NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1923, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

A Rangiotu farmer who is milking 100 cows, put 90 under the local herd testing association, and lie informed a Wanganui “Herald” reporter 86 oi them were proved to he -pletidid milkers. “The atmosphere was obnoxious!" smilingly replied a witness to counsel ill flic Mnstcrton Court, when being questioned as to the aroma surrounding a I.ongbush pig-stye. “I wolud like exemption, because I thought, of getting married to-mor-row." said a juror, when applying to llis Homir, at the Napier Supreme Court recently, for exemption from the jury. The applicant stated that it would he rather awkward if lie could not get off. His Honour (says the “Daily Telegraph”) granted the exemption.

A lover of nature and particularly of New Zealand hush suggests to the ‘•Mait'iwn tit Times’’ that legislation should le introduced at the earliest possible moment making it an offence to cut a tree fern or a nikau palm in this Dominion. In order to prevent their extermination, this course is just as reasonable and necossarj as the protection of native birds, and would meet with universal approval. The immigration question will have to be far more strictlv dealt with.” said Mr C. 1). Sole, chairman of the Stratford Hospital Board at Tuesday's meeting, in referring to cases ol persons assisted to the Dominion who were not physically capable of retaining the position prepared for them when itltey were nominated. They had at present one woman in the Stratford Hospital who should never have been admitted to the country. Jt. was high time, lit- said, that the High Commissioner's Office should be notified that New Zealand was not a dumping ground for semi-eripples or people otherwise deficient. Not onlv acre those eases a burden upon their p-articular district, but they constituted a serious handicap to the progress ot the whole Dominion.—Stratford "Evening Dost.” “If New Zealand is ever going to make her health resorts more popular, she must shorten the time of the railway journey necessary to reach them,” stated Sir Thomas Allen, of London, at Auckland. “A few days ago 1 left Frankton at 1.2 p.tn. in one of your expresses, and reached Rotorua at 5.55 p.in.. a journey of 85 miles. Incidentally, I believe we succeeded in killing a cow on Hie way. Tile experiment should he tried on at least one day a week of running a through train for those desirous of visiting your health resorts. -For people travelling oil business it is also desirable that the trains should he expedited.”

The usual dull routine of the Southland County Council meeting was relieved on Thursday night, by. the receipt of the following letter: —“It you or any of your fellow members of the above County Council should have any dead horses or dead beasts of any kind or any eld motor-cars you have no use for please consign to Maitland railway station and the writer will take delivery free of charge and fill up some of the death traps oil Bride’s Road with them. Tours, etc.. E. \V. Casey.” “That mail has imagination.’ said Councillor Robertson. “He ought to go in for journalism I”—“Southland Times.”