LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1930, Page 5

LATE LOCALS.

If time is money, then tsct means affluence. Americans have, .discovered that this is 50..,t A /Wellington citizen when the subscription to a periodical had expired, received a■ little slip inserted into the magazine. Qn-this was “a little story,” which is retold below. ‘A man was hunting-in -the/‘forest.. • A tferribe istorm came up. He looked for a shelter," but there . was none. It began to rain in torrent's. So he crawled into a hollow log. frit fitted snugly . The rain lasted for /two hours, and the water soaked through the wood. The log began tof contract. When the storm was .over he’could not get outv He strained-.to fted himself, hut to no avail. The log held . him tight. The hunter knew that if he could not free himself he would die of starvation. His whole life flashed before him, especially his mistakes. Suddenly he remembered that lie had not renewed his subscription, ||o s magazine. This made him feel so small he was able to crawl out of; the log without difficulty.” <&• !' . The New Zealand Meat j producers Board recently announced that it had decided to engage > whose duties would largely . cppsist of continually me|K% 6ta l ler f' throughout the United with a view to specially extes||p|he trade pn New Zealand muttohj-and lamb. With -the steady .increase') id the Dominion’s output of lamb, the Meat Board is very impressed with the need of using every > ineahk(,|d ensure thaf out lamb is distributed as Ipossible, and lit l/has now appointed to the above position, Mr N. S. Maclump ha, who lias had considerable wholesale and retail experience, and who shoulo thoroughly understand the problems of the meat retailer. This ative has started on his duties- am: from the reports - which have already come to hand,.the Board expects that his visits 5 to the butchers’ shops in the various parts of England and Scotlanc will soon begin to show tangible results. Mi Mnciumphn wi|l also make use of the cinema films prepared by thMeat Board depieting the frozen meal ‘industry,, and will also lecture to tin various butchers’ associations through ■ out the country and Specially to th ■ technical classes for the younger mens hers of the butchering trade.