NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2248, 8 March 1921, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

An indignant Eketalmna husband feels called upon to advertise in the local paper offering £25 reward for “information that will lead to the conviction of the person or persons who started the rumours that I abuse my wife by hitting her or in any other way abuse so as to do her bodily harm.” A recent Geneva cable states that the Rhine is practically dry between Basic and Strasburg, and there has been no river traffic since November 18th. A number of boats are stranded in the shallow waters. Large salmon can be caught by hand in the pools. The Rhine has only dried up in this way once before —120 years ago.

Nicholas, ex-King of Montenegro, whose death was reported this week, was 80 years of age. He assumed the title of King of Montenegro in 1910. He married Princess Milena, and had three sons and six daughters, Queen Elena of Italy being a daughter. He began the attack in the Balkan war.- Nicholas was compelled to capitulate to Austria in January, 1916. Subsequently he retired lo Neuilly.

Mr W. J. Poison states that he

has a scheme to lay before the Farmers’ Union to the effect that farmers in the Wanganui district should charter a sailing vessel and consign their own wool Home and deal with the buyers direct at the other end. ‘The long voyage of a sailer would save storage at this c-nd, and possibly before the wool reached the Old Country the tone of the market may have considerably improved. It is understood that when Canterbury grew plenty of grain for export a similar scheme was adopted by farmers there on one occasion, and worked very successfully.—Herald.

A week or two ago a Fairfield farmer forwarded a calfskin to a Wellington firm to dispose of, and |iis feelings can be better imagined than described when lie received as his return a couple ot days ago the munificent sum of threepence in penny stamps. The account sale showed that the skin realised 3s 7d, which sum was almost wiped out by charges as follows: Railage 2s, cartage Is, commission 2d, salting 2d—total 3s 4d. Net proceeds due producer, 3d. A Levin farmer fared much better in a similar sale, for his “net proceeds” were 200 per (rent, more than that oi the !airfield man, amounting in round figures to the sum of Is, charges again almost annihilating the selling price of 4s 4d. .The latter farmer informed a Chronicle reporter that ip February of last year he received 21s for a first-class hogget pelt, but the sale of an equally good skin last month brought him Is Bd. Again the query: Who gets the profits'?