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Otago Witness, Issue 3662, 20 May 1924, Page 33

A South Canterbury orchardist states that for tho first time in his experience he has lost fruit this year through the depreciations of starlings. lie did not know why these birds had taken to fruit this year, but he supposed it was on account of the excessively dry -weather and the absence of grubs. “I tell you that in Invercargill, with ils population of about 19,500 persons, there are more motor car accidents than in either Wellington or Auckland, with their much greater populations. This is greatly due to the careless way in which cars' are parked here,” said Inspector M’Namara to the Southland Motor Association. The Lewis machine-gun, famous during the war, is being eclipsed by the Browning, which weighs less than fifteen pounds, can be fired from the shoulder or the hip, and fires twenty cartridges in less than 2'i seconds.