“Man in the street says;"

Lake County Press, Issue 2185, 5 September 1907, Page 4

“Man in the street says;"

That the wool market hardening. That heavy vain in Otago and Canterbury That the Bluff’ shipping and revenue returns on the increase. That it is 28 years since the Zulu war ended. That Webb rows Traaiddev for the sculling championship at the end of February. That the Bluff shipping and revenue returns for the last month show a satisfactory increase, the latter being £321) better than for the corresponding period of last year. That measles are raging at Hamilton. Nearly every family has one or more members down with the disease. At Waihi 330 school children are. on tha sick list. That London alone consumed last year about 750,000,000 eggs and 15,000 tons of poultry. ... , . That the feminine element is very much in excess in Germany, the woman exceeding the men by more than 1,000,000, according to recent statistics. That the “ demoralising effect of the Exhibition” was tho excuse given at its annual mtoting by a tenuis club to account tor a falling-off in interest daring last year’s playing season. That a telegram from New Plymouth states that owing to epidemics of_ influenza, measles, etc., a large number of schools, both in town and country, will have to bo closed. That exports of gold from tho Commonwealth in the first seven months of the current year wore not much more than half of those for the previous year. That tho Waipawa Mail states that the recent cold rains have caused great mortality amongst the young lambs which are making their appearance in the district.