NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1924, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

A!r Bert Short a pure white Wca-ei on 11 lann hour I'Vildino. A white specimen ol this animal is rare states mi cxehaiioc). Air Short lc|ii;rts tiiat wild ferrets and weasels lire lloiirisliiiio almm; the river banks, md they are doiti- eood work in keeping down the rahhits.

It is reported that an Hast Coast hiliese oardener. who had the misdrtnne to lose a le;' in a railway incident some years non, and who ms since had the inissinp; nieinher ■cphtred with a **pe—" Ic—, has tonini i novel n~e tor his artificial limb states an exehanpe). When plantin'; nit (abhnoes, lie iu-i walks alone in rout, makino the holes and his wile allows with the plants.

•'ll' cookino by electricity is taken ip in New Zealand ;i' it has been in 'anadn. ii would leipiire three-quar-ers o! a million b.p. to supply the ■ookilie load alone." stated Air A), i. Waters when addressinp: the bnsiless In neheon of the Palmerston 'hamber of ( oninieree report s 11:• 'Times''). i'lie sp •alter added that n many parts firewood was hoi online

iaroe. and cookino by eleetrieity was icino universally adopted on account f its ceolioiiiy anil cleanliness.

••People are very eare'ie.-s in the way tliev carry money through the streets when on the way to the bank. i" marked a banker w lien the ipiestion ol the t licit from a yolino lady in tbe public street was heinp discussed, lie added: •■'l'lie tellers are continually Wiirnitto people to be mole caretlll. Von will otteii see people earryino a passbook under their arm. or 111 a band basket. with ends ol notes s|lekll|o out. That is itist te-mpliiio a smart thief to collar the cash and make oil'.’' Auckland "rlur.

"Nagging i- the coininoimst 'in an,..,,-"" wont, ii." -nifl Dr Marion Whyte during the course of an ~,, ■ -11, MV in Conserve Our Health" (Mates the ■( Hugo Daily Times"'.. Tim stieaker said this was hroughl ui hv the stale of health ol tie’ woman, am! Ii wa- therefore essetilia I tor her to I well. If *l,ings Went wronit that was the lime t* keep ipu.'l. and not heeome irritable and

Builders in the Dunedin district are busv. but many of them have md so mattv forward mbs on tin- books as they had six months a no- 1 of huilditu.' shows no sir'll of deetvasing l -tap's the -Star"). A year am. it was a question whether it would not nav a man i<> "t |il : »" 1 MV 11 l1 "’ diaries lor material would drop. Those who -111 ill at mice and went oil with their dwellin'.'.- lire quite Well oil. belter oil. than those who post- ,, md. And that tm-ilion is unaltered. There i- no reasonahl- m dlcatioll "I a cheapening.

niiusiml ami somewhat amusing application was made hy the foreman of the illry in a ease helllg heard at Hamilton, when llis Honour wnsji-k----1 , states the " Waikato I lines 1 it |,e would grant the jury a couple nl h0,,,--* olf in the alter, ... waul, the Chinese Soccer maleh. Hi- 110.1-sii-.ilingly. sii-.ilingly. said he would like to ..Mice I lie im-v li possible, hut t]' matter dep led largely upon the ~u,„ of u itnes*es to he called and the length of counsels' addresses, as lien ('.'•"liteVieXt' da'v. Hi- iioimur decided of the ittry. however, expressed the ~,. j.,. c, straight on. rather than ,o risk the ot an oxt.-M^ion t! e next day. IHs Honour dec,del to continue, although he again n marked, with a iu inkle «n i<> 3,h '" I;!! certainly u-o„!d have liked the jury tll v l„. mothall mate!,.

is another ease of a man starting on his own account, with no capital. getting into debt, and gcnei.i making a ua-ss of tiling-." "■»* * eon, met of Mr V. K• Hunt-. >-M who,, a case was called at Am tland Magisi late's Court Cays < r"». The evidence showed that the man u a.* faying half his wage for Hi-- rent of a house.

Mr J Davie, of Tapuae Matmn. state* that whilst on his way to New Zealand from England, "hen ahont ten days out. he threw a sealed Lottie ovorhoard. with a note in it tor Ins mother, asking the person who picked „,> to send it to her. never dreaming, it would reach her. Last week he received a letter from Home, saying that ;he 1)11 ttle had been picked tip oil the Beach at Cornwall. Tt must- have travelled oven- 1000 miles. ‘‘lncredible a* this may seem.’’ states Mr Davie, •‘there "'ere several witnesses when I threw this bottle ovcrltonrd who will verify this statement. I have never heard of anything like this happening before.” ‘•Poverty Bay Hc-rald."

One man who has cause to consider himself fortunate is Mr C. Schneider, teamster, of Akitio (says the “Pahintua Herald”). He is reported to have plac'd his luggage aboard the ill-fated Hippie at, Wellington and travelled by train. His intentions were to nave travelled l»y the steamer, but lie eon-

s ids rod flic sea too rough. Mr Schneider attends to the transport of wool, and merchandise at Akitio by bullock wagon to tlie surf boat, which conveys it to thV steamer (invariably the Hippie). and he has frequently travelled by t’|is steamer previously.