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North Otago Times, 4 February 1913, Page 2

It is said that one of the Timnru kijlmy works -will open next Monday wit] l foal f the bands' usually employed. The New Zealand Shipping Company's s.s. Waimate is expected at Oamaru about the 16th instant to take 1000 bales of wool and the mutton and lamb in the freezing works.

An announcement from -the Christchurch Meat Company appears in this issue inviting applications fsom expert slaughtermen.' and learners, who will commence work' 0 n & date to te 'specified later. The rate of pay is Wb 6d per 100' sheep or iambs,' It le aisq iutimattfl tbat the.

. learners will ts .guaranteed . n mini- ! mum wage' of Is 3d per hour until more than that sum can be earned by piecework, The full terms and conditkns of employment can be 'seen at tie works'-'office at Eveline,. .Th'o Douglas settlers (Waimate district) have decided to, approaob the Land Board for & reduction in their i rentals. The land is said to be very dirty and not worth anything like the. rents charged for it, Last week Mr P. H. Smith, M.p., visited the settlement, wkm tba settlers brought their grievances before him.

At thj Otago. Regatta, which takes place at P.ort Chalmers an the 19th of this month, the Oamaru Boating l Club will 'jq represented by three crews-Junior, MaMsn and Youths; All three crews are in aclive training, and should give a good, account of themselves on,* the (jay o! the race,

From America comes the story of a Scotsmen who, while viewing a statue, of Georgi 'Washington; was approached by an interesting American. "I think you'll agree withme, sir,', said the American, "that He was a great and good man-a ' Ho never passed bis lips." -"Wcel," said the Scot, "I suppose he t-afked through bis nose like the rest o 1 ye."

| Itis rumored that tbj great Smith' field Meat Markets in London hiffo been captured 1 by the America Beel Trust, states a, cable nie3B»jje to the Sydney Sun, The ohairman of the markets! denies the story, and asserts that such >a course would •be impossible while 'Messrs Armour, who are largely interested, in the Trust, insist that no one firm could control the prices in London. Mr Asjuitb, in' reply to a 'duration in the House of Commons, said that ha understood tbat nn American Trust bad purchased 20,000,000 acres cf lard in South America, but bo did not think this Would have a tad effect on Great Britain's meat supply,

i The Renault Oar is ,one 0' tb? most reliable, and may « bought from the chief district agent—Walter E. Searle for £275 two passenger, and £295 , tliree .passenger. Ibis price includes ; hood and wind shield.