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Opunake Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 3177, 31 August 1928, Page 2

■Returns of actual threshings of wheat and oats in New Zealand last season show averages of 39.(id bushels of wheat and 45.61 bushels of oats from the whole Dominion. The piovinco of Canterbury grew 79 per ca nt of the oats that were threshed. The onorest wheat district north Auckland averaged 15.50 bushels per acre; and the worst oats local.y Gisborne 30.40 bushels per acre. In aU, 9,354, 1 60 bushels of wheat and oats were obtained. The favourite soprano, after apologising for her cord, sang “i’ll hung my harp on a weeping willow treen-e, oh;” Her voice cracaed on the high note. She tried again. Then cunc a voice fiom the back of the hall: ‘Try hanging it on a lower branch, miss!”

The Waiuaganni Education Hoard has issued a special circular to teachers jouituig out the importance of tooth-brush d-iii; the organisation and supervision of children’s lunches is a.so recommended; the Department subsidising any amounts collected to p: ovide permanent much equipment at schools. The young plumber had pioposed to the girl and had been accepted. Several hours later they parted, and lie went home. At 3 o’clock in the mo. ning a loud ring cf the Ihont door 1 ,n .l cf the girl’s house was heirl. Her father, roused from slumber, went to a window and sticking out his head, inquired who was there. “It’s William,” said a voice from helow. “1 asked Agues to marry me and she su’d she would, but I forgot to kiss her!” There is no better green food than a cabbage, while a herring supplies nearly ns much body-building food as the same weight of salmon. T lio Mins try of Agriculture in' the Argentine estimates the probable area of wheat sown this year at ■S.;.01,000 hr eta res; cats 1,300,000 hectares; rve. 400.000 hectares, an incrcasa of C2l, 000 hectares. As the village baker was retiring from business be had the following advertisement published in the daily newspapers; —* ‘For sale, baker’s busi-

ness. Good trade. Large oven. Present owner been in it for seven years.” In the Woodville Police Court Henry' Charles Robjohns of Napier, was fined £25 for being drunk while in charge of a car on Saturday last. He also had his license suspended and' will be unable to renew it until Juno 1910. Returns now available show that the number of electors registered in New Zealand as at July 31 is 7G2.900 which is an appreciable advance on the 1023 general election rool figu~es and an increase of 2 C 6."22 on the roll at the IDOo general election.