COUNTRY ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 31

COUNTRY ITEMS.

There is a probability of Me»ars Saxton Bro*., proprietors of the Waihola and Maungatua dairy factouei, establishing a creamery at Otakuia. The Gore Standard s correspondent states that about 700 sheep are being put through daily at the Southland Frozen Meat Company's at Mataura, besides a large quantity of rabbitts. An enormous trout was picked up on the boach of the Upper Mhnib.au on Saturday moniiug. It had evidently bean washed high and dry during the recent fresh in the stream. On being opened it was found to hold four young fish. A good riddance of the old fellow I— Farmer.

The Dunstan Times says that a movement is afoot in the district with the object of endeavouring to effect an alteration in the running of the coaches from Lawrence, so that the coach will make the journey from Lawrence to Clyde the same tUy. To enable this being ddne it will be necessary, of course, to alno have the time table of the^Dunedm-Lawrence train altered During the hearing of a sheep case on Thursday in the Gore Court, defendant stated that the people in the Riversdale district did not dip th'ir sheep until after the date mentioned in the information— March 24th. This led to Inspector Fi«ld quoting $ho " Amended Stock Act of 1895," which provides that all sheep must be dipped between February 1 and March 30 in earh year. The magistrate remarked that in that c*se it was no use Hipping off the shears, the custom adopted by many flock masters. The inspector replied that the law was altered to meet that ; sheep had not sufficient wool on them when dipped off the shears to retain the dip, and whether dipped off the shears or not they must also be dipped between the dates mentioned. The dip would be more effectual then.

At a golf practice match ftt the Pnloicrston links, Mr A. S. Baker struck the bM 220 yards at one blow. This is believed to be a record for the colony. No less than 5050 sheep (principally from Begg's station) have passed through Milton during the last week on their way to the Burn* side freezing works ; 1050 went tVnngh on, Sunday last. — Bruce Herald. " HUNYADI JAN OS."— Tin* favourite Natural Water, in habitual u«e throughout the world, has established itself as a customary Aperient in all cl<mates Remarkably and exceptionally uniform in composition ; free from defects incidental to others.— Brit. Med. Journal. Annual eale six million bottles.