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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11249, 29 June 1922, Page 6

Tho following was told yesterday t* a “Times” man: —It was an exceptionally cold morning, even for Southland. and as the Invercargill express rattled over the rails two passengers —companions—on holiday huddled together witli their feet on a portable footwarnior, in order to keep out some of the cold. Presently the train stopped a't a small country station, and another passenger entered the carriage. His appearance indicated that he had a lifetime knowledge of farm work, and that railway journeys were not of frequent occurrence aa far as he was concerned. He watched his fellow passengers shaking up the acid in the footwarmer and presently his curiosity overcame him. He timidly asked what- the article was, and on being told “a footwarmer,” "How do you get them?” he asked. “You buy them,” was the answer. Ho felt tho roll of notes—a year’s wages—lying snugly in his trouser-pocket, and asked if it was possible to buy one for his own use. "Oh, yes! This one cost me £2, but you can have it for 305,” said one of the much-travelled ones. The yokel handed over the required amount. When lie reached Invercargill he was carefully wrapping the footwarmer in a piece of paper preparatory to taking it away when the guard came on the scene. A satisfactory explanation was given, and the practical jokers were apprehended. A Press Association telegram from Invercargill states that at the Magistrate’s Court Robert Flaerty and Richard George Ryan, seamen on a fishing vessel at Blufl, 'were committed for trial on a charge of receiving ship's stores stolen from the- s.«. Sussex. At a meeting at Invercargill of dairy factory representatives, called by the South* Island Dairy Association, a motion affirming the principle of monthly sales was carried unanimously.—Press Association.