Mt. Benger Mail WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 1937. Be Just and Fear Not. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mt Benger Mail, 27 October 1937, Page 3

Mt. Benger Mail WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 1937. Be Just and Fear Not. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr J. R. Benson, 8.D.5., dental surgeon, advises that he will visit Roxburgh on Thursday, Oct. 28th, and may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel, Roxburgh during the hours of 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.

We would draw your attention to Messrs Laloli Bros, special advertisement regarding the visit of Miss Agnes Berlei, ■a. clever corsetiere, whose services have been secured from Berlei House, From November Ist to sth she will be in their corset department and will help clients, without any obligation, to select the most suitable foundation garment. Be wise—make an early appointment to consult Miss Berlei by ’phoning 4m.

The Clutha River Gold Dredging Company Ltd. reports a washup of 3530z for 130 hours for the week ended October 22.

The Acting Commissioner of Taxes draws the attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’s issue that the due date of payment of Land-tax for the current year is on Friday, the sth day of November, 1937, and that the demands will be posted on or about the 29th day of October.

The farmers in some parts of the Hauraki Plains are concerned about the tremendous spread of earthworms. There is no specific cure for the pest, but it is thought the Department of Agriculture should be approached, for the worms are increasing and spreading rapidly. A speaker at the Kerepeehi branch of the Farmers’ Union stated that a test taken on the Peka Road revealed 82,000,000 worms to the acre.

According to the Maoris we are going to have a hot dry summer. They base their prophecy on the flowering of certain plants. It is stated that some Waikato farmers are already getting rid of their spare stock in order to conserve their feed. The official weather forecasts lately have been wide of the mark.

These offences about motor cars are very serious when death ensues and it is necessary that substantial punishment should be imposed, said Mr Justice Reed when imposing a term of 18 months’ imprisonment with hard labour on Teki Hina, says a Wellington message. Drunkenness added to the offence because a person under the influence of liquor had no right to get into a car at all. The prisoner’s driving license was cancellel for three years.

The truth of the old saying that we may get too much of a good thing is illustrated at the present time. Eastern Southland has basked in glorious sunshine for a week or two, and, while conditions have been all that could be desired at the critical period of lambing, growth of pasture has not been stimulated. In fact, there is a general cry for warm rains to help in this respect (says the Ensign). The unusually dry conditions are reflected in the intake *at local dairy factories, notably Mataura, which records a lesser supply than this period last season. To-day some 7000 gallons of milk were received. Individual suppliers complain that feed is scarce and, in comparison with the quantity produced by their herds for the corresponding week in 1936, the supply is back as much as SOOlbs, representing an appreciable shrinkage in the monthly cheque. Showers of rain to stimulate pasture are needed to increase the milk yield.

Discussing the Otago Power Board’s remit to the electric supply authorities conference in Wellington at the Otago Board’s meeting on Tuesday, Mr A. E. Bussell said that the Board’s remit asking for the licensing of linesmen had been lost. It seemed to be the feeling of the meeting that linesmen were hard enough to get without putting additional difficulties in the way. The impression people had gained that the Government was going to move in the direction of nationalisation the member thought erroneous.