THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki Mail, 17 December 1923, Page 2

THE OTAKI MAIL. MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A special meeting of the Otaki Borough. Council Tvill be held to-morrow-night to consider Mr. Jickell's drainage scheme.

Mr. A. W. Bills will act as secretary for the Otaki Brass Band during their present secretary's (Mr. G. R. Syinond.-) absence from the district. The collection by the Band at the Sanatorium, and playing in the street on Saturday night, amounted to £6 Is fid for Xmas cheer for Sanatorium and hospital patients. The Otaki Brass Band played several line selections from the balcony of the theatre on Saturday evening, while yesterday afternoon members gave a pleasing selection at Waikanae when a collection was taken up in aid of the Otaki hospital.

Several local and district athletes are undergoing preparation for the sports to be held at Waikanae, Otaki. and Paraparaurnu. and judging by some of the times established there should be good racing. It is expected that the tracks will receive special attention.

So far no resignations of Borough Councillors have been received, but wf understand one will be handed in before the week-end. Already candidates for and against the purchase of sections are being sought, and -when the election eventuates a lively, contest should result.

A 21-year-old child, named Hare, was severely burned at Waikanae yesterday, through capsizing a methylated spirit lamp. The child's mother and baby were also burned but owing to the presence of mind of Mrs. Hare, the mother and baby were not severely injured, but the other child is in a serious condition, suffering from both burns and shock.

A tap, now on view- at the Borough Council offices, shows what will result from the pressure of water. Evidently the bottom of the tap contained a snuijl hole, perhaps the size of a pinpoint. Water forced its way through, enlarged ttie hole to such an extent that nearly half the tap was worn away, highly pulished marks showing the dir-; ection of the water, right to the top of | the- tap. To look at it one would j imagine it had almost been cut in half and relished. This speaks wei! for 'he pressure. j

Do your shopping early. A pair of sloes makes 5. useful present. Just landed: Sand slpe.3, . all white soles, onlv 5/6 a pair, g* also English white Poplin laoe shoes, high heels, 12/6; Clarke's rnsk? 1 . Louie heels, 19/6; also children's sandals and white shoes at Irvine'* shoe store, Ptaki. —Advt.

The last issue of books for the Otaki library will be on Friday. All books must be returned by the 28th. Fisticuffs were indulged in in a quiet corner at Otaki on Saturday night, and as a result one of the participants will be incapacitated for some time. "I have on these occasions an unfortunate feeling that 1 am. repeating myself. Hut 1 derive some comfort from the fact that the other speakers evidently do not suffer from the same discomiurt." —Senior Inspector F. Bakewell at the break-up ol the Wellington Training College. The advent of -Mr. W. H. Reynolds florist shop iu Otaki has been greeted with delignt by all sections of 1 Jie community and tiie prettily-arranged display at the ' • i-yi ,i;'' has caused mucii favourable comment, .besides a grand assortment of cut blooms -Mr. KeynoiUs has in stuck the choicest of pot-plants, hundreds of seedlings. the rarest of bulbs, etc., and above all. plants, etc., max- be secured at a low cost. Mr. Reynolds also' stocks va.es. flowers pots, insect powders. etc. Anyone I wishing to lay out a garden with the choicest of flowers or flowering shrubs should call at the ".Lyric/' or pay a visit to the nurseries on Waerengn ; Road.

At the ordinary meeting of the Borough Council on Thursday a petition and an. application was read asking the. Council to take a poll of the ratepavers of a special rating area to raise a 'loan liv wav of special rate to construct a' parade at the Otaki beach. The engineer, at the Mayor's request, produced ail estimate of the cost, which the Mayor thought, would make the grant of the application undesirable. Councillor O'Kourke" pointed out that conditions submitted by the engineer were too drastic and mat it was the first time such a bar was put on progress, and proposed the consideration of the application be held over, as it was a matter that was ' entirely a Statutory provision which gave the Council certain, but not arbitiary powers. This was carried. The Foresters' Lodge. Waikunae, invited the Band to Waikunae on Sunday ami members plaved on the lawn at Mr. Lira l.'aruta's residence. A fairly large crowd of people gathered to hear, tlie music. A collection was taken up for the Xmas cheer lor the sanatorium and hospital patients. The amount collected was i'-l (is, expenses of band Ids. leaving a balance of £.'■'• Lis, which will be handed to the matron. The Foresters deserve thanks for their effort in collecting s o large an amount for such a deserving cause. The P.C.R. thanked ih,. people for giving so freely, and also the Otaki band for' assisting them in their work, 'three cheers were then called for the band. The secretary of the band then returned thanks to' the Foresters of Waikanne and to -Mr. Lira Pa rat a for the u-e of his grounds, and. to all the people of Waikanae, for the wav tiiev had assisted the Foresters and the hand. Afternoon tea was supplied bv the Foresters and was greatlv appreciated bv all.

A meeting of the local branch of the British and Foreign Bible So-cietv was held at the Maori College on Wednesday last. Mrs. Wills. Vice-Presi-dent, presided. As the result of an energetic canvass by enthusiastic collectors, the sum of £l7 12s lid was received ami forwarded to the Bible House. Wellington, 'this was considered a splendid response .„ the collectors' appeal. Jt may be of interest. as well as a surprise.'to many subscribers to know thai i lie Foreign Scripture circulated in Now Zealand bv the British ■and Foreign Bible Society, included the following languages:^—Paniabi. Marat hi. | Oujarati. Urdu. .Japanese, Cantonese, Konli, Greek. Hebrew, Latin. French. Oermun. Spanish. Italian. -Maori and Esperanto. It is evident that the days of our splendid solution arc gone and that we too, at this far distant outpo. t of the world and empire. „re being swept into the hailstrom of world movements and world affairs. From tin- is will be readily seen that subscribers to this Society's funds are helping forward the work of Christian missions. in this, as well as it; other fluid-. N'dth Island lishei n.en are becoming interested in the evidences that saaiion liberated in the rivers ol the South Island ate now appearing in northern waters in increasing numbers. Quinnat are now being caugin in Wellington Harbour. This discovery was made by the owner--of a laiiiich wiio caught some of the sal--Tnon while trolling off Xgaliaurauga.' The fish caught were not large, about live or six pounds in weight, indieatery that they had so far lived their lives in the sea and were not yet ready to run up the rivers to spawn. It is how ever, not likely that, anglers who fish the lower waters of the Hut' R;'ver, which runs into Wellington Harbour, will be catching salmon with rod and line during the coming autumn.

The clock in the ierry buildings boomed out, the hour ol sis in the evening us numerous belated passengers rushed down the tee to jump panting and blowing on to the crowded decks of one of the local ferry steamers (says the Auckland Star). However, time, tide, and ferry boats wait for no man. and ropes were soon cast off, chains linked up, and the ship moved slowly away. Like a miniature cyclone a man dashed down the wharf, and with a hasty glance at the everwidening gap between the ferry and

I the landing stage, he hurled himself seawards. But his jumping powers ! were not equal to the occasion, and he fell with a resounding splash into the water. After considerable delay he was fished out and hauled aboard the steamer, yet he seemed anything but j pleased. On inquiry it was found thai he had just cause "to be unhappy fori "he had mistaken his boat and was be-) tog rapidly borne towards a suburb) whither he had not the slightest de-J sire to go".

A motor ambulance is advertised for sale. ~~~*Tm A roller-top desk. suitable for a Xmas present, is for sale. The Rahui Cricket Club will hold ft dance, as advertised, to-morrow night. The Borough Council offices will be closed for Christmas holiday.-*, from December 22nd to .January 7th. Mr. Evelyn Macdonald will give a lecture on "Radium and Cancer" at Te Horo public hall to-morrow night. A meeting of the committee of the. Otaki Athletic Club will be held on Wednesday, at 7.30. when important business will be transacted.

Mr. A. E. Miuton, of the byko, hat on hand several lines of new bicycles at lowest price-. Ail are guaranteed. Children's triereles are also advertised for sale.

j The footballer:,' ball on Thursday i should prove very enjoyable as arrangements are in capable hands. A large gathering is expected. To-morrow night a social, writh presentation o£ prizes, will be held at the theatre. A splendid programme will be given and those "who attend should spend an enjoyable time. Mr. H. Cockrell notifies that his prices for goods are right, and that fancy articles include- choke gifts for Smas or Xew Tear. Ladies' goodr- are stocked in great variety while household a nicies are all of high-quality aad lot in price. See advt. |

A Wairoa telegram says that on Saturday evening two bathers collided when diving off the Nuhaka Dredge. A lad named Christy sustained a broken back and is now lying paralysed. The other swimmer only sustained slight concussion. Railway goods traffic at Palmerston .North nas been extraordinarily heavy during the past week, so intuit so mat lour extra trains had to be despatched to help clear the eongeslion in the yards. These trains again, were very 'long, 75 and SO vehicles being a common freight lor an engine.

At the Magistrate's Court in Wanganui on Monday a number ol motorists were lined lor leaving ttieir cars unattended in the streets lor more than 15 minutes. '-You will have to pay a small rental'' was the remark ol the Magistrate in imposing a small monetary penalty on one oi the delinquents. .ifr lALi.v Biukemore. who is a member ot the Untish Postmaster General's Council assured the National uiiami-ier of Trade Conference at Manchester that if traders accepted the present temporary restrictions in tile Postal seiwiee they would find penn> post reinstated in iron) nine to twelve months.

People sometimes talk about sliiius in -\ew Zealand towns, but that is oecauso they do not know what ,-i real slum is. The Brady Street area, Bet-h----unt t.reen, now being" cleared by the London County Council, had ' ,"/,S houses on seven !.....>, or an average of over 75 bouses to the acre. Tlie Li'osby Bow area ol jusi over one acre mid Sb houses. An illustration oi tlie manner in which seeds are distributed over a wide area was given when an Auckland business man, opening a newspaper from Southland, saw a small showjxr of grass seeds full on his desk- The seeds may have been blown into the mail train as ii was passing through the fanning district, or a package of seed in the mail may have '-sprung a leak." So many motor services ai'e now running irom Wangailui to other parts of the Dominion that it has been necessary to arrange a special stand lor them. Pro vision had to be made lor cat's leaving (and arriving; daily for Palmcrstou North, Marlon, Hawera, and other services—to Mount L'gmont. There are live different firms running services, and they ail star! from the Rutland Hotel in the Avenue. The St. John's Hill and Mosstown. services also start on the opposite side of the Avenue. It is somewhat early to start elec-

tion rumours; nevertheless, it is being stated that Sir Frederic Lang will bo a candidate at the next. General Election. It is known that a surprise was sprung upon him at tlie last election, and that his supporters Were caught napping, holding the opposing candidate and his supporters too cheaply. But it is a. long time from now till the next General Flection, and not much credence can be placed yet upon rumours as to who may or may not be candidates. —Eltham Argus. The power behind flood water was strikingly demonstrated during the preliminary work at the Mangaha.o dim during the past winter. To enable the hy-pass to be constructed a. temporary coffer dam was put in consisting of a liuge mass of concrete sheathed with stout sheet iron driven into the river bed by an automatic hammer. The weight of the whole dun was probably 500 tons, yet on three occasions the Mangahao," when in Hood, bent and twisted this great bulk of metal and concrete into a right angle. Viewing the river at its normal level it is almost incredible that it could effect such a result, but the spectator gets an idea of the might of the power that it is proposed to harness and utilise in the service Of the community.

"Dairying and fruit-giowing are the principal Uses to which the irrigated it nd i.-, put in the- Yakima district, but thousands ol acres have been partially rukupd hy irrigation coupled with lack of drainage. This matter of drainage is regarded as so important that iu bringing in new irrigation areas drains are put iti at the .-time time a 5 the water channels are constructed." Mr Jas. Begg, who recently -visited the tinted states, said this "iu Hie course ol an interview with the Otago Daily Times. He had studied irrigation in view oi its application to parts oi Central Otago.

There leas been sold to America for shipment direct to New York via Vancouver and San Francisco in Novem--1 e: and December some 60,00 boxes of Ntw Zealand butter. The price for purposes of valuation ol this great order may be taken at equal to Is 6d per pound f.0.b., or a tutu! of. say. £2'2a.000. The butter will bear a duty of 8 cents per pound, or id at the par rate of 4.86 dollars to the £1 sterling. But at the present rate of exchange, say 4.36, this duty will be equal to about 5d in English money. In any case the butter cannot be sold wholesale under 2s 2d per pound, arid it is quite conceivable that it is retailing at

the equivalent of 2s 6d per pound. The proverbial "Chinaman's luck" v.as in evidence again ;it Takapuna races on Saturday afternoon (says the : Star), and when .the handful of winning tickets were paid out on Arch Ami, which got second place in the last stride in the Vauxhal! Handicap, a celestial was there with two of them. "Charlie" collected the besi part of £IOO. For the greatest part of the betting there was not a ticket rung! upon the inside totalisator. but when the machine closed, there were j

five lonely tickets on the unknown performer. As the official figures showed 51 ten shilling tickets taken out on the the remaining 41 must have been taken out on the outside machine, certainly the ten shilling "tote'" tempts patrons to try the long odds where they hesitate at investing £l. The dividend was one of the biggest ever returned in Auckland for second

I place at either trotting or galloping. ! The Clocks on the Mangahao under- ; taking are all advanced half-an-hour in order to take the fullest advantage j of the daylight. j The story or How a girl knocked a ■ man out was unfolded at the Murwil- j luinbah (New South Wales) Court las; j week, when Mark Daley answered a ! charge of indecent behaviour. Mavis j Doris Phillips, a member of Godfrey's I Boneless Wonders' troupe, touring the j country towns of the State, told the

Court that Daley said something offensive to h&r, when she told him' to go awa,j; or she would knock him down. She went into a shop. When she same out Daley followed her to a tent and repeated what he had previously said, whereupon siie hit him on the jaw, knocking him out. Another man, standing near by. had told her he j chant, and retailer—should contribute ! his friend, and she replied: "Have a'. try." He turned and walked away. Daley, who bleadsa guilty, said he rernembsr&d nothing after he was hit

until he yoke tip in the police station. After he gad cross-examine/! complainant. Daley sajd i "Well, Miss, I must raj* yon is-ve a yerv good winch." Daley w=' £ Sned £s,' in default a month's imprisonrr.er.t. Tie Magistrate cc-mnlime-ted the j?irl upon her action, and raid that if more j?irls actfid in a similar way they would not i£ subject- to insults ajjd arts of JjgoK-

Wtingpnui co-operative, butter factlories nave been offered Is Sd per lb lor their November output, and Is 7UI for December. This price represents 208 s at Home, and since the product cannot arrive Home before February and March, it would seem that butter is in a. very firm, position.

Ail imeiestmg test to show the tensile strength, ol pinus iusignis was earned out ny the Ashburton county engineer. A scantling by 3in.) was mid upon two uprights ilit apart. Concrete of a total weight of live tons was distributed along the scantling, tiie maximum deflection from the horizontal was found to be fin. An cneap lui'ms are not in New Zealand—at least so trunks a local resineiii. The lamily home in l-liginnd had 99 acres of araDle land attached to it. arid .was situated within live miles oi a town with a big- population. Recently it weuit Under the. trammer and realised just over £IOOO. •About the price ot a tour-roomed house m Wangauui," was the legatee's comment. The death is announced, at La.isuntie, ol Sir i-iedcriek Treves, Bait , . the famous surgeon, ami one ot the founders of the .british Ked Cress. Sir Frederick Treves was famous as surgeon to the iate King Edward Yll —n was he uho performed the operation lor appendicitis on that royalty —and mis surgeon extraordinary to the late tjiieen \ ictoria. Indifference to the growth oi ihe rabbit pest was implied in the ans-wei ol a Wnikuto larmer iu a remark i v a visitor as to the number ol rabbits seen on tin- larm. "Won't you go into trouble r" inquired the Visitor. '•There is no rabbit board ju tiie.-e pans yet," was the reply, •"and » there is one lormed, I'll get a scut on it." A revival ot the building industry h being experienced in the city ol \>ii lingion. Owing; to tiie configuration oi the capital -property-owners are realising- tlie necessity lor making the best use of their restricted areas, and ate climbing more boldly than in the past toward the spacious sky. Several seven-storey buildings have been constructed ot ferro-conerete during tinpast year or two. and a lew more <■: similar type are in architectural contemplation. The Longburn Ireezhig works opened the season yesterday. Large ntuubers ol stock wen; received lor the door, lambs predominating. It is--ex pected that within the next lew days a lull stall of doormen will be eu- , gaged, although a good start was | made witli about half the full floor ! stuff. A -'Standard" repoiter was lli- * lornied that the prospects for the seaI son were promising, and satisfaction I was expressed with the number ol : stock sent forward lor the opening operatioitg. Nine mouths ago a lady, whili boarding; the Wangauui river steamer at To Tahi landing, dropped overboard her handbag containing a gold watch, money, a bottle ol perfume and sundries. Last week (says the Wangauui Chronicle;. when the river was low, and tlie water clear, another lady, while standing on the Te Tuhi landing .saw an object beneath the surface, and got a native boy to retrieve it. It was the missing bag, and with its contents was duly .restored to tlie owner. The watch had suffered somewhat as the result of the long immersion, but the money w.'o. as good coin of the realm a, when it disappeared. There iva a a curious psychological poi trait in the mental make-up oi a man. an inmate ol Westbuiy .Wilts-. Workhouse lor 9i years, who has dieu 'in, that institution at die age of 81. Known to the outside world by the name ol "I'op.sy," the old man was wont lot years to stand at the gate and salute, passers-by with a "Good daj ; have you ""£st a haif-penliy r' lie had a, mania lor half-pennies Shown a oixpence and a hail-penny, he would always choose Hie latter, scorning silver. A wreath bought with hitli-penuies the had coDec.fed was placed, on 'he i offin at Id's t'Jneral, and a friend dropped .a haii[.enuy into tiie open, grave. She wore her frock with the air '... a budding duchess. Its soft folds <•; rich brown clung round lilho form as she dived among the moving throng which eddied round the totafisator at. Addingtou on Frida;, the Sun). And she wag winning—sue laughted excitedly as she clutched a roll ol notes. Perhaps, though, it was her frock—the beautilul new cration she was wearing for the hist time. It was a new irock, everybody who saw her was soon aware oi tiie iact. Hanging innocently on the sash would "put her to sleep"" for hitting the price ticket. 'Perhaps," said the philosophic one, ''she is only wearing the frock on 'appro.' "

A small army of weasels formed up in marching order on Friday afternoon on vacant land beside the Mangotuku,stream and proceeded on to Morley street, intending to use it as a bridge to take them to the other bank of the stream. They met children on the way home from school, and the

children were frightened, as weasels really aio dangerous creatures. Some borough workmen, armed with shovels, put a different complexion on the affair, however, attacking the weasels and killing a number. Mr C. Hoskin secured one as a trophy and brought it to the Taranaki Herald office as a proof that the weasels lost the battle. Owners of fowls in the neighbour--1 ood in question haye been Buffering

iA good story js told concerning the erection of poles on a hydro transmission line not 100 miles from Eketai himu. A party'was erecting poles for Cue Government on contract, arid half | holidays and Sundays did not appear jin the programme. One Sunday the I gang commenced work on a certain j property, the owner of which was j strong* on Sabbath observance. He ■ appeared on the scene and registered a mild protest, which was entirely ineffective. The work was continued. Seeing this the farmer had recourse to a more pointed argument. He rounded no .-■ rogue Hereford bull and turned if into the paddock where the men were engaged. There was no more work that 'dav: fh r ' persuasive

power of the animal being quite sufficient.—Express. Wining to the" president of the N't w Plymouth Chamber ol commerce on the question of the lmmigiauon o. English secondary school boys t--Tarakani, a Kakaramea settlor »ay*s "I haves had two Engiiih boys sent out to me through ihe agjsncy ol a friend, one for myself and the other for a neighbour. Both have turned out very

fine chaps. They are, in iact, much above the average colonists of their age, both in workmanship and intelligence, This is perhaps a" sweeping sta.tei.nent, but only too true. We are both well satisfied with the experiment. I am naturally interested '■'-•

similar .boys. Have you got one in sight anywhere, as I have neighbour who is anxious to get one?'* The writer is told that i- e chamber's ls£t Ja&tch of applications o* boys to come out in July, in readi-

ness for the rusvr. season's work, *i'he -orA-cMed/text veek, and that ~- £ application, on behalf of a .will ]ag iofdgtfag.

The Foxton Borough Council has f rctfed £5 5s to tlie Radium Appeal.. A batch of twelve Cornish minors | });,; arrive clat W'aini from Home un- | iler immediate engagement to tire I Wnilii Gold Mining Company. It is estimated in some txuartoi's that il will be necessary for the Dominion m import close upon 2,000,0 ■;. bushels of wheat next year, to make u p lor the. anticipated shortage hi the turning harvest in New Zealand. The "Ohakuno. Times" says: f'Onc sawmiller in the district is said to liave made a clear profit of : £SOUU last uiuulu..'' - Tile same paper announces that wo new mills are being erected ■ >a -c ■si imty Of Kliotllil "We did our best for tlie Overseas I Settlement delegates," said Mr C. i.. ! Panic;! at the Masterton Chamber o! ; commerce recently. "We even ghow- ! u | them where the Canterbury lamb I yea* grown hero,'' he added. A DiineMn telegram says the b'ndow- j I'ueut l-'iuid of All Saints' Anglican ' Jiui't'ii receives £7OO under ibe will j A Mis Emma Bearnard, a foundation. parishioner, who died in October, ! aged one hundred. At mst meeting 01 the Opuuake ! Town Boards 43 "dissatisfied ratepay- \ ers"' lorwarued a petition ashing me i Beard to "be good enough to resign

and allow us to elect a Board capable nf managing our affairs in a busi-Etss-like niannet." No action was I'iie ihrec Japanese training ships, the cruisers l.wate, Yakunio am. Asama. will arrive at Wellington on February 4th a.ml remain an i-Vi_.ru-;iiy !>. They will leave for Auckland, remaining! there from February istti to ISth. The squadron win be accompanied by H.M.A.S. Adelaide. Tht sum ol £:£3,UUli, tlie proceeds c ':.-,■ recent wool sates in Wauguiuu, was i'-ud out to-day. Payments are ..alined to growers in lite \Vangtuiui The Wanganui Radio Club station j received la telephone call lrom ;u. I anatuur at Otaki during hs trans- i mission on Saturuuy last. An encode . ol a certain item was requested, Inn unfortunately the record Ihad Upon taken away. The incident, illustrates the targe audience widen even a small transmitting station can -interest. Tii-. impression gathered by W. O. Wilfjs, of Auckland, widle in the Lnited States recently, was that prices .or petrol were now' as low as they were likely to go. When reminded that there had been recent anuouueewt'uts ei reductions in the United states, Mr Wiles said that these affected low-grade oils, which could not '.■ used to any extent in this country, 'ibe Dafgaville 'limes records the :. .owing incident: Mr Jim Hunter, cue oi our well-known local "sports," ia'J the. surprise oi ins life at Turi-j iv.'iiri this Week. A lew Weeks nyy '■ hi thought he would set a hen on ....'no duck eggs so he secured a broody ieti and put a dozen duck eggs, as :.._ thought, under her. When he •vent IQ see how the ducklings were progressing, much to his dismay he Sound holt ol them (six; weie young jHikekos. Ho has not got over the

Afraid that walking will become a ost art as the result oi lite growing J'.'l.'Ulariiy of motoring, American t'Otwear "manufacturers have instil ut- :•'! a national campaign with tin I'.'gan 'Walk and he nealtny," and wiie British manufacturers uie conetuplating a similar step. An English -j.i.eci'ci is using tne slogan "Walk QOte and live longer." lie suggests hat all in the trade —taniier, inerowaids a national campaign. j The plight of a lady in Cisborne the | ither day attracted the sympathy, | )Ut noi tile practical assistance of tiu e\v oassers-by. The lady (relates the Poverty Bay Herald) was wearing a pictute" hah, y'&ich became; the object of a swarm of bees, apparently smite wing in search o: a new home [he iiulortunate lady cast aside liei lead gear, and in a hysterical state :ett the vicinity, eventually freeing terseli from the attentions of stragglers from the swarrn. The luiiluug sUQitiiorii cow, r>ew ; -j stead Lucy, owned by -■■ii E. iixdgiey, itiddivay, Wuioku, is said lo o>- cue fcdfcst cow oi auj breed in me v--Uili the lact thru -no lias ite lUiiion to quality under S.U. test loi i'.-r cex'lilicate oi record vvitn over OUU bof batter hit.. This cow indited alt ihrougii last winter, the severest e.\-H-iienCed during the fasl lour years, ihus liiialuyiiig tor her ceitiheate Willi ■tttii and is 10 years oi age, sue yieldid 16 110. Sib milk, nearly -"J times her . )Wn 'weight, containing txio.otiib but- ] jer-lat. She finished her test on Octo- i -■a iith, and calved on October 31st, . teiieved it would be a good paying j i 3 Jays to apt re. i Prodigal spending was everywhere tii evidence ui the West End ot Lon- j (toil, m epite oi BriUsii iraue depres-j tie:' said Mr William Elliot, who recently returned to Auckland alter a jisit to Britain. The street*, restaurants and shops were crowded jyrcu oeople apparently Hi a hurry to spwd, ind a seat at a popular play bad to bo booked a week ahead. A >:ew res"aurant had recently becai .pened bi tlie Lyons organisation to seat iouu ceople, vet diners stood in queiius to mu admittance. Such seenes could tot, however, be taken as symptom* ol wealth; they were simply spindnn concealing the sea of trouble through H-hirh sober Britishers were, trying to steer their trade-ship to happier "•'?.ters. The intrepidity of some small boys is amazing. When the Sanders Cup .rial races were in progress at fcjtieiV.ii oxi Saturday altornoon, the fresh ' Wih-easteriy wind was accompanied tv a heavy swell and white-topped waves. The official launch was undei (Pray all the while, but that (says me Lyttelton Times) did not deter three youngsters putting out lrom tne inner harbour into the open harbour in a 'iinghy measuring no more than seven feet With tlie mainsail and he Pocket handkerchief jib well filled, he little boat bobbecrup and down in the 'v.ivr. B till her diminutive skipper consdered it advisable t'o return inside. k InVr rrowd on Gladstone Pier mar•••tiled at the daring of the boys.

Regarding the warning of the Pun lie Works Department as to .iihedan . ttr of white ants anri other umber injects being imported into *.e« tad in Australian hardwoods, Mr • >. Overton, the Horowhenua Pox cr ißoaid'= ensinoer told a c . hro " lC ' np WjrtPri that specimens such as tne to bad been found in .onm of the Board's timber. A IB Shi*. ,t larvae The question of . J.TO £ transmission, pole fines^om % a , tß cß ? of insect -a- 'i --prions one \.u»'-- nB .« r j v L,,, ,™ The Forestry DepartttSwftweUttrn it. attention * *is directionFred Barrett, after;.**"£*s J** now. head, saoe repair:.. Ho Has now. for up-to-date boots, "£■***«£ l ° Attp Vjn show T*at Kkeeps. Seehir ft, Children's Hacking Cough, KacJa' Great Oure.-Advt.