INGLEWOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1921, Page 6

INGLEWOOD.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Oct. 3. A curious natural phenomenon, vouched for by Mr. H. Luke, has been observed in Inglewood. Eleven years ago Mr. Luke went to live on the property where he still resides. When lie first went there he noticed a cock blackbird with white spots showing in his plumage, and he declares that, year by year after each succeeding moulting the white has increased, until, as he declares, at the present time the bird is absolutely I white. He is not prepared to say whether the bird is a real albino with pink eyes, though one has, it is said, been observed and preserved near Hawera. In* the New Zealand Gazette of Sep< tember 1, 1921, the boundaries of' the Inglewood registration district under the Marriage Act, 1908, are given in detail, as altered to come into force on September 5, 1921. A careful perusal' of that Gazette notification, coupled with a study of a map of the district affected, will create in the mind of the careful peruser a deep sense of wonder —wonder as to the personality of the compiler or delineator of those boundaries, more wonder as to the object sought to be served. A very large slice of the county area is put into the Waitara registration district. The residents, inhabitants —nay, denizens, perhaps, is a more befitting term in the minds of the compilers of the Gazette—of that area, in order to get to Waitara, whithex- under the law they are bound to go for certain duties under the Act, would have to come through Inglewood, where a perfectly good registration office is available. The whole matter should at once be taken up by the local bodies representing the interests 0-f the denizens designated, and put right in a friendly spirit. Saturday’s mart sale at Newton King, Ltd.’s, was very well attended. A large number of calves were penned and the pig pens also were well filled. Sales were by no means difficult to effect; in fact the demand for pigs was better than last week. Bull calves sold at from Is to 4s, heifer, nondescripts from 3s to Bs, those showing Jersey strain 27s fid to 42s fid. Weaner pigs made from 13s to 19s. A line of four choice Berkshires '27s 6d, slips 20s to 27s fid, stores up to £2 Us, maiden sow £2 15s, sow in pig £4 15s. There was a fair quantity of poultry offered. Hens made from 2s (id to 3s 3d, geese 3s, ducks 4s to 4s fid. Apples per case realised Gs to 9s fid. vegetables and other sundries also sold well.