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Shannon News, 4 September 1923, Page 4

At the Counties' Conference it was

J agreed, on the motion of Mr. MeElory l-(Oroua) that the charge for leading or driving cattle to the pound should be la per head per mile, or fractional part of a mile, irrespective of number. .

Two member’s of the Tararua Tramping Club climbed Mount Hector from the Otaki side during the last weekend. They found the snow on the lower slopes to the Tgrarua Range soft and difficult to negotiate. The little Shelter hut erected last summer was found completely snowed under, and it is more than likely that it will mot be seen for some little time to come.

An interesting discovery of tin has been reported from the Northern Territory. The Commonwealth Minister for Home and Territories has received advice from the Administrator of the Northern Territory that the locality of the new find is on the west side of the King River and 10 ! miles north of the crossing on the main road between Katherine and Maranboy. King River is about 20 miles from the Katherine telegraph station. Six inches of clean tin ore specimens, which have been sent to Darwin, are stated to be practically clean tin, and to carry about 68 per cent, of metal. The unique spectacle of girls riding to school on the backs of calves may be witnessed in a district not many miles from Oamaru (says the Times). One firm in Palmerston North has 3,000,000 ft. of timber stacked in the yard, valued at over £25,000. It is being- seasoned for manufacture into j casks and butter boxes, j During the season 1922-23 the number of suppliers to the Mauriceville I Dairy Company was 135; the amount of i milk received, 1,559,432 lbs; the amount of cream received, 771,838 lbs; and the amount of butter-fat, 369,211 lbs. The payment to suppliers has averaged Is 6|d per lb of butter-fat for the whole season.