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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 43, 15 November 1926, Page 6

“Every man born in this world must swear at times, even a parson. A man cannot be religious all the time,” said a Native witness when pressed to state at the Napier Magistrate’s Court whether lie ever used obscene language (savs an exchange). The lambing returns for the districts lying between the north and south branches of the Ashburton River show a good deal of variation this year (says the “Guardian”). In . the lower districts lambing has been completed for some time, and a fairlv trood vear was experienced, the percentages being about the average. One well-known farmer gave it as his opinion that the average percentage for the Ashburton Forks district would work out at one or two over the hundred Round the foothills, where the returns are just available, there is a marked drop in the percentages on most farms, for in these districts the Inmbing was in full swing when the cold rain and snowstorm of October 10 were experienced This storm will Ion" be remembered bv those who were busy with their lambs at the time The henvv rain driven bv the fiercely coM wind nlaved more havoc amoti" lambs than the snow--which came the fnllnwm" ni"ht Where shelter was lacking voutig lambs had hardly any chance of coming through alive.