NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 November 1923, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

Two-thirds of tiie total population of Warwickshire live in Birmingham, which rallies next to London. being the second largest city in England.

“Of the people who go into the County Courts, only about 23 out ol every 109 tell the truth,” .-aid a l.onclli registrar recently.

An unusual find in Moorthorpo cemetery. Yorks, of bottles ot whisky and gin. with a cap mar by. led to Janies (('Connor, miner, being sent t prison for three months at I’mitei raet recently for stealing the spirits and a hospital collecting box. 'lie cap w-.s tonml to til him perfectly. The Duchess of Sutherland, who was sworn m as J.R. for the County ol Sutherland in 1929. acted in her olfi-(-i;,| , ajiaeity foi the lir>t time last month at Dornoch. Only ms- case came l,r-fro the -that of a man summoned lor keeping throe dogs without *|iwsuse.-,, lie was lined the maximum penalty. A party of Yorkshire girls being shown round London by Camm J. I'. I low son. reelin' ot ("iiiseley. came to St James' Palace, and were told that the princ" of V ales lived there. "What ! Timt mucky old house,’ i uni-- tlie reply. “He "light to be ashamed of the window curtains: they’re right mucky." Later tue party went to Buckingham Palace to see if the King has clean window curtains. A Glasgow railway clerx. Janus Irving (20). met. his (leath under sud eireunistaiiee.-; while on bis way to accompany bis fiancee to a dance. Irving left bis lioilse shortly alter six o clock to catch a train at Caloeart station, and being in a hurry ran along tim loop line towards the station. A train bound for Anlros-an was npproeehmg when he \va - .-"'.'ll I ' cl'"- - I rem the loop-line on lo lhe up lie 1 m iron! ol il. a.ud was bn ,•■!„■,l dow n and lolled, the bode being terribly mutilated. Alfred Sami,'ls. a Dummy sw-ep. ~t Neale street. Camberwell. was ~|,iirgcl I,More Mr Hay IL lie ID at |.a in bet h Police Court, with attempting lo commit suicide by .swallowing piece- of china. Police constable Sagemi .staled that oi. Saturday evening he as called lo Sanders, a.ml found him Irving to - wallow pieces oi china which be had bitten from a .saucer. When asked whnl was the matter the prisoner replied: "I can't stand the w-orrv i shall do nr. -If in when , e t .; Il.fi , ionic - -Poe ,111,1 I . or the o;i : , oven. I have burrowed money, • Hid | can't pay il- hack yet aw Idle." The I'uhii, Tru-t hr ■ written lo the Pnlangntn Cminlv Council apptot ing e! mi .ipplieate ii lur a loan cf £19.090 on account of the bridge constntefion loan at: 9 per cent, for 30 years, and has intimated that, the whole sum must. 11l- Hi 11 I in one I'll (says the "Napier Telegi noli">. The Council b s decided to accept the loan, hut to ellilea, our i > lift ii iu two sums. I lie Public Ti ns; lias al-o agreed to , 011,-iilcr ,-iilcr ibe lending of £ 1..",99 for tim I law ea roa,i. I lit a- a roll ha- not ye-! been taken of the ratepayers toncci li-

ed. limbing can be done meantime in t he mat ter. The importance •! glass sit, l as an article of export from lb i - country w a-; mein iotied by Mr !!. McGillivray. an expert of the Agricultural Heparlment. who Inis recently lelnnmd I rem ;,1,1„:,,|. i'licre lias been r„u-i,b-rable- Oi111■ ir\ m Home, lie -ays. mi New Zealand gra-s seed.-, and il would a'lpear that an imlu-tiy : ( great impmtiiiii c to ihe Dominion i o ;!■ I he built ill) provided the -eeds weie well dr; --- ,-d. lb- found that there was a preit demand for gi;i"-cs suitable for g"ll tin!,, and pleasure parl'.s. Sole, members of lhe Agre-ti family, and also l 'hewing' s fe-ma- aie in demand for sm'l; pm pose.-. 'l'he-po--ihilitv of gu--.it!., exteuding tin- ex;,mi of pig piodm-t- from liiis was put mrirdy to an "Otago |)aiiy Times" rep'-riei by Mr R. M - (! ill ivra.v. ol tie- Agrieiiltu.nl HepaUnieni, who has just returned Horn IS months .direa.l. lie found that in l.o!i_ ,e. 11 ,; i.- ii: v -e !e intc'i c-ted io t!:e iik-'-I trade exioev-cd r-_rct and • -mm im,--l, ui-limeu! ;!mi 'a dairying coun'py like N.-w Zealand did am -end more pig ,uod m, - 1 o 1.1(190,!. .i - a - pie ad id eonm-c, ion coni, l he huiit. up iu teat iu;-. Tim infioi V.a- "-.pie --ed dull New Zeal; mi .-hoi:!,I he -■.uMiim. a steady meiisUie -upply the vast re.piirenients ef the Mctimr ( ouiiiry. and to take the place t I some extent cf the foreign tii'liele.