second time, electioneering in the Bay of Islands electorate is a task of some magnitude.

A good story of acandid, bnt doubting backblocks settler was told by the Hon. A - D. McLeod (Minister of Lands) at a farewell social to Mr. W. A. Lorns in Martinborough. The incident occurred on the Minister's recent visit to the Urewera country, where a party of farmers of really good type, but severely up against it, were being addressed. Mr. McLeod informed the settlers that he had been successful in getting through legislation which allowed him to increase their £750 advances on current account to £IOOO, by debiting any of that loan spent on permanent imrovements to the capital account, and leaving a bigger balance for the purchase of stock. “Just repeat that again slowly while I get it down in black and white,” interjected one of the settlers, ‘i have heard these statements made by Ministers before, and I’m not taking any-

thing for granted.” P. T. Barnum, the famous American Showman, was once asked what invention or discovery had, in his opinion, contributed most to the source of human happiness and enjoyment. Without hesitation he replied : “The invention or discovery of smoking.” He wasn’t far wrong. Tobacco is like a good wife—it halves our sorrows and doubles our joys. But it must be the right kind «f tobacco If full of nicotine, as so many of the imported brands are, habitual indulgence in it must be attended, sooner or later, with evil consequences. Heart or nerves may become affected. By the way, our New Zealand-grown tobaccos are so pure and contain relatively so little nicotine that they may be freely indulged in with impunity. They don’t bite the tongue. The toasting of the leaf [quite a new idea] develops the flavour, which is peculiarly pleasant, and they possess a delightful fragrance of their own. No wonder they are capturing the market. Ask for “Riverhead Gold,” mild; “Navy Cut” [Bulldog], medium ; or “Cut Plug No. 10” [Bullshead], full strength.