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Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1934, Page 6

“I don’t believe it is true,” said Sir lan Fraser, speaking to Imperial ex-service-men at Christchurch, “that the men who went to the war will die 10 years sooner than those who stayed at home.” He was of the opinion that constant work underground in a coal-mine or at “ironpuddling” was just as detrimental to health, if not more so, than war service. “In Britain we are farther away than you are here from Mother Nature, and distress is greater among ex-servicemen there than it is in this Dominion,” said Sir lan Fraser, speaking at a meeting of ex-Imperial soldiers at Christchurch. He said, however, that the relief of distress was much better organised in Britain than in New Zealand, and if a man could not get help as an exsoldier he could get it as an ordinary citizen. “We would not live for more than nine years if there were no birds,” said Captain E. V. Sanderson, president of the New Zealand Native Bird Protection Society, in the course of a lecture at Hastings. “Without birds the insects would eat all plant life, with the result that animals would perish, including sheep and cattle. As it would be impossible for human beings to live solely on the insects and fish it has been calculated that the human race would be exterminated in nine years.” The Railway Department advertise in this issue particulars of train arrangements and cheap excursion tickets in connection with Waverley races at Waverley racecourse, and Sports and Picnics at New Plymouth on Labour Day. Race passengers from New Plymouth, Waitara, Inglewood and Stratford may travel to Waverley Racecourse by the New Plymouth-Wellington express.*