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North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13170, 7 October 1914, Page 4

The official time recorded in the Waitaki Trot Handicap at Kurow last Thursday was 3min 45 2-ssee. The output of butter by the Waitaki Dairy Company last month was six ■tons in excess of the output for September, 1913. - , y The prevailing nor'-wester has afected the fishing stream's in tho district, and. yesterday the Waitaki was reported for angling, Charged at Palmerston North yesterday under the Sale of Food and Drugs; Act, Mrs K. Goile was lined £2O, and costs for selling adulterated milk. ■lnhn Alexander MeKinnon appeared at (he GlirisU'hurcli .Court yesterday in connection .wi|h ; Ibe jeei'iil Customs cases, ehqrgcd with theft, of £ll Us, and was remanded for as,week on bail of :£SOO, '..[..■:-..,'■.'. .'. '" • The boys are having a'great time at Homo. A lfil.ler'fi'o'm a''London leach: or, .received in Diiiiodlii, slates:—" We are. living "in ' exciting limes over .here."l expect yrtri'iyll'l''hear the echoes of it' nut ' 'yonder.'' They enlM us hack jo \fork' earlier because tlio children we're such 'it nuisance in (lie streets, round" Buckingham Pnlnepj anil the War OilleV file." Thoy formed liattalions li'n'd ilihrclied aloiig with bic: iMiit lioxbs, 'old"'cans, 'etc.." I heard that I hn wn'y they I'o'lled tho (lnims on thorn Was ro'iilly- splendid. One' littld troop earri^l.a'Gci'iiiaii saiisngo tied with'btoe.k ;frope, .anilJJp.aring the inseripiion.,; -,;°, Germans;mqko 'the ; sosDigeo, and ; > y-

'fTho♦OiolifiHl W Garden ,t)ifleßsgj Amondinent Bill and Wages Protection and C'ontiaclois' Lien Amendment Bill wcic intioduced and lead n first tinio lycsteidaj. , The, mnseot of the New Zealand ladies' hockey lean 1 ! is a woollj while lamb,'whose llcpoo is now (jotting some" Avlint giubhy, uhilo the English ladies mstnl a tcil<l\ beai and n diminutive Jinn in then goal net as Inch bimgciH. A Pahiatua tploginm says thnt tho little glil Vcia Yi'wcn, who «as missed fiom a local ]iiciiie, paitv at Kakaiiki on Sunday, was found yestonlay, alivo, lietwoon logs on a iidgn ovoi tun miles away from the picnic camp. The girl was well, lull, bore evidoiieo of tho long exposure,' .'■■'■' ' A fancy dross ball .will, Jw held in tho Mnheiinirall on Friday, 10 th hist., to close the dancing classes which have been held during the Reason, Messrs Leon 'a orchestra will supply, tl|n music, and with coinpelcnl'and'obiiging nias.ters nfceremony an enjoyable evening is assured. ' • ' ■ A heavy gale has caused considerable log fires, at' Ponoroa,. in Woihi Hiding, in Die 'Mitio Comily, saj'3'a Pshialin message; The fire area is about two miles square,.and the settlem are anxi-. ous lest .their farm buildings will be destroyed. . ' ''

Collections were taken'np on Sunday lost in all clmrches in Canterbury, in aid of Iho Pood for the Poor of Great Britain and 'Belgium Fundi fhe total collected in non-Episcopal churches was £843 10/9, To thiq amount the Presbyterian churches contributed £414, Methodist £lO5, Baptist £l5B, /Congregational £47, the Church of Christ £ls, and an intercessory service yielded ill,

-The man who has set the world by the cars, and tangled up'its commerce, and led off in what ishoped to be'the final big war, is not personally imposing, An Australian paper of the first rank in . answer to tho question' states: "The stature.of the Kaiser is not known exactly, but it- is certainly, less than sft 6in." • : .

A Dimedin correspondent telegraphs that, at the request of the Primate, and with the concurrence of 'the Cathedral Chapler, the Yen, Archdeacon Woodtliorpe was asked to tnlco tpmporory charge of (he Cathedral district as act-ing-vicar, and he consented, on one condition: I hat he should receive no stipend, as lie desired that Hie income of the Cathedral should be conserved so as to make some suitable provision for the widow of the late Archdeacon Gould.

Some time ago wo (Winton Record) published n lamb record for one ewe. Mr JT. W. Wilson, of MwryJlnld farm, now writes: "1 would like to know if any' Southland farmer can beat the record of my Romney Leicester ewe, Nancy. She is ten years old, born at Warwick Downs in LOW. As a 2-tootli she started the record as follows: 2, 2, 2, 1!, 2,1,1,2,2-tolal Hi.. The old ewe still lias stumps of teeth and carries a very fair lleccii, Ihope to have her rear still more "Prime Southland." Sixteen lambs; average price 12s !ld; £0 ]fis; wool, at 13s per year, £2 .10s—total .1112 Cs. Nancy challenges Southland I

Yen us is now plainly visible in tlic daytime to tlio united eye it one knows where to look. At 10,110 a.m. she is ilue east nbout X'l decrees above the horizon, or n little more tlian one-third of' the distance between the horizon and the point overhead, At 2.50 p.m. she is due north on the meridian, and almost right overhead. She will be very close to the moon, on the i!2ml 'during the whole day, and nearly as bright as the moon. After the 2!lrd of the month she begins to lose her brilliancy, and passes between the sun and the earth at Die end of Novembor. She now appears through the telescope like a new moon.

Mr 0, W.'Kcnt acknowledges the following further donations to the various fniuls:—Patriotic Fund: Per C. H Sraard.-r-Mrs Jackson' 2/-, A Friend (Wharfe Street) 4/-, Miss E. Hay 5/-. Mark Miller £l, E, Piper 10/-, Huntly Fund: North Otago Horticultural Society £ls !)/-. Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgian Fund: Mrs J. Pringle, Dunti;oon, three bags clothing; F.Y. £5, Belgian Fund: Per Walter Sumpter.— Sale of Kruger sovereign £1 3/-, sale of ban'glo, Mr Fletcher," Beach Road 12/-, sale of rhubarb, Master Douglas Patcraon 5/-, sale of gig specially built by Mr Walter Ctibb and employees, £ls.

A well known Gore builder and one of hia workmen got tho surprise of their lives a day or two ago (says Die Mataura Ensign). The former was approaching a building which was being attended to when he was horrified to see a 'man who was working on the roof fall to the ground. With thoughts of a mixture of inquests and accident insurance the builder rushed up to ascertain the extent of the damage, and was staggered on-interrogating the man to be informed that the latter had merely descended to get come nails. In announcing one of the hymns used' at St. Paul's Anglican Pro-Cathedral at Wellington on Sunday morning, the Rev. C. H. Harvey remarked that'the last verse but. one would be omitted. The verse referred to runs as follows: Whatever, Lord, we lend to Thee Repaid a thousandfold will be; Then gladly will we give to Thee, . Who givest. all. Mr TTnrvey so id: "This verse is unworthy of any Christian congregation. Cent per cent.'.,' The collection was in aid of the poer of Belgium and the United Kingdom. \ - ,

The Te Aroha News o} October 2nd says:—"At a country school in the Tnurauga electorate (Jio teacher was. desirous of instructing his scholars in the procedure of voting at a genral, election of Parliamentary candidates. Voting pnpprs were made out and one given, in Plli 1 !) of t|io i! 7 scholars, and the ppilidntiis flu tho oeensioiiworc Mr Mnsscy and s!' Joseph Ward, .hi.due course the bnll|)t-|>px" was opened, and tho returning offleor i)ci'lf|i'cd the ■ re-: suit' ns followai—Mr Mrssov, il7i : Sir, Joseph Ward, I).'" 'Tiip vpry. «ii(||iiiiipp voteisbmofflinf siifpriW' l, tliPJ'Piiinilnj; o(ficojv : bii| l(Pt so'tliD , voters/: who rAyore ;hißii^pl9aap<Jiat tl»? Wo^ ; . > ;

'The sccrotniy of tho Onmnru Boating Club notifies members t that the crows Ifoi tlio,Novice Mollis will be* selected on Monday nc\t, The opening of tho sonson .'will bd celebintod by tho Phoenix,, Bowling Club tonioiiow nftoinoon, Ladies and mcmlieis of othci clubs will bo wolcotn* cd to the {[icon. "• \

In tho llouso yesteidny nftoinoon in leply to Air (Jontcs, the Ministci for Public Works said ho would bring.dotvn the Public Woiks Stateinciit as soon as it is ]inntcd, but lie thought it woulf' iiof lie foi sonic weeks yet.

Oiu Mahono conespondont writes llml a veiy severe nor'west gale inged down the Mahono Valley on Monday, leaching its height about six o'clock in (he evening. Though no setious damage was ddne manv cow byies, sheds, chim neys, fences, and loot's weid damaged Had (he gale been moie fierce the apt lleia would Imp qvffeied much Ics The J Inn. f l . M R, Tislici, in I In' House veslcidav, mad 1 statement re ceivcd from Ihe oMcpi in clmge of the State Fuc Tnsniince flqvulmfnt "lion iag Hint Ihtic Ind b/pn no deciensp in buwncso, but an nurease Tlic last two yeaisj hid been the moat DiiceeDslul in the history of the office.

Many remarks wete passed by farmers on Ihe general prospects of the season at .Waiareka yesterday and it was freely admitted that despite the lack of rain, a fairly .saliafaclory otato of affairs prevailed. In fact, one farmer remarked (hat he had never seen his land looking belter, 'there beingplenty of good succulent grazing available.

At the 'conclusion of the Musical Society's practice last evening, the conductor (Mr W.'H. Hose) drew the attention of members to the treatment the Society had received at the 'hands of the Borough Council when applying for the uso of the Opera House for a, patriotic concert. He said the Council had resolved to charge them five guineas for the use of the hall, while any other party who had applied for it for a similar purpose lo that of the Society had been allowed its use free, Mr flow pointed out that the. Society had been in existence for a number of years, and that last year alone they had paid the Council the sum of £2O J/- in hall rents. He considered that the Society onffhid occasion should have been treated in the same manner as others had been. The committee of the Society decided lo refer the correspondence on the subjeel to the Patriotic Fund commillee,