MISCELLANEOUS.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 7 April 1920, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

It is stated in Dunedin that one of the best private hotels in the South Inland is shortly to be staffed by amateurs. t ‘ Lady orderlies” will take the place- of professional servants, and do all the household duties. This will sot the professionals free for private family use.

The Wairarapa banners 3 Meat Company has purchased thirty acres of laud in the vicinity of Waingawa works, and intends laying out a model township for employees on the lines o.t an English garden city. It is proposed to cut up the land, which is bounded by three roads, into quarter-acre sections, with streets converging on to a central recreation ground of live acres. The latter will contain a lawn tennis court, and cricket and football grounds, and will be planted with flowers, shrubs, and trees. It is also proposed to make provision tor a band rotunda. * * * The latest fish story was related in the Supreme Court proceedings at Gisborne in connection with a claim by Maoris for compensation for loss ol eels through the draining by .settlers j of the Kopongacre lake. The Maoris, who were awarded by a jury £H7 com pensation, claimed that' the eels from the lake supplied all the food for huis in that and other districts. Mr Justice Husking became reminiscent, and said he had seen eels six feet in length in Lake Manapouri. A Maori witness, Taki Kerekore, who was in ihe box, capped this by saying he had seen eels IS feet in length, and men had been used for bait. His Honor said he thought this was rather a tall one. and adjourned the Court for lunch. s m

“The girls in the Land Army wen j out to get as much fun as they could, g They wouldn’t work, and they would B ;>«,r learn. 1 ’ said -Mr •). D. Hall at. tlio J annual meeting of the Canterbury ; Agricultural and Pastoral Association. ••They were like a Jot of Tommies, wit hunt officers. When a party of them came out to one farm ill berkshire they were put in the quarters former lv occupied by the si aide lads. Four out of live times, when they were supposed to be working, they would be squaMing down, yarning.'*’ • ‘The food supply in England, when the .submarine menace was most acute, was not a matter of months.” said Mr * J. D. llall in the course of an address J on “England Under War Condit-ions” j to members of the Canterbury AgricuJ 1 tural and Pastoral Association. “Thera was only enough in the country to keep it going for two or three weeks. But nothing could be said about it tit, the time. The Food Ministry had to keep quiet. If the Iluns had known the truth, they would have had five or six dozen submarines operating instead of twelve or fourteen. ” "Whilst the Elf ham County workmen were tarring and sanding the road near jho .Mangatoki school last week a Ha worn cyclist with a lady passenger behind refused to listen to the cnstoni:uv warning, but rode straight on to the freshly sprayed tar. The cycle skidded, and The two soon found themselves mixed up with tar ami motor cvclt*. Through the kindness of some ; onlooker, and the free application of water, turpentine, and benzine*, the two were soon able to proceed onward a much wiser couple.—‘‘Star. ■ * * * An important suggestion relating to the sale of poisons is made by a Christchurch man who. voile on a visit to Svditey recently, noticed a "iise in which the life ot a child wa> saved owing to the antolote -or the poison, which had been taken inadvertently by the child. i;e»ng printed on the label. Tic told a report**r that he thought it would be. an excellent thing it the labels on all bottles ol poison had printed on them plain directions regarding the application ot an antidote iti the ewnr of an overdose having been taken, or in the event of the ■poisft.i Inning been taken in mistake. Xot live eternal feminine this G»no. loir the ‘eternal small boy! A local lady (says the “Maraura Ensign’*), who had siirrcptit iotisly laid in an extra supply of sugar, called at a grocer’s recently in search of that scarce commodity. She was accompanied by th* youngest m-.,<~i‘ii{ of the household, and c n being toid the. -mly -lb lots were allowed cust'uv.ers. pleaded for a larger allowance, alleging that sto-.'ks at home wore at bedrock. ‘‘But there s pieiitv of sugar in the* pantry. • remarked the youngster. “Oh, no. That s salt,' hastily replied the lady. “But I know it’s sugar.” said the boy. “I tasted it lusr night.’* The lady was or»\u}U>Iy embarrassed, the man behind the counter measured out a neat -lb. and the party beat a hurried retreat. A proposal to import Koeky Mountain sheep ami gmits into the Dominion for sporting purposes came before the ; council of the North Canterbury VclimaiNation Society. A - blent of Victoria. British • iumbia. wrote • hat. should the s<u-iety desire to make Hie experiment of i■*;t reducing into the Dominion llocky Mountain sheep and goats, he was prepared to negotiate. He was in a position to supply a fair number of sheep, lho chairman, .Mr E. F. Sica-1. said that personally he was of the opinion that such tuiiimijs would be considered as vermin in the future. He thought mnholdois might object. Professor G. T. R. Blunt differed from this opinion. They were excellent sporting animals, and were nor rapid breeders. Thev keep to the high lands. He thought the proposal v.orih consideration. The matter was referred to the Deer Committee for a Teport.