NOT FOR THE HAIR.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 965, 3 September 1908, Page 20

NOT FOR THE HAIR.

“ The craving for strong drink, which would seem to be a Polynesian characteristic, has been exhibited in a very singular manner during the yedr’,’ says Colonel Gudgeon, Commissioner in the Cook Islands, in his annual report to the New Zealand Government. “ The people would seem to have become dissatisfied with the ordinary bush beer, whether made from the orange, banana, or pineapple, and are fast becoming confirmed drinkers of scent. I suspect that a special brand of scent has been manufactured for their benefit, otherwise - I film it difficult to account for the wholesale consumption of Florida water, bay rum, and other abominations of the same nature, which was disclosed by the fact that one firm imported 288 11-oz bottles by one trip of the’ steamer, it being well known that the native does not require bay riim for his hair. Previous to the arrival of this shipment, my attention had been called to the increasing import of scents and hair wash, and the matte* was referred to New Zealand, with the result that an Order-in-Council has been issued restricting this infamous traffic.