MISCELLANEOUS.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 21 January 1920, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

I Sheffield is now developing inclosf tries largely v. rv.-M-d from Germany ?/j during the war. The output of graiiiopliono needles will shortly reach a' i’(i,Mini.(jolt :i . week. Gramophone springs are a var-tuni innovation, and thousands are produced weekly. »ShefP iiehl ; s output of aluminium spoons , and forks, an industry hold solely by •Germany before the war, will run into j millions .annually. One firm produces < weekly C.uOb.OuO non-slip studs, and it| i.uiin washers tor pneumatic tyres, i ami mi l M safelly razor frames a- day. e. : One channel through "which numod hers of tiia.le.-iral.de characters might i enter Zealand if a very strict 5 watch is not 3: opt was demonstrated T in the Police Court on Wednesday, i! says the “Sew Zealand 'Herald,” . tvhtfh four seamen from Kn gland, two I of whom ir was slated had been ‘‘logs': god ’’ on their vessel, were brought if ■ before Hr J. 32. Wilson. jS.UI., on a >i. theft charge. After they had been ■fj convicted, the rna-ter of the ship said :d he did not "wish them to come aboard jt again, indicating that, it did not mat- {• tor if. by iiiiprisoumcnt, they missed i their vessel. "Oh, that is very nice ’ of you.”' remarked the magistrate; “but mow Zealand happens to want those men even le.-s than you do. I cannot prevent you from discharging them here, but X think you should know that v.e have no room for them in Xev." Zealand.” The men were nor im |*i 1 soiled. The Wait a raps “Age” protests agairi-t the an hum a picnic. It says:, A % is-i t if.-, n the H.ini.-i»r in charge of the . aiimiif si ra: ii,u of Samoa would have a unite .-unicicnt for all practical m -. If the Government has money to throw away on picnic parties it .-houkl arrange a tour of the Dominion, -d that legislators would' acquaint themselves with the more pressing requirements in their own country. A pedigree Jersey - cow, owned by - iMrs A. Banks and Son. of Kiwitea, return ci 20421 bof milk for the month of December last, under Government ' te.-t. This-works out at the very substantial a verage return of 631b'of milk per day. H< r test for-the month was •i.U, making.,Sl.tsßU» of butter-fat. She is the only Jersey caw 'Tew Zealand ' that has been awarded four butter-fat certificates, and is now making her fifth record in her ninth year, and her owners consider that this, will prove the most productive year of her career.- This is an argument in favour of the contention that a Jersey cow is really in her .prime as a milk producer in h’er-runth year.