MISCELLANEOUS.
Tlieir owner having gone abroad, and having no further use for them, the. following articles were advertised for sale in the London ‘‘Times” ot June IS: —‘‘Ex-Kaiser’s two favourite thoroughbred horses, with saddles complete; State carriages, the finest in the world; harness, gold and silver mounting; gain liveries, gold and silver, etc.; in part or whole to be sold.’’
Writing from Vancouver, Mr Ernest j<hort. the Squire of I’arorungi, says: You ought to see the effect of Prohibition in the United States and Canada. Every worker is driving his own motorcar. These workers also have nice homes and line,-families. And all are prosperous looking, with clear minds as to helping their nation. They have twice the energy of the other days, and are turning out more work. ... We havc just three days going through some of the finest Holstein herds in the West, near Seattle, and saw some very fine cattle. One cow. which is going to beat the world’s record by several thousand pounds of milk, has just done 1!H days’ milking for H-.oO' l il>. and has half the time to go to beat about tc.doolb. u'c met Mr Buekland here from the Waikato. He has jusT bought a nice farm, and has started a herd of Holsteins near Vancouver.— • ‘ Star. ’ ’
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 25 August 1920, Page 4
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