LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Patea Mail, Volume XXXIX, 10 July 1914, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In Messrs Gibsons Ltd advertisement last issue an error occurred in the price of the 12 gallon “ Domo ” separator. This should have read as £3 10s not £4 10s. These wonderful little tfiaohines are now commanding a -ready sale and all who have dairy cows should make a point of seeing them.

One of the largest private sheep ' deals that have occurred in South Australia for many years is reported on account of Mr Albeit J M’Bride to a New South Wales buyer, consisting of 22,000 merino weaners 1 year old, mixed sexes, for immediate delivery, from bis Faraway-hills. Oulnina, Braemar, and Teetulpa properties north east of ilia Burra. These are' said to be a splendid line of young well-bred merinos, well-grown, and carrying a beautiful fleece of robust wool.

’ A Chinese officer told a writer in th? World’s Work an interesting story of the first visit of the representative of Vickers, Son, and' Maxim ta Shanghai, After taking his' sample Maxim gun to the arsenal at Shanghai and demonstrating it thoroughly to the Chinese, he was taken iu to a sixty-four course Chinese feast that lasted until the small hoars of the morning. Meanwhile a'large party of the best mechanics in the arsenal, minutely subdividing the labour, quietly took tie gun entirely to pieces and either duplicated or took samples of every part. The following day the simple, reassembled, was handed back to him with thanks and the remark that China was not in the market for Maxims just then. The Chinese imitation failed however, to work properly.

When the Governor of New Zealand was making his tour around the Cook Islands recently the natives of the various places visited generally appeared in gala attire, and occasionally the costumes displayed were a little startling. Uniforms containing striking colours were very popular, and it was a surprising but not uncommon thing to see a very dignified person in the dress of a vice-admiral or infantry captain conducting a native dance, and struggling with a sword which would constantly get between his legs and trip him. At one island a gentleman with a costume partly composed of mirrors did much to gladden the assembled company, and at Rarotonga on cne occasion all the local Caledonians gasped. A party of quick-footsd nativo dancers marched oh to the ground. They were led by a gigantic Rarotongan, who was completely clad, from kilt to sporran and dirk, in the classical national dress of Scotland.

The question of whether the girl 3 of Australia and New Zealand are allowed too much freedom is raised by the editor of Everylady’s Journal," imd answered in the July issue by Professor Kentonl v Modernt. >r of the Presbyterian Church of Australia ; Mr Paris Neabit, K C.; Mr Higgs, MT. and Mr Dr O’Hara, Professor liontoul docs not thinlc tluP our girls are allowed too much freedom. Mr Paris Nesbit does not think it would bo possible to allow them too much freedom, and the Federal member for Capricoruia believes tljut, ‘* a girl should have liberty, pro. viding parents take the trouble to advise of dangers that attend increased libf'rty. There is far morn to be feared from bringing a child up as a plant in a hothouse, uuexposed tj any of the winds that blow. I think, if the parents will only tike then girls into their confidence at au ago when children arc able to appreciate advice on ceitiin topics, that the young women are bound to come out all right '* A l ‘r>rv.>i,ber it is a very intiv.-ciuag and profitable discussion.

iV<* i a doe assortment of stylos in i Vva/.ijoi’- iVhc proof corsets, in order that ; \n ;u«»v .wcijivtoly and comfortably fit i every wo'inm ".’b j oouios to our counters | for a corstn,. Putea drapers** *

We remind our readers-of Mr B T Bennett’s weekly auction sale which takes place at 2 p.m to morrow Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. On Thursday next, Mers s Jackson and Co’ will conduct a sale of Mr Meyers superior dairy hard at Wlisnuakura(near Railway Station) •Particulars are advertised in our columns. The party of deer stalkers that was scat out by the Acclimatisation Society to thin the herd on the Hauraki reserve shot no fewer than 700 stags and hinds, and the opinion is expressed that farther depletion will bo necessary.

A meeting of the Ooramitee of the Life Saving Club will be held in Mr E. C. Gilbert’s rooms to night, at 8 o’clock to consider the best method of raising sufficient funds for the purchase of a reel and line eto.

In addition to his ordinary sale of produce and sundries, Mr B 'Y Bennett will hold a special sale to-morrow, of a large quantity of pictures of various kinds which will be sold at bargain prices,

Dairy farmers ere reminded of the sale of Mr J<is Walkers large herd of dairy cat'le at Mourn ah aki on Tuesday next. All trains (except mail) stop at Mou nabnki alongside the farm, Particulars appear in our columns"

The local Rifle Club bad what might be termed an “ oft day ” yesterday. They sent a team to Kaponga to endeavour to wrest the Rifle Championship of Taranaki from the Kapooga Club but the ffitis willed otherwise. One of the cars conveying the team punctured a tyre near Manntabi and repeated the performance at Nortnaoby lina'ly winding up by breaking down altogether some three miles from Mangatoki. As it happened the day was a bad one for shooting, the rain falling ,in torrents, rendering marksmanship impossible, It was therefore decided to postpone the match for a fortnight, when it is hoped to get the same team together and journey nmthward under more favourable conditions

“ Oar missionaries in Papua, having to deal with naked sivagvs in a climate in which clothing is trying even to the wh ta man, have come to the conclusion that it was not their business <o dress the natives, who saw no indecency in being, without clothing,*’ said the Rev R W Thompson, speaking in Sydney last week. “ In due. time, when civilisation spread, clothing became inevitable where there were communities of white people, as they would not allow the natives to walk about the streets naked. But the serious thing is that the natives have a very limited wardrobe, and in a moist and bet climati they get tjieir clothing dreuched with perspiration, and through having no change they get chills which lead to phthsis and other complaints. The native women wear a kilt, which is per fectly inoffensive, but the great problem is to get suitable garments . foe the men. As Dr Lawres sxpressed it. ‘A ball of twine would dress a whole village.’ ’’ Messrs Hicks and Dibble advertise some good pine firewood for sale.