TOWN AND COUNTRY

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 45, 16 November 1940, Page 7

TOWN AND COUNTRY

Items Of Interest From The Provinces

HAWKE’S BAY SHEARING

Clip Appears Better Than Last Season’s

Shearing operations have been pushed on steadily during the past week with the result that by midday tomorrow when the final entry is made for the second appraisal of the season there is likely to be well over 11,000 bales. Appraisal begins on Monday morning. \V ith the weather now fair it is hoped that it will be possible for sheepfarmers to get a clear run with their shearing so that as largo a quantity as possible may be available for the third appraisal, which is to begin on December 12. The wool which has come forward for appraisal to begin on Monday is opening up very well, and generally the clip appears to be iu better condition than last season s.

Killings at Tomoana and VVhakatu. Supplies of lamb offered for killing at the Tomoana and IVhakatu works since the season opened on Tuesday have been light, but those which have come forward have killed out well. Most of the drafts which have come forward have been between 150 and 200 head and they have killed out at 301 b. to 381 b., one line of 200 averaging 301 b. More favourable and settled weather has prevailed this week and the lambs should begin to pick up, and next week should see better averages. No announcement has yet been made as to the schedule of prices to be paid for lambs and mutton.

Napier High School Graduates. A list of the names of old boys of the Napier Boys’ High School who have graduated at universities throughout the world has been in the course of preparation by the headmaster. Mr. NV. T. Foster, for some time past. He now has a list of 80 names and lie hopes to have ;iU honours board erected in the school hall to display these.

“Stout Drinkers.” Counsel in a hotel case at the Wanganui Supreme Court was examining a witness as to the proportion of ale and stout in an aggregate consumption figure. Witness replied that there were very few stout drinkers. Counsel (Mr. A. D. Brode) : You mean, I suppose, there are few drinkers of stout.

It was stated at a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Electric Power Board that two of the board’s Diesei engines had been purchased by the Wairere Power Board, Te Kuiti. The two engines concerned were the first to be installed in the plant by the Hastings Borough Council. and the purchase price is £-100.

Tomato Crops Backward. The holding up of shearing and the retarding of the growth of lambs has been by no means the only effect of the unseasonable weather experienced recently in Hawke’s Bay. Tomato crops in Bay View generally are backward, and. most growers expect that they will be picking their first tomatoes from a week to a fortnight later than usual. Much, of course, depends on the weather experienced from now onward, and it may be that some of the leeway will be made up before Christmas. Ten days of cold, changeable weather and excessive rain, however, have effectively killed hopes of an early season. Normally, the first of the Bay View tomato crop comes on to the market either between Christmas and New Year or immediately after the New Year.