DAILY MARKET REPORT OF DAIRY AND FARM PRODUCE.

Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 84, 6 October 1897, Page 6

DAILY MARKET REPORT OF DAIRY AND FARM PRODUCE.

Evening Post Office, Tliis Day. Tresh egrgs, BJd to 9d per dozen Factory bacon, dull at 6d per lb Farmerb'-eure do, +Jd do Factory hams, 7\ 1 do Farmers-cure do,' 6d do Dairy cheese, *Jd to 4fd do Factory do, 4|d do Fowls, 3s 6d per pair Ducks, 4s do Turkeys, 8s to 10s do Geese, Ss 6d do U • Butter— Separator, 9d to lOd per lb : dairy, 61d to 7}d do ; pastry, 4d to 6d do

We regret to record the death of Mr. Robert V. Blacklock, one of Wellington's prominent athletes, which occurred to-day at his mother's residence, Feathergtonterrace. The deceased, who was only 32 years of age, and unmarried, had been ill for many months, and his death was not unexp cc tted.t cd. e d. He was for several years one of our leading cricketers, and was captain of the W e uj nf ,_ ton representative eleven. He also took°a great interest in football, and was fo r some years a member of the Poneke Club. Yachting was another hobby of his, and a t the time of his death he .was one of the owners of the, little cutter Greyhound. The Government Insurance Department loses in him one of its most popular and energetic officers. The contract for carrying down the artesian well at the butter factory of the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union at Thorndon from 450 ft to 500 ft has been let to the representative of Smith Osborn, contractor. A depth of 475 ft has already been reached, but although a small quantity of water has been running from the last 20ft, no satisfactory flow has yet bepn obtained. The same contractors, when digging a well at Makaraka, near Gisborne, recently found a flow of 25 gallons per minute through a 2in pipe at a depth of 185 ft, and strange to say gas came up with the water. The workman in charge put in a small gasometer to conserve the gas, and has used it successfully in lighting a gas-stove in his house, near by. The tea meeting held last evening in the Baptist Schoolroom, to celebrate the anniversary of the Sunday School, was well attended. Mr. Skinner was the caterer. The church was well filled at the after meeting, and the Rev. C. Dallaston occupied the chair. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. J. R. Glasson, Mr. O'Connor, and Mr. C. Godber. 'Recitations were given by Mr. W. E. Fuller ' and a number" of the scholars, and the children, assisted by the choir and an. orchestra, sang a number of pieces under the conductorship of Mr. Frew, who had taken great pains in their training. The Executive of the Trimnell Memorial | Committee has received from Dr. Fyffe the sum of £5, proceeds of the concert held in |' the Opera House on Monday. The committee has decided to give a concert on its own account as soon as the Opera House is disengaged. In reference to the sad death of the girl Hilda Northcott at Ponkiore, the local paper, the Paraekaretu Express, published at Hunterville, ventures the following: — As further enquiry may take place, we are reluctant to say anything which may prejudice the case ; but we feel bound to say, in view of the malicious rumours that are about, that according to all the information at present afforded, the girl vyas in Poukiore at • far and awaj r the best home she had since her mother died seven years ago, and that she was fairly clothed, well sheltered, and well fed. Everything goes tcshow that the girl was of eccentric disposition, and so there wafe no accounting for her actions. She could not have been "lost in the bush." Nobody couid be lost thereabouts. It is jnore than likely that she saw from her hiding-place the first search party. Hilda Northcott was for 20 months in her late employ. During all that time she made no complaint to relations or neighbours of illtreatment. , Perhaps the most interesting contribution to the August number of the Century Magazine is " Down to Java," by Eliza Scidmore, charmingly illustrated from photographs by the writer. "London at Play," also by a woman, is a capital description of Margate and its crowds of Londoners bent on enjoyment. ' The fine serial " The Days of Jeanne cl' Arc" is continued in this number, and there are well-written articles on John Burroughs, the lover of nature, and Jenny Lind, the Swedish, nightingale. The magazine is indeed more attractive than usual. St. Nicholas for August is a very attractive number. It contains, beside portions of the two interesting serials, a well-illustrated article hy Gustav Kobbe, entitled " On the Grand Banks and Elsewhere," and some charming verses and fairy tales for the smaller children. "The Prince's Cake" is the daintiest of poems, and the pictures accompanying it are exquisite. At the end of the magazine will be found some " Mother Goose Songs Without Words," which forms a pleasant addition to the contents. Tho sale of work in aid of the erection of the St. Paul's Schoolroom, Sydney-street, was opened this afternoon at the Art Gallery by the Governor and Countess of Ranfurly. A musical programme will be given this evening.