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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14707, 7 June 1920, Page 4

The express from Dunedin this morn- | ing was so heavy that it was necessary for the engine to double-bank between Mihiwaka and Omimi, cautmg about an hour's delay in the train's arrival licre. The great necessity for bringing in electric power for the 'purpose ot pumping water lor iirijr.it.on in Lake l,ountv was brought forcibly home to those wlio iVttendecL «>• smoke concert on AVcd* nesady last (savs Lake AVakatipu Mail). A prominent farmer stated that he liad been informed by a high authority that, provided tho nete.wnry moisture could be obtained, the quality of the land in Lake County would lie equalled only in one part ot the world —namely, Devonshire, in England. This seems a somewhat "tall" statement. but no doubt there is a good deal of truth in it. There was-, however, a. consensus of opinion among those who spoke on the toast of "Agriculture" that the land in Lake County, with tho assistance of irrigation, would be equal to anything in New Zealand. Its suitableness for seed-growing was also emphasised. Two speakers strongly advocated that the Agricultural Department should be asked to provide l ' the facilities for carrying out an experimental pot here. Our Herbert correspondent reports that on the occasion df Miss Latta's departure from Herbert the pupils of Otepopo School showed their esteem by presenting her with a photograph album and a handsome writing case, while the Presbyterian Church Choir recognised , her "gift of song" by giving her a beautiful handbag. Leeds has adonted as a slogan the war-cry of the Maoris of New Zealand, beginning "Koi'iate, Komate," /"'Unending with the grand climax, "Ake, < ake, ake." The cry was introduced at the University many years ago by someone who had. met the New Zealand Mounted Rifles during the South African Its origin may probably be traced to the time of "the Maori war, when, at the siege of the strong]v fortified Gate Pah, the Maori leader returned to the British officer in charge of the besieging troops theproud', message, concluding with the words, "Ka whawhai tonu, ake, ake, ake." "We shall fight on for ever and ever and ever." The most historic occasion on which the war-cry lias been ever given was at Suvla Bay in the great war, when the Maori battalion made its historic attack and settled the oft-debated question whether the finest of the' colored races can fight as well with the rifle and bayonet as with the old greenstone club. An interesting matrimonial case is reported from Zurich, where the law affords unusual facilities' (says the Observer). It concerns a young couple named Lernsner. They were both aged 20 when thev were divorced within a vear, fell in'love again, and marriage followed, with another divorce, after, fourteen months. Once more they were married, and divorce was pronounced a third time at Zurich recently. It must be a wearing life, the paper continues, and the chief danger seems to be that they will get married absent-mindedly some day out of due time and so commit bigamy with one another. Father Bernard Vaughan, speaking on divorce in London recently, said he remembered a funeral in America when the five mourners had each in turn been the deceased's wife. Lately they were told of a wedding where the four bridesmaids were divorced girls. Housing difficulties are not unknown, it appear, on the other side of the Atlantic, judging by the following advertisement which has just reached me (says a .writer in the Daily TNiows) from Los Angeles, California: "Wanted to rent, 4 or 5-roomed house, moderate rent. If children objected to, , will drown ours.',' Iri view of the educational test imposed upon Asiatics arriving in Ne~ Zealand, it seems singular (says~ tfje Auckland Star), that in a statement submitted at the Magistrate's Court a Hindu's defence rested to some extent upon his assertion that he could neither read, nor write English. A new servants' tax has been decreed for, Paris. For a tutor or governess the tax is £4 ti year, for si maid-servant £1 12s, and for a manservant £3 4s.'lnvalids employing male nurses are exempt. The tax is doubled for servaTits of Allied nationality, trebled for neutrals, and quintipled for subjects of France's war enemies. Mr Bruce Christie is advertising in to-night's issue a further seven allotments near Campbell's Bay, Kakanui, on account of Mr Angus Matheson. To those requiring a. section to build a crib this is a good opportunity of securing a sit handy to the bay. The Otekaike Drainage- Board held its usual meeting in the school on AVeduesday evening, when all the members were present. The Board had at the previous meeting invited ratepayers to attend this meeting, but- only a. few were present. As there are still rates unpaid, the Boai'd decided that on all outstanding rates for the year ending 31st March, 1920, unpaid after 30th June, an additional 10 per cent., will be added. It was further decided that the Board will clean all races found in a. dirty conditoin after 31st July, and charge the expenses of the same to the owner or occupier of the'land. The interesting fact that the warship Chatham, which has recently been offered by the Admiralty to the New Zealand Government for the Dominion's navv, was the vessel from which S'r William Birdwood supervised the evacuation of Gallipoli, was mentioned by the General in the course of his remarks at the civic reception at the Town Hall. General Birdwood said that he had spent in the Chatham three of the most trying nights of hits life during the evacuation operations. In order to niake the thorough preparations necessary for the successful embarkation of the" troops, he had to travel from one part of the coast to another. Hv auxiety was far greater two months later, however, when he had to evacuate the troops from> Cape Helles.

A strange thing happened reco;it]y in Wellington, N.S.W., when a. young .man named L. Nicholson, who is "both, deaf and dumb, heard sounds for the first timfc in liis life. One of the attractions at the show was an aeroplane, which made many trips skywards with local passengers, and .amongst those was the young man in ..question. While in the air he was '•greatly surprised and pleased to find th;>t he could hear quite plainly, and thought be had gained his hearing for good, but- on reaching the earth once more lie was deaf again. "Nevertheless, though disappointed at the turn of events on reaching the ground, he is in hopes that ho will eventually retrain his hearing if not his speech as well. Preliminary notice is given of a clearing sale to be held at Island Cliff "By Messrs Darling and McDowell, on Thursday, 24tli inst., on account of Mrs TJohson.

At Waiareka Yards to-morrow Mr Bruce Christie will sell 10 heifers, 2 dairy cows. 11 calves, and 6 pigs.

The jumble sale at Weston, for which much preparatory work has been done, will be opened in tEe Weston Hall next Thursday, at 2.30 p.m., and will be continued on Thursday and Friday - evenings. The prompters have got together a ,larg4 amount, of handwork and produce, and this is being largely supplemented by donations, Various competitions will' be conducted during the progress of the .fair, and other amusements will be provided. The proceeds are to lie devoted to the Presbyterian Church at "Weston and Kia Ora. '

A writei" in a. London Daily, under the caution of "A Pork Paradise?," says: "It seems an economic paradox to say that anvthing must he made dearer in order that it may be cheaper. but that is precisely what is happening in the case of pork. The pigsties _of the country. were emptied: simply hecause farmers found that, except, in verv 1 favorable circumstances, they, could not sell at a orofit. Now that •norkand home-cured hacon are decontrolled. pig-breeding will /begin ag-un oii ■■a"''large scale. At first the pHo«. ; rose about 75-per cent., but it has already begun to. fall, .nid ,dealers ly*lievcv that in six jnonths' time it. have' come ba,ck. to fontrolb" 1 price, and tHat there will - be enough ' pork for everybody.

A meeting of .fur mors mw.J the shipment of frozen i for 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday in the County Council, to question of shipping in \iow2f 1 withdrawal of the promised cur|y{J