Lake Wakatip Mail QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3222, 9 January 1917, Page 4

Lake Wakatip Mail QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917

A silting of the Military Service Hoard will he held? in Queenstown 'in January 15th next.

1(17 week-end excursion!'', s arri.x'd last Saturday evening- So) e .";7 > eople took advantage of the cheap fares up the lake yesterday.

The secretary of the Ladies' Patriotic Executive wishes to acknowledge having received the sum of til from iMi'iSi J. S., being her monthly miltiribution for January towards the Wounded Soldiers Fund. The- town is .still full of \V.toi-.. many ariiving each evening. The various .services report good husiiiiw*. Fairly heavy rains fell thro:igh<Hit the district early yesterday morning and at intervals throughout the day. resulting in an immense amount of -ood to the country. The necessary moisture has, however, unfortunately i ainc too latei to he of any benefit to many of the crops, which arc worthies;-!. A party of Goreitas came through to Wakafipu from Milford Sound last wavk. The party travelled from Te Anau via Birlev Pas.s, Murcotljuin and Fglinlon Valley. They had fine weather for the trip and speak in glowing terms of the .v:ene:y. Guide Wilson' brought the parly through.

Mr Andrew Fraser, Mt. Alfred Station, Glenorchy, has dis|H><ed of his propertv to Messrs Adams Bros., Heriot.' Mr W. Fraser. son of Mr Fraser, lias also disposed of Ills famrng interests to the same parties. The new owners take up possession on or about the 15th February. Mr Fraser ha- been a resident of the Head of the La'ce since IH7!>, where he married and brought up his famil>. He will lie much missed for he always took an acitve interest in the disturi audi has been associated wlui e.ery institution that .-was. [promoted, fo its welfare. Mv Fraser u.a.s a member of tin- Lake ('O'intv Council for -everai year.-. w

The Uanlerbnrv I'milsrrowers have evidently great faith in the industry. Uldiiioiis are beimr made to many orchards, while large fruit coo! stores are being erected. One I'acauu; grower is addling to his Li.OOO-ease cool stoic another fpf t-imi'ar capacity, while a Fapanui syndicaie h putting up one of ;{5,000 cases caiwcity.

The Boy Scouts of Temuka have constructed an aeroplane, exeejit the omdne, and it is said have made it. excellently (reports the 'Timara Herald)

A five-roomed cottage belonging to Mr F. St Omer, situated in the gardens alongside the Acclimatisation Beserve, Gorge road, was burnt to the ground on Sunday afternoon. The fire was caused through three or four youths accidentally setting fire to the grass surrounding the house. The dryness of the grass caused the fiery element to spread very rapidly, although all efforts were made to prevent the house from catching. When it seemed impossible, to save the buildin jr, one of the youths ran and rang the fi rehell. The structure was, however, soon in flames and was dearolHied in no time. The. place was insured for C 75. When the perpetrators were questioned oy Constable Rowe they owned up to tlie mischief that had iwen done by them.

A returned trooper named W. P. Mcßride was brought before Messrs M. J. Gavin and D. F. Sutherland. J's.l'., at the Magistrate's Court on Saturday last on a charge of sterling jewellery valued at £2O from Mrs M. Johnston, Central Hotel, Arrowtown. The jewellery was given to Constable Rowe by the trooper to look after, but it was not long before the rightful owner laid claim to it. As the Justices could not deal with the accused summarily, the amount being over £■'), he was remanded to Dunedin and will come before the Magistrate's Court to-day. Constable Howe, took accused to Dunedin on Monday. It is feared that the unfortunate man is nut quite responsible for his actions at times he having received wounds in the spine in the Gallipoii campaign.

The season has been an exceptionally dry one, says the Wyndbam He-aid. It is a remarkable thing to .see at this time of year the pastures s»flm,mt no as they have been for a week or two now, particularly on light land. Rain is much needed to establish and forward turnip areas as well as to revivifv the pastures^Dairymen feel the'want of moisture. They, as honest, men, do not water their milk, but : their cows require to make the lacteal fluid . The measure of the milk supply is a very fair barometer. Just now there is a' conspicuous reduction in the quantity of each man's supply. Of course, the men on light land suffer the most.

At the sittlnu of the Military Service Board at Timavu a middle aeed man climbed into the box when called. He gave his name a< Bernard Joseph O'Brien a«id stated that he hail a wooden ler. to the amusement of the court. His appeal was, 0 f cnur.se allowed.

On a !arm,it;ol 100 *nie< 1 om Paha-fli,-i a labourer b employed who, for some reason or other, has never masNved the art of reading the clock. Wnen tjie "boss' goes to town he sets the alarm for the time when the cows are to be brought in for milking, and the man carries . the timepiece about with him while at work.

Sonic of the Reservists who appeal ;<:"o.e the Miitary Service Boards do ro! seem to understand their position ...,,.,..- v -, a t... t i, o '!>o"M"'n'}'). They

;i\v ii i the at.i'u le of civilians, who h.r.'e ii •(• -.di-airbed at their work.and ■ii'j .(■-. ii attitude and tone thai the ni i arv authorities are encroaching upon their time. "I can't wait any loii'C-. said one Reservist whose apical had tot been settled as quickly as ji« would have wi-hed. "J have my i.u i <■ - io attend to." The fact is, ,-r »,r-c. that the Reservist who is rim en by ballot for service with the Kx-.edi i;»i:;trv Force is a soldier as ,oon a. he'is called up. The whole '.Hi i-e s may be very inconvenient from his noint of view,'but the Call te an ini'erative one. and he must do what lie Is told. Private interests have to stand aside, just as they have doi e Li the cases of the tens of thousand- of men who have gone forward already a- voiuiltcei'.s. A re narkably tall soldier attracted ,11. e an amount of attention in Cuba Street. Wellington, on a recent afternoon (Mates $ Northern exchange). He must have been at least 6ft sui in height, and as he leaned against a telegra ill |X>st oblivious to the attention aroused h\ his abnormal height the po<t appeared quite a tit comnaniion for him.

A good story of the Christmas holidavs is related in connection with a nii'iiir party who spent Christinas i)av on Ka.iH Beach (states the 'Poverty' Bay Herald.') The holiday-makers were motored round to their camping around bv a member of the family, who was 'to have returned for them at the end of the day. Nightfall came, Inn. there was no appearance of the car and the pjc.nieker.s, by force of circumstance-; rather than by choice, camped the might out on the beach. Fortunately nothing of * serious nature had occurred to the motorist, the explanation i>einv thai lie had gone out'motoring with a fre.id and had quite forgotten the picnic party. The sequel to" the story transpired on the following morning when a local taxidriver set. oat a,t an early hour to wing the holiday-makers home, blithe Imd'the {misfortune to yet Uii- la-. 1 stuck in the .sand, and was forced to wait until the high tide receded before he was aide to extricate it.

The daylight Saving Act is working satisfactorily as far as genera! business Ls concerned, says a Sydney cable, but the theatres and picture shows which are also saddled with the l.urdi'ii of the Amusement Tax. complain that it has reduced attendances in .some cases as much as 40 per cent. L'eoplo show a tendency at nresent, during hot weather at anyrale to spend their leisure in surfing in preference to staying in town. The dairving industry is not enamoured of the new hours, which mean the shortening of their already short light to catch the earlier trains, and cow.s, whose halrii.s are not regulated by the clock, show an objection to having their rest broken, and are yielding less milk.

The death of an infant in particularly distressing circumstances is reporied f: on), .ISal'arat (says the '.Sydney Dailv Telegraph'). The child, which was" nine mouths old, had been ailing for about, a week from wnat was supnoseil to have been • the effects of iecthinsr, I>ut later examinationsshowed that the illness of the child was eau>ed bv some head trouble. Finally the little sufferer died. When the Ihxlv was lying in the col Tin prior to interment a member of the house-hold noticed a movement of one of the eyelids. On tne lid oeing raised ! ' centipede was discovered. It is supnosed .that, it entered the ear of the i-liikl while it was asleep under a tree in a perambulator, and then burrowed its way upwards into the brain, finally emerging near Mie eye. The child died in great agony.

DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT. Some say that chronic constipation cannot be cured. Don't you believe it. Chamberlain's Tablet.s for the stomach and liver have cured others why not you? Give them a trial. They cost only eaghteenpencg. .«#*

Mr L. J. Lynch, merchant, intimates | that he has the bast in. groceries, drapery, hardware & fishing tackle. Cus tomers and intending customers can rely on the utmost attention. Householders arc waited on regularly. The advertisements appearing from time to t iitne in this paper over the si-°rnatiure of Price and Bulleid, Ltd., Tay St., Invercargi!!, generally contain information of interest to the buyers of soft goods, but none, we think, that have appeared during the last six months- have been of greater interest than, the one now appearing in this i -ue and whi h refers to Messrs Price and Bulleid, Ltd. { \JolossaJ Summer Sale. Their sales are well named colossal. The whole stock is practically coining under offer at Bargain Prices at a date to be decided on and which will be duly announced in their advertising space, The day and date ought not to be overlooked for this coming sale its going to be of the re-cord-breaking order.