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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 January 1940, Page 4

Wairarapa Coursing Club. The Wairarapa Coursing Club will hold a hare drive at Kaituna at the the weekend. Cars will leave Harcombe's corner, Dixon Street, at 9.30 a.m. sharp on Sunday. All who enjoy a day in the open are cordially invited to attend, and to bring their lunches. Rabbit dogs and sporting dogs may be taken to hunt the hares. Vital Statistics. Vital statistics registered at the Masterton Magistrate's Court show that deaths have remained at the same figure, 117, for the past two years. For December in both 1938 and 1939 the same number of deaths and births were registered. The following are the comparative figures, those for 1933 being given in parentheses:—Deaths, total for year, 117 (117); births registered 273 (259), birth notices 326 (309); marriages 132 (118); marriages at Registrar’s Office 13 (11). The statistics for December are, those for December. 1938, being given in parentheses: Births 27 (27): deaths 8 (8); marriages 21 ill). The outbreak of war has had no marked effect on the marriage figMedicat Plants. The Botany Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is actively following up investigations concerning the growth in New Zealand or medicinal plants, supplies of which are being secured from Great Britain. Meanwhile, analyses are being made of such species of digitalis (foxglove) which can be secured locally. The department has also had prepared a comprehensive report upon the economic aspects of New Zealand seaweed. The possibilities of using New Zealand seaweed are being explored for industrial purposes and if (lie position seems worth while further work will be done in endeavours to estimate the quantities of weed available and rate of re-growth, of the New Zealand species.

Clerk: “How did you get on with the governor about a rise?" Office boy: "Oh. he was like a lamb " "What did he iav” ' Bah!