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Mataura Ensign, 22 July 1914, Page 4

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_ In a lecture at Chrisfeluireh, Mr Dan Crawl.ird, a visitor from Africa, when: ho ha.j teen a nnV.ionarv for ihe Ja.st '2- years and author',if "Thie.kiu/j; Black, ' i;ave'.Koine i!l:::4ration;s of the native wanner-; and eu-Ooins which .showed i cry clearly thirl ihe native of Africa was not the degraded :.y.n-:!;V person lie wc.'i commonly siieiaWed ,'■> he, hut an exceedingly polita and riine-tiliuu-s man and dceided'y brainy aVai. For instance., their language hjs very ropiou;-: verbs would have :i2 lenses: nouns 19 fenders, while as for not !:<■- iiifi ;ib!o to count pa-it 10, their arithmetic went into what he called '-stellar arithmof.e," -and dealt with i'l.e-uro-., that were oracHi-ally incencoivablu to a white man in their magnitude.

In making an appeal at the close of ! his sermon at the Cbristeluiich Cathetii'.il ou Kunday nighi- for a double collection next Sunday to wire off tin? existing deficit on the maintenance fund, liov. J. [{. AViiford asked anyone unable to give inure- than ihrceretice not to put in a threepenny-bit, but to brin.}s three coppers! Let it not go forth to the world, lie said, that a threepenny-bit was the stand-in! coin of a church offertory! The preacher earlier had made some wry pertinent observations on the art ol giving, but ins a congregation rather enjoys being .scolde;!i than otherwise, Irs remarks were accepted with (piile a genial smile all round, which- augured well for the size of' the oifertory taken up at the clo.se.

At the New Zealand Farmers' Conference in Wellington yesterday Mr J. G. Wilson, in referring to the growth of oats in the Dominion, .said, ''We. grew 1-1.0C0.e00. bushels of oats last year. Ordinarily we would, have had perhaps abaat 2,000,00-3 bushels of these" to export; but- I much doti'bt if our consumption this year will be. more than 10,000,000 bushels. The oat. market certainly -has responded to the absence of demand and prices are loner than we have had them lor some time. Oats-'can be grown perhaps cheaper than any grain we have. Why should lambs not. be fed on them, making for tinner flesh and better quality:' I am convinced it wou'd nay u-i-t-o feed lambs on the o:ils, at Is Od, rather than sell them."

The Gore Competitions Society lias all arrangements well in hand for the first annual couHX'lition-s which are to commence on AYednesday, October 7. A comprehensive syllabus of (i.j items has been proposed, covering ,the following sections■:— Vocal, instrunieutal, elocutionary, literarv, dancing and physical drill.' A I'eneroiw prize-KsL has been drawn up and competition judges have been appointed. Conies of the syllabus and entry forms may be had free on application to the, secretary at(lore (>lr A. R. AVatson). The combined programme and l>ook of words is available at the nominal charge of threepence. Railway feres at, excursion ratc.i are being arranged for competitors and for parents and guarding accompanying competitors under 1.5 years of age. Kntries wii! be received until September 7.

The president of tlie Farmers' Vnion Conference (Mr .). (;. Wilson) hail a word of encouragement Inr the dairv I farmer yesterday. Ho oharaeieri.sed | dairying as a work that reouired stout and courageous heart., and all the week at that, Sunday included. "There is, he slid. "50 far no diminution in dairying; in fact, it k inci-os-sing, as tite returns show, but the .slightest diminution of prices would turn' the ,«'i' and many of those on the outskirts, where it is more expensive to deal with milk, would go out of the trade and turn to sheen. If we keep up the quality of our butter and-cheese, their- is no fear hut that we shall wet the holiest price. Tf the incentive- of good prices is there, XT'ew Zealand can add a great deal yet to the exports of butter and cheese. Tt

requires intelligent working: there is evorv prospect of this nnwiho testing association? have been started, and will T am sure .-how such excellent results j that in a few years we -shall raise the: output per eo.v very considerably, pos-; sib.lv 20 per cent. This will require.' more f-n miner and winter forage: but I that too is becoming fairly general." J

The 'Cassette' contains a notification to the elfcet that a portion of Section 5, IJlo'k XL, Wendon, has been proclaimed a road. The 'Gazette' notifies that education reserve Sections 13 and 11, ]Slo:*k IV.. Wr.mion, containing 13 acres and 20 J).)!i"s, tip,>et annual rental .t'3 6s, weighted with £lol 18s lor iniprove-] ments, will be open for selection on August 21; also, Sections 36 and 3Ga, Block VI.. Wa-kaka survev d strict, containing 29 acres 1 rood 21 poles, on September 24.

The site for the post office; at Lums-| den is a-quartcr ol an acre in extent. The buildings included in the purchase were a wooden shop ami dwelling, and other tenements in brick. The tenure is leasehold, from the School Commiss oners of Otago, the vendor was Geo. Small, the younger, and the payment £7OO, and a section purchased in 1911 of £6O. /\a evidence of the fluctuation and ad-'van-ees in the sheep- market it is worthy of mention that a line of old ewes was sold at the Gore yards three yeans ago for 3s Gd per head. The purchaser, after rearing two lots of lamb's, sold the ewes some, weeks ago for lis per head. The new owner sold them privately in the Gove yards on Monday night for 13s, and yesterday they realised 15s lid wader the hammer. The ewes were in Jamb.

In Chambers yesterday the Chief Justice heard an applicat.ou for a change of venue to Auckland, Cliristcliurch, or Dunedin in the action 'New Zealand Times' v. the Wellington Publishing Company, a claim of £3OOO damages for alleged libel (states a Wellington Press AsioeMit on telegram), five application wa-. made by th-a plain-tiffs, and affidavits were read from both parties advancing reasons lor and against the application. The application dor a change of vumie was granted. Dunedin is the place fixed. Counsel for the Wellington Publishing Company intimated that ho would appeal. There are three Costumes usually -19s Cd to. 60s to be sold lor 10s Od at Thomson and Heattie's Sale, lie sure and see these barga'ns. They are good examples- of the savings you can make by purchasing your requirements from iJiis piipular store. Another snip is a lot of Fell, and Suede Snapcs to be sold for (id eacli. You're welcome l<" look over these; they will repay i>" tiun. .1 waii-ii

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