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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 724, 25 November 1914, Page 4

Buyers of furniture and household effects are Riven a final reminder o£ the Mr Gum's clearing salo to-mor-row afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr Graham conducta„the sale. A little incident worth recording took place recently, says a London paper. Ab a battulion of 1000 recruits from the famous Scottish Regiment, headed by its pipers, marched past the New Zealand Government officps in Victoria street, a window was opened, and the New Zealand Ensign unfurled. At once the men broke into cheers, and each officer, 88 he-passed, saluted the flßg.

The oft-expressed opinion that the arsenate of lead spray on fruit 19 the cause of the prevalence of infantile paralysis will be discussed at the next meeting of the Upper Clutha Fruitgrowers' Association at Bannnckbum —saya the Lowburn correspondent of tae Cromwell Argus. The Association is taking steps to obtain the result of Government experiments regarding this matter.

A Belgian who came to New Zealand a little while before the war broke out. intending, to send later for his wife and two children, and who now resides in Palmerston, has just received intelligence that bis two children are safe in England, with their ears cut off, but there is no trace of his wife,

At a sitting of the Magistrate's Court in Kawb'a last Thursday, Thomas Elliott was charged before Mr Rawson, S M., with keeping liquor for sale. He was convicted and fined £SO and costs, A halfcaste Maori named Jimmy Edwards Was charged with supplying liquor to natives in a proclaimed area. He waa eo-ivicted and fined £3, arid costs £2l 9s, in default one month's hard labour.

Notwithstanding the serious drought Which prevails the New Zealand Dairy Association, Limited, on the 2lHt Inst., digtrbuted. amongst its suppliers the sum of £G8,705 10s 6d, for butterfat supplied during the month of October, which is an increase of £4243 3s on the sum for the corresponding month last year.

Mr Semple, during the course of his speech in Oamaru, said that Mr T. M. Wilford, solicitor, of Wellington, had been instructed to issue a writ against the Huntly mine owners, in whose mine the recent disaster occurred, claiming £ISOO compensation for each man whose life bad been lost throueh the disaster.