LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1924, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

Mr G. W. Keller is leaving to-mur-rmv morning to attend the Licensed Victuallers Conference which sits at Wellington on Monday next. The Progress League has arranged with Mr Bruce Levy, of the Agricultural Department to deliver an illustrated lecture on Grass Growing in X.Z. on .Monday night -next, to which all interested arc* cordiallv invited.

Hale in men's hand shirts, striped tohrolcos 7s lid, band shirts, woven stripes (guaranteed fast colours) (is lid each, with collar to match 7s lid. Note these shirts are all new stock at W. 11. Stoplorth’s, Revel! Street.

I noticed wonderful and growing popularity in England in favour of New Zealand produce,” said Mr J. 15. .UcrivU, who arrived hy tho Corinthii* from London at Auckland on Tuesday. Mr Merritt wont Home to supervise* trial shipments of New Zealand eggs, and to establish, il possible, a regular market in London for this product, lie was also the New Zealand delegate to the World’s Poultry Conference, held in Spain. Ilis mission was most successlul. Over 1.090,01)0 eggs wi'iil Home in the trial shipments and Mr Morrell says the chief factor in thw success of the experiment was the grading. Excellence of the grading more than compensated for the slight deteiioraturn in quality suffered on the long voyage. This deterioration was routined only to slight evaporation. People eating New Zealand eggs refused to believe that they were from cool storage, so fresh did they taste, and. in some instances, they brought t non one penny to twopence a dozen more than English new-laid eggs a week old. The average price realised hy the shipments was Is (id per dozen alter paying all charges, which worked out at I ltd per dozen. When gone ill fur in a bigger way the charges would oi> proportionately lower.