NEWS ITEMS.

Cromwell Argus, 28 November 1927, Page 3

NEWS ITEMS.

A representative ot the Wakatip Mail journeved to Skippers on Tuesday where he was shown quite an ai.ray of samples of quartz taken from the BulLndalc line of reef, about a mile above the old mine. The samples. which w ! ere on viewin the old hotel at present tenanted by Mr A. Smith, were the subject of comment in our last issue. On close inspection all the prospects — some large and some small— showed the presence of gold in very rich quantifly. Our representative was told that this stone was taken from the sohd which points to the genuineness of the find. Three pieces of the quartz were brought to Queenstowft last week and are on view at Inder and Davis' livery .'table-. They have been inspected by sever.nl miners and others competent to iudge and all agree that they indi-vr-'.s very rich stone.

syndicate of Invercarg 11 men v.-?.- fortunate in drawing- Sylvius, the second horse in the recent Melbourne Cup race in a well-known sweepstake. Up to the time of the actual race they kept the news fairly quiet, but when it became known that Sylvius was considered by competent turf folk as a "racecourse certainty" for the valuable race the •'secret" Was too much for the fortunate investors and their dreams of annexing a fortune became almost a reality. Mow Trivalve managed to wrest the honours by a narrow margin from Sylvius is now well known and the aforesaid syndicate instead of winning- ,£20,000 have no\v to be content with a modest £*6ooo between them.

Speaking- at the annual conference of the Victoriau Association of Ladies' Benevolent Societies, the chief secretary said the Government would have to consider legislation to provide unemployment allowances such as existed in other parts of the world.

Samples of wool bale material made from New Zealand fax were submitted for the approval of the Canterbury Sheep Owners' Union last week. It was unanimouslv agreed that if wool bales of this quality could be produced at a price to compete with the jute pack, there would be less risk, and from to ,£IOO,OOO per annum could be paid to_ Newy Zealand labour instead of this sum going to Calcutta for jute packs.

The entire vegetable crop of Russel Island, at the southern end of Moreton Bay, Queensland, was destroyed by a terrific hailstorm recently. -Practically every window of the 47 houses on the island was broken. The damage is estimated at .£SOOO. The storm lasted only I 5 minutes. Over 2in of rain fell, and hail in considerable quantities. Some stones measured up to 3m in diameter.

"There is one thing- about the modern girl, she is not ashamed of her legs," remarked the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr J. K. Archer), when speaking- at the opening of the g-irls' sports on Saturday. He re-called that when he had inqu'red of a well-knowto actresis what were the factors contributing- to beauty, she replied: "Personal/itV} —and legs."

Every morning- three people leave their homes in London, and the next their families hear of them is that they have been killed in street accidents.