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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XII, Issue 2376, 5 June 1906, Page 2

After taking measurements oi the height of women in B'ranee. England, and America, a doctor announces that the English woman is the tallest, and the American woman comes next. The average height of a B'rench woman is oft lin. The American woman is nearly 2in. taller and cho women of Cleat Britain jin. taiier than the latter. American women, however weigh slightly more than either of the others, their average weight being about 11.1 b. Air. Starkie Gardner, in an article oil the Duke of Rutland's plate in the April number of the "Burlington .Magazine, 1 ’ mentions a silver winecistern at Belvoir which was made oy Ralph I.eeke in 1681 and weighs close of 2000 ounces. These grandiose pieces of plate were used to cool w ine at feasts, and they are represented in old paintings with their complement ot wickor-cove red flasks and square-shouldered bottles. They stood on the ground by the tables, conveniently for the attendants. Only the richest nobles could possess them in silver, so costly were they, and the few that have not been melted and refashioned yet remain in possession of the families for whom they were produced. Ordinarily such utensils were in brass or copper, and are represented in pictures as -till in use down to the first quarter ('I the nineteenth century. Although many of the .Maoris m the Taranaki district have been placer! almost on tin- verge ot starvation owing to the failure ot the potato crop, there is a considerable sum ot money to the credit ot some of them ill the Public Trust Office ns their share of the rents of the West Coast native reserves. Te YY’liiti has forhidden his followers to touch any ot tht- rents, and the older llien are implicitly obeying His mandate, with the res lit that year after year l lie Public Trustee is adding to each one s credit balance. The younger natives, however, an- breaking ;:wa> I rom tin* teaching of Te Whitt so far as the rentals are concerned, and are promptly making use ot the money to wliicii tliov are entitled.