DUNEDIN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 103, 24 January 1908, Page 4

DUNEDIN.

Januafy 23. Tlio Minister lor Labour bolted in a hurry from Uio bowling tournament to-day. Sur.li limited time liatl lib for obeying his chief's summons to West-port that ho mil to tlio express in his howler's costume. AVator gas tar is now being used in the St. ICilda suburb to kill weeds on footpaths. The new wing of the Dunedin Hospital is ■to bo opened next month. Tons upon tons of potatoes arc being shot into the city refuse tip. These aro potatoo-a now gono bad that wore supporting the boom t.hrco months ago. Tents aro to bo-crorto] in tho scrub at l'cliehet Bay for tlio aeconMliodation of rwtionts alllicted with infections disease.-;. This is the result of tho scarlet fever outbreak.

Some New Zealauders returning to tho "land of tho blest 1 ' encountered quite recently an Anglo-Indian and a shock, says tho "Ofcago Daily Times.'' Hearing the name.. "New Zealand, I '' the person from the land of tho pagoda tree bccatno vaguely interested. The words seemed somehow familiar. . "Now Zealand," she repeated ponsively: " 1 was nearly g<:ing thoro." "But why net" choniscd the othars. "Oh," (languidly) "it's rather rough over there, isn'i it? Tho hotel accommodation in those outlandish places would be rather trying aftei India, you know; so I'm getting ofl a) Hobart!" During an awful silunoo pcoph were busy remembering lulus of archaic fowls massacred and curried on tho spur ct tho moment for tho delectation of the travel lor at tho unspeakable Dak Bungalow; n \ weird messes servod in steaming refrnshtrient rooms by ttirbancd "savagoi, of endless nights of punkahs, prickly heat, and othei horrors, with the oif ciia cci of meeting a cobra in the bathroom next morning. And New Zealand "rather trying" to one secustomcd to nil this I It was ton rnnch. Thoy could only go on dock and gasp and wondnr who it was that said Now Zeahrrj wag enjr. advertised.