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Otago Witness, Issue 3862, 20 March 1928, Page 67

~ • t,le elo ® lD S of daylight saving, the Warrarapa Daily News took a referendum among the residents of the Wai-' rarapa electorate. Not a great deal of interest was shown, 1269 votes being returned, and of these 278 were in favour of continuance and 991 against. A vote taken _by ‘’he Auckland Star resulted in a majority of 1470 for Sidey time, the figures belng: . F or 7078, against 5608. The effect of the dry summer on clover see< ~ cro P 3 13 illustrated by the case of a well-known Northbank farmer (states the Marlborough Express). He usually looks for a return of between 3001 b and 5001 b of white clover seed, but this year, as a result of the absence of the frequent northwest showers experienced on the hill country, bis yield will amount to not much more than a bag.