NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 130, 6 June 1929, Page 10

NEWS OF THE DAY

Quick Transmission. The result of the Derby was transmitted by the Eastern Extension Company. It reached Egypt, South Africa, India, and the Straits Settlements in five seconds; South America in eight •seconds; Australia in twenty seconds, and New Zealand in twenty-five seconds. This is a slight improvement on the previous best performance. "I Dinna Recognise You." A story against himself was tola by the Governor-General at the prize-giv-ing ceremony of the Eoyal New Zealand Yachfr Squadron at Auckland, states a: correspondent. . Sir Charles \ said that in 1917 he had to dine with the French Commander-in-Chief on the western front near Arras. In honour of the occasion, he dressed in his very best General's uniform, -with new medal ribbons, and his best, "brass hat." "Altogether I was a very fine sight," his Excellency said amid laughter. After dining, Sir Charles said, he decided to visit the front line, and, spotless in his "very best," he walked across a dreary waste torn with shell-holes. Suddenly he came upon a solitary Scottish soldier, who had by his appearance been in the trenches for some time. The grimy soldier merely glanced up when Sir Charles walked past. His Excellency said they were trying to enforce discipline at the time. Taking into account the trials which the Scotsman evidently had been through, he turned to him and remarked in a kindly voice, "Why did you not salute me, lad!" On being questioned, said Sir Charles, amid loud laughter, the spldier whose kilt .looked like nothing on earth and whose face looked like his kilt," surveyed his questioner in all his finery and replied simply, "I: dinna recognise you for an officer." . No Plough for Nine Years. Seven and a-half sheep to the acre are being wintered by Mr. F. J. Farrell, of Hamilton, on an area of rotational grazing and heavy: topdressing which, although expensive, has yielded a handsome return on the outlay, states an exchange. The area consists of rolling downs on which a.fine sole of grass as now to be seen. Mr.Farrell has had the farm for nine years, and during that time he has never used a plough ™ ?w°- ' -Any Patches oS ■'**" ground that require renewing in grass are cultivated, mechanically to remove ' the surface growth,.and the ground ia harrowed and reharrowed,. and then sown lightly with English grasses. The stock.grazing on the- placearo "917 breeding^wes, 450 hoggets, 22 yearling heifers, 20 steers, 8 dairy cows, and 5 IZT J he stoci c have dimity in keeping the grass down. Last year 1300 big sheep were grazed on the farm dur-ln?f--?e.,W3lter- The ewes ana lambs i netted tho owner £1287 ' I