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Otago Witness, Issue 3833, 30 August 1927, Page 75

“We have too many instances of the importation of pests.” said Mr J. Blair at the last meeting of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce. (says the Poverty Bay Herald), when support was given to the Whakatane Chamber of Commerce’s suggestion that, in order to prevent the importation of maize weevil, all imported maize should be fumigated at the port of shipment. “You take it from.me the racing game is pretty straight,” said an enthusiast from the South Island who was chatting with a Wanganui Chronicle man recently. “Most people are out to win, and there is not so much ‘piffling’ as some people believe.” He mentioned a friend of his who backed horses on a system and who made £4OO a year on the average. He gave his wife £1 a week to keep his books, and a quarter of his winnings.