GENERAL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13932, 10 July 1919, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

T!her ros'tiriotaon, imi oowaiecfcioin witlh' •thg laiiage of goods due to the ooeil ■ shortage.tlhamtms to interfere seriously Svibb. 'tibe gold mmmg 1 industry aB WaiM unless certain, of them are lifted at an eOii-ly dlaite. lm the tsncßitmeint otf oa<e at ite ba.titory .the' Waihi ■ Grand J Juaiotiioia Gold Ccrapainiy insets aibooit I 16 tons of lime from.' To Kuiiiti mointhly, but does notb stock the lini© owing J Ito the fefaif otf fits ttaJringl fire. As the ( limie is esseriitial to the tsrealtment tihe : ( general manlagteir 1 sitaltes thlgifc umlesis the ' t rastiriatdon.proihnbitangl. the carriiagfa . otf lime is lifted vrifo&n eaght co 1 tea : clays the supplies on hand will be ex- . hauiSitieid, and orusihing ctprarlaltiibins at i I /the bialtfrery will hianfle ten b& suspended i umtil .siuch times as fresh suppffiiieisi can be obtained. Am Otagk* main* who recently floured the north of the South. Islamd stpealis lof tihe motor trip from Nelson to Chrisitciliuircih a« on© of tho most, en- ■ joyaible tiripia of his life, amd hid lias tfidaivelled tihnwigih Euirope amd Ameri- ' ca. lib if) a three days' rush through; beautiful sceemiery. On inqudrinlg! alb j Nelson why the trip . was norts more widely kneewn, he received the) silgpafi- ' casiib answer thaib theire would be no difficultly in emitdciing 1 thoiu'siaiads to ■ vundeirtake ftihe xiim. every yeait*. hvsb, ■ Nedsoia has not the mwmimo'dia.tLoin . for anything" like a big rtish of ydsil- -. tors. When tho Otiago roam, wan tihe-re the only hoius© thaiti he oowild get. "mito ! charged 15s ,per day, and made no reduction, for those who . stayed a ' while- . | I "I have never seen mosquitoes as numerous ku any other part of the | world as they are in the Arctic re- ! gions," saidi Dr. J. Jennese to members of the Philosophical Society at WeUdmig'tori. "In the summer tn«sy hover over the gnroumd m clouds as* I do midges in* New Zealaaid, !and as ! the aun never sets tihe whole of the ' summer one get no rest, night or ' day—-tihieire js no night proper, in \ fact). .Tihe..only respite is gained '. -wihien!. a ool{i "wlind quietens these I pests tempotrarily.! Jl have • seen ! caribooi, driven mad by mosquitoes, ; galloping, wildly aibout, but dluring. | the warmer hours of \he day these ' deer geaerally seek relief fay lying dowm in marshes.'" Dr. Jenjness also referredi to- the destruction of ! tree life caused by a species of inj Becli ifound .some cbistance -inland. The fact that the tree life was, as : evidenced ■by the mumber of dead and decaying trunks, gradually receding, was for a considerable period an. unsolved conundrum, one of >the [proiferred; solutions be- ' ing that the devastation was caused •by fire. . Such a solution was, however, not at all eatisfactory, as ( the trees were never sufficiently dry i to burn. Finally, it was discovered that the havoc was caused .by j the insects referred 1 to. A test" case brought by .two admirals against the. Standard. Bank of South Africa foi 1 oi declarastiioini thait they wertei entlitled, according to an bid maival custom;, tic freight monioy j on- the transport of £8,000,000 from Gaipe Town tio Enigiland on H.M.S. AJlbion, in the beginning! of 1915, ended in judgment being enteiried for the defendants. ' The plaimtiiffs were Admirail Sir H. G. Eing-Hall, whlo waia in cJiaa-ge of the South, Africajn stSaitdon, amd Reair-Admira! A- W. Hemeago, who oom'nuanded H.ISI.S. Albiom. By an "Order issued dm 1888, 1 per cent freightage! twos paryaiblet—one- ■ fourth, to tihe oapiiaini of the warship!, •. one-fourth tto G-reenwicih, Hospiibal, and one-half ticn'tihe admiral of tha staifcion. At the end of Ocitioibeir 1, 1914, howeverl, tihe Order was revoked, amd Mr Justice Biaiilhlacihe therefore held that the cJiaimi cowM ntoiti succeed. Iti was mentioned that aiboniifc £■9000 was • received • by • ■tihie Admiralty dm respecit of itlhe shiipmenifc. * NO PUn\ OAI^ES. T!h.o natural]; food for csalvea is full cream cows millk, bub the hd'gili p^ioe buitiei 11 fett is fe^ctning miakes cows miik tool valuable to feed calves>. /"CEREMILK" takes the place of corws milk. —iti oontaikisi a high, peroemtiagp of oaiuitriment, which buiilds puniy calveis iaito trabusib oows and bullocks "CEREMILK" i a made fnom 1 the finesit.New Zeiailaind cereals and never caiuses indigestion or acour —it is am ail-digiesitible .food thaiti is keenly reilishedJ by young stock. ; "CEKEMIIiK" -wiill nuaike young calves tiha4ve, and gjroiw andh^althiy.; Sold by all facibories and stores im 200, 100, 50 and 251b bags.; ; If your dealer cannot supply you wtritie to ElemQitogl .aaid 1 Co., Ltd.,. Box 553, Auetk2&BKL