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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 110, 7 February 1928, Page 12

Butchers and grocers in Auckland have not escaped the disadvantages which are reported to arise from the hire-purchase system elsewhere (states the “Star”). Once a coveted article is obtained, the payments have some- * times to be made in circumstances unforeseen stress, and will only be met by allowing other commitments to be' neglected. 'The experience of many business men in Auckland shows that articles that belong more or less to the luxury class are retained only .by leaving over weekly or monthly bills, which are regarded by some peope as a secondary consideration to the instalment which must be paid in order to save the debtor from the pain of parting with a cherished possession.

Hung round the walls of the office of the Alarlborough Orchard Instructor (Mr. Al. Davey) is a root, 27 feet long, off a 12-year-old apple tree (says the ‘‘Alarlborough Express”). The root was cut about six feet from the tree, so that its actual length was 33 feet. This specimen Air. Davey uses as an example to illustrate the fallacy, common amongst home gardeners, particularly, of applying manures at the base of a tree within a three foot circle. Mr. Davey considers that, after trees are three years old, they are so well rooted that the only effective means of manuring is by making a general application throughout the orchard, so ensuring that the terminal roots, which are the feeding roots, will be able to absorb the manure.