Popular Sheep.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 58, 5 February 1938, Page 8

Popular Sheep.

“The Dorset Horn sheep, which have recently been imported to New Zealand, are very m-oininent in. England,” said Mr W. K. Ivilsby in the course of a travel talk to the Levin Youn" Farmers* Club. ‘lbis is due to the fact that they are very prolific breeders, having two lambs each season,” he added. Shark’s Teeth on Hilltop.. A" number of fossilised shark’s teeth were recently found in a gravel pit approximately 500 it above sea-level m the Tokomaru (Wanganui) district bj an employee of the Waitotara County Council. Several of the teeth are approximately an inch and a halt in length with serrated . edges, while others are cylindrical in shape and more than two inches long, together with the teeth were a number of oddly-sliaped shells. Film Party’s Adventure. While photographing important scenes for the film, “Rewi s Last Stand,” Mr Rudall HaySvard and his staff were caught at four o c l° c k m the afternoon in a torrential thunderstorm on Pirongia Heights and marooned until midnight. So unexpected was the downpour that only with the greatest difficulty was the delicate sound and camera apparatus rushed to a neighbouring wbare in the bush. In the rush to save the instruments, the sound engineer, Mr Baxendale, received an injury to his loot. Roads Paved with Coal. Dick Whittington was told that in London he would find streets paved/ with gold. Travellers journeying on the West Coast between Grey mouth and Westport may see roads paved with coal, rays an exchange. Sometimes these roads extend ioi moie than a furlong, being formed of nothing but coal. The roads lead from the main highway to small piiyatelj owned mines. These-roads* which )ec the weight of heavily-laden lorries, are in some instances steeply banked, and for rears have -Successfully withstood the wear and tear of the weather, and of the traffic which passes over them. Dependent On the State. ' ‘To-day we have this alarming situation, that-almost one in every three in the community is dependent upon the State,” said Mr S. G. Holland, M.P., of Christchurch, in an address. He said there were over 105,000 pensioners drawing in round figures £6,000,000 ; 45,000 State employees drawing £12,000,000; 20,000 on public work& drawing £4,000.000; 34,000 unemployed drawing just over £4,000,000; and 9000 superannuitants drawing £1,500,000, making a total of 213,000 drawing £27,760,000, and the number was steadily mounting. If two dependants were allowed to each of these that made a total of 600,000 dependent upon the State.

Inter-Centre Bowling. Sixteen rinks from the Manawatu Bowling Centre left Palmerston North early this morning for Wairarapa, to play at Carterton and Masterton against Wairarapa Centre teams. Purging the Roll.

The significance of the purge of the Christchurch municipal electoral roll last October was revealed at a council meeting when it was reported that 17,000 names had been removed. A totAl of 50,000 names remain on the list. Eel In Hydrant.

When a timber mill situated on Thames Road, Paeroa, and owned' by Mr J. Harvey Evans, was destroyed by fire the operations of the fire brigade were hampered by an eel which entered one of the hydrants. The damage is estimated at between £7OO and £BOO. White Butterflies

As the summer becomes more advanced, white butterflies have begun to make their unwelcome appearance in Otago. They have been seen both at Waitati; Brighton, and in the Taieri Plain, and it is learned that a few have been noticed in Dunedin during the past two or three days. Indian Hockey Team.

Arrangements for the Dominion tour during the coming season by the Manavadar State (India) hockey team were discussed bv the management committee of the New Zealand Hockey Association in Christchurch, this week. Cable messages from India stated that New Zealand’s financial terms for the visit had been accepted. Far East Relief.

The national appeal for the Far East Relief Fund had, up to February 4, resulted in a total of £6310 lls 6d being raised after allowing for expenditure of £4ll 2s lOd, said the treasurer (Mr J. W. Jack) at a meeting of the joint council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society at Wellington. Waited Eleven Months.

There is at least one builder in Christchurch who does not need to be told of the difficulty *in obtaining prompt delivery of steel orders. Over 10 months ago ho sent away an order, and he has now been advised that the material he indented may be to hand in two or three weeks’ time. In the meantime, the job for which he required the steel has been held up.

Many Trucks. Within the next few days it is anticipated that about 700 railway trucks will be required to convey butter, meat and cheese to the port of New Plymouth for export to the overseas markets. Frozen meat will be carried in special trains from New Plymouth, Waitara, Eltham, and Patea and will account for 400 trucks, while, another 300 will be needed for butter and cheese. . Unusual Request..

A request that he be sent to gaol with hard labour because Borstal treatment had not done him any good was made by a labourer, aged 21, who pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court, at Wellington, yesterday before Mr W. F. Stilwell, S.M.. to a charge of converting to his own use on February 4, a motor-car valued at £139. The Magistrate imposed a sentence of three months’ imprisonment with hard labour.

The Licensing Laws. Representations that the Government should take steps to rectify alleged anomalies in the licensing laws, particularly as they applied at Ashburton, were made to the Minister of Labour (Hon. H. T. Armstrong) at Ashburton, during liis southern tour. It was mentioned to the Minister that though Ashburton was now a “wet” area it hail no license, and through an anomaly in the law it could not vote for restoration. The case for rectification was put to the Minister privately, and he undertook to place the representations before Cabinet on liis return to Wellington Interesting Fishing. Interesting sport has been had of late by anglers in the Manawatu and Pohangina Rivers, a “Standard” reporter was told this morning. With the streams at a fairly low level the fish have been biting well and, although not large, have provided fine sport. One-pound fish were giving all the “fight” of two-pounders on occasions. An interesting experience occurred on Sunday last in the upper Pohangina Valley, where a violent thunderstorm was particularly localised. Lasting about two hours, the storm brought torrential rain and continued hail, and visibility was restricted to only a little more than a chain for much of the time. At Aslihurst there had been little or no rain, and in tne city, - although the outlook had been threatening, the weather had remained hot.