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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7284, 11 October 1933, Page 2

New Zealanders are a raco of tea drinkers; they consume about 10,000,0001 b .of tea in a year, according to Mr. G .0. Ash, of Colombo, Ceylon, who is at present visiting Christchurch. The greatest demand in New Zealand is for Ceylon teas, and so this Dominion will be considerably affected by tho five-year plan for restriction of output now being carried out by tea producers in tho East. Under this plan Ceylon will this year produce 40,000,0001 b. less tea than last—enough to supply New Zealanders with the “cup that cheers” for four years. It is interesting to note that Germany drinks 13,000,0001 b. of tea only in a year. Attention is drawn to the advertisement in this issue of tho Manawatu Scottish Society's Back to Childhood 'dance, to bo held in tho Cosmopolitan Hall thiss evening. A special sub-committee has been set up to make arrangements, and patrons are assured of a thoroughly enjoy able evening, as (many new novelties will be in-