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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue XC, 7 October 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL The Minister of Defence, in reply to a question by Mr. A. Walker (Dunedin), states that Cabinet "has already approved of the separation allowance of Is a day being paid to those who have the care of the motherless children of members of the Expeditionary Force. Mr. W. H. Field (Otaki) recently asked the Prime Minister, as Minister for Industries and Commerce, whether the Government was aware that the opossum industry in this country, if protected and developed, and the killing regulated on the same lines as is done in Tasmania, would be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds per annum to the Dominion? Mi. Massey has replied that the law requires amendment to enable the opossum question to be properly dealt with, and he hopes to deal with the matter during the recess. Heartbreaking destruction by dogs, of flower-pots and plants on graves in Karori Cemetery was complained of by a lady who called at the Evening Post office to-day. There is a notice on the cemetery gate forbidding visitors to take dogs into the grounds except' on the chain, but it is stated that the custodian has not sufficient power to enforce this rule. The principal damage in rooting up plants, and rendering graves unsightly is done by dogs, which are not brought by visitors. They are said to belong to people living near the cemetery; and it is suggested .that if the curator had power to impound or destroy canine trespassers the nuisance would soon cease, since the owners, if they valued the animals, would then take pains to prevent theii wandering. The lambing season has been good in the Auckland province this year, the good feed and warm weather having contributed largely to this state of things. In the Opotiki district, on an area comprising one half bush and one half cleared land, 1480 ewes produced 1350 lambs, and in the all-grass area the percentage in many instances exceeded 100 per cent. Mr. A. Schmidt, secretary of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, who returned from a visit to the Waikato, Te Aroha, and Matamata districts on Saturday, told a Herald reporter that the percentage of lambs was slightly lower in those districts than it had been in previous years. The good season, however, was having its effect, and both sheep and lambs were looking well. For that summer dress you _ intend making, select some splendid white cotton voile at Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., 40-44 inches wide, Is 3d to 2s 9d yard — really remarkable value. Select soon. — Advt. For a winter in.Gallipoli or Constantinople your soldier friend will appreciate a "Balaclava." Call and inspect our range at 2s lid. Geo. Fowlds, Ltd., . fanners -^reetiri^dY^