THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE AND RECORDER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaikoura Star, Volume XLV, Issue 73, 11 September 1925, Page 2

THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE AND RECORDER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Robinson and Perrin advertise a shop to let by tender. Hawke’s Bay defeated Otago on Wednesday by 32 points to 14. The Cygnet arrived from Lyttelton on Wednesday, bringing a full goner: cargo. Curran’s cars will transport the Kaikoura footballers to Blenheim to-mor-row, for the match against Marlborough B. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great I'cnuermint Cure. The annual meeting of members of the Kaikoura *Tcnnis Club is convened for this evening, at Mr R. Gibson’s office. A plain and fancy dress dance will be held at Suburban Hall to-night. The l prizes to be awarded are good, and it is I anticipated that there will be a -large I attendance. Messrs Morris and Son have a large stock of ladies’ wearing apparel am? men’s requirements, which are being disposed of at bargain prices, in order to make room for Christmas stocks to arrive shortly. In addition to the football matches be played at Blenheim to-morrow, the: ' will be boxing bouts held in the evening. Special cars arc being run by th • Kaikoura United Motor Service to Blenheim. Enquiries should be made ar the local office.

At the euchre tournament held at the Suburban School on Wednesday night there was a good attendance, 'rhe prizes wore won by Mrs Barnes and Mr L. Gar rett, the consolation prizes going t. Miss A. Chapman and Mr E. Boyd.

Messrs Pyne, Gould, Guinness repot' having received the following cable message from their London house, dated 4th September:—N.Z. butter 200/, mar ket firm; N.Z. cheese, 107/, market quiet. With firm offers we could probably sell butter up to December make at 1/0 per lb f.0.b., and cheese, up to Decern her make, a t9]<l per lb f.o.b. A fine new player piano has been installed in the local Picture Theatre which should have the effect of milling to the enjoyment of patrons. The hall is now up to date in all respects—the seating accommodation is comfortable the ventilation of the hall improved and the screen thrown further back. Good programmes arc the order of the day. On. Monday night the hall was crowded, and many would-be patrons had to be turned away.

There was a large attendance at the sale of pigs and ponies, at the N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. yards, on Wednesday, and good prices ruled. Ponies realised £l5, £l2, and £ll 10/. A sow in pig brought £B, other pigs sold at £6 12/<>. £G 10/, £6, £5 15/, £5 5/, ami £4 17/(5 Eight slips wore sold at £2 2/ each, am! small wcaners at £1 4/0. Fair priceswere realised for furniture sold at the Drill Hall.

An outstanding passenger by the service car to Kaikoura was a pedigree milking Shorthorn calf, from the 4‘Hazel mere* * herd of Mr N. Paton, of Springlands, consigned to Mr J. W. Aroa, of Kaikoura. This calf, which is only a week or two old, is by Willowbanks Oakberry from Hazelmerc Dolly. Willowbanks Oakberry is from Acorn of Oakdale (imported), whilst his dam Willowbanks Strawberry, has a S.O. re cord of 11,4481bs milk and 4861bs butterfat. The calf’s dam, Hazelmerc Dolh came from the herd of Ranstead Bros., Matangi, Waikato, and is out of Matangi Dolly, whilst her sire, Dominion Esau, is the outstanding bull of the breed in the Dominion, being the sire of live of the class leaders in butterfat records. Thus the dam of this calf is half-sister to Matangi Quality IV., who holds the world’s record of any breed as a four-year-old, the S.O. test of figures being 22,010.51bs milk ami 9/8.47 lbs butterfat. Mr Aroa is to be com mended upon his enterprise in securing such a valuable bull for his stud.