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North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 11 March 1927, Page 4

raae ^ga3tmnEt>aee»Hii'gt3gga»TOioc3»ingra»e3nswwewBgwcggg^w»BBgg»agggBi Tlie price of petrol in Oamaru was mentionsd at a meeting of thr North Otago Motor Association last avening, one member stating that it could be bought clxeaper at Glenavy, Waimate and even as far back as Kurow. Another member wantecl to know why petrol was not hrought direct to Oamaru and his query was answered by the statement that the requirements of the district did uot warrant it. While about 150 Boy Scouts were on parade last evening for the consecration of the coloxxrs of No. 1 Troop at St. Luke's Hall, opportunity was taken to rehearse the procedure for the visit of the Duke of York next week. The xnovements were carried through smartly and with inaidied precision and the hbys quickly had a complete knowledge of what was required of them. At last night's xneeting of the North Otago Motor Association several letters were received from oil and rubber companies stating that the^^ were thoroughly in accord with the Association's campaign against the erection of hoardiixgs for advei'tising purposes. The representative of a petrol company attended the meeting and informed members that, although his firm had refrained from using this form of advertising they might be fox;ced to to do owing to the extensive use made of hoardings by their competitors. Th'e disappearanfce of Mrs Edward Dawson (23), is causing concern at Ashburton. She * was staying with her mother-in-law, and on the evening of February 21 left home with the intention of meeting a friend passing through to Christchurch by the train. No information has since been obtainable as to her whereabouts. The mystery is intensified as she was devoted to her two children, whom she left with her mothe,r-in-law. Her husjband lives at Cliristchurch. ' The annual report of the Auckland Rughy League, which will be placed before the members next month. reviews the most prosperous season that the Rugby League code has experienced in Auckland, and records the fact that the total

revenue for the season was £5597, the "gates" yielding £4216, as compared with £3136 for the 'previous season. The sxim of £104 was donated to charities, cluh grants totalled £518, visiting teams' percentages £312, and £66 was expended on trophies. , . . The Duke of Y'ork's train iri the North Island had two mascots. One was a finely parved crown, the work of a skilled Maori who fired the big engine through a part of the King Country, The other was an ingeniously designed and coloured mandarin with arms raised in benediction. It was made from the lumbar vertihra of a horse, with the4 natural curve of the hone cleverly used to represent arms, head, and flowing garments. It was fashioned by the engineer of the Ohakune section and it had the honour of _a place on the southward journey of the trajn, What is probably th'e relcord low score in Auckland cricket this season was achieved by the Pax'nell third . grade team in its match on Saturday against North Shore in the Cricket Association's competition. The" Parnell team was dismissed in the first innings for only five runs. This score naturally gave the North Shore howlers hattering averages. JWalters took five wickets for one /x'un and performed the "hat trick." In the second innings, when Parnell scored 24 runs, Walters took five wickets for three runs, an aggregate of ten wickets for four rtxns. . When the Royal M^rine Band from H.M.S. ■ Renown was at Rotorua, the bandmaster heaYd the Maori song of farewell for the first tixne. He was so impressed with it that he requested the singers to give him a pri.vate sitting, during which he wrote the music as they sang. When the band returned to the ship the bandmaster set to work to write out the band-parts, and at the ceremony of lowering the flag at sunset the following day the drum and fife band of H.M.S. Rexx own played the beautiful hymn, much to the delight of the 500 sailors and marines who had.heard xt sung so sweetly at Rotorua. Before the "full Royal Marine Band leaves ! New Zealand the people of the' South Island will also hear the hymn of farewell played.

"There is a feeling among xnost of j the settlers that we are not being properly treated by the Waitaki Power Board," writes our Waianakarua correspondent. "Most of the settlers have been asked to pay a minimum of £12 per annum for three years for electricity, over and above the cost of installation. One man has been asked £30, In Herbert, and, it is rumoux*ed, in Hampden also, the people on the main road are paying £4 10s as a minimum. The settlers here fail to see why they should be asked to pay xnore than Haxnpden people or even Hex-bert people as the line xnust go through here to reach Haxnpden. A flat rate all over would have been xnore satisfactox'y to everyone. There is some talk of calling a pxxblic xneeting and asking the Power Board's representative to attend, bxxt, of course, that is just in tx*e air at present."

Cricket, like other sports, has produced plavers with curious and very often apt suxmames. Aucklaxid, of coxxrse, has its Player and its Bowley (says the New Zealaxid Herald). An English wrxter, howevex*, has found a much xxxorc comprehensive list of appropriate naxnes Here ai'e a few: Bale, Bail, Bat (who played with the Gentlexnen of England against the Players in 1827), Bayles, Bowler, Chaxxce, Colt. Creese, Field, Ficlder, Fieldixig. Fluke, Gamble-Ganxe, Greenfielas, Grounds, Luck, Over, Park, Player. Puuchard, Scorer, Kortright, axid Ivnox, The writer says he docs not | expect to be believed, but he states Ihat at one time in lxis employ he had two xxxaids. one named Ball and the otlier Bqwler. On g'oing downstairs one mornixxg he xnet a sweep coming out -of the dixiing rooux. j When asked what his name was the } sweep replxed1 "Over. sir.".

si-:1! wt.'ji'OBEiaro T «i * — - The following resolution was car« ried yesterday by the Canterburj/ A. and P. Associatioxi's committee— - Tbft the Prime Minister he asked to state: (1) Whether the runxoxxrs and allegations by persons who| 1 have recently returned fx*onx Englancl as lo the difficulty which ex~ ; ists in obtainixxg New Zealand produce of good quality in the English retail shops is justified. (2) If so, whether he will take up the nxatter with the New Zealand Px'oduce Control Boards and the Enipire Marketing Board with a view to ascertaining how the identitly of New Zealand meat, "huttex% and cheese ixx the retail shops can he maintained, and how the consumex*s in England can best be informed as to the value? and quality of our products. Two sides to every question and nearly every subject. The "other side" to the i*ise in wool values was spoken about by a farmer during the intei*vals at the auctions says the Dunedin ,'Star." "The figures as to the saies are x'ight enough," he" said, "bixt is the grower getting anything xnore?" The speaker had no time to elaborate, but one niay, guess what was in his mind — the'" cost of production, transit and marketing generally. No doubt such; charges are increasing, for all overheaff outgo has that tendency, and1 lo reach the root of the xnatter one would need to know what never. can be known — namely, how eacb individxxal sheep man stands in relation to his bank and his agent. But there is evidence that wool-growing ' does pay. A well-known flock owner who >vas in Dunedin for the last saies, being asked if he expected good prices for his wool, replied: "I'm not bothering about a halfpenny per pound either way. I know that my stuff is wanted, and I know that at the present run of prices I shall be on the l'ight side." And anyone who attended the Dunedin saies this week might hove noticed that the farmers who were there did not wear a worried look, J nor were they hunting about toi find the cheapesi restaurant * "