LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9178, 29 June 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Anothor case- of scarlatina in one of the families previously ■• affected, has been notified to the Ashburton Hospital and Charitable Aid .board. There are no other cases of notifiable infectious diseases in the district.

At the mock court in connection with the Wellington Queen Carnival, Mr W. Ndsworthy was compelled to admit that he came from a dry. area, but ho denied that ho had been masquerading the previous evening as '' Mary."' The judge commented on the fact that Mr Mosworthy was the .successor of a 1 member who used to go to sleep in the House with his boots on, and imposed, fines which totted up'to;,£o ss/' ; '.'■"■-■ . ; ''. : „-. ■■.

, ■:! In former... geological times,'•. large pine .forests,, somewhat .similar,, bably, to the. famous kauri forests of Auckland province, .grew in. Canterbury. Like the kauri, they contained resin. Samples of these, in a fossil condition, sometimes are discovered in the ground, appearing freely in coals and in clay near coals. When pieces are thrown into the fire they burn in the same way as kauri gum, with a thick, dark smoke. They are called ainberite—-after amber. An exceptionally good specimen has boen presented to Canterbury Museum by Mr R. B. Cotton. It was found in a clay bank in the Waihoa Downs, South Canterbury. Other specimens, have been found in bituminous coals at Westport.

By the. Gorinthic, due in New Zealand about July ;8, a batch of 50 domestic servants are being sent out under the .auspices of the British Women's Emigration Society, in charge of two reliablo matrons (says tke "Dominion"). These girls, who are said to be of a good stamp, will be distributed as evenly as possible throughout the Dominion. It might be mentioned that tho demand for Home girls for domestic service is still far from being satisfied. , The demand in the south, particularly in Otagp, is said' to be as keen as ever it was. Besides these 50, there will be another 119, assisted immigrants arriving.,. by the Corinthic. Now is 'evidently the time when relatives of people at Home are straining every nerve to get their people out to New Zealand, and if the easy terms on which this can be arranged were more widely known here, the Immigration Department's officers are convinced that the figures .would be doubled, .

The efficacy.of affording .special facilities for bringing out from England relatives of those already' established in the Dominion through the agency of the Immigration ■ Department was proved by a striking instance in the case of those who arrived by the Remuera on Monday (says the "Dominion"). Some time ago a young English girl came out from England, and accepted service on a farm in the Rangitikei district. She saved what money she could, and that, in addition to; what- the family 7had been able to sayo, enabled her father and mother, and her 10 brothers and sisters to arrive hero yesterday. The parents and eight of the children have been accommodated on a farm in one part of the country, and the two eldest boys on another farm. The , father of the family was a miner a^ Home, and is pleased to exchange the conditions existing in the mining districts of England for the prospects ahead of him and his family in tho Dominion.

An amusing story was unfolded at a sitting of the Civil Court at Lower Hutt on Wednesday (says a Wellington paper), when .■■ Arthur Payne claimed from Middleton Hobbs £o 15s. the sum paid for a cow which was alleged to be unmanageable. Plaintiff stated that the defendant had guaranteed the animal a very quiet one and easy to milk. . In answer to Mr' J. .1. McGrath (counsel for 'defendant). Payne stated that he did not know much about cows, and that after about two hours' chasing round the paddock he was'successful-in driving the animal into a shed. To get milk was the main thing, so he took a stool, and sitting down at the side of the cow nearest to him( as it happened, it was the wrong one) commenced to operate. The cow, being without a bail or legrope, took exception to this unusual procedure, .and put in some pood work with •/its hind foot;, with the result that he weiit^ one way and the milk pail the other:-. Not* disheartened at this peculiar behaviour, he had another attempt later in the day. and'with the assistance of lmlf-a-dozpn friends got the cow into the shed, but again met with iv hostile reception. Thereupon he decided to leave this belligerent member of the bovine species to wonder at its own sweet will, until the assistance of a .more experienced neighbour could be obtained. After three days' freedom the wayward quadruped whs taken to an adjoining shed, a neighbour having offered his services,' and "though a bail and leg-rope were prominent among the accessories, the animal: kicked the whole time, and little more than a. pint of milk was obtained. Paihtiff stated further'that he was a married man with six young 'children, and had purchased the cow in order to procure milk for them. Before coming to New Zealand ho bad done a little milking, but they were English cows and did not kick. After hearing- further evidence, the Magistrate (Mr. W G. Riddeli; S.M.) held that there had been a breach of gu.irnutoe, as the cow was not a ,quiet one and easy to milk, and so gave judgment' for ■the plaintiff lor £5. with, costs, the cow to be/returned to Hobbs.

In conversation with a well-known iarmor in this district recently, lie made this statement: —"I have been running my Ford Touring Car for 3£ years.. It is running as well to-day as ever it did. It has not cost me "20s for repairs, and I have purchased only one set of now tyres for it. Some people say the Fords are too light, but you can't break then*—that's m$ experience." This gentleman has* ihad experience' with implements and vehicles all his life, and he ;is in a position to judge. Mr Carson will be pleased to denionstrnto the advantages provided in a Ford, to any intending purchaser, by arrangement. 1 00

Why vfisto times boilnur, and mixing coninoimds when--in "NAZOL". yousret ready' for usn a complete remedy for coughs and colds. Sixty doses Is 6d. .

A cable message from Sydney states that the steamer Maitai had a rough trip across from Wellington. _ Slight damage was done to deck fittings.

.On Wednesday, June 18, tho settlers of Tikorangi, on the Waitarav River, Taranaki, celebrated the jubilee of the settlement. Among those present were eight of the original settlers, who are, still living on the block, and some 40 or 50 others who have scattered during the 50 years that have elapsed sinco June 19, 1865. Tikorangi was a " military ■'settlement," because, in view of the danger from hostile Maoris, it was necessary that ,-the settlers on outer' Mocks should be organised for tlieh' own .defence.