INTERPROVINCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 78, 28 September 1907, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL.

It is stated that a ferret farm will be started soon in the vicinity of Redwoodtown, Marlborough. There is a large demand there for these natural enemies of the rabbit, as much as 9d per head delivered being jeadily obtained. Tho trout fry liberated some two years ago in Lake Paraoanui (Northern Wairoa) are report-eel to be growing well, and aro now over 12in. long. It is anticipated that fishing licenses will be issued tor this lake nsst season. A Retail Grocers' Association is being formed for Napier and district. The principal object is the compilation of a black list," in order to safeguard tha interests of members from the operations of a certain class of debtors. The Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association, which is so closely identified with the country districts of tha province and with its wealth-produc-ing sources, has only some 800 members. For a city like Auckland and a district such as is embraced in Auckland province, this total is very Small, for town and country alike are closely concerned in ths. big summer and winter shows held by the association, find an endeavdur is to be made to increase the membership lo 1000 before the November show, A strong committee was fprmed for tbi& purpose at last meeting and another comfmttee > was formed for the purpose of securing more entries for the fchow, from both city and country exhibitors. The Gisborne Oil "Company is to request the Government to send the Government Geologist to survey and report u£on the anticlines in a part of the Gisboine districts at the company's charges. A total of 34,679 passengers were carried on tho Chxistcnurch tramways on Dominion Day. The Sir John Hall memorial committee met yesterday and approved the clay model of the bust of the deceased statesman prepared by the sculptor, Mr. Kidson. At a meeting of the Dunedin Harbour Board yesterday, Sir. Bullock tabled a letter showing that a meeting of shipping company ropreaentatives had recommended that a rcwaid of £10 bs paid for ths detection and conviction of anyone pillaging or broaching cargo, payment to be divided bfetweon the Harbour Board and shipping companies. The board decided to lend assistance in tha matter. The building fund in connection with St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, having boe-n raised to £8384, ib is now within measurable distance of the figure ab which tho donation of £1000 may, be claim-sd from tha Society for tho Promotion of Christian Knowledge. The stipulation of this grant is that £10,C00 phall be in hand from private* subscriptions. Tho Hawera County possesses more dairy cows than any othsr county in New Zealand, viz., 43,716. The Minister in charge of th 6 Exhibition has ngreod to .a suggestion that on a date which will bs announced soon persons will be allowed to gather firewood on tho site of the Exhibition buildings. The only condition is that applicants must have certificates from a minister or from tlra officer commanding tho Salvation Army that they are dessrving^poor. Exceptionally good work evidently has been done in connection with ths accounts of the New Zealand International Exhibition, says the Lytt-elton Times. Tho Melbourno Exhibition closed on 31st January, 1889, and the balance-sheet wos not issued until 30th October, 1890, twenty-ono months from the- date of closing. The official r6cbrd of tho Dunedin and South Seasf Exhibition contains no dates on this point, but the balancesheet was nob available until twelve months' after tha dose of the Exhibition. M^r. "Munro states that tttsre will -be no difficulty whatever in producing the balancd-sheet of the New Zealand Exhibition at tho end of thi3 year, betwfcsn eight and nine months from tho date of closing. The bntlcr season is opening on the West Coast of tbe South Island. Two West Coa&t factories were to commence op&rations this week, and a third, the Kokatahi Dairy FiVCtory Company, has already opened up. It is said that this creamery lias practically arranged to dispose of the whole of the coming reason's output on the coast.