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Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 65, 17 January 1918, Page 1

On Friday afternoon .85 inches of rain fell in Morrinsville. The total fall for the week ending to-day was 1.15 inches. At the Westfield sale on Wednesday there was an advance in the price of fat cattle and sheep. Lambs made 2s to 3s a head more than the previous week. Calves were easier in price. The Christchurch “ Sun ” says : It is rumored that before next general election the Hon. Sir William Fraser will accept a seat on the Legislative council, leaving the Wakatipu seat in the House to Mr R. Scott, M.P.., whose electorate of Otago Central lias been cut out by the Boundaries Commission. The “ Taihape Times ” reports that a shearer named W. Yella who was out after the record tally at Mr J. McCarten’s shed, finished up with the world’s record tally of 359. The previous best tally was 333 put up by Riano, but Riano’s tally was made on lambs. Vella’s performance was the more meritorious when it is considered that five hours were occupied on big ewes. Had the shearing been all lambs five or six would have been added to the already remarkable tally. A Taranaki paper solemnly vouch, safes the accuracy of the following incident: An unusual incident happened recently in a New Plymouth poultry pen. From a pair of bantams a nice clutch of chicks was hatched. When the chicks were a week old the hen commenced to lay, and in a few days a half-dozen eggs were in the nest. Biddy had plenty to do to rear and mother her brood of chicks, and of course could not undertake the hatching of tho new batch of eggs. The rooster decided to make a name for himself, and one morning he took charge of the eggs and began settiug them out. For three loug weeks the rooster sat closely and was rewarded for his self-imposed task by proudly walking out of the nest one day with a new clutch of chickens. During the period of incubation the rooster became as ducky as a broody hen, and every second day came off the eggs for food and water.