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North Otago Times, 8 January 1908, Page 2

The monthly convocation of WmlitkiKilwinning Chapter, No. 8, takes place this evening at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Hull.

The spell of dry weather is being more acutely fell in Canterbury than in North Otago, and rain wotdil do a deal of (food, Ju tho Wainuxlu district the pastures arc very much burnt, but the condition of (hints pnstorully are infinitely worse further north,

The reaping machines are busy in the oat croiw around Waimate. Yesterday a good looking crop at Studholmo was being cut, having ripened very quickly. The crops are turning very fast, and reaping will be general by the end of the week, The wheat crops are looking well. The fruit harvest of Waimate is in full swing, and the daily output of raspberries runs into tons. On Monday between four and live tons were sent away by rail, -The fruit meets with a ready sale, but growers declare the season to bo a bad one, owing to the dry weather. A few good showers would increase the yield materially. Tlio day that the Lusitania registered COS inilcs tho ollicers gave a bottle of ale to ench of the hot firemen ns a aind of perishable token of appreciation. Next day the Lusitania broke all records, making (517 knots, That night tho firemen got no ale. Next dnv the Lusitania only recorded COO miles |

Messrs Guinness and Lct'ren, Ltd., report Hint. they liavo leased Mr J, H. Mitchell« well-known lu-mvyn Estate for ut lengthy period to Mr'.Jumps Borne, of Totara Vnlli-y. To show llw demund there is at present for leasehold /arms, |h c firm had no less than twelve different tenders for the various blocks of this property, Jt is reported that the Kew South Wulcs Government will shortly apply llw provision? of the Closer Settlemoat Act, for the purpuse of ac (l \iiiiticj KiHanicy Estate, fust outside NurrnMi. The approximate area o( the cstnto is Sfi.COO new. Thii ostalo bears the same relation to Narrnljri as the Peel ltiver Estate docs to Tarnworth,

A genius has invented a chair which prevents seasickness. The sufferer sits in this chair, and an eleclrio battery is started causing it to vibrate. Tho result is that he experiences a similar locling to that of driving in n motor car. lo increaso the illusion, members ol the ciew, dressed as policemen, stand .before the more confined victims with stop watches in their hands, and chat about tho speed limit.

■flio high pressure wafer supply at Hnimnto has already proved its value. A lire broko out in a shop opposite the County Council offices tho other night, but tho brigade Quickly had tho blaze in hand, Under the old system of firo extinguishing the buildings would hoye boon doomed. Tho shops were badly damaged, but this was uuo to tho firo having a strong held before the brigade arri4d.'

Some- time ago the New Zealand Dairy Union sold 100 tons of butter at ut satisfactory figure to a London buyer, who, upon receiving it, cabled out for-another 50 tons at tho same price says tho Inglewopd Jfccord). ilto Union refused to sell nt that price, and has just . received advice that the same buyer will take another ou i tons for forward shipment, at a price considerably higher than the first one,

•Judgment by default was given in the following civil cases nt the Magistrates Court yesterday: W. Waddell (Mr Ongley) v. J, C. Mctcalf, £2 8s M, ami costs 12s; J. Macdonald and U, (Mr Qngicy) v , Aided Laney, £5 7«, and costs £1 in Cd; Hobert Ijrims, Kurow (Mr Onghy) v. John Perkins, .M Bs, and costs 10s; Now Zealand Loan Company (Mr Norton) v. James M'lntyre, £l6 3s, and costs £1 Us *.,'-, i 1 n , d W'te'w '"■ Edwin Home, Hi Jss 3d, and costs 63, Tho bullock exhibited by Mr Keith, of Oamirni, which took tho champion honors at all tho minoipol shows from Lhnstchuroh to Invcrenrgill; W as sold to! a Dunedin butcher at Christmas time for £12,. Tho bullock weighed 23cwt 761b (live weight);" The animal, wasi acknowledged by all who sftwlihn to of the-bent and most even nuabty bullocks ever exhibited, and an Eiielish expert, who saw him at tho JnvwarjilJ §Uqw, wldAji had never

roei'i a 'bolter bullock cither it) England or Scotlmiil. . ■';'. -.

Although tho'drought .hi' Canterbury has been sovoro. this sous,oii tt number of the wheat crops uro oxpwlctl to yield from 30 to 40 bushels to llio acre. The oats, as mitrlit havo been exported, will not yield so well, Every agriculturist is nworo that wheat does not require n great amount of moisture to carry it on in tho growing «Ui;o, while.oats, on tho other hnmi, I'ociuire a more copious rainfall. The weather in Canterbury lias been exceptionally dry, and possibly the rainfall hns not boon much mora than half that in tlio W'aitoki district,

Immediately after the- express train had passed Alma yesterday n paddock of wheat belonging t 0 Mr M. Hcalcy, wns discovered to be-on fire, and was completely destroyed. Tho ar c n comprised in tho paddock would bo 10 or 12 acres, and tlw.vuluo of the grain destroyed about £lO3. There is no doubt about tlio origin ot tho fire. Railway oncfinos nrc a standing menaco to agriculturists in dry -seasons, owl there is apparently no recourse, "gainst the Department for the heavy losses incurred by people who, in many ■nstnnces. can ill afford them.

iho following arc tho crews chosen for tho Oamnru Boating Club's president's Fours race: 1-Bcnton, Allan, MKenzio, Evans; 2-Do Lambert. Kichard, Bishop, Lindsay; 3—Jack, Muldrew, Benttie, floss; d-M'Combio, 0. Mayhew, Brown, Crnwshaw • 5Moss, A. Orr, I.npslie, A. Ongley : liHrynn, Stevenson, Dewnr, Rosio- 7Templor, Potter, C. Molloy, Williamson; 8-Hinklcy, Breed] Brcnton, Stoenson; 9-Smith, Atkinson, J. King, Wright; 10-Tnylor, J. Molloy, Mowbray M Ongley: 11-Grenfell, Ilop.lh, ), Ireland. Jlain :'J2-Slewart. iait, Pemtoii, Warsaw, Emergences; Hamilton, Drct.nan. Aitkcn, Grainger, J, Orr, and Griffith. There was a. slight drizzling rain lor about'half nn hour at Ashburton early on Sunday morning ( Sfly3 tho lrcss), and it threatened ngnin in the evemng btit not auflident fell to lay tho dust. The sky was overcast during the day, and tho ntmospliero was coo. This would bo barely worth recording but for tho fact that every drop of moisture just now, either in tho form of rain or dew, is of value in keeping the rape and turnip crops rom .Irving off. There is B largo aria under theso two forago crops, and so „j,T v l 1!?™ 1,c,tl out remarkably */"• badly in ncoil of a good fall of rain.

An examination of the vital stntiss for Invorcargill U m lho Soullli and l,mos) show Hint the year has on o particularly severe ono for old iwnte, tho deaths recorded in their -nfc« diomnjr a marked increase. In imi fin persons ,. l, ? tww " H>e ages of 70 and SO yonrs died, an increase of 19 ?hVJ° ?'q ° l ' aml 23 bot «'e. no aw of 80 and 00, an increase of 'V(i oAcr'lost .year's total. There were U o en onnr.ans on the death roll. I „ n ° p(!0plc ,vll ° fI H 70 had l,' 4 f>; oai i s ,P r N'?''o in the country, «,'. 12 had lived in it for so years h "isiioUeeaho n W e1,,. 01 „c decrease ttnT 1 ' ll ' ty ' Ihn ««"«» being ico! ' as ( ' ompnml with M-w The inevitable li 2 l,'t come dy tra»3;l v t'witl (1 111 1,.> ,1 fn count want' /ho Nnnwd send-off (remark ho Lyttcl on Times). A mau on ™«1 one of craft foBSJ state fiom cxciteniont and lienor when n handkerchief fell over oan' 'hßr at crallnnliy, n „d losing his hat m the dive, swam „,, .J ' wvcmlit and |,ut it on. Vo,i™ whtl,T t ß, cttlch '»» * " him to rescue liinutclf. He ram, '"."eh more kulkluwl than who" ««it in, and much wetter wSS?i AC - i " l r ß,ill ™ n « m « inn, tally in tj le ~ci K l,borl.ood of «« lonean and Hnnwa„ Bro upT Tl™ n. ivts ul Nukunto ; \ reported -in t „ *™ of the Ahm T 1 ca ItherMhat ions nio of fie.iuciit occurrence |..,t the a sw „ el , obtlli|]f(lfi , ( lis puArt ■I he. Alidn Loinnn I'mm (< clii 1,. ii "'' fl™ numbers ini«| Hoar ye Israel» (f lom E ,j. &(*£& EfS£ " V'nlnnn e ii I Lover ' „ * mean iboiifr ' ~|„ , ~ i Vi' In-™-,. . • "ancras. three '' k «' «nto thpmscCSiJ h in ft H.nl'a!J„°" ™''»,« «V««|! J»w up a programme Ko ],ll]° P'Po Bands. Tho trni, will t„ V o oT man. on January 23' i r .S m p e m a " a,^ tho^™o°urney ft 0 t «s'/al Prices. !) s Mi |^. l Wi 0 ft» '/ J.; " * h, 'B snlo nriiwq Ji,SivAM.&M. Fifty pairs My) »'»«• lore rnrtafm »l W-W. comn earlv forlnw mrtnln,, A]lwl| , f p ICMJOSB'S Drapery. E?tablisl)mont.