Lake Wakatip Mail. QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 1930

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3967, 23 September 1930, Page 4

Lake Wakatip Mail. QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 1930

Report of Lake County Council appears on page 3. The final shoot for the Firestone Chips will take place to-morrow. The annual meeting of the Wakatipu Bowling Club will take place in the County Chambers on 25th Sept, next (Thursday) at 8 p.m.

The attention of members of the Wakatipu branch of the N.Z. Farmers’ I'nion is drawn to the fact that a meeting will be held in the Council Chambers, Arrowtown, on Friday at a quarter to 8 o'clock to discuss some important business. As the Old Timers Dance is being held that evening the meeting will be a short one.

The weather has continued to be rather broken throughout the week. Heavy rain fell on Saturday which caused an abandonment of all sports fixtures. ’The days since have been line, though wintry.

The annual meeting of the Queenstown Cricket Club is advertised for Saturday evening next in the Council < 'handlers.

Keep “NAZOL” always in the home. Put a few drops daily on the children’s handkerchiefs before they go to school. Will protect them from coughs and colds. Economical double size contains 120 full doses for 2s Cd.

To-morrow week a public meeting in connection with the Empire Cancer campaign will be held in the. Town Hall, Queenstown. At the re- j quest of the Southland Committee Dr j Anderson will speak on the subject. A large attendance is desired. Major Mackenzie, Walter Peak, informs us that he has just received a very fine photograph ol the Invercargill Defence Rifle Club team which won the Mackenzie Shield at Invercargill a few months ago. The shield, which stands in the background, helps materially to give interest to the picture. The Queenstown Cricket Club will hold its annual meeting next Saturday night at 8 o’clock in the County Chambers. The second annual report of the Southland Boys’ and Girls Agiicultural Clubs’ Association, published a short time ago, contains much interesting information concerning the work being done by the schools m the direction indicated. A summary of the work of the competitors shows that the number of schools entered , was 66, number of schools represented at the final judging 58, number ol competitors entered for potato glowing 358, for mangold growing 40, for calf rearing 38. Three boys from the Queenstown Public School entered 'for potato growing, Group 3. These were Arthur Wallace, Dickson Jardine and Alex. Robins. The respective marks awarded the three boys were as follows: Cultivation (maximum .-points, 20)—18,15, 14; general appearance and management (maximum points, 30) 9q 23 20; record chart (maximum points, 30) —23, 22’, 24’; yield points 134, 12-’-, 12; total aggregate points —Boj-, 73, 704; position in school—1, 2, 3;’position in group—9, 13 10. The summary of the schools over the whole competition in potato-growing shows that "'Queenstown, was praced 24th with a total average oi "4.4 points ana Afhol 38th with a total average of 70.8 points among 08 schools.

Work at the hatchery at “Ayrburn” is proceeding steadily and satisfactorily, and Mr Adamson, the officer of the Otago Acclimatisation Society in whose charge the operations connected with the collection of ova have (been placed, is now nearing the end of his labours in the district. Mr Adamson has found Hayes Greek a very fruitful field, the number of ova secured up to 10 days ago being some 2,030,000. On the occasion o'f the visit of a Mail representative to the hatchery the ova were seen in the various sufges oi development, including one lot of eyefl ova Si readiness Tor Transportation to Waitati, where they will reach the fry stage. They were packed in moss on trays, with butter cloth stretched over each of the trays. These, in turn, lie in a specially constructed container. Loch Leveu and brown trout are the species being stripped. Mr Adamson arrived in the district towards the end of May, since when his time has been very fully occupied with the initial constructional work, the stripping and various operations connected with the conduct of the hatchery. One has only to stand by for a short to recognise 'that Mr Adamson is a 'great enthusiast in pisciculture. A Wellington professional man makes a hobby of collecting tobacco pipes. He has some rare and valuable specimens from many lands. Yet for his own use he is content with a shilling briar 1 Well, the tobacco counts for far more than the pipe. It should be of line flavour and delightfiu aroma. Also—and above all—it should _be as free from nicotine as it can possibly be. You may say: “Ah! it’s all very flue, but where is tobacco like that to be had? Why, at the nearest tobacconist’s shop! Aisk for New Zealand toasted. Next to no nicotine in it! That means it’s safe to smoke to any extent. Y r ou can’t say that of the imported goods with their large percentage of nicotine. It’s the toasting that rids the New. Zealand of its nicotine and gives it its incomparable flavour and unrivalled bouquet. There are only four brands Ojf toasted — Eiverhead Gold, Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3, and Cut Plug; No. 10. Are there any imitations? -Ilather! Every good thing is imitated.? Beware!

Upstarts gorged with gold we see, Aping airs of pedigree, Whilst the caustic critic still Pricks them with his fountain quill. Upstarts just mere mortals be, Catching cold like you and me; And as prompt relief assure, Taking Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.