Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 20 February 1892, Page 2

Notes and Events.

...._ » ■ ■ » , » We are not likely to "ruti short of apples this winter (says an English paper), seeing what 'fan ittfmense* quantity of this wilolesorafe fruit is coming to us from* Canada/* The apple crop in the' Dominion "for the present season is'rej&ortecl, to be the largest on refcoyd, the yield in one district alone enabling growers to send as many as 30,000 -^barrels a week to the ' wholes^ dealers in ' Montreal. The only, fear is* thai sufficient ship room 1 will no? be available for the tremendoas stocks now i awaiting shipment at Montreal, and already one London steamer has had to leave 8000 barrels behind for ibis reason. . ' ' ,

Truth reports that an extraordinaary discovery has- been made at Wedmore, a village inVSomersetshire, which is the centre of a district which has proved very rich in antiquarian deposit. . A, black oak * chest, which a farmer had used for many years to store , aippleSj 'got knocked about during* me recent floods, and it was found to have a false bottom, under which lay fifty- * seven silver coins of the reigns of Philip tod Mary, Elizabeth, James 1., and Charles I;, all of which are now of considerable^ value.* Thg •,, coins are supposed to have befln concealed, during the Civil wSr, ! by. some person who was subsequently killed, and who died without •revealing the secret.