Mt. Benger Mail. Be just and fear not. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1931. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mt Benger Mail, 16 September 1931, Page 3

Mt. Benger Mail. Be just and fear not. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1931. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

o Mess-s Suudstrum and Thompson's noil professional visit to Roxburgh will be on Thursday. 10th Sept., hours 11.30 a.m. till 0 p.m., aud at Millers Flat on Friday, 11th Sept., hours 0 a.m. til! 11 a.m. Newcastle (N.SAV.) engineers, after extended experiments, have produced from coal by-products- a loci which, they claim, is an efficient ear proper Sant, at a cost equivalent to petrol at 4il a gallon. Sir Thomas W Bold, New Zealand s High Commissioner, has been elected \ ee-chairmun of the Disarmament Committec. —G e u e va cable. For the week ending Saturday Sept. Iff. 7-Mi cases of fruit (.17 tons 4cwt ff qrs; were consigned by rail trom R J, v burgh. On Tuesday. Mh September the largest daily load went forward when 300 cases (7 tons 3qr> were raffed. During the pas: week there have been reported three deaths of old r.-si dents of this district, two of th.--.-curring in the district and one in Dun edin. Mr- Moore, an old resider;! passed away in Dunedin: Mrs Bowden 0 { Millers Fiat, ami Mr- Waller* of Coal Creek, were the others who died during the past week. The aftermath of the accident at a Mornington petrol -service nation a 'ear ago wa- heard in the Isu pu-iui- Court. Dunedin, recently, when •Mr Justice Kennedy granted a motion tor an order disposing ot monies paid into court in the clam ot i.axilla Cormack, an infant, through her guardian j Alexander Mowct Connie-!-;. of Hi! grove, against Toong Bee and Go„, market gardeners. The -um of Zl.fff*-’, had been paid into court. Miss Cor j mack was badly burned and ultimately Jyst a leg. when a Chinese struck a mutch when a motor vehicle he was driving was at a petrol pump. Mr R A spinal appeared in support of the motion, and Mr J. B. Calian appeared for the defendant company, winch. h> stat [ cd. was not concerned in the apportionment. the order was granted. Doubts whether the report ot the Railway Board recommending the c< s sa*w!i of work on six lines under eonst Awl ion wilt be adopted by 1 ar;iameat in its present form were expressed by a Christchurch member .it Bar liameut today. "i think the report is too sweeping to get through the Rouse in its present form,” .said Mi Hawke. “From the point ot view ol making the railways pay, no doubt Is all right, but from the point of view of the development of the dominion and increasing its production 1 don’t agrev- with the board at all. Mr JvvJe said it was hard to >ay w!ia« the fate of the report would be. but he was inclined to think the House would ue eept the advice of the board. First aid tor roughs, Colds. Influenza, j Wootlß ’ Great Peppermint Cure Mr Bodkin, M.F.. has been advised by the Hon. Mr Atmure that considerable progress has been made at the Cawthron Institute in the investigation of the earwig pest, the following is an extract from the director's report: •'Earwig Barasiie*; Dr Miller reports Aval the vv.r sc eg laves.ugy.uua which had given unpromising results lor some years is now making excellent pro gross owing to the application of a new technique. The result should ne of very great Importance, particularly to the growers of stone fruit in Central Otago.’ ’ lu our last issue appeared a letter signed “Hard Up" in reference to the Teviot Bower Board’s recently evolved discount scheme. Our correspondent averred that the Board's scheme does not confer any benefit on those who most need it. We are not responsible for our correspondent’s views and it he is convinced that the position is as he stated he was quite within his rights in publicly expressing his opinion through our correspondent’s view of the position however, been pointed out to us that oar correspondent’s view of th position created by the new scheme is not correct, the position being that the consumer who is in the unfortunate position of not being able to pay the account by the loth of the month now received remission of the 10 per cent, penalty whilst those who pay their accounts by that date benefit to the ex feat of only 5 per cent; that, in short, the Board’s scheme does confer a real benefit on those who most need it.

The Dunedin Jockey Club’s iirsi spring meeting on Saturday drew only a moderate attendance despite the fact that the weather was ali that could be desired. The fields xxerc also somewhat limited compared with previous meetings, but the racing xvu.s excellent, some close and exciting finishes being witnessed. The totalizator investments amounted to £9003 as compared with £13,703 at the spring meeting last year. The Wellington Trotting Club on (Saturday also met xvith a substantial falling off in their totalizator investments. the figures being £13.119 as against £27,773 last year.

New Zealand’s possessions in sheep are fewer than usual. Over large areas in the South Island there was u drought during autumn and winter, reducing feed. From the Clutha Southwards abundant rain ciothed the pastures and sustained the flocks. Sheep from the north do not do very well when first transferred to the south, but the southern-bred sheep thrive at once on being taken north. Put these facts together, add to them that lamb is firming in value, and in the mind there is created a probability that northern buyers will be purchasng in the southern districts. First aid for Coughs. Colds, Influenza. Woods’ Great Peppermint Ouie,