Interprovincial

New Zealand Tablet, 27 April 1911, Page 767

Interprovincial

The boisterous weather lately has helped to make a shortage of fresh eggs (says the Press), and on Friday and Saturday there was keen inquiry by shopkeepers at Is 9d and Is lOd per dozena rise of 5d per dozen in a week. Evansdale Glen, a picturesque spot about twenty miles from JDunedin, has been presented to the city. Councillors Gilkison, Clark, Stewart, and other citizens, and the Government, have agreed to give a subsidy provided it was declared a scenic reserve, which has now been done. ' A Press Association telegram states that an area of /5000 acres on the Main Trunk line is to be set apart by the Government for a prison reformatory. Natives own 3500 acres of the land, and are now claiming compensation. The Government valuation is 30s per acre. The case will be heard at Wellington this week.. If there is anything in the theory of the Maoris that Nature provides for the winged tribe in anticipation of times of stress, this coming winter will be an unusually severe one. All through the bush, and particularly the heavy bush along the banks of the Mokau River, the trees are laden with all manner of berries. _ What industry and perseverance can do is well illustrated by a Levin brickmaker and bricklayer. Two year 3 ago he started to build a brick residence for himself. In his spare time, bit by bit, the work was done, till at last a fine brick residence is the result of his labors. ' ; ; x A monstrous denizen of the forest, in the shape of a wild boar, wandered out to- a short distance from Tuatapera (says the Orepuke Advocate), and met his fate at the hands of Mr. J. Coughlan's son. The bristly old monarch measured 6ft from ears to root of tail. The head, armed with a pair of beautiful tusks, was on view at Tuatapere and attracted a good deal of attention even from experienced hunters. - :. . ' .-...•;, \ _ A story of the troubles of a young immigrant, who arrived in Auckland from London a few months ago, was told in the Magistrate's Court on Thursday. The man (says the Herald) was a bookmaker in London, and was attracted to New Zealand by the prospect of better business. When he arrived here he found that the Dominion's legislature had taken away his means of livelihood, and so lie went on the land. He was followed by misfortune, his wife had to dispose of her jewellery and other valuables in order to live, but lately .they had spent nothing because he earned nothing. 'I reckon I was better off as a London' bookmaker,' remarked the man as he left the Court.