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Otago Witness, Issue 3994, 30 September 1930, Page 11

“ How, by the way, New Zealanders seem to revel in their cup of tea—in the early morning, at breakfast, in the afternoon, at night, and, above all, in the forenoon. Fox their sakes I hope that no serious indictment- can be levelled by dental scientists against this national weakness, just as I hope for my own sake, and that of my fellow-smokers, that ‘ the calumet of peace * will be exonerated from any similar charge,” said Lord Bledisloe, in his address at the Dental Conference in Wellington. One hundred and twenty thousand suicides have occurred in the United States mlO years. And the problem is growing according to recently published statistics, which show that “ the suicide rate of United States cities during 1920 reached the highest figure on record, or 18 per 10,000, since 1916.