PICTURE FANS.

Mt Benger Mail, 2 November 1938, Page 1

PICTURE FANS.

Seventy-four-year-old Miss Emily Weston, of Walthamstow, England, is a challenger for the title of Britain’s champion cinema fan claimed by Miss Rose Tompkins, of Sellineourt road, Tooting. Miss Tompkins often goes to the same cinema 18 times a week because she is lonely. Miss Weston ties with her on the number of shows a week, but wins on the number of hours in the cinema, for, while Miss Tompkins gets home for meals Miss Weston usually has her lunch and tea watching the films.

In fact, while Miss Tompkins spends about 54 hours a week in the cinema, Miss Weston is there about 66 hours. Miss Weston’s weekly entertainment costs her 3s, Miss Tompkins 12s.

For some months past the supply of fat pigs at the Burnside stock sale has been poor, and the prices have varied from week to week with a general tendency to harden. Yesterday’s values went up sharply, and it was stated by both buyers and sellers that they had not been so high since shortly after the end of the Great War. Bacouers, which comprised about half of the yarding of 111 head, went to £6 Is per head, about 9d to lOd per lb, while £1 10s to £5 10s was paid for lighter sorts. Porkers are quoted at £2 15s to £3 15s, but it is stated that over £4 was paid for sonic pigs, representing a value of upwards of Is per lb. The 1 shortage this year is said to bo duo to the lack of feed last year, which caused difficulty in bringing on the stores, with the result that farmers have few pigs to offer at the markets. In the course of the short talk on the impression he gained overseas, which Mr F. L. Nieolson gave at the conclusion of the iSouth Otago Freezing Company’s annual meeting on Friday, ho said that from what ho could see the Home market required a smaller, lighter lamK He thought that farmers would require to consider this if they were to retain their present high place on the London market. i