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Northern Advocate, 18 June 1925, Page 6

Some weeks ago an elderly resident of a district not very far from Balclutha announced that he had lost a gold watch which he valued very highly (says the "Clutha Leader"). Search was made along the roadway where the watch was supposed to j have been lost, without success. A few days ago a little girl's sharp eyes espied it on the floor of a building belonging to the owner, and she promptly handed the watch over. So great was the delight of the old gentleman that he gave the finder the magnificent reward of threepence. . "V5-ith the closing down of the freezing works and flaxrttills, :and other seasonal .occupations that - employ great •, of workers, the labour market weekly becomes more crowded with people' in search of work (says tire "Southland News"). Even' in the building line, which until quite recently was hampered by a scarcity of good tradesmen, is now fully supplied, and there is difficulty in placing any but expert hands. There are very few openings for unskilled workers in the city, and th.ere is a regiment of men waiting to fill them. The farm industry is really the only one that is demanding labour at the momentThere is a constant demand for ploughmen, while married couples are sought at wages up to £160. There is also the usual demand for boys and girls. At the Government Labour Bureau there are 29 names on the books awaiting engagement, including 21 labourers, two motor drivers, one motor engineer, one motor body builder, one farm manager, one cook, and one married couple. While engaged in deepening a drain in connection with building alterations at Ohakune (relates an exchange), a digger struck something hard, which on investigation proved to be four medals of gold and silver won by a young lady in Highland dancing competitions. As the one-time owner lived handy, a message, was sent to her to come and get her property. It appears that three years ago a row of medals left for a minute on a table at the dancing competitions, unaccountably disappeared, and in spite of a thorough search and police investi- : gations, nothing more was heard of the trophies. Further search located the other four medals all in perfect order in spite of three years' immersion in the drain. It is surmised that the medals were stolen and that the thief dropped them into the improvised safe deposit, being unable to again locate them.