DUNEDIN NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13322, 6 March 1914, Page 8

DUNEDIN NEWS.

— - (Special to fcUNET)TN,< this day. .^Private advices h&fe been* received m Dunedifi, of the 'death In iLondfii on Tuesday last of' Mr David Anderson, who for jn any years', wfts J gsheral maAigev.ln Australia for the. Orient Company. Ho retired"/ some- time ago owing to ill-healtlvVand was Succeeded by Mr David Reed.

There is-food for -thought m the fact that the home mUsiimS committee of the Methodffit Conf-etsnce yesterday re-ported'-th-fc the.y -hs4' ,been compelled to decline .appUcatiofttf from •a ' dozen married 'men,; wh|lflt> •«s the same time Several irnpbrtaht " places are vacant, m consequence, of . uiunarrijed men ; not offering :in sufficient numbers. It is eipfcetea. '; . ithjit -the yield m Otago .willt.be a little less this season than the, average. Th 6 decrease will be most noticeable , <it .'is said, < m the yield of grass 's'cc<|.s. As- regards oats, the viola ' has been- good ' as. , a whole. The disposition <of -farmers, \hiow.ever, appears to favor f t slackenings off m the cultivation of gr_in':crop>-.v Increased ' attentimi s --is b<*ing gjyen each year to the pastoral* i>nd dsiicying pitrsHUs. Tlie market ft* -"fat stock, sheep, and lambs, and butte^pd; cheese have been very encourag ing. . a- : fohg ; ,time. With a' view to relieving the unemployed ranks, th.© , Lj^orV': Department ha* been filling vacancies on the irrigation worfts'-'.'in Central: ;Otago, * and on the CoVHn'jrailwAJ's line. ... After a 1 [long spell of 'fine weather soaking rjiin fell for a ■ couple of hours yesterday .afternoon. .This ..will net jiffect. the, wicket = . v C&rif*hrpok if the weather clears. ' -'HcF.a*s.he (Otago) was yesterday -.elected as,,tw A elfth man v jor the New Zealand .t^aip. Th^s . step- w^s necessary because of a doubt as to|Tuckwell being able to play. It was "afterwards stated that Tuckwell would be available,.' Messrs CVotford and 1 West have been-appb|Rfcfid nippires.