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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 286, 7 June 1909, Page 4

On page. 2: Cable news"; 'cricket • football. Page 3.- Sporting:;"'false fire alarms. Page 6:." King Edward's gift to tho Sultan; liJo at Panama. Page 7: Halley's comet; lion hunting in Nubia; kerosene for washing clothes. . Mr Hall, M.P./lefffor Wellington to-day to attend to his Parliamentary duties. . . The Rev. E. Robertshawe left for Napier by the express this afternoon, on a fortnight's -holiday. The Napier Operatic, Society will pro-dupe /'The Mikado"' on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th insts. Bishop Williams and Afchdeaeon Ruddock were passengers by the 11.15 train to-day for the North. ' Mr Allan Hamilton's, dramatic company are announced to appear at Dannevirke on the 22nd inst. The ballast train is now engaged in conveying"metal'ironi Ngawaparua to portions of the line between Piri Piri and Makotuku. Captain Allardiee writes: -=-The officers, non-commissioned officers., and members of the Dannevirke Defence Cadets through your valuable columns wish to thank all those who -kindly donated prizes for competition during the last volunteer year. ' It is understood that 3400 acres of a large esato in Masterton lv di.strjct is to be .put upon the "market by the Pulbic Trustee within the next' moftth. The land is particularly well suited for subdivision, and should, be eagerly competed for when submitted to auction. : t ..■'■■ ..--.. „ .; A police constable, named Mills, caused some diversion in.' Manners street on Saturday night, owing to being in. a; state of drunkenness while in uniform. Mills was ordered off duty by Inspector Ellison. The matter will be inquired into by the"police authorities. Mr Clement Wragge, who is now in the South Island, has received information from which he- infers that pitch blonde has boon-discovered' m the North Island. He has also had a -■communication which implies tho same ore exists in the northern part of the Auckland district. A very large deal in" freehold property has just been, eoiflp'lQfett in MWterton, in which the well-knowai Te Whiti farm, owned by Messrs ■Morrison Bros., was disposed of at; £35 per acre. This is one of tho best fattening farms in the district, .and is only six miles distant from Masterton. A staff ride, comprising all the officers of tho mounted forces, in the Wellington district, was hold at Palmenston North on Saturday, under tho direction' of vC<plonel Bauchope, D.S.O. Major McDbnalll,' representing the district officers', "and 'others brought tho total number of officers up to 30 or 40. ' The' 'opeVati'dns, which were held on tho Fitzherbert hills, and occupied all day, are intended to bo the. first of v. series. It is with extreme regret that we have-, to record tho death of Mrs Smith, wife of Mr J. A. Smith, of Mangatoro Valley. The deceased lady, who wsis a former resident of , Dunedin, had experienced . only a I short illness, to which she- succumbed early this morning. Tho funeral will' leave Mangatoro Valley lor the Dannevirke cemetery on. Thursday morning, and wo are sure that Mr Smith will have the. sincere sympathy of his wide circle of friends in his sad bereavement. j At St. John's Church yesterday • morning, the Rev. F. \Y. Whiblcy, of Weber, was ordained by the Bishop !of tho diooe.se. Archdeacon Ruddock, Rev. 15. .Robertshawe, Rev. («. lv( vir, also assisted at tho service. Mr RpbJohiiM. of ivaik-ora North, was admitted to Urn din.cona.to. The ordination [ .H(M-ni(m \v:t^ ])reached by the vicar of , St. .lohn'.s. At the evening service . there was -a -large attendance-, the I preacher being AVcJideaoon Ruddock. ! Then-- was a strong choir present. I Tom's' evening service was sung, and j the anthem was "Alpha and Omegit."

Mr Cniiozza^Monoy,!.M.Pi, says Brk tain. 'shoULd be able easily to afford nhio milions a year for Dreadnoughts; when the richest million of her inhabitants are spending ten millions a year on motor oars. The five million richest British people have an annual income of. 900 millions. The seventeen 1 million richest Prussians have an income of only 600 millions. Mr Chiozza-Money calculates tho total annual income of the people of the United Kingdom at 1800 millions, and that a quarter million, families receive one-third of it, and one million families half of it. > A Masterton merchant informed a Wairarapa Daily Times reporter <"f an interesting experiment in potato growing at an Australian experimental farjn recently. The principle adopted-, was to plough, and harrow the gipund, then to place the seed potatoes on the soil, pressing them slightly into tlie earth. A layer of straw, about one foot thick, was placed over 'the tuljers, and nothing further done to them. ' There was no further cultivation, no' weeding and no 'hilling. The yield this season was 14 tons 13 cwt per acre} and from an analysis made, it was found tliat potatoes grown trader these conditions did not deteriorate in. any way but that the eating qualities were a little better' than of those grown in the ordinary' way.;. ;