NEAR AND FAR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 207, 26 April 1932, Page 4

NEAR AND FAR

Appreciated Actions "That's the kind of ratepayers to have," remarked the chairman of the Southland County Council (Mr. James McNeill) at the monthly meeting of the council, when a letter was read from a Riversdale resident who offered t? assist the council to gravel about 30 chains of road leading to his property off the main Waipounamu -Wendon Road. Two years ago this ratepayer supplied a team of horses and a man free to form the road. He now further offered teams and drays and his own labour free of cost to the council if the council would pay two extra men. It" was decided to accept this generous offer. Unusual Shooting Accident A shooting accident "of an unusual nature took place at Paroa, near Greymouth, recently, as a result . of which George Taylor, single, aged 21, was shot in the left arm. Taylor, while -rabbit-shooting, placed a gun down, leaving the trigger cocked. As he was making a eigarette, his spaniel stood on the gun. It went off, inicting a nasty wound ' above the elbow. The injured man collapsed after reaChing the Paroa Hotel, and he was conveyed to the Grey River Hospital, where an operation was performed. Demand for Quality At a time when slump prices prevail and when marlcet quotations are generally discouraging, it is pleasing to hear of what may he regarded as a demand for quality and a price in a transaction which encourages greater optimism for the future. The jFarmers' Auctioneering Co. the other day negotiated a sale on behalf of Mr. V/. Brindle, of Mangapiko, for a line of 30 head of this year's high grade Jersey heifer calves. The price realised was £3 2s 6d nett per head in the paddoeks. This figure will eertainly command attention, and is perhaps a record for the Waikato in recent months. "Where Are They Lsving?" "In Christchurch .and the surrounding districts there were 1,058 marriages last year, and only 178 houses were built," said Mr. R. C. Jamieson, at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Builders' Association. "Where are they living? I think it must he a case of living with the parents, whichever are more wealthy. After all, every yonng couple's idea is to have a home of their own." "They must be living two or three in a house, or else in the garage," said Mr. W. P. Glue. Surprised and Touched A farmer's wife living near Wanganui is endeavouring to trace two young men who called at the homestead one day recently looking for work. She was preparing to go to the city, but waited to give them a meal. Then she wished them luck, and after loeking up the house, left for the day. On her return, she was both surprised and touched to find that the men had chopped and neatly stacked a great pile of wood. Although she could do without extra help on the farm, she intends offering a home to one or both of these men if she can find them.

Advertising By Air The sight of large pieces of paper fluttering from an aeroplane over Hastings recently attracted mueh attention from the people in the streets, and many bystanders sought after the mysterious papers as they fell to earth. The answer to the mystery was that Mr. R. D. Brown, of the H.B. and E.C. Aeroa Club, had gone aloft to assist in advertising the Red Cross clothing drive which was to begin in Hastings and Havelock North at nine o'clock the next morning. One small boy will have cause to remember the distribution of the leaflets. As he saw one coming down within a short distance of his home, he juniped on his bieycle so that he might be the first to reach it. He jnmped off his bicycle, which he left lying on the road, and ran after the piece of paper, but while he was running a motor-car came along and ran over the bicycle. Richness of Southland "I am more than astonished with the richness of Southland as a farming district," said Mr. Edward Newman, a member of the Railways Board, at Gore the other evening (says the "Ensign"). Mr. Newman said that he had farmed for upwards of 50 years in the Rang'itikei district, but his tours had not brought him through the whole of Southland, and he did not realise that there was land > of such high quality and of use for all classes of farming. "All I can say is that after having travelled all over New Zealand with the board, and after having seen the eonditions prevailing, it is my firm belief that the Southland district will eome through the difficult times through which we are passing more successfully than any other part of the Dominion." -