School children were massed at several points round the harbour and made the air resound with their cheers. After their Excellencies had taken final leave of their friends on shore the Tahiti moved out with the Veronica in front and the Dunedin behind, and a number of yachts sailing round her. A large number of people also went as far as the heads in the Muritai. On board the Dunedin were all the Ministers who are in town.
When well out through the Heads the bows of the Tahiti were turned westward through the Straits and she was accompanied by the men o’ war until the three-mile limit was reached. Here the final scene of farewell took place. Lord Jellicoe's’s flag was hoisted at the masthead, and the Dunedin thundered out her departing salute of 19 guns.
Sew Hoy organises display
The Dunedin Artillery Band has every reason to congratulate itself on the success at the Caledonian Ground, where a fireworks display attracted a crowd of over 8000 people.
The success of the effort, however, was largely due to the Chinese citizens, who surpassed themselves in the display which was put on last night. A party of Chinese, under Mr Sew Hoy, was responsible for the display, which delighted the large crowd present. Rockets shot into the air, and bursting, scattered coloured stars in every direction, rising moons revolving rapidly as they mounted skywards, paused in their flight, and seeming to gather fresh impetus shot upwards again and again upwards.
Catherine wheels spun rapidly and coloured lights rose and fell continuously, and bombs and crackers exploded with a noise resembling machinegun fire.
Case for meat-free diet
A demonstration and lecture on vegetarian cooking was given by Nurse Taylor at the Sanitarium Health Food Co yesterday afternoon before a large number of ladies. The subject dealt with was “Entrees, or Meat Substitutes.” Nurse Taylor's preliminary talk was based on the question, “Why do people use meat, and is flesh necessary to life?”
She explained that meat was an unnatural food, but the custom of eating meat had become so universal that the majority considered it a most natural food. The teeth and intestines proved that these were not adapted for the mastification of flesh. It was a scientific fact that some diseases were transmitted through eating meat. It was mentioned that the only food element in meat was protein. In vegetables such as peas,
beans and lentils there was a high percentage of protein, and a comparison drawn between lean meat, which contained 28 percent nutriment, showed that there was 64 percent of protein in legumes and 87 percent in nuts. It was thus proved conclusively that this essential element would be supplied without partaking of flesh food. — ODT, 27.11.1924
Compiled by Peter Dowden
