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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4355, 14 December 1921, Page 3

A witty answer is .always welcome. Two entertaining reports are being put to the cerdit just np.w of a pro. mineat member of .the Presbyterian Assembly who seems to be still, further enhancing his reputation: for possessing a pretty wit. Thpugh not born south of the Waitaki or even north of the Tweed, he is nevertheless a very loyal citizen of Dunedin, and when a visitor somewhat ungracious?ly described the Dunedin people to him as “stolid,” !he promptly retorted : “Is that the way youtSpell solid ? We must get you a dictionary !” An Auckland visitor, in conversation with the same gentleman, followed the old tradition of grumbling about Dunedin weatner, and complained especially of the high winds there. “Why,” he said, “it hardly ever blows hard in Auckland. All the wind we get there we could put into a fortnight' of the year.” “Providence,” responded the other solemnly, “has been very kind to Auckland., What it has denied .:o her climate it has granted in full measure to her people.”

The cost of living in South Afric i. has always been a .little higher than in Australasia ; but remuneration for services rendered has also been on a higher.scale. This advantage evi dently extends to the plague-tim? business of rat-catching, for we > o tice that in Kroonstad the pursuers of the nimble rodent are paid Is 7d per head for which they capture and ■hand to the authorities for destruction.

-.“ln England the breeder who is possessed of a 200-gallon Friesian cow considers that he is well dpne, but I find in New Zealand it is common for breeders to obtain better re suits. Whether this is due to the superiority of your stock, or your rich grass, I cannot say/’ so stated Mr G. H. Westropp an expert in Friesian cattle breeding, Who is risking New Zealand, at Palmerston North. y

Suffolk sheep are, apparently, a good investment for. .the lamb-breed.-er. Mr A. Matthews mentioned, ai the breeders’ meeting at Palmerston North recently, that in one instance an average of 130 to 132 per cent, had been obtained. With sheep ns prolific as that, and. the present demand for lamb, they should be a valuable animal to breed (says an exchange.-)

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