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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 263, 10 December 1914, Page 10

During the latter end of October beef bullocks to the value of over £IO,OOO were disposed of by graziers in the Te Puke, Paengaroa, and Pongakawa districts, Auckland province. The oft-expressed opinion that the arsenate of lead spray on fruit is the cause of the prevalence of infantile paratysis will be discussed at the next meeting of the Upper Clutha Fruitgrowers ' Association at Baunockburn. The association is taking steps to obtain the result, of Government experiments regarding this matter. A complaint has meen made of dirty banknotes being in circulation (states the Auckland "Herald"), and the question has been asked as to whether there is any power to prevent banks from reissuing dirty notes. While the answer to this question is in the negative, it is stated that all the colonial banks are carefully watching the condition of their notes, many of which are being withdrawn from circulation and destroyed from time to time. Since bank-notes became legal tender, the number has nearly doubled, so that the evil of the dirty banknote is at present most noticeable. It is pointed out that many soiled notes have not been inside a bank since they were issued, and it is therefore impossible for the authorities to withdraw them.