LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 24, Issue 106, 30 December 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Suggested Cricket Match.— We understand that an effort is being mads to bring about a cricket match in Havelock between the ‘ old identities ’ and the later arrivals in Havelock.

Motor Cycling Rrcoud.— G. Ramsay, the South Australian, at Kadina, broke the motor cycle record for 24 hours continuous run, covering miles. The previous record was 722 hales, held in England. x

Butter v. Margarine.— The Local Government Board has issued a memorandum stating that there is no appreciable difference in the nutritive values of butter and margarine. Thereupon the Bermondsey Board of Guardians resolved to revert to the use of margarine in the infirmary and workhouses, thereby saving £ISOO a year. A Busy Christmas. —In spite of the strike, the local shopkeepers report the busiest Christmas trade experienced for years. An unusually large crowd of people were in town on Christmas Eve and money appeared to be plentiful and was spent freely. There is every indication of the New Year opening prosperously.

Opening New Markets.— We are informed on good authority, says an exchange, that several hundred tons of butter and cheese has already been shipped to San Francisco this season, and that there appears every prospect of an improving and increasing market in the future. This will be good hearing to the dairying community to whom the new markets always spell further success.

If you are a plug smoker try GOLDEN EAGLE PLUG. Aromatic, cool, sweet and satisfactory. It can’t be beaten. Try a plug—you'll like it. A Great Record.— A performance which is probably without parallel in the history of any school since the institution of proficiency examinations has been put up by Mr Andrew Bain, first assistant at the Invercargill South School. Last year he sent forward sixtyone pupils. Of these sixty gained proficiency and one competency. At the recent examination Mr Bain’s contingent numbered sixty-five, and once again everyone succeeded in passing ; sixty-four gained proficiency and one a competency certificate.

Echo of the Strike.— “ Wharf laborers are peculiar people to deal with," remarked a witness at the Auckland Magistrate’s Court last week, when describing how a certain shipment of salt had been unloaded. He stated that while superintending discharging operations, he had requested the workers to adopt a particular method of' unloading the bags, a great many of which were broken, but his request had been ignored. “If the men wouldn’t do as you wished, why didn’t you discharge them ? ” inquired Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M. “Oh your worship, if you were to put them off, you would cause a strike," replied the witness. “ You have to be very careful in dealing with them.

Egg Causes Strike.— The untimely laying of an egg by a hen in a crate caused a strike at the North-Eastern Railway joint station at Leeds recently. A porter m moving a crate of live hens noticed that one of the birds had laid an egg, and slipping his hand through the bars of the crate he took the egg out and placed it on his barrow for safety. A railway detective at once arrested the porter and took him and the egg to the railway station. Within a few minutes all the railway staff on duty ceased work until the district superintendent was informed of the incident. He ordered the man’s release, and the staff returned to work. “ Forewarned is forearmed," Your best weapon against a bad cold is “NAZOL.” It will quickly and easily rout the enemy; Sold everywhere 1/6 a bottle of sixty doses. Neither too light or too heavy, MILD DERBY is the smoker’s happy medium in tobacco, Try a tin or a' plug. It is cool, fragrant and satisfying.

Waitaria Bay.— The want of a landing jetty at Waitaria Bay was a source of much inconvenience and discomfort to many of those who visited the races on Boxing Day. Many of those who came from a distance, and arrived after the tide had begun to ebb, had to be carried ashore for some distance, as the launches had to he in deep water. This want is much to be regretted as the cost of a landing jetty would be small and the advantages it erected considerable.

Wellington Wool Sales.— Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited have received advice from their Wellington office that, owing to delay in wool coming forward, because of the exceedingly wet weather experienced everywhere, the brokers have decided that it will be advisable, in the interests of clients, to extend the closing date of the Catalogue for the forthcoming Wool Sales at Wellington on Wednesday, 7th January, originally fixed for the 27th December, until 5 p.nl. on Tuesday, the 30th December, and no doubt the- extra time will enable some clients to get their wool in for disposal at this fixture.

Plucky Specials' Wives. —ln referring to the services of the men who left the VVaikato to serve as special constables in Auckland in connection with the strike, the Cambridge correspondent of the Auckland Star says that it is not only the men who deserve credit, but also their wives and daughters, who had a very hard time attending to the milking, etc., during their absence.' It is no joke to have from thirty to fifty cows to milk morning and evening, and yet this has been done by the farmers’ wives and families without so much as a grumble. What is more, they expressed their willingness to continue doing it until the strike was over..

Not an Isolated Case.— This is how an American, whose wife sought a divorce from him, put his case : “Defendant states that the plaintiff is much better qualified than he to carry her part in nagging contests ; that she commands a better and more extensive vocabulary than the defendant .and simply overwhelmed him with her complaints and reproaches, and that she was so much master of her feelings that she could readily pass from storm to sunshige, from abuse to tears, from harsh language to tenderness ; and from nagging, the plaintiff could, upon the appearance of a third person, so readily become all smiles and suavity that her sudden and complete change in moods absolutely bewildered defendant.”

Woman Commands Steamer.— On the bridge in command of a steamer of nearly 3,000 tons, which will shortly leave Copenhagen (says a despatch dated October 5), will be—a woman ! She is Mme. Yon Bauditz, who, as briefly mentioned m a recent issue, has just passed with honours the examination for sea captain. She claims to be the first woman in the world to adopt a seafaring life as a profession. Mme. Von Bauditz, whose husband, Dr Yon Bauditz, is a prominent scientist in Copenhagen, declares with breezy vigour that she has not spent years in -studying for her examination merely to gain an ornamental title of captain. She intends to make a start in her new calling at once, and has already obtained the command of a steamer of nearly 3,000 tons, which will be the first of a new line to leave Copenhagen.