LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1923, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

Mr John Luff, a pioneer of Westport passed away in Westport Hospital on -Monday morning at the age of 8-1 years. He was a member of Mr Knehfone'.s party in 18(>0. He leaves a widow and ten of a family.

Mr Henry King, of Denniston, and M.i-s Annie Kelly, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs 1\ Kelly, of nenniston, were united in holy wedlock ;tt St. ( aniee’s Church on Easter Monday by the JU-v Father Sweeney. Miss Kiiio wit, liridesantaid and Mr -I. Widsh was best man.

A eeusus of cars in the Lading countries of the world, at the end of 4922. shows that America had 1 t1.4-15.G33. (heat Britain 4(53,61X1. Frame 236.918. Canada 463.848. Germany Id .390. Australia 81.000. Argentine 7:?.206, Jtaly 66.61 India 46.983. New Zealand 37.600. Japan 12.260. The total number nl motor-ears in the world is estimated by the 'Washington Bureau of Commerce ( F.S.AA to be 12.62tt.386.

The Westport News says: —Seeing that there bad been some dissutislaction with the starting of the race on Saturday, Kawatiri asked Nelson to row again on .Monday morning. and Nelson agreed. The crews left the shed at 11.16 a.m., and with a start by mutual arrangement at the bridge, got away well together. Nelson, on tin occasion, was on the outside course and led Kawatiri by a length or nu.ie down to the merchandise a ban, where Kawatiri'- crew, who weie rowing easily, moved up almost level. They dropped back to a length behind at the beginning of the crane ■a barf, but then smartly drew up on Nelson and went away to win in eotniort by a good three lengths.

The impudence of .starlings In removing letters from rural mail boxes was the subject of remark at a meeting of the Waitoa Drainage Board recently. It was stated by members that these raids were more common during the mating season. Birds would actually squeeze in under the Hap over the letter hole, and secure the he iters. On one occasion four letters were lound lying on the roadside in the virility oi a neighbour's mail box. These depredations were held to account lor a ratepa verbs complaint that ho had received no rate demand.

News of a new method of transporting milk comes from the I'nit- d eta to-. Enormous thermos Masks, cneli bolding 12,0!};) litres, are built on wheels, end move on rails into the railway car. They are used between 4\est !■ ariniug l on in Ohio and Pittsburg. They arc ano ally tilled and are disinfected whan empty. A considerable volume of milk. v. huh

would be lost by pouring in and i ut ot -mailer cans, is thus saved. Ibe milk too, is preserved in the be-t .state. b>r in eight hours tin temperature cm only vary by about a degree, and the hygienic treatment of it is much easier. People, seldom think nl the dairy cow as a hard-working animal, yet it is a fact that she works harder than other domestic animals. Every year ! -ays an English dairying authority) sb,.' gives from live to tin times lu r weight in milk, containing as mm h actual dry matter as do the bodies of two or til IT.- steers. It logins'-, ip-

proximately the same amount, of energy to produce 20lb ot milk as n doe- m plough an acre oi hind. Inc gees u--mno conception of the enormous , amount of work the cow do-- -md ; ,liuatcs v. by she should be w'll-ic! and , eared for. i Stratford linn, on opening n couple of boxes oi bottles of oil which had j been shipped to them from Ameru a | through Wellington found that a mini- J I,or oF bottles were missing, state- the "Stratford Post." Investigation showed that one board laid been taken on Paeli box and re.plactd with a p-ieto ot N’ev Zealand timber, which could oi'- • !•, be distinguished from the A merit an , l.h t. tbe l."\ was iw"L I’ll-

■-•I V’ |„ OI either not broken or ht) at lv joined. The different wood "xed -bowed that the pilfering was done in \ew Zealand, and the style ot Hie J" 1 snug, mod that .some numbers nl .men were concerned in it, as it would hay Pi a n one man a longer time to on than was likely to be available.

|f all the automobiles in the 1 uimd Stale's were to take to the road at the -am, time, end to end. the line would extend I our-fifths of the di-tanre amum. the world at the e.|Uamr. or seven Lillies from New AOi k m him .' 1 , i-,0. There are 1OJB b) .1 itgt cars m | • idled States w hich, if strclelu J <'»’ would extend ItV.! miles., I lie dew Inpmeiit of the American motor n,dustrv i- amazing. Five out o, ctei -. .is motor mi's in the world belong t Americans. The tax 's pan! l.y Amenian motorists in 1921 amounted ariv 71! million sterling, ory.ue-o nil. ,p 11 1 .. E.S. Budget. In Catilornia , itizen out of every live lyse- S.’s a motor ear. while ... the w hole o! .bt fuiicd States there >< "be ear in ■ p... .. v ,, rv ten inhabitants. i.he annual oetiint of ears in lS!>9 was 3,111): "> 1914 if was 569.<KX>; in 19*-*) 11 *• ■JINRC’Cm.