Lake Wakatip Mail. QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 1926

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3717, 2 November 1926, Page 4

Lake Wakatip Mail. QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 1926

There will bo no sittings of the Warden’s and Magistrate's Courts in the district this month.

The monthly meeting of the local Borough Council will take 'place in the Library on Thursday evening.

Mr J. Anderson, Ford dealer, Cromwell, brought a Ford 1-ton track through yesterday to the order of Mr Alex. Reid, “Arcadia,” Paradise. The truck was shipped to the Head of the Lake this morning.

Mr G. J. Rattray, builder and contractor, Cromwell, announces in this issue that he is prepared to undertake the emotion of buildings and alterations of all kinds. Plans drawn and estimates given. The records at the local Post Ofiice show that last month was the wettest October since 1917, anjtt the rainfall was one inch above, the average, the figures being 3.97 inches on 15 days. The average for the month was 2.95 inches.

Mr J. J. McNeill, who has been employed in the firm of Boyne’s Stoics, Queenstown* for over It years, has purchased the business from the proprietress,, Mrs Boyne, and yesterday he went into l possession. For some years past Mr McNeill has been acting in a managerial capacity for this old-established firm; hence lie has had a very full and wide experience in all branches of the grocery, drapery and hardware trade. It may he expected, therefore, that he will he ccssful in his enterprise.

The “Ambassadors” dance hall is at present being enlarged in am tied - pation of the coining season.

The Lake 'County Council invites applications for the position of motor lonry driver and traction grader driver.

■ Mr J. R. Marks, Public Works en--14 gineer, Dunedin, and Mr F. W. Liudmp, the representative of the Department at Alexandra, arrived in the district on Saturday. They visited the Kawarau dam and then made an inspection of the irrigation work now proceeding at Arrow t own

Father McFarlane, who lias been conducting a week’s mission, at St. Joseph’s Church, took his departure yesterday morning to Arrow-town, where he is now holding a mission at St Patrick’s.

The Otago Witness Christmas Annual for 102(3, has just reached us, anjd it may be safely said that few, if any, previous numbers have attained a higher standard of excellence. The annual is devoted almost exclusively to photographic reproductions an sepia of beauty spot® in the city and! country districts of the province. The hinterland of Otago is particularly weM depicted in a graphically written article from, the pen of, R. S. M. Sinclair, entitled “Mountain (Memories.” Tills, it might be said in passing,- is really the only letter pmesis in the .annual. The article deals with the Grave-Talbot Pass, and it is profusely illustrated with a collection ol views that must be regarded as unique. The Wanaka district receives a literal share of publicity, while Wakatipu has reason to be satisfied with the prominent place it has been given. The whole production —from the choice, of subjects to the skill with which the printer has accomplished 1 his work—constitutes a photographic album which makes an. ideal 1 gift to send to friends overseas. The coloured supplement “The Night before Trafalgar” is in itself well worth framing'.

“During the Last six months business has been brisk and a large number of sales have been effected l , both in dairy and sheep farms,” said a real estate agent at Palmerston North recently, when approached by a Dominion representative! with an inquiry as to tire condition of the land market “However, without exception, tioii the purchasers have based, their values on production only, leaving 1 any element of speculation and increased price of produce quite out of ‘consideration,” he added, going' on to explain that before {lre 'decides to buy, the present-day purchaser miuslt be satisfied he could pay alii charges' in regard to the particular flartm under consideration and have a reasonable margin to' pay the unpaid pur-' chase price. He staid he had had up to twenty clients, with from £SOO to £IO,OOO cash who were willing to buy suitable farms at a prioei on the above valuation.

That the cigarette card craze is being overdone was the opinion expresssed to a Herald representative by Timaru motorist, who stated that just after crossing thei Eamgitata bridge one night recently he was liailed by someone on the sidle' of the road. Thinking that somebody wanted assistance, he pulled up and went back, only to' know if he had any cigarette cards. The actual remarks' used by the motorist, it is understood;’ were not of a nature) that would tend to encourage the persistent collector to repeat the performance.

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