MISCELLANEOUS.

Otaki Mail, 19 March 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr Bennett, who visited New Zealand two years ago as manager of the Springbok liugby Union team of footballers, lias died at Kimberley as i result of a motor accident. It is some year.-, since so much activity was seen in Masterton in the cutting up of land for building sites ;says the Age). One estate in the south-east portion of the town has jeen sold, another is now in the market, and a third, just over the bor>ugh boundary, is to lie offered. Members of the VVangantii-Bangiu-%ei Power Board have received noiiIcation thai they must refund (he tmounl which the board recently spent on a trip to the Waikato for the Durpose of acquiring knowledge tbout hvdro-electricity. The amount nvolved'is £5 a member. A fortnight aas been given in which to pay. Sheepowners who are disposing ol heir surplus at this lime of the year should take care thai no undipped sheep leave their place. Dipping may ;ost Id to lid a head, but i( is a dangerous practice to chance sending hem away for the new owner to bear he expense. The stock inspectors ate seeping a carelut lookout just now, vhen eo many sheep are moving. In the newer suburbs of Christ•iiurch great attention is being paid j 0 the beautification of the street j rontages. Only half oi the footpath s laid down in asphalt, the remainder being sown with lawn grass, while ! he fence line is planted with bright j lower borders, the favourite plants being blue or golden viola.? or lobelias. Under the will of the late Robert Muir, tailor, of Nelson, the Public Trustee is appointed sole executor and trustee. The will provides that after pavment of certain legacies to friends' of the deceased, £3OO to Barnardo's Home, London, £SO to the Charing Cros?, Hospital, London, and £SO to" the Salvation Army, the residue t.e the estate io be held upon trust for such charitable purposes as shall time, being of the city ol Nelson. The little four-year-old daughter of Mr and. Mrs Mcindoe, of Racuhi, was caught in the reaper and hinder on her lather's farm on Friday. 1* appears that the child ran through the long oats to where the machine .was at work. It was a miracle she was not killed. When picked.up the lel't leg was almost completely severed below the knee. The little sufferer was taken to the Waimarino Hospital, where immediate amputation was found necessary. The Punjab Indians on the Hauraki Plains are good friends to the farmers, says the Gazette, lor they eat on an average lib of butter a day. A mill-owner had occasion recently to visit one of their camps, and saw the making of a curry for the meal of five men. Three pounds of butte.r were used. The mjll-Q'.v'ii'er lias to nav trie StOre accounts for the different gangs in his employ, and whereas an average month's hill for seven white men is £l3, that of the Indians usually comes to £3O. Mr Deem, when, addressing the Stratford farmers last week, explained the value of artichokes as food for pigs. He said the- pigs should. EQ turned in on the crop to dig the tu- '. hers for themselves, but should be taken off soon enough to allow suin- : eient seed to remain for the following vear. A good crop of artichokes should yield "about 20 tons to the acre. The tops were sometimes cut off and fed green to the cattle, or made into ensilage, but this, of "course affected the tuber crop. The fattening value of artichokes for pigs was very high. It is estimated that about 200 iiouseholders in the district o! P.ussell and Edinburgh Terraces (Wellington city) spend at least 3/ per week in fly papers in their endeavours to combat the fly nuisance. This means an expenditure of £7BO for only six months of the year. They want to know how to avoid it. The plague of fiies followed upon the use of stable manure by the adjacent Chinese gardeners, and the City Council has now prohibited its use within the city boundary. Hamilton should present a very ani--1 mated aspect during the Easter holidays, as there will be thre.e denominational Bible Class camps in and around the town. The Baptists contemplate holding their Dominion Conference camp oh the - Claudelands showgrounds. Arrangements have also been made for the Auckland Pro- . vinciai camp for the Methodist classes to be held in the town, various build ings having been secured as camping grounds, whilst the Presbvteriar Young Women's Classes will also con centrate in Hamilton. It is content pi.ated that-.fully 1000 young peaph • "will be. in attendance at the thret