THE RAINFALL.
In connection with the above, the following record for the month of September, taken at 12.45 daily by Mr G. S. Huflam, is of public interest: Total Rainfall in incnes.
Total ... ... 4.04 Rain fell on eleven days during the month, the maximum fall being on the 15th. " ■
Speaking at the annual meeting of the Manchester and District Branch of the N.S.P.C.C., held in the Manchester Town Hall, on July 10th, the Chairman, both of the gathering and of the Branch, Mr Harold Agnew, said, with reference to the report which had been read, that they had still to deal with much neglect and starvation. It was that rather more than violence, in the district. In this country the cause of crime was drink. It was drink that led to neglect and starvation. Not; less than 91 per cent of their cases were due to drink ; only 5 per cent were the results of violence. Curiously enough, they found that in Middlesex there was 15 per cent cases due to violence, while 79 per cent were cases of starvation and neglect. Why that should be so, he could not say. A boot or shoe that pinches can be remedied by placing over the uncomfortable part a cloth wrung out of very hot water, and renewing the same directly the water becomes the least bit cooler. This method causes the leather to take the exact measure of the foot.
Nearly 300 permits have been issued in Adelaide to persons desirous of going to South Africa. Of these 220 intend to settle in the country permanently. Private George Stewart, of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders, has just returned to his home at Arbroath, after going through 33 engagements without receiving a scratch. Money can be made by rearing calves. A Manawatu settler, with the aid of Tolley’s calf meal, reared all his calves last season. The cost of the meal averaged Is per head, and he sold them when five months old for thirty five shillings each. "While two farm hands were scuffling near Orange (N.S.W.) the other day one of them fell on a knife, which entered his fack and caused fatal injuries.
Sept. 7 0.I9 * 15 1.20 16 O.25 17 0.12 18 0.06 19 0.03 20 l.l6 21 O.05 22 0.08 23 O.30 26 0.60
—o TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Week ending Maximum. Minimum. Sept. 5... 69 27 12... 63 30 19... 62 3* 26. . 60 28
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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 119, 3 October 1902, Page 3
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407THE RAINFALL. Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 119, 3 October 1902, Page 3
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