NEWS AND NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 10 September 1901, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES

In ancient times Scotsmen were forbidden bv law to land in Manxland under pain of losing an ear. This year they arc patronising tbe island in thousands, and no ears so far have been cut off. Tho Taranaki Herald states that the hand of a man has boon found in the vicinity of the Lizzie 801 l wreck. It is presumed to belong to the -body of one of the unfortunate men who perished in the wreck.

It is stated that Mr Seddon learnt something about dredging while on the Coast, amongst other things that there are companies that have no title to their claims, and that he will take up the matter of reform himself.

The Wairarapa Daily Times is intorrned that trout have entirely disappeared in several screams south of Eketahuna. The residents in the locality are at a loss to assign any reason for this total disappearance. Dr Florence Ksller, an American lady who has come to this colony to settle, says she does admire the elegant complexions of New Zealand girls, but deplores their ugly feet and bad style of walking. The Maoriland girls, Dr Kellar thinks, perhaps spoil their feet by wearing bad shoes. At a special meeting of the Nelson City Council it was resolved to recommend the following works to be approved by a vote of citizens :—Water works extension, £15,000; Council Chamber, £6OOO ; drainage, £35,000; gas extension, £4000; gas lamps, £600; road roller, £1000; and tramways, £10,000; total £71,600.

Sowing operations are now in full swing in the Milton district, and farmers ai'6 busy early and late preparing the ground for the seed. The Bruce Herald learns the area to be cropped will not differ very materially from that of former years, though there is expected to be a slighc increase in the acreage under oats. Christchurch fruiters and others have applied to the City Council for protection against vendors of fruit and plants in carts and barrows, who take up stands in the streets and sell goods there, entering into competition with the shopkeepers. The Council decided to ask the police to move these people on. Asked how many fowls could be kept on an acre of ground Mr Hyde said it was possible to keep 200, but 100 could be kept without overcrowding. Roof crops should be grown as much as possible, because grass could be bought cheaply. At Momshaki they kept the fowls at a cost of 2s per head per annum. From 100 fowls they should get £25 a year profit. Several seams of coal are known to exist in the Mangonui district (Auckland province). Samples from one have been analysed, and s a good report made thereon. In a week or two boring operations will be commenced to find the thickness and length of the seam. According to an Auckland paper, if the results are satisfactory, a company will take the property over and work the seam.

The drought has now become very serious on the tableland above Ngapara and Duntroon, says the "North Otago Times." Feed has pretty well given out, and this is the more serious as lambing has now begun, and the mortality among the ewes has been heavy. Even if the rain brought away fresh food their condition would hardly improve, for the change "of diet would scour them with even worse results. The state of the crop is quite as bad, and it will take some time for cereals and grass to pick up. Some of the highest living medical authorities attribute the great growth of physical and mental disease which has characterised the last few decades, to the ■ universality of adulturation. They ■ affirm that .the taking into the system continually by human beings as food, substances which are chemically foreign and not only incapable of sustaining healthy ~ life, but constitute a perpetual danger to it, is largely responsible for the new and complex diseases that baffle their curative skill. Therefore be wise in time, eat only

K Jam and avoid these dangers. Absolute purity guaranteed—Advt.