NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1923, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

“it should he remembered that New Zealand is only in the evolutionaiy singe,” said Mr Singleton, of the Dairv Division, when speaking at the

Dominion Dairy Farmers’ Conference (reports the •‘Mannwatu Daily Times”) Of the 431 million acres occupied, 25 millions are not improved He stated that New Zealand tested 83.000 cows, or 7.35 per cent, last year, whereas in Canada and the United States it was less than one per cent.

As tho Canadian Ranger was on her wav down Auckland Harbour one day last week on the commencement of her voyage io Brisbane, a stowaway was discovered on board (reports the “New Zealand Herald”). ITc was a welldressed man, who had evidently secreted himself in the vessel s hold just prior to her departure, and his presence on board, was discovered accidentally during a hurried search of the holds for a dog which was reported to have been left on board when the steamer left the wharf. It so happened that the Canadian Ranger was stopped in Die stream by a launch in the hire i f tho vessel’s agents, and the stowaway was put ashore, being banded over to the polite.

An incident with llu? elements ol a serious accident occurred the other day (says the Levin “Chronicle”'). As one ~f the Public Works' motor lorries was returning from Arapeli. it siuddeilly left the road and turned into iho hank. On examination it was found that the pin in the stub axle which holds the front wheels on lmd come out about 7 ~r 8 chains along the road, thereby

rausiiin I lie driver i n have no stearin! control. Tt nu’.st have been Providence that the car turned into the bank, its had it taken the. other direction | here wits a dm;) of I’nllv 100 IVet nl this particular spot, and as there were lour adults and two or three children on the lorry a Vitality would certainly lime taken 1 lace.

When the work of the Social AS e'fare Committee \vn = under review ad a recent nicotine of the V>ellinjitmi lin.-pi-tal Board, Mr C. VI. Chapman mentinned ;> fiiso in which the committee had been asked to defray the expenses of a man. his wife, and six children at a hotel at a cost ol Cl-! or bio pel week. He told the hoard Imw the committee had tfot out of the dilheulty. i hi> snpplyinp; furniture, heddiut;. etc., also rations. This would cost the l.cd In or £() a week instead of Cl 1 or tin. On milking! enquiries, it Dominion reporter was informed that the peorde concerned were a 'Wellington lanuly. quite indigent. who had been returned from Christchurch by the welfare nulhorities there. They had nowhere to live and they were utterly destitute so they went to an hotel and enlled <m (lie eommitee to pay the hills. Mr C. IVtheriek (chairman of the committee) was asked if the ease did not present a new precedent and ho said they had not had one like it’before.