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Grey River Argus, 26 September 1911, Page 5

Thd military 'comedy "My Soildier Boy" wiill be staffed! toy Mr Tom Pollard's Amateurs at Runaaga ito-nigh*. Holdiiaig up a pearl button in hvs , fingieirs the clergyman of one of the Dunedin churches said on Sunday night, "The lady who put rthis in the plate this morning may be distressed dn .account of the loss, so I have arranged that it> can !be returmed to the owncsr at the^ porch after the 1 present service-" We iment)ion the matter (says the "Star") 'Vecausa the laser was apparently not present, and may b'<s wondariing whia,t became of the button. The followinifi- meAV railway by-law was gazetted last weiek: — "E-veo^ person consigniiflig igodds for carnage upon ia railway on 'behalf of two or more persons or firms shall make a separata consignment note, in respect of tne igaods of each of those parsons or firms, aaid shall disclose on. evensuth consignment' note the persons or firm on whose' 'behalf he so consngns the Siaiidl goods. Any person who commits a breach of this by-law shall be liable to a fine of ten poumds. By way of reminder that action is neoded, Mr Field 'has asked the Natiive Minister what is Me .posntion. of the Gojvcirnment aiego-tw^ouis ior 'ihe purchase of native land ior close settlemcmt in the vicinity ol the borough of. Levin, the ptogrdss of which is • ibeimg se/rtiously retarded .by the tact -that 'large areas of /native land i-ni tnat district— much of v suitalble for setttciment m small areas— are lywiig either unproductive or are not 'being so used as to t'e of substantial benefit -to 'fhe community. The licensing question is a difficult om 1 for mosf candidates fox : po| Ucal honours says tha "Aucklamd btar SS %c I^ependent-Opposrtaon^an-ddate ior Kaipara, .Mr E. Thujlow Field, disposes of it very prompuly. lit the close of his address at.Rwerhead, he) was asknd, 'Are you m favoul of no-license?" He replied that this was, a subject he left alone unless he was questioned ; then His anIwer las always "Mind your own business; I don't ask you how^ou •are" iroing +o vote, and T don t noil JSpte tew I shall. *n* I .belrevc.in the) thrre-fifths majonty. Among the Curios in the Fairy Meadow Public School (New South Wales) axe four pennaes and five halfpennies taken from the in^dd of an emu, which died at Cook Park, Orange, on August 2nd, 1911. Other things found inside the emu were :— Nimet 2£in na*s, five marbles one pump connection, one umbrella ter?ule, one key, one medal, one watch wtieieil (2^in in daameter), two studs, hree buttons, one safety pan two staples, three washers, .twenty four SeL of brokdn china, , whil. a U^e Sm was found em-bedded m the iwer. The nrnu was only young, and was a fine) specimen. In regard to -the fatal accident on the FoTd^s Creek bridge .W^." ve'Sfcerfay's .issue, it appears thaj deceased Frederick Barton, was only ££.&££&&£ he would not te™™^.^*^ sleeper structure n^ by r^/ Deceased was a native of Goldborne, ?ear Ne^vton, L.E., Willows, Laaica "hire and had no reila^ives in the stalble Mclvor found £9 and ,a silver Wth Lowe states *at money is 3iie?o 'him at 'the mane:. . Lowe also says tha,tV dec^sed had rec^y o-eceived notice that a leigacy of £2WM Ta^been left him and he was gomg Home shortly receive itA visitor, who is much interested in mdninff, has iust returned from a visit to wSuSTand in conversation wit, a^ represan^we of this journal ex pressed the opinion thatWaiuta would become one of the most promis;nr mining centres in, the world During the last few months several splendid finds Have toeen made; and Hie stone Strides gold freely. In. his o P n«on the prospects are superior -to those of the celeibrated Blackwater mines. The visitoir stated that he had always . held 't<he theory that tho reefing counts followed .adjacent to the alluvja. 1 and that it would .extend to' the tar sou'in. He was pleased with %c progress .that the township of Waiuta had made. Three yraura a,go it was only a dumpin&r ;gnround for 'huts and tents, but now it ds assumitnig the .appr^fAnco of a well-laid out township. H" as of or>in ; on that in a few years Wanuta will 'be o=nly secoaid mi size 1 and imnortnmco -to Greymouth. Forty notites of motioni, most of them for returns, appear oln the House of Representatives ordqr paper, but <thp Governmeai^ does not comply with all these expensive requests. Only a few weire accepted yesterday, and this ied to complaints from some of the) disappointed. Sir William Steward, who had moved for a return ta show nine different aspects of Crown leasehold operations, declared it would toei vetry useful, and he had been moviinjr for it since the begiinning of the session. Mr C. A. O. Hardy (Selwyn), who had asked for a return shc'rwkiig the amounts withdrawn from 'fhe savings 'bank and amounts deposited which did aiot bear interest during that particular month, assured the Prime Minister that such information was Iboth interestiinig- and useful. The! Prime Minister's answer w?is tihat it would 'be difficult and costly to 'get thY informatioin required by the twet memfcers. Some of tho . returns asked foir" this session would cost >a grclat many thousaiwHs of pounds + o obtain, aoid it AX'ould not be .possh''ble to cret th"m cr«~npl cited Dnis session. This was the onJv reason why they were not furnashed. In other parts' of the .Dominion the electdc/ms are) quiet and taken as a necessar} 1 - part of the ordinary daily life. In Wes'tdand i it is different. The pqople in that district live, on elections. It is theiir daily food for three years intervening 1 an election. They are always fighting- the Seddon-Mkhel qlectio/n over and over again-. A f ey months aigo two Scotchmen awived from the "Land of Cakes" and fate directed their steps to Hokitika. One ■got a positidn as a (butcheir and the other as a baker. All went well for a time and both saved money by 'bastchfiing-. One nigh. 4 ! Donald came home. sad. Sandy wanted to know the ceasoln, but Donald was silent. A few nights after Sandy could not eat his tea and was depressed. "Mon What's wrang wii'-'h theo," said Sandy. No response. After sitting over the (fires for an hour DonaJd (broke ctut in prreat wrath: "Why Sandy I'm losing all my customers because I'm a Seddonite." "What?" saiid Sandy, "I'm losing mine I'm a Michelle. New Zealand's a funny country and •we'll (go 1 name' ! They iboth dicT. The Paper Bag Cooking System is catchingr on and has come to stay. One trial ds quite sufficient to convince the operator that the advantages derived are many and the result .beyond all expectation. The "Make Your Own Bag" cooking 'paper is mad© up in rolls containing- sufficient paper for from 50 to 200 bags, according to size, with a generous supply of extra paper far dout'le bags. Also a 1(5 page booklet giving complete lessons an '(bag cooking. The price is 2s a roll, postage extra. Try a Roll? Procurable at B. Dixon's, bookseller and stationer, Tainui street. — Advt. •