NEWS OF THE DAY.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 24, 6 September 1901, Page 3

NEWS OF THE DAY.

In a Squth New township, |he local medico and the local editor had not agreed to differ, The dpctpr rayed and ramped against fyis. adrers:ary the pea. "Yquy paper, s/r.,'' he said, cfis a rag. It i$ full of mistakes." !'As full doctor, as. the cein^etry is of ■yours," replied the heartless brute

The Roto ma Ohrqnicle says: There jg quite a maaia amxmg the natiy.es fit the present time for wood carving. On every warm spot, and on the sunny side of Taina,.terkapua may be groups of the younger, generation of Maoris wit}}, chisel in hand, Tinder the gfcidnnc^ of. a tohunga, or .artist, birisy at some kind of work in the shape of tai alms, tewhatewhas and patus. It is gootl work for the nativ,e lads as there is a great demand for articles of this sort in the tourist

season

A certain Jew being shown over tlie premises of a fellow Yiddisher, was greatly impressed "by the lavish and O3tontatious display of fire grenades •kich decorated the walls. (IHa gpotaefcs nje, Ucey" he cried <*vot Tos all dose le?dlebp Idles yor, ''Oh," saidlkey "de inuhur&noe agent lie made m» put ftil d^se nj) befpre he wowjd inohvre the jn'omises," ''Aarl vot wa d©y vpr f Ikey?" <'Yy yen der iire begrßs you trow Ton of dose on der flames, and dat mates de lire go put,'*Mft goodness me, Jkey vat is in derboddles?" said Ikey, "I don't feno^ Ypt vas in dpr Roddies when dey cftrae here, "but dey ac oil i'nll of pafjerin now,''

Tue dingoes in the interior M f New jSotith Wale? a?e agftfo. becoming a great'nu^ance,. They ar«s,. very bold, going quite oloie to the houses, eind iirss are kept going to s^^re them off.

A Ir-md Commission iii Victoria lately decided that in the Hay district it requires 15,000 to 20,000 acres to support a settler; but, nevertheless, the government continues to tkroV .open blocks of 400 and 500 acres for settlement,

The police report gives in a Gurioua little table the various religions of our men in blue. There are seven inspectors—three being1 church of England &-id four Roman Catholic, There are four Sub-Inspectors—one Church of England and three Roman Catholic Presbyterians firgt appear in the rank of Sergeant and Sergeant-Majors, there being eight of that denomination in that class against 22 Roman Catholics, and 26 .Anglicans, There are 203 Anglicans, 180 Catholics 91 Presbyterians 20_W'esleyans, 4 Methodists 2 Baptists 1 Salvationist, 3Episcopalians, making up a total of 504 #onstables of denominations named There are 10 anglican detectives, 9 Roman Catholics, and one Presbyterian. Altogether there are 243 Anglicans 218 Raman Catholics 100 Presbyterians- 24 "Wesleyans and Methodists 2 Baptists 1 Salvationist, and 3 Episcopalian (we presume also Angli cans), who make up "the total of the SSI' men that compose, our police fore*.

It is stated that' the Giv.ymouth Point Elizabeth Coal Mine is under offer to the Government for the purpose of a State mine. Th© property is being inspected.

The' dairy school which was recently held at Stratford by the government Dairy Commissioner was attended by about 60 managers and first assistants of butter factories, principally in the North Island. Mr. Kinsella was well pleased with the work done, and anticipates lasting benefits from the instruction given.

A tourist called at a farmhouse and ordered three eggs for tea. The eggs having been placed on the table, the Uourist knocked the top off one of them and at the same time hit a chicken in the eye. "Grood gracious!" he exclaimed. "Why, sir what's the matter?" said the farmer's wife. "Matter1." cried the tourist. "Ther's a chicken 'in this' egg That's what's the matter!" "My word!" said the countryman. "What a lucky fellow you are! Do you know that if ■ I had left that egg'to be properly hatched, in a few months'time I'd have got halfa crown for it. and you are getting it for a penny'"

Every horse carries an md«x to Iris temper a»d intelligence in his face. The tractable animal is broad and flat between the eves; the bony ridge of his face dishes slightly from the front Avhere the fac« narrows towards the nostrils; his ears are well set, sensitive, and far apart, with a well defined ridge of bone extending across the top of the head between them Always look for this ridge when judging a horse. The eyes should be large clear and bright, with, a prominent ridge of bone along the upper and un der edge of the socket.

"When,.being finished for the market bacon pigs should bo fed principally upon crushed grain and meals of various kinds. As the finishing.stage approaches the allowance of soft food should be restricted and the proporion of grain gradually increased. A few pototoes may be given with advantage but the quantity of these must not be so large as during the earlier stages of feeding. Of all single foods perhaps that best adapted for bacou production is barely meal, though even better results may be obtained from this and other grains than by its free use by itself. A capital combination of grain foods for use where the best quality of bacon is aimed at, consists of three parts barley meal, two^ parts crushed oats, -and two parts maize or Indian corn, with perhaps a pinch of pea or bean • meal thrown in. Mixed ?nto a mash either with water or separated milk, this mixture will be found a first class "bacon maker/

Thjs position as rogards the orop prospects qf Europe is now becoming fairly clear. It is certain that the German crops will be much smaller than usual, and the Hungarian crop will be only moderate. On tlie other hand the French crop will be if anything, larger thaii that qf 1900, though it will jstil]. be necessary to import a monerate quantity, Italian and Spanish crops are good, and so far as can be judged a full gun^ will be obtainable fiom Eussia and the Danubian provinces. In additiqn the American crop is exjpected to be unusually heavy.

A meeting of the Te Awamutu branch of the Waikato Farmers' Club was held on "Wednesday evening the 28th. inst. There were present Messrs |J. 11. Mandoup (chairman), North, iPotts, W. Mandeno,' Fry, Teasdftloi and Fisher. ■ ? < \

Fahmers' Uxiox, —A letter was rend from Mr. l]arugb, the President, in respect of the proposed Fanners' Union, and referring- to what had been done by the Auckland Agricultlural nnd Pastoral Society- and Farmers' ■Union to bring about such a union. After some desultory discussion jit was re-solyed on "the motion pf Mr.' W. Mandeno. seconded by Mr, Fry, I that tliis branch is strongly in favour of the federation of the various Farmers' Societies throughout the colony and approves of the s.u. ges^ipn made by Mr-.'Baimgli's letter that two delegates should bp> appointed tQ confer with the delegatos appointed by the other sopieties tq formulate a scheme for the formation of fmch .a union.

- Reports frpm London state |hat in] the month pf May the retail prices for fruit were almost fabulous, If the prices quoted are tq be rehVd on, any] fruit from these ooloniei arriving in good condition at that time wtmld. have netted shippers a tremendous profit. The following are the shop prices quoted;— Grapes, black Hamburgh,) ss. to 6!s. per lb; is-lpte inuscateli, 7s. to 10s. 6d. perlb 5 pine apple's, 45., to 7b 6d each; apples," Is, Gd. to 4s, per dozen; naval oranges, 3s. to 4s/ per dozen; and hothouse stv&wb'er-ries, 20s, per lb.

In oonnection with the late cases of fraudulent meat sale in England, a i 'London Buyer" writes to one of the London papers; "This action was brought by Mr Cameron, the' New Zealand Governments representative here, under the mistaken idea that the New Zealand farmer suffers an injustice in having Australian meat sold as New Zealand, Before, the. New Zealand Government starts advertising the splendid quality of Australian meat in this way,-1 think they might see to their own affairs at home. Thousands of sheep are forwarded to Canterbury yearly from other parts f New Zealand, in order to be shipped from there to London because the salesmen in the Central market will pay the colonial a little more for Canterbury mutton than he would for Ota go or Southerland mutton, little dreaming that he is buying one tiling and getting another. The fraud on this side deceives no one; on the other side it is intentional.

A Southern farmer (says a contemporary) lately sold 2000 bushels of oats to an Inveroargil firm, at Is. 9d. —the best price we have heard of in that district this season.

Five monster potatoes have been grown on a farm at Otakeki, Taranaki district (states the' Grisbofne Times). [One measures 13-£ inches in length, and the other, 13 inches, and the respective weights are 41b., and 2ATh. The variety is "Beauty of Hebron," and the tubers are sound.

.In thecourse of a speech at Bula■wayo last month, Mr. Cecil Rhodes ridiculed tha statement that there were 18, 00.0 Boers in the field. If they divided that number by two he said, they would not be very far wrong. There were about 8000 or 10,000 Boers in the field. He remembered getting into a great row at the commencement of the war for sa3 ring that there were 40,000 burghers in the field. Th* Intelligence Department said there were only 20,000.

A Scotch minister and his beadle were returning from a real old-fashion-ed marriage. 3

' We had better gang in by the back way the nicht,' said the minister on arriving near the manse.

' What way ?' queried Sandy.

'A weel, there's been a deal o'whisl< y gaein' and I think it wad bd better.'

.' Na, na ; straught forrit,' persisted Sandy,

' Yera weel, then; but at any rate I'll walk on in front a meenot, and you'll tell's hoo I'm daein.'

The minister then walked on a few yards, and called back, 'Hoo am I daein, then, Sandy?'

' Brawley, sir, brawley; but wha's that wi' yeY