LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1927, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

A swimming carnival will he held at the .Municipal Maths next Wednesday evening commencing at 7.30 p.m. Extra seating aeeoin.moda t ion and brilliant electric lights. Admission, Adults Is. children (id. Programme posted at hath Advt.

The harvest of lucerne in North Otago this season will constitute an easy record (says the “ North Otago Times”). In many cases two cuttings have already been made, and the growth is so prolific that four or five cuttings will be possible before the end of the autumn. The number of stands is every year increasing, and tile problem of winter fodder Inis been successfully solved. It is now admitted that there are few parts of the district in which lucerne will not grow to advantage. The theory that it will only grow in proximity to a running stream has been exploded, and line stands may now he seen on the hillsides many teet above the water level. It has been found that broadcasting is less laborious than sowing in drills, and the latter process is being gradually superseded.

The impending visit ol the Duke ot York recalls that his brother, the Prince ot Males, had to endure actual pain a s the result of handshaking isays the Auckland “Star”). As everyone wanted to shake the Prince, so all will desire a Royal clasp from the Duke. On more, than one occasion during his world tour the voting Edward Intel to refrain from the characteristically British form <>l greeting altogether when there was a large guest list to encounter. Doubtless tho^Duke of York will have received a brotherly warning; if not, he could profit by adopting the method of the late President Roosevelt, who. at receptions. simply folded his fingers around the other man’s hand waited for him to do the fervent clasping. The closed fingers prevented any feeling ot ■’ fishiness ” in the Presidential handshake, and served also to guard against any stulden and painful grip. A remarkable story is told of how five employees of a Marlborough store, including a young hoy and girl, came l to mm ha sc a ticket in a Queensland consultation which won the first prize of £5900 (says the “Express ”). A little girl in the office staff announced gleefully to members of the staff recently that she had just found threepence and sixpence outside the shop of a Chinese. The manager of the firm, who overheard the conversation, suggested that it was good tip to buy a consultation ticket. He urged that the luckv ninepenee he made the nucleus of a fund to purchase the ticket. A boy, aged fifteen, who was wrapping advertisement lolders. volunteered a further 9d. and two others eagerly subscribed a shilling each. The manager supplied the balance of the money necessary to purchase the ticket, and it was agreed that in the event of winning a. nrize. all should receive an equal amount. “ Wliaf shall we call

it!'” asked the tvpistc. “Call it anything, but get it now. ' replied the manager. "Right,” chimed in the office boy. “call it the ‘Got It Now Syndicate.’ ” A few days later the manager of the consultation informed the syndicate that it had won first prize. Business was suspended while the manager and stall' celebrated their luck.