_ A Tauranga- telegr aw. 'states*; Colonel G. A. Ward noticed op' Monday morn-ings-hat White Island ' wajs particularly active. Measured with the theodolite the steam was being sent up tq a height of 90Q6ft. While this is not quite a re- ; cord for height, the. volume of sMm was a record, •->■'..'■■ ■ .The o}d order changeth. v This to every wajk of ljfe to-^ay. We see it exemplified gri evpry hw4\ and nowhere is it more pronoqncedHh-h m business. Old methods must giveaway to new; for instance, the old-established firm of Prime's has changed hands, and new methods .will ho. employed there. 7 Although all lines m hardware are difficult to prooure, yet by strict "attention to this department, it-he stock* has been doubled. Ironmongery prices are very high, <«id thprp seeme to be yery little* chance of reduction for some time, bu^ Prime's, .Jitd ?> are- apnjng to be the cheapest firm jn ftishOrne. GJocida aye bought *t thp nfiest prices, aand the public may rely dpon getting' value at Prime's. Ltd.* {, ' ■>■."• ■7". '' V Tho destruction \eanee4. by opposums . was referred to tit, a meeting of the Farmers' Union at Wanganui. Mr. Collinn, of Kai Iwl> filid a fgw wi_ae,v<s' considered; the anjrnfUs wprfi anp^ dosti-ue-> tive. Fannera >^efe Tnqt supposed to shoot . th§*», h# thejf did so 7 4 lt was regarded f»s Bomethinf like breaking the anti'Bhpufcing law. only -ydid the opposums eat fruit ifrom the Vtrees at night-timSf-.but at/night-time. they aisci^ robbed fruit thatvwas stored away. Last week he found^hat an opposum had taken 24 big apples out bj a'% It was decided t6 , conuniwiicato with tha Minister of Internal; Affairs m order to get 'the prewnt le^a^lro^ect^on removed as far a^' ppposu'ihl me oonc^rned. "- o *_&'&**rl__&^ very frfiP' ly, Ipp W^li^_P^ftH*W\- }t nrot.#S' t]ft* mou^l«a|. and throat A a Wanganui |p?ral4 r^ptu^^-Hpiß aeoording to. advi^ fpoilft the |b#j|^Jrau_hem office ther^r*' «| feast tt^-latea m Capterburylwd fc%*gtt of poHC^ not yet dug" and m c pmbargd Yilyfjpt lifted, the farmw haw no inte^t||n of digging thenlipr I h? reason thatYfiie price being, nom^lly 12 per ton a| country. Bjtjationsjigrowrs would btfj oi^ \b,. *}o>smg wick^ti At tl*.^ p^^tjpl iisns, potatosacJijraTe 2» per '&>#&•#* iha cost of digp^g paeSi^k. estrnpited at is 6d ? leaving tlie Ipp&r. a veri| small margin for Sis iroulfe. Potato^ m Wanganui are selling a £7 per ionjln tho South j Island tn^T quotations |ire generally given at coltry stations J but m arriving at thefalue landed Hn Wanganui the buyer la, m additibn to freight and -wharfag charges* to -take into cop-, ai'deration A fact that Yi'country sta-. tion#Vmay Scan a lonj'Ydistance from thePearestliort. For i|gtanco. a sta-tion-mar » near to Tin-jam port and! theYfreishtiot amount to very much, hut dh the fier hand', it may b» a long infid, arid alter considerably •he charge&t which the. potatoes ordain can. % shipped f.o.b w ' Fo r S ,n %' n nek» cki »R' fWk, Wckk.sC Orcnt T'eppepmt Pnrp, }/t> gyj-j y ■■ The .Hawh£ My Bix^#ijs was ad second mil* the &a m> Mr M w^« mowng that W aj -k>M4o pweeS w 5 public Bill. A. explantttf^iUht it was io' rectify a mis|£ J^ads l^ao aessio* fn re . i gard to the Wof a pofK Ifc appear J ed that thelitis nfi. reeled thi passed by thfom^ 6^ not the one as amendea hy| eo«f«t W^ f rom re aentatives offeih .Houses Yproviding that*a poll must I taken. % . -^ VALUtSF MOTOR LORRY. j
Instead o& rail, goorfo ars tt{y9 . i^.7 ing sent by £or lorry for cfflK distance?. , I, mean, fe, quicker, che* delivery^ * WlS_%t* built "Denn # ft Ju^px^'^agJr rnpid, rehaf; ewp A o^ri^i ■_£>.« T_\_ t . ';-" I. i ' '. -
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15303, 26 August 1920, Page 7
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