NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 932, 17 December 1910, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

The value of the principal products passed through the Customs for export for the month of November was /i,041, 1 S 3, compared with ,£1,070,461 for November, 1909. For the year ending November 30th last, the total value was /20,233,129, as compared with for the year ending November 20th, 1909. The following figures show the value of the various products for November last: Butter,/268,72s ; cheese, /71,80 s ; frozen beef, /1875 ; frozen mutton, /23,i32 ; frozen lamb, /2360; wheat, ,£26,088; oats, /2606 ; potatoes, /101 ; hemp, /zS.Sgb ; rabbits, / 1 3, 2 37 : tow, /1518 ; kauri gum, /30,945; grain and pulse, other than oats and wheat, /312 ; hops, 2814: hides, /i 0,740; skins, all kinds, /31,994 I fallow, /i 5,390 ; limber, .£55,829 ; wool, /295,099 ; gold, /144,705.

The “hobble” skirt is dead in Paris. It has been killed by a succession of accidents. During the last few weeks ladies wearing this peculiar costume have fallen so often and so awkwardly that several arms and legs have been broken, and the Parisienne has now definitely decided against the “hobble” skiit. Her decision has brought with it a curious little crisis in the second-hand clothes trade. At the old clothes market in the Temple, thousands of “hobble” skirts are on sale at prices varying from 4s upwards—but there are no buyers. The “Midinettes” or dressmakers’ and milliners’ assistants —who are the usual customers, are just as careful of their limbs as other persons, and the probable fate of “hobble” skirts will before long be exported to colonies.

A noteworthy surgical operation was performed in Auckland a few days ago. Eight months ago a child was stated to have swallowed half-a-crowu. A medical man who made an examination concluded that the statement was unfounded. The child seemingly recovered, but a mouth ago it again became ill, and was again presented for medical examination. This time the Rontgen rays were brought into use, and the medical practitioner discovered the half-crown embedded in the lower portion of the sufferer’s gullet. A tube was inserted, into which was placed a pair of pincers, and with the latter the coin was seized, and successfully extracted. The child has completely recovered.