LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 79, 7 April 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In the draughts championship ate Invercargill (states the Press Association), Calder Wood heat Boreham, who scored a win and a draw against Hi Hiker. The winneijineots Calder Wood in the final. voU ' ‘ '’iji y, «;£ The New" .Zealand' Loan and Mercantile Agencjy Company Limited, wish to, correct an error in. their market report in Saturday’s issue. The donor of thqr tivxrpases. of apples apd one case of quinces which were sold on behalf of. the Belgian Relief Fund at the Compands Te Wora sale on Wednesday John Carmichael;'Huiakama, not Mrs McAloon, of Te Wera, as stated.

Discussing wheat-prospects in New Zealand, Mr Massey expressed to a Wellington Post reporter to-day his opinion that; wheq| will bo at a price payable to the gvqwer for two or three years to come, and for that reason as well as for patriotic reasons he was satisfied that more wheat will be grown in New Zealand during the next few years than has been grown for years past. Regarding the option of a million bushels which be bad'arranged'for with Canada, Mr Massey said he was quite sure it would fir quite sufficient to cover *ny possible deficiency.—P. A. For Chronic Chest Complaints.. Woods’ Great’Peppermint Cure, Is 6d.| 2- M. - *