MISCELLANEOUS.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 14 April 1919, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

__ *_ —,- - The leading brands of cigarettes, including Three Castles, are now being sold in Auckland at pre-war prices, viz., 6d per packet. A councillor remarked at the meeting of the Masterton County Council on Wednesday that the price of fencing material, etc., was already on the down grade, ;and that he had purchased ma-..'i-i;:i recently--at"much reduced 1^163; The Waimea County Council the other day passed the following resolution: "That the members of the Parliament for Nelson and Motueka be asked to expedite as far as lies in their power the passing -of an Act to provide for a motor-tyre-tax, the revenue from to be distributed among the loearbt®ies." The latp«SSjiraham George Jagoe, in Chfistchurch recently, lef'yi£looo to the Sisters of $\ T House, £3OO to ■>. ' rje»3?£'He left a life interest in £SOOO "•).Jtiffi'-'-'sister in Oamaru, and the re- •;; iiderV'of his estate (which was '.woni: at''£ls,ooo) to his sister's chilJv'e'n, together with a reversionary in•"urost in the £SOOO. "Toll gates are an annoying > -iy of jpllecting revenue. In fact, tl. ••-■ are , relic of ancient barbarism and ;,.-<juld 3 abolished," remarked Cr. :•■': -.'". il--0:,, chairman of the Waimal. v7ost .ounty Council, at Stratford c. Mon,.ay. Waimate has splendid ro. -i f and :o toll gates. The only way to .. - away with them, he thought, would ■:■ ror --. <•■;•; iocr.l body to apply to or -c oae, aiid they would prove such- a u; iaace ."; .at, the .people'would Use and .i-olish them. Seven is regarded by the superstitious as a lucky number. It has certainly appeared very often in t'.\. Vile oi. the Mayor of Christchurch (M. H. ;.... Holland). He was bom on tt>c >ta ■-' the month, and so was his wife. >. _ey ...icamo engaged on the "th; they .ere tarried on the 7th; they have children. His Worship left England :or Now Zealand on the 7th. Now he .3 retiring from the Mayoralty ou May rt'h after having held the office for 7. years. Mr G. Witty, M.P., recently telegraphed to the Hon. W. D. S. MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture, with regard to Australia 11 cattle tick, which, is now prevalent in the North Island, asking what steps he was taking to pre : vent the spread 6i the trouble, especially to the South Island. Mr Witty received the following reply from the "Received your telegram reyarding cattle tick. This matter has been receiving special attention for the last twelve months, and special regulations were gazetted a considerable time ago. A year ago officers were sent to Australia to look into the question of clipping of cattle as carried out- there. It is now proposed to build dips on the, same lines as in that country and to make dipping compulsory. The Department, has the matter well in hand, and there is absolutely no necessity for anxiety,"