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Mataura Ensign, 28 January 1911, Page 4

I Several paddocks of oats have been harvested in the Knapdale and Charlton districts during the last few days. By the middle of next week harvesting will be general throughout the district and there is the gratifying prospect of a record oat harvest. The crops on the whole are distinctly good. Auckland is keeping up its reputation for longevity. Of those who passed away last in the district last year there were 96 who were over SO years of age when they passed away, and l-I who had had their 90th birthday, while the century was reached by two old settlers, A number of fanners in the country districts who have suiiicient horsepowet\ have been reaping their cereal crops at night by the aid of lamp light, reports the 'Asliburton Guardian.' This course lias been adopted in view of the heavy north-west winds that have blown with much frequency of late. District horse breeders will learn with regret of tli-e death ot tlu> famous Clydesdale stallion lloyal Derby, word to that effect having been received by Mr Richard Irving, who imported the horse some; four years ago and subsequently sold him to Mr Archibald Dalgleish, of Oaniarn. Royal Derby at the time of his death was seven years old. Going to law does not always pay. A case was heard in Wanganui the other day in which a man sued another for £4 Ms 3d. There had been £3 19s 9d paid into court in settlement of the claim and refused by the plaintiff, but when the evidence, was heard and sundry calculations and amendments made the S-M. gave judgment for the amount paid into court, and intimated that the solicitor's fee (£1 Is) would he paid out of the amount. The plaintiff therefore gets a guinea less than if he had not gone to law at all, besides paying other expenses. "New Zealander'' writes to the 'Christchurch Press':--"! should like, if you will allow me, to put on record, in as few words as possible, the quickest and neatest and most unobtrusive case of life-saving of which J ever heard, Yesterday 1 saw a child fall into a deep place in the river. A gentleman passing by on his bicycle jumped off his machine, ran to the bank, took a header into the-pool, and fished that child out and had it back in the arms of its terrified nursemaid almost before the latter had time to scream ; got on his bicycle and rode away in his dripping clothes, as if that sort of tiling was sill in the day's work. There wasn't even time for anybody but myself and the nursemaid to notice what J had happened."

The Prime Minister stated in bis Stratford speech that the total deposits in the banks of the Dominion, including those in the public and private savings banks, amounted to upwards of £40,000,000. The Gore Stock Agents have agreed to close their premises all day Wednesday, February 1, this being the day of the (Jore public schools' excursion to Riverton. A valuable five-vear-old horse recently died on Mr Peter Millane's property at Otakarama. On a veterinary surgeon being called in an examination proved that the' animal had been a victim to the pea-rifle danger, inflammation having set in after the shot. So far there is 110 clue to the perpetrator, and it would be advisable for farmers and others running stock to be on the look-out for this class of miscreant. Some twelve years ago a few farmers in the Hastings district were pronounced in their opinion that the climate was altogether tin suited to dairying and that consequently the industry would never flourish there. As time progresses their statements are being refuted on all sides, and to-day dairying bids fair to become one of the staple industries of Hawke's Hay »remarks the 'Napier Telegraph'). One reason for this is that the drudging aspect, which rendered the work so tasteful, has been altogether removed by the advent of milking machinery, which has served to popularise the cowas a source of revenue and to establish her at her proper status in the national economy. Milking machines are now becoming the rule, especially as they are sold 011 terms to suit small dairymen, and several dairy sheds through the district have had them installed. With to-day's issue the serial story, instalments of which have appeared 011 Saturdays, entitled "The Three Carnations," is brought to a conclusion. The reception accorded to this work has encouraged us to make arrangements for the appearance of a successor, "A Brave Man's Love,'' by the well-known author, Harold Bindloss, who is a versatile and interesting writer of colonial life, whose "The Dust of .Conflict," "The League of the Leopard," "The Great Power," etc., have earned for him a high position in the ranks of the writers of fiction. The story will be commenced on Wednesday next, and instalments will be published on succeeding Saturdays and Wednesdays until conclusion. Readers of this serial may look forward to perusing a story full of color and incident in which the interest aroused in the first chapter is nnyrtfained until the close. • - Autumn sowing of oats has not been a recognised custom in the Mandeville district but the experience of Messrs James Sliced and Robert Miller last season and this year has proved so encouraging that other farmers will be tempted to follow their example. Both crops j (Mr Miller has 100 acres and Mr Sheed 60) were much admired by passers-by of late and now the binder has done its part there is ample evidence in the number of the stooks that the enterprising growers will be well rewarded. 111 the early part of the season the crops diil not promise too well, but the rain came in time and the fine growing weather since November l»ft nothing to be desired. An additional advantage is that Messrs Miller and Sheed are aljle to have their autumn-sown oats harvested and stacked in ample time before the 1 spring-sown crops come on, thus divid- ! ing the work in what is usually a j strenuous time. The turnip crops in the district are also promising vcrv I well. j An interesting reference to the domestic help question was made by Mr T. E. Taylor, M.P., in the course ot an address on education at Christchurch. "We should make our system of education 011 the gills' side, after a certain point lias been reached in their general education, bear directly upon the duties of wifehood and motherhood. We should see that the question. 'Who shall do the work of the house?' is solved by qualifying every girl in the country to do her share. (Applause.) The majority of women are frightened to death when they are called upon to wash and dress their first baby." Mr Taylor went 011 to say that the common-sense of the people would demand that their girls should be properly educated in domestic duties. There would be 110 question as to who should do the work of a house it those who inhabited the house were properly educated, and there would be no cause to call for assistance from out- , side labor. After a girl had passed , the I'ourth Standard the bulk of her instruction should lie in the direction he had indicated. , Purso lost. , laid wanted. Timber waggon for sale. Heifers and calves for sale . Gore school reopens 011 Monday. Gore Stock Agents close on W«'dnesi day. ■ Mrs U. McCord and family return . thanks. To-morrow's church .services announced. Mr W. Shcp; irii resumes teaching nil . Monday. Gore Brass Band render programme ; to-morrow. > Gore Retailers observe holiday on Wednesday. j S. K. Ferguson holds special sale <>l . jewellery, ete. Gore schools' excursion to Riverton > on Wednesday. | Which load? See P. H. Vickery'.- . advertisement. | Be progressive and get your jewellery r from A. L. Shepard. I). Duncan and Co. have ;i|) school requisites in stock. 1 X.M. and A. Co., Ltd., will sell surplus stock at Otaraia 011 February 10. Mrs .1, B. Paterson resumes . on Monday. x Miss Ida Mac Gibbon resumes te;.(h'!.jj » 011 Monday, February 0. | Demonstration Perfection Sfoves af . F. .1. Sherwood's, Matanra on Monday . and Tuesday. Southland Farmers' Co-operative AsI sociation hold clearing sale at Waikaka , Valley on February 20. ; W. Baker announces his annual sale. His Christmas goods are to hand, his . selection of novelties is fit for a large , city, and anyone in .search ot Christmas j gifts will surely find something to suit them in bis extensive stock. No Chemicals are us?d in the manufacture of Thomson's Raspberry Vinegar. It is guaranteed made from Pure Whole-fruit Raspberries.