LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 24, Issue 17, 4 March 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An Annual Picnic.—The Linkwater Co-operalive Dairy Company’s annual picnic takes place at the Grove to-mor-row (Wednesday).

Tub Overdue Scow. —The auxiliary scow Magic, reported in our previous issue as overdue between Napier and Sounds, turned up safely, and on Friday the scow was at Nor’-West Bay loading timber for Wellington. Sentences up Flogging. —lt is to be hoped the sentences of flogging inflicted by Judge Edwards in Auckland last week will act as a deterrent to those evil-dis-posed persons who regard children and young girls as fair prey for their detestable practices. Export op Cheese.— During the first 14 days of February 839 cwt of cheese, valued at £2,350 was exported from the ports of Blenheim and Picton. For the same period last year the totals were 1012 cwt, valued at £2835.

The. Dominion’s Population. -The total arrivals in New Zealand from overseas during January were 5,877, compared with 3,096 in January, 1912. The departures were 2(681, compared with 3031 in the previous January.

Ministers' Stipends.-As the result of the increased cost of living, the Methodist Conference fixed the minumum stipend of married ministers at £6O a quarter, for unmarried ministers at £45, and for probationers at £4O. The Harbour Channel.— The 'alleged shallowness of the channel between Cullen’s Point and the wharf does noi get confirmation from Captain Hart, of the Manaroa, who declares that the depth of water is as good as ever it was. On Friday the Manaroa, drawing nine feet, was able to make the wharf comfortably at half tide. Blamed “ Hobble” Skirt.— Mr Philip Jackson, a manufacturer of New York, known as the “ Petticoat King,” has been arrested, charged with the embezzlement of £IOO,OOO. He was recently at the head of a flourishing factory ‘but declared in court that his company had failed owing to the fashion for the “ hobble ” skirt, since women no longer wore petticoats. Question op Fares.— At a meeting of the Picton Chamber of Commerce last week the question of steamer fares between Picton and Wellington again came up fordiscussion, and it was resolved that another protest be forwarded to the head office of the Union Steamship Company, against the present method of taxing Picton travellers by charging them one guinea each, when Blenheim people with first-class railway fare included, paid the same amount. Daily News on .S teamers. —The complaints of passengers on the mail steamers that they are not kept in touch with the world’s affairs by wireless while the vessels are in Australian water have evidently not been made in vain. Arrangements are being made for the transmission of an extract of the principal news of the world to steamers at sea by means of the Australasian wireless stations. Shifting. —The s.s. Manaroa arrived at midday on Friday on her usual fortnightly trip. A full complement of general cargo, between 50 and 60 tons, was landed at this port. The Sounds passengers from Wellington were —Mrs S. Sparks and child, and Mr Davis for Nydia Bay. Amongst the cargo outwards were 201 cases of cheese made up as follows: 84 from Rai, 64 from Havelock, and 53 from Canvastown dairy factories.

A Loyal Speech.— Lord Emmott, speaking at a recent banquet in England, stated that there were no signs that British enterprise was dead. The Mother Country was not yet a back number. The habit of “ crabbing ” old England tended to aronse disrespect among the daughter nations. Britain had received with real emotion the recent offers of help to bear the burdens of defence, which were magnificently generous. A High Milk Test.—A correspondent to the Pictou “ Press ” writes ; A record for Mahakipawa! A 6’4 milk test was recorded at the Link water Dairy Factory on the 24th Feb., by the Jersey heifers and cows brought from New Plymouth by Mrs Gregg last week. After a rough, journey by train and steamer to the G r ove the teat was surprising, especially as many of the cows are losing their milk for the season. It shows what the Jersey cow will do.

Man’s Body in Cement Block.—A human hand protruding from tons of cement, the frames of which were removed recently, was found in one of the concrete pillars of the Government dam across the Mississippi at Keokuk. lowa, and explains the disappearance several weeks ago of one of the labourers. The man’s body is embedded in the solid concrete, and is likely to stay there, as to blast it out would destroy not only the body, but a great part of one of the largest blocks of cement composing the dam.

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