GENERAL NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 623, 28 September 1909, Page 8

GENERAL NOTES.

: BOTH; ;.£;■;■:. ; S 'The;. and -.Gheltonham Wool-classing Class 'was ;■ held last week-in Mr.,i J. Corpo's iroolshed, ;■ "To;.Mara." . .<Between forty 2 and fifty' members.' ware' .present,, and -,; they .vwero .affordedfa"-practic'al-*dembnstrati6n~of 'picking ■ -,'up'.';the' fleece,:"■ and' classing'.' and' rolling/same, i hf thq.' i instructor,' , ,'llr.'Cahilli Mir,* Corpe.l'hM eighty, of. his rams.jn- for "■. shearing,-: and w ahput;twenty;;crossbred>killirig yhbgg'ets;:\Tho !sh > ecp'4'!^e-)innch/'aSmir^i''' , andVthe'..vi}ol';.Ti'.as clean v an,d '.bright,';and classed - mostly 'at'lG's ,;;:.i";V-\ .'::;.;;;';. ■'••' •' •i«fpig' , ,i)elpngipß'.vto'*llr.T , .Charlcs , ; : .Wel)B'e, of 'Mahakip.awa', :i was ■killed ; Hio, other'day,iiind we'ighed 5121b!,.; .The.creature was. so fat.that' it could ■'scarcely: r'iso ..when,lying down,; or; lie down/when 'once on 'its'feet. , . For. want; of .eierciae.ita toes grew long,'and wcre : curiously OnrTM, v ";.vV:. : -::'"... .',■':,■'•,:•■;■■..>'.■;:'.' : '.'-'' ■■■-■'■'■-s:."':•■ : }■■. The .'first lambs, of'the season were killedUt. the - Stratford abattoirs dii ; Wednesday, ..\yheri two fiiio , , "specimens-were sent > ; in' bv : Messrs. Wickhain.Br;os: : : v'iv; / :,:, ; ", ,;.V V ; : ;;.;Y;»v.' ; ' : !'The, dtago'.'Ai'and' P.' Society has 'accepted 'a tender: for a.' new .buildingyat' a'cost'-of ;.;•■;:,;:•:;';;;',.Vv ;;;.;.:;:. ; ! .It;was...statedf,at .a;.raeoHngiof'the ,Taranaki exp s CutiT.e'."6f?th&:l''arß>er3' :tjniqri'' ii tbat.-'native • 'laiTd|{-along iifthe'' Main 'Trnnk .■.lih^.whichV was formerly. worth :6n\y.-£i an "acre' has : since ; the. advent .of, the -railwaj; : been: let' for \£loVan ■ acre.'for the milling, rights alone.;.'■.;:;, i r :.';.' '1. Mγ..;^ , .; GryHs, of tho' Elthamil)airy;Eactory, hasobeen appointed ■assistahtrbutferlmaker. at the,.Taieripeninsula J)airy;■ Factory, Dunedin, .where helwill join' his co-worker; ilry'C/.Oapel,' ■who 'lias, commenced work !in ! . that factory;; ■■;.■ ;i L...J011 ;Company.',in,ot : dairy. 1 produceagents qii ; .Thursday,'and-.'decided'.tb consign, the' cheese output, oil. advancowitljout to Lonsdalo;and Co.; The price, it is understood, ]\im- something overbid. /The Maligatoki direc-•fo'rs-.mot,anenta on'Tliursday,' nnd.Eltham' di-rectors'will-.-'me'et, them ...this jWeck, ': / - ;] The Ngaeie Cheeso i'actqry : directorate has decided; to consign; the .'season's-output;'from the-factbry.fthrqugh'.Messrs.-Loyell and'Christ-mas-at-ia guarantee^of,s,.3-16d. per,lb. '.V ■ i- Itytatp .'blight; is. reported .;early this year.. .Cropsyin.' parts', of. Taranaki are "said to :be ;ba'dlyjjrifectp'd.;;,; v:'4':':i;-':-, ~'..'.:■/■,■;■,'.■. ' '.],'■ ', .'; .TheV• i pra'cticj>,". of '(im'pprting 'working', 1 -sheep .dogsrfrom'Hom'o is; growing. ■ -The'.Ruap'eliu .brought 1 two.', for'.Canterbury. -\ '.. J. 1 ':■•' \ ■■■[." ■\ .Tho.vAu'ckfandi -.■A..-and': ,is, bfferiiig.prizesof .jClOfor the clianipiouvKqmney 1 ■ram'.-'and'ewe'at^.its'hext^shbir^,'/■ : ; .-.:.>, ~'r 1 ..•'•l.'i'he .Minister "for , . Agricnlturq:. has .'beeni'ool a visit 'ofrlirispection■' to <'£evfn Esperiment -Fiifm. | J. (3h ibohalf,. : bf;Vthe".SWatfbrdV:l)airy' Factory euiployebs on'.'tThursdhy. M'Millan pre.'sento'd ■'• Mr*. 'f;.;'p/-.Christie," who UeavesVfor.fa •p&itijJjirto/.CJimtchtiVchr.'ftith'.a-.silyer-inbuiii'fed. :'pipe. : ,arid "case, ' : . as' a'• token i'estecm, ■ -and Ve'z-' ;presse'd ;regret atihis; departure. r.-Jlr.: Christie ''suifabiy;;Jreepondedi--^ il Mh'- : ''-'niid''\ ; Mrs/'Chnstio left for -Addingtbii, tCUristchutch;' 'on".'--the ; .-fol-. -■|bj|ril|g. d(iy.>;.''.'->.'.'"V- Y;' ■;■.; ■.;::>.■/»,.'.- j; •-,-■,■>.•■',■:.!•':■■ i 'it' , is 'estimatod'that 100,000' tons 'of' 'margarine arb u^i)d;;annUally':ln.London.- , /.■•This'is live tiines-'thp;' weight ;_b"f all' the; butter \ we,send/ .a'sev'er'e frost-a "woek'or-so''agb.'-'-.'-'i'h'e owner of: asglass-hpu'se-with '5000. plants in-it;had:every one: .destroyed, ; v';--vfhile' : another .-grower.' with ;10,000/ plants under cover, : is; reportod ; to havo ■succoetted inweaving them /by." staying up all .'night'nianipulating -a' dozen. kerpseno heaters. l.j.The pupils of the"-Hawera''-District' High KfeUool' are, (says .the '.'Star") working assidu-.ously-at.the plot-set apart for. the school gar- , ' •dto, x getting:it ■'ready for; seeds.;...' -About :1600 'package's :-qf I seeds,; comprising; 32.-.va'rietie's'. of ' vegetablo'-and.'.llower',; wore, distributed ampng the'pupils:) Those seeds 'were from, stuff -grown : by;'the -pupils 10tst;yoar,' ;; In' addition to 'the. packages given but' another ■■ 200 '. have' been' for--'warded to the Education Board for distribution'among country schools, i,, , . .;■ .'■'■;.- i'The'number "of sheep .'being carried on the .■uisborne-Waikqhurailway line, has so increased '•that a.further of sheep, trucks h,ttß beI cbmq'necessary.;-, .;These: trucks have'been increased from' 37. to 82 in two years,' which is an 'evidence'i of.-' the; increasing .business 'on., thp. line.;:;;:.■"£-.';>vf ■'."..<'■■';&;^;.'. : ;r-.. i ; :I ".''i-. 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