NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 4005, 3 October 1929, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

X property sale of more than ordinary public interest, in view of the fact that the property had been offered to the Government for purposes of closer settlement, was finalised at Blenheim on Monday. Mr. G. F, Watts, of Lansdowne, purchased on behalf of Mrs. Watts, of the Delta Estate, the property of the late Wm. Pollard. It is understood that, the property was acquired as a going' concern at a price in the vicinity of £50,000.

Speaking at a'‘gathering in Wellington last week', Mr. J. J. Roberts related an amusing incident of his early football days in England. A player was not feeling well and went to a doctor. The doctor asked what he did for a living and when told he played soccer football, the doctor asked, “W|hat position do you play in?” “Outside right,” replied the player., “I thought so,” (replied the doctor, “for you certainly have no inside left.” Though bobby calves in considerable numbers have been going to the works this season it will not be surprising to find when the season’s tallies ape made- up that the total will be fewer than last year (says the Taranaki “News”). Owing to the prices ruling for heifers of class at the close of last season and the big demand for these from outside Taranaki, a much larger number of heiferjs have been “saved” this year. In fact, it is considered almost every fanner has saved a few more heifers, and in one case it is stated that 41 heifers are being reared this year. That probably is an extreme case.

There are lemons and lemons. The kind usually on sale' in the shops are of average size, whether New Zealand grown or imported. Mr. P. Mace, of Hataitai, Wellington, who returned last week from a trip to Norfolk Island, brought with him a few specimens of the island Jemons, some of Which were five or

six times the size of the usua.l shop Tension. They were over 18in. in circumference, and in appearance like a. very large pomegranate. Both oranges and lemons grown on Norfolk Island alre excellent in quality, and Mr. Mjace stated that he had never tasted oranges of finer flavour except in Mexico and on the coast of South America.

The following story is told by the Nelson Mail. During the war a Srottish farmer in a district not far from Nelson, presented a lamb to a patriotic bazaar, to be disposed of at the prize in a weight-guessing competition. Not only did he give the lamb, but he actually bought one ticket for it and put his guess

on it, 1371b5. When the last ticket was sold the. lamb was put on tlu> ; scales and weighed 13^7Jibs., and a juan was found who had guessed .'the correct weight and so got the (’lamil). The Scottish donor was xperplexed arid latoir confided in a bosom friend the following: “I have 'made a terrible mistake. I weighed that lamib before I left home -and it was T37l!bs., it rained heavily when I was bringing it here, and I clean forgot to consider the extra weight of the water in its fleece!”

A very interesting letter from an English schoolboy who came to New Zealand under the Church of England settlement scheme two years ago appeared in a recent issue of the Hampshire “Telegraph and (Post,” published at Portsmouth. “New Zealand,” says the writer, “is not a country of cannibals, nor is it a land ‘flowing with milk and honey. ;It is simply one where a man who is willing to work ’and works hard, gets a. good wage. Most New Zealanders are goodnatured, and want to he hospitable to you. But it is no use coining out here as a tradesman or in a profession, because the country is already overstocked with men and women who have degrees and men who are * experienced tradesmen. The best job of the lot is that of the farm! hand. Once you alre in New Zealand and have a job, settle down, and keep out of the towns, and don’t listen to the man who says you ought to be getting 30/a week and keep. That is why he .is out of work, and sooner than work for less he would beg for food that he is practically sure to get. Work hard. Got into it and keep at it, and you are sure to get on in ,New Zealand.”