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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 1 August 1911, Page 7

Some think sailors can do. everything. Others are aware that many sailors cannot swim. It is news that sailors are often unable to row. An ordinary seaman who, at Sunderland, a few weeks ago, brought an action for wages against the captain of a schooner, admitted that when in the Thames, on being ordered into a boat, lie said he could not row. He added that he never signed on to row, the captain never asked him if he could row; not one man in a dozen in deep-sea boats could row. Whether this is so we cannot say, an English paper remarks. It seems too remarkable to be true. But, then, the most- surprising things are sometimes the truest, and the oddities of the seafaring life are, if anyhing, more curious than those of the land. What is certain is. that a sailor who cannot row might very soon learn. A Wairarapa Daily Times reporter was informed that in many parts of the* district farmers had suffered severe loss through black scour amongst hoggets. One farmer stated that this winter he had lost 400 out of 2,000, while another had had 600 die out of 2,000. The former said that a few seasons ago he had been a much heavier loser, 600 out of his flock of 1,000 having died. Evidence of the improvement in the demand for timber is afforded by the fact that the export from Grey mouth during the first six months of this year was nearly 8,000,000 superficial feet better than for the corresponding period of last year. A subscriber sends a contemporary the following: ' 'In your paper the other day you refer to a teacher in East Lothian who 'volunteered the information to her class that a hare was a male rabbit.' There is no need to go to East Lothian for 'howlers.' What do the farmers think of the following statement: 'The tail of a sheep is short and woolly. Th© animal does not require a long tail like the horse or cow, as its fleece is a protection against flies and insects, as well | as against cold.' The New Zealand Na-i ture Study Book for use in schools." For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Grea + Peppermint Cure. 1? fid, l>a GH. WANTED, two boys for milking; machines used. Apply N. C. Young, Butcher, Hawera, or C. Oliver, Tirimoana, alt