Lake County Press. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Arrowtown, September 29, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Lake County Press, Issue 2855, 23 September 1920, Page 4

Lake County Press. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

Arrowtown, September 29, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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Mr J. J. O’Kane, Surgeon Dentist, will 0 visit Arrow on Thursday and Friday of 3 next week. > Mr Horn M.P. wants the Government to i. experiment with the cultivation of sugar b beet in Central Otago. Mr Claude Young, of Glenorchy t announces particulars of fencing posts for sale. Quotations may be obtained locally. Recognising the value of afforestation Mr S. M. Paterson of Ayrburn, is at present planting 2000 pinus insignia on his property, A Poster Ball in aid of the funds of the local Brass Band will take place in the Garrison Hall, Queenstown, this evening. e Prizes will be given for the most original f costumes, j Mr ffm, Reid, of Wakatipu Mills, is at present installing a 4-cow Gane milking ’ plant. The machine will he driven by a Pelton wheel supplied by water-power from i. Hayes Creek. The annual general meeting of share- • holders of the Lake County Co-operative p Dairy Company, Ltd, will bo held on . Thursday, 30th inst. It is understood . that the company has experienced a very • successful year. 8 Mr P. Reid, Lower Shotover, received ■*l advice early last week through Bank of s N. Z. that his peas (maple variety) had brought the highest price in the London market This is but another instance of the superior quality of the cereals grown in the Wakatipu.—Mail. Mr P. A. de la Perelle, proprietor of the Winton Record, has established a newspaper at Lumsden, The journal is styled “ The Lumsden Chronicle,” and as Lumsden is the centre of a large and prosperous district, Mr Perrello’s venture should meat n ith success. Arrow presented a busy appearance on 1 Saturday last. Nearly the whole district turned out to witness the football match between Glenorchy and Arrow, and during r the afternoon and evening Buckingham Street was thronged with motor-car* and other vehicles. Mr Q. S. Edie informs us that arrangements in connection with the formation of a Defence Rifle Club in Arrowtown are almost completed. Mr Edie has received the names of upwards of fifty intending members, and 1 at present be is negotiating with the Defence I Department in regard to the erection of , extra targets on the local range. Arrangements in connection with the Bachelors' Ball which will take place in the Garrison Hall on Friday, Ist October, are well forward. Upwards of three hundred invitations have been issued, and the function promises to be one of the most successful of its kind that has been held) in Arrow. Mr W. S. Keid, of Miller’s Flat, suffered a serious loss last week. One of bis employees was driving a mob of cattle on the Skippers Road, near Long Gully, when the leaders took a side-track which led to a small precipice - Twelve of the animals • went over, with the result that nine were killed, while two were badly injured. At last week’s meeting of the Southland Land Board the transfer of Run 304, Mararoa, Te Anna, 38,600, acres, frpm John Cock hum to Donald McCullough was granted. David Kerr was granted a temporary right over' sections Sand II block 2, Kingston Township at a rental of 10s per annum Under the heading of “ Wakatipu Has .'lost Energetic Member ” the Dunedin Star states that Mr Horn has been able to secure the approval of the Minister of Public Works to reconstructing the approaches to Becks Bridge at Lauder, the erection of a bridge over the Kawarau at f Frankton Falls, and also the renewal of the bridge over the Gentle Annie. The Queenstown Tennis Club opened the season on Saturday last under auipioioas circumstances. The- weather was ideal for tennis, and there was a large gathering of players and spectators, Owing to various circumstances the Arrow Club was not .represented, and the president (Mr de Lambert) read a telegram from the secretary of the Arrow Club conveying good wishes for a suosesful season. Mr F. J. Williams engineer, is now in the Hawea district gathering data for the preparation of plans for the hydro-eleotrie scheme. The Minister of Works has promised the Otago Expansion League that as soon as possidle he will supply a report on the Hawea scheme; and when this comes to band it will be available to supplement the work that Mr Williams is doing for the League. If the behaviour of some of the New Plymouth Senior Cadets returning to their homes after parades is the result of their disciplinary training, (says the Taranaki Herald), - one wonders what the streets would be like if these youths were under no restraint. “ But when a woman marries a man she marries him for good or ill,” said Mr Justice Herdman in a recent divorce case in Christchurch. “ Mere fits of temper, threats of suicide, petulance of manner, rudeness are not sufficient reasons to justify a women in taking that step.” The head of a Palmerston North firm (says the Manawatu Timas) recently received a consignment of 12 gramophone* in cases. On being opened nine of the cases were found to be filled with nothing but an assortment of sacking, wood chips, and rubbish. The consignment was from America. When refusing an application to have the court cleared in Masterton, his Honour Mr Justice Edwards stated the greatest deterrent against misconduct was the publicity which inevitably followed. Should any peisou object to the evidence, the door w ts open,, and there wax no necessity for them to stay—none whatsoever; In view of the fact that there are 1800 unqualified teachers in the teaching service in the Dominion, said Mr J. McCombs in the House of Bapreseuiutives last week, did the Minister for Education this year intend to attract recruits to the profession by placing pupil teachers iu as good position in regard to annual increments as those who entered other branches of tie Public Service er *the banks ? The Hon, C. J, Parr replied that the new scale of salaries would bring the result referred to. The Department was also helping to attract another thousand teachers to the profession. The member for Hurunui drew an important statement from the Piime Minister regarding the handling of the coming wool clip. Mr Massey had shown the necessity for care in avoiding the rush of wool into an already congested market for cross-bread 1 quality and Mr Forbes suggested that the I Government might do something to finance 1 returned soldiers so as t j enable them to hell* back tbeirclip. Mr Massey’s answer was: We 1 will take financial position into const leratiou 1 not only of returned soldiers, but of wool- 1 growers generally. I know I am under- < taking a big thing, but the matter is of such < importance to the country that we are pro- * posing to do it '

The Plunket nurse subsidies are now being increased from to £125 per annum.

The sum of £4OOO has been remitted to the High Commissioner in London, as the first instalment of Southland’s contribution to relieve the suffering in Central Europe. “ What have you got to say?” asked the magistrate of a woman in Wellington who was charged with drunkenness. “ How much will the fine be?” eagerly responded the woman. A wave of economy is spreading over the Railway Department apparently (says the Marton Advocate). The Bangitikei County Council has been asked to " Please explain ” why rates on their Station street property have been raised from 8s 8d to 8s lid, A Wanganui resident, who returned from a visit to Takaka, informed a Herald reporter that while in the latter place ho was shown a field of 3000 cauliflowers and fully one-third of the crop had been destroyed by fare blight. The blight swept tbronh one section of the crop and the plants attached rotted off in 24 hours. As little children cuter grow. Among the things they seek to know, Are sordid truths we dare not tell; And camouflage is just as we 11... But simple facts need no disguise, Plain terms with such are safe and wise— A child with croup, of course is sure To know of Woods’ Great Peppermint Care " I have always been a good man to my wife. I have never kept a shilling back from her since I was married; in fact, I bought her a pair of boots to get married in as she didn’t have any,” said a respondent in the Supreme Court at Masterton one morning last week.

Mr F. J. Williams is preparing plans for the Hawea hydro-electric scheme, under on B a g omen t to the Otago Expansion League. The Hydro-electric Committee has received advice from the Minister of Public Works that the Government reports i>n Otago developments are not yet ready, but he has promised to supply an interim report on the Hawea scheme as soon aa possible.

To the news of Professor Kemps” having broken the world's record for continuous piano-playing the Wairarapa Age adds : The piano playing fiend is a product of psychology that is poignant evidence of the deterioration of the race. And the cahlsagent who sends such “ news ” (or the delectation of an intelligent people is a lineal descendant of the long-eared quadruped, upon which Balaam made his historic journeyings over the arid plains of Palestine. Mr Jack Howe died recently at Blackball, Central Queensland. . Australia has produced some splendid specimens of manhood and Howe was among the best of them He was the champion shearer of the Commonwealth in the blade days, and his Alice Downs record of 321 sheep has never been excelled with machine shears. In addition to his shearing skill he was a fine judge of wool, and was one of the most popular residents of Central Queensland. When the American yacht Resolute beat the British yacht Shamrock the people primarily concerned were very nice about it The American principals did not boast, and Sir Thomas Lipton frankly admitted his defeat on merit. Bat men of the baser sort started crowing, not only about the American vsssel, but about the American crew, and as an answer to some bombast of that sort one of the Yankee newspapers printed a statement showing the full composition of the Resolute’s crew to be 22 Norwegians, seven Swedes, and one Dane. ■ A Southland farmer who his just returned from a visit to the North, informed a Matanra Ensign represntative that the growth of grass in Southland was really better than in Canterbury. The late and ever present frosts in the northern province have affected the growth of grass considerably. At no time during the period covering many years, in which he has been travelling up and down the Island has he over seen so much land under cultivation. Canterbury particularly has a great area of land under the plough this year, and the visitor understands tnat a very large area will be sown with wheat

Mr J. Horn, the member for Wakatipu recently told the House that there were men and women in his electorate who had never seen the sea. He was talking about allowing young children to travel free on the railways. The cost of taking children from some parts of his district was, he said, very great. Half-fare for a child in the coach from Nevis to Cromwell was 12/6, and the launch and coach fare was 10s from Makarora. The cost of going to Dunedin for one child was iJ3 10s. In addition their parents had to pay for four nights’ lodging. There were children in his constituency who had never seen a train.

A Wanganui resident who has been visiting Taranaki states that in some districts feed is very scarce, and it is taking some of the farmers all their time to keep their cows alive. Thrashed grass straw Is being purchased at £9 a ton and more in order to keep the cows from starvation. In a good many instances farmers did not anticpate a late spring, and during the mild winter they sacrificed their mangold crops. Any farmer who has supplies of mangolds available is looked upon with eyes of envy by his neighbours, and the experience of this season is one that will not be readily forgotten. Tobacconists in England are becoming perturbed ovit the rapid decline in the consumption of tobacco in all forms Man are smoking less. In May home consumption showed a drop of nearly 2,000,0001b compared with May, 1919, Sales of cigars are stated to have dropped heavily, and the demand for cigarettes also haa| diminished very considerably. The Cigar and Tobacco World speaks of a difference of nearly 8,000,0001b between the tobacco imported in May last and that brought in daring the same month last year. The bonded warehouse account now stands at the enormous and unprecedented figure of 380,900,0001b!”

In response to numerous requests received at the various bureaux, the Government Tourist Department has decided to open the Mount Cook Hermitage on October 1. This resort is rapidly becoming one of the most popular in New Zealand, and bookings for the summer months are already being mado at the Government Tourist Office. The Mount Cook Motor Company have communicated with the Tourirt Office advising that for the month of October a very considerable reduction in fares will be made The Tq Anan-Mil-ford track is also being opened a month earlier than usual, commencing from November 1.

Writing from London, under date July 17, to the Christchurch ‘ Press ’ Mr J.B. Eeidof Klderslie, Oamaru. who travelled Home by way of America, expresses anything but a favorable opinion of the operation of the Prohibition liquor in Canada and the States “Itis a farce for all,” he States, " except the dcctors. You oau get what you like in Canada on a doctor’s prescription* for which you pay dol. One professional man wrote 26.J00 prescriptions in six mouiha, and was taken to court for doing too large a business, but I left before the case was completed, and did not see the result. The Americans tried to stop light wine being given to the sailors on an Italian ship, so the men struck, and the 0 mrt decided in their favour. When passenger accomodation is plentiful again the British steamers will get all the trade. Even now the American*themselves try to travel by our steamers. I never met one man in favour of prohibition; before any further vote is taken in New Zealand a Commission should be sent to Canada and America. It is one law for the rich and another for the poor, and is turning workers into Bolsheviks.

The Education Department has informed the Canterbury Education Board that the increases to teachers’ salaries will b#;.distributed probably next month, and will date back to April I. Instalments of the cost of living bonus that have been distributed are to be deducted from these increases. In view of this, the instalment of the cost of living bonus which would have been paid at the end of the present month will not be paid, as, to do so would involve unnecessary clerical work. Millinery in popular shapes and shades Straw Shapes, 5/11, 8/11, 12/ C, to 29/6; Panamas, 7/6’ 10/6, to 19/6 ; Leghorns, 25/6 37/6 to 47/6; Eeady-to-wears. 10/6,16/6 19/6 to 29/6; Semi-trims, 12/6, 18/6, 22/9, to 35/-; Black Tulle Hats, 25/6, to 35/-; Black Crepe de Chine and Silk Hass, 32/6 to 47/6. Models in many new shades and styles, 22/6, 29/6, 35/- to 45/-; Matrons’ Black Toques, 25/6, 29/6 to 47/6. A very choice selection of Berries, Flowers, Mounts and Ribbons. New and fashionable Costumes in Serge Gabarbine, and Tweed. 89/6 to 199/-. A very smart selection of Skirts In Voille, Silk and Tweed, All alterations free of - charge. Is in the £ discount on all cash sales. See lovely display upstairs at .HA J. SMITH LTD., Progressive Drapers, Tay street*. Invercargill; and Main street Got*. * Phones in all departmental (Advt.) The method of disposal of pedigree stock raised on the Government farms is the subject of a letter from the Minister of tare to the Auckland secretary of the Farmers’ Union. Recently the Waikato sab-provincial ezecntbre of the anion protested against the pedigree stock from Baaknra being offered for auction in competition with that of private breeders, and suggested that the Government raised stock should be disprsed of by ballot at a price sufficient to cover the cost of production. It was emphasised that this method would give farmers of small means the opportunity of acquiring the best class of breeding stock. Toe Minister states that the method of balloting for the stock has been tried by the Department, and has been found to be leas satisfactory than offering the animals by auction.