NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2799, 18 October 1924, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Complaining at Scarborough Police Court of the condition of Treasury notes, the Chief Constable said: “1 have bad some filthy notes —a positive danger to touch. T wash irv hands every time I touch them. ’ The flaxmilling industry, which flourished for some years in North western Otago, but which lately lias not been extensively pursued, is aboiit go be recommenced on an extensive scale. With its latest issue of capital the Bank of New Zealand will be Lite most heavily capitalised bank in Australasia, and will have achieved the somewhat unusual l'eat, even in these days of inflated currency of trebling its capacity within a decade. —Lyttelton Times. The Northern Wairoa Dairy Company lias imported 238 tons weight of Swedish pine for use for this season’s output of .butter. This is (lie first time that foreign timber lias been used locally for butter boxes. It is expected that the quantity will be sufficient for the season’s output estimated at 2000 tons. The cost of the timber is considerably less than that of white pine.

“Now,” said the teacher, “you have named all the domestic animals except one. Who can tell me which one that is?” No answer. “What!” cried the teacher. “No one can tell me? It lias dark, bristly hair, and is fond of the dirt. It loves nothing better than to go in the mud.” A timid youngster from the back of the class raised his hand. “Please teacher, that’s me,” he said bashfully. Mr G. G. Kirkpatrick, of Birkenhead, England, states that he is acquainted with a family of 15 children, all of whom are alive. In this year their respective ages are, or will lie: 73, 7l_, (10, 07, 00, 04, 02, 53, 57, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51 and 47. The difference between the oldest and youngest is 20 years and the ages

show an aggregate of !)00 and an J average of 00 years. • ! “There is not a shadow of doubt j that a League football team will j be sent away to England," said Dr. Thacker at the annual dinner of j the' Christchurch Marist Brothers’ j Old Boy Association. He added j that he hoped that Ibis team would | not be tailed All Blacks. The word j All Blacks had been done to death. They were New Zealanders and proud of it. People in England associated the All Blacks with the Maoris. He hoped that ihe League team would be called New Zealanders.