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Southland Times, Issue 17937, 31 January 1917, Page 4

The milk supply at the different dairy factories has fallen off owing to th« continued dry weather, says the Winton Record. January is usuafly the best month, but at the present time there is a decrease of between 200 and 300 gallons.

Among the goods shipped from the Blurff by the' Rosamond on Monday was a consignment of 40 tons of firebricks fibr the North Island from the works of Todd and Wilson, Ltd. Waikiwi. This industry is a comparatively new' one, and it promises to develop into large proportions. V Grass seed growers, says the Winton Record, are greatly disappointed at the prices offering for the new seed instead of 4s from the mill as anticipated prices are ranging from 2s 6d to 3s, and without any keenness being shown on the part of buyers, who axe pessimistic as to the future of the market.

Electors at the forthcoming local elections, to be held in April, would do well to satisfy themselves that they are duly enrolled on the electors’ lists, which are now in course of perparation, and which close shortly. ■ The qualification for enrolment is 12 months’ residence in the and three months in the borough, providing, of course, that the applicant for enrolment is a British subject.

Grass-harvesting operations are now in full swing (says the Winton Record), and from what we can gather the yields are quite up 'to expectations—in many instances the returns will be greater than anticipated. It is to be regretted fhat the demand for seed, at present at least, is not so good as was expected earlier in the season; consequently the price offering is not sufficiently tempting to induce many sales. The crops at Centre Bush are well forward, and the reaper has been at work on several farms.

A further conference over the commandeering of cheese is to take place between the South Island Dairy Association and others representative of the manufacturing interests and the Minister (Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald) at Wellington to-day. On Monday, says the Wyndham Herald, Messrs T. W. Foster (president of the South Island Dairy Association),. John Fisher (Otautau) and John Gray (Mataura) proceeded by the first express for the purpose of attending the conference.

The itinerary of the No. 1 Military Service Board (Mr tViddowson, S.M., chairman) is as follows: Dunedin, Wednesday, January 31, and Thursday and Friday, February 1 and 11: Palmerston, Monday, February 3: Oamaru, Tuesday, February 6; Milton, Thursday, February s. The No. 2 board (Mr Day, S.M., chairman) will sit as follows.— Invercargill, Tuesday, February 6; Riverton, Wednesday, February 7; Win ton, Thursday February S: Gore, Friday, February 9: Queenstown, Monday, February 12; Clinton, Tuesday, February 13; Balclutha, Wednesday, February 14.

A Tuturau farmer of 40 years' standing tells us that the dry spell (now happily past) was of the longest duration known, says the Wyndham Herald. Since the welcome rain occurred the district has made a remarkable recovery. The turnip crop was hanging in the balance, but now turnips are making good headway. The earlier sown, were a little patchy, but the later sown, getting the benefit of the rain, are very good, and getting away well. The country wears a fine green aspect, and the situation has been sat ed.

Regarding the appeals of those men who have been sent to gaol for sedition, Mr .1. McCombs, M.P., has received the following letter from Mr George Hutchison, who is acting as counsel for the appellants: ged for a full court of three judges to sit this week (if the several causes wer« filed), hut the Solicitor-General wants not less than five judges to constitute the court, so that there is no probability of that until the judges assemble here (Wellington) for the Court of Appeal on March 2fi. The Solicitor-General attaches importance to the constitutional question, and wishes to have the most authoritative decision on the subject.

Correspondence between the Xew Zealand Minister of Defence (Hon. .1. Allen) and Headquarters in Egypt, concerning our sick and wounded in hospital there, makes interesting reading. On October 12 Mr Allen cabled authorising the expenditure of £SOO on the provision of comforts to sick and wounded soldier* in Egypt. Among the articles purchased by tlie money were cigarettes, tobacco, matches, shaving gear, tooth brushes, cards, sweets, biscuits and so on. The list, it is stated, is made up from general requisitions. The hospitals are visited frequently, and no trouble is spared to make the men happy. In addition, the rej>ort states our men usually got a share of the gifts distributed in the hospitals by the Red Cross and other voluntary workers. At the hospital at Port Said arrangements have been made for one Xew Zealand nurse to get supplies of gifts, which are sent through the base, and sbe distributes them to the men there. "Very few of our men.” the report adds, "go to other hospitals in the Canal zone, and are not kept for more than a few days, and no arrangement is made for gifts in these cases. All men discharged from hospitals (except those discharged fit for duty and sent direct U) their units or the training depot) are sent to Aotca Home, and we keep the home supplied with gifts, including games.” The report also refers to weekly motor outings organised for the sick and wounded, who are apparently well looked after.

The railway authorities state that there is at present an unprecedented amount of travelling. The trains have never been so crowded, and all classes of people are making use of the railways in a fashion never known before at this season of the year.

Farmers' in the Drummond district have managed to sell their first drafts of freezing lambs at the remunerative price of 24s per head, says the Winton Record. There are keen buyers on the market.

A tragic incident occurred while Mr Massey was speaking on the occasion of his being granted the freedom of Edinburgh. An elderly gentleman sitting In the grand tier collapsed and was dead before he could be carried out. Mr Massey sent his relations a message of sympathy.

The popularity of the classes held at the Technical College may he gauged from the fact that upwards of TOO students attended them last year, and there are indications of an even greater demand for instruction this year. The art classes and day dressmaking classes resume next week under an increased stall of instructors, and other classes in three weeks’ time.

At a meeting held at Riversdaie, which was attended by eligiblcs and others, called to deplore the sins of omission of the Government in not organising the agricultural industry, a rabbiter asked if there was anyone present who could say he had insufficient labour at presentlt is a remarkable fact, says the Mataura Ensign, but no one accented the challenge, although there were a number of small farmers present.

Farmers throughout the district are busy with the grass seed harvest, says the Western Star, and some rare teams of harvest hands are at work. On the whole the crops are first class, and in some cases exceptionally heavy. The oat crops are likely to be a trifle light. Excessive rainfall in the early part of the season, and subsequent dryness having had a detrimental effect. Even though good showers have fallen, drying winds have followed, and to an extent robbed the crops of the full benefit. While there are some good turnip crops, Others are somewhat thin anfl backward.

John Thomas Molloy, aged 59, yesterday morning pleaded "Guilty” to a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond. He had been arrested at Gladstone the previous afternoon and had been hanging around begging and frequenting the breweries for about six weeks. Drink had been the cause of iiis being discharged from a good job under the Express Co„ and he was in such a poor state physically that he had asked on Sunday to be arrested. Mr G. Cruickshank, S.M., imposed a sentence of one month.

At an examination held in connection with the Southland School of Shorthand and Typewriting on December 20 last, of fifteen candidates who presented themselves, all were successful. The certificates were received from Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Melbourne, on Saturday last, the successful candidates being as follows: —Misses M. Taylor, 150 words per minute: I. G. Russell. 140; Ruby Sawers, M. McCarthy, 120; Phyllis Tregonning, 110; Alfreda Coster, Gladys Petrie, K. Short, S. Short, 90; I. Welsh, 80; L. Harper, J. Donaldson, L. Duff, W. Rowe, and M. McLennan, 70.

The monthly meeting of the Invercargill branch of the War Funds Association was attended by Mr K. C. Tennent (chairman) and some fifteen members.—

, Communications were received from the ' secretary of the Soldiers' Club and Mr Campbell, secretary of the War Funds’ Association. —A report was received as, to the condition of the wounded soldiers, seven in number, now in the Hospital.— Proposals to hold a beauty show and also a garden fete on Mr Hunt’s grounds, Waiklwi, were both referred to the Special Collection Committee for their consideration and report, with a strong recommendation that it be held at an early date. —The names of Mesdames Robertson, D. Morton and Robb were added to the Special Collection Committee, and Mrs J. T. F. Mitchell was elected to the Guest Committee.

The representative of a large commercial firm in New York, now visiting Christchurch, Informed a reporter yesterday that the cotton market is at present greatly disorganised. Anticipating a larger increase in the price of cotton goods, the larger warehouses made extensive purchases, and the consequence is that they are overstocked. Cotton, owing to the bad American crop, has risen in price, and so have cotton goods. In this connection the Japanese have made great strides in Importation. Their cotton goods are of a good quality, and they have gone ahead in the manufacture of flannelette —once almost wholly an English industry. They have to a great extent ousted American production, and are getting a great hold on the markets.

Whatever the effects of the war will be on the minds of the Maoris who are now serving with the King’s Forces, one Maori in a letter to a northern paper gives a very clear indication of what the effects of travel will be. He says;— “Good day. How are you getting on. It only way thought and passing me time, so I tink to meself I drop you some few line of word. I am in France now. where all the Germans are, and all the finest wahines I ever seen in me life. When I seen all this things I thought I seen all over the world; I been England and been in London, and seen plenty much good things, too. I tink if the war be over this year coming I stop in London, but die in France. Kia Ora.”

A returned soldier did not mince matters when discussing at the last meeting of the Baiclutha Farmers’ Union the question of who should and who should not go to the front. One farmer was illustrating how the appeal of his brother. who looked after a 3000-acre sheep farm, was dismissed, while the appeal of a fruitgrower having ten acres of land was allowed. The returned soldier, ■who by the way is a married man with a family, quietly asked, "Is he a single man?” “Yes,” answered the farmer. “Can’t he get a man to look after that farm of his? He’s one of those who should go to the front, as he’s got something to fight for. If he had a spark of the man in him he would have been away long ago.”

It is Messrs H. Holmes and Son, of K.E, Valley, Dunedin, who have purchased, through the agency of Mr F. H. Hall, the Rosedale woollen mills from the trustees of the late Wm. CrulckBhank. The trustees had previously had several offers for the machinery for removal, but preferred not to sell unless to a party who would work in Invercargill. Messrs Holmes and Son intend doing that and will almost immediately transfer from the Valley their hosiery plant. In the meantime hosiery will be their specialty locally too. but it is the Intention of the Incoming firm to extend the works so soon as conditions return to normal. Formerly the mills, which have been closed for over two years, employed between 20 and 30 bands, so that their renewed lease of life should put a little fresh activity into certain labour circles in Invercargill and Southland.

New Zealand looks like becoming' the place where it feels best to be a war bride (says the Sydney Kvenlng News). The Government of the Dominion is authorising extra pay to volunteers and ballot men alike to a maximum of £2 per weelc. This Is to help pay rent, instalments on a house, insurance premiums, and other little items by means of which the departing warrior has hoped to build a secure home for the girl he loves. A moratorium is a thing with a pretty name, but £2 a week in hand Is better than a dozen moratoriums in the bush. Moreover, to the girl who thinks of marrying a soldier, what he is given as he goes away seems vastly more important than the uncounted benefits he will receive when he comes hack. The ships sailing for New Zealand had better be closely watched, or intending brides will be found smuggled on board as stewards (not stewardesses only), firemen, engineers, and sailors before the mast. They will be manned by girls, so to speak. W. S. Gilbert once invented a ship like that, but all the girl crew on the "Hot Cross Bun” hart gone to sea for love of the captain. They were detected by their language—“the strongest oath of the ‘Hot Cross Bun’ was a mild ‘Dear me!' ” So, if you hear sailors in the Tasman Sea saying "Just fancy!" you will know that they are the war brides on their way to the Island Dominion. Sheets, table-cloths, everything In the washing made spotless without rubbing by using “Easy Monday" Laundry Help. SINGERS recommend "NAZOL” as a soothing and healing preparation for vocal and bronchial troubles. AL who’ve tried It praise lb

To-morrow is the day appointed by the Borough Council on which all rates must be paid. Legal proceedings will be immediately taken against those who neglect to pay. x

Akaroa's seaside health resort year round, provides safest bathing in the world. Motors to convey you there from Little River and Christchurch, makes it the least expensive trip in Dominion, x

That is perfectly true. The readymoney system saves time, saves money, and saves worry. The moral is obvious: Buy Groceries on the most approved principle—that is for prompt cash—at Baxter’s, Dee street. x

The remnant tables at Thomson & Beattie’s End-of-Season Sale arc always of particular interest to those with small and growing families. This sale is no exception and all small lengths go on to the tables and are marked at prices that make one and all of them absolute bargains. .New remnants are added every day.

The Prompt Service Store in Tay street have on view in their Clothing Department a wide and up-to-date selection of boys’ wearing apparel. Mothers would do well to pay a visit to this progressive drapery firm and inspect for themselves the exceptional values which are being offered. The following bargain prices speak for themselves. Boys’ overcoats 9. G, 12'6, 14/6, 15/6, 17/6. Boys suits live, 15/6, 16/6, 20/6, 25/6. Boys' knickers 1/11, 2/Tl, 3/6, 3/11, 1/6. Boys golf hose 1/11 per pair. Braces, 6d per pair. Khaki handkerchiefs 2/6 per halfdozen. At H. & J. SMITH. LTD., Prompt Service Store. x

Hard working housewives do certainly appreciate the labour-saving qualities of “No Kuobing Laundry Help,” as it washes clothes without the much dreaded washboard slavery and does not injure the hands or clothes. All Grocers. x

Opportunities of making money-saying transactions are, at the present time, numerous in the Bon Marche Stores, Tay street (PRICE & BULLEID, LTD.). This firm is running a clearing end-of-season sale of big dimensions. Prominent in the many lines affected by the protitcutting process is the carpet section. Messrs PRICE & BULLEiD, LTD., are quoting very special prices for all carpet and floor covering goods, whether linos, floorcloths, carpet squares, carpets, sofa squares, hearthrugs, or hall runners. In all these lines they hold a good selection of qualities and designs and are prepared to quote very special prices during the time the Colossal Summer Sale is under way.

"Chance will not do the work.’ —Scott. To be healthy, happy and prosperous do not depend upon chance, but upon certainties. Put your faith in Baxters Lung Preserver, the certain remedy for coughs, colds, sore throats, and lung weakness. "Baxter s is a health-builder of remarkable efficacy. For over fifty years it has been a friend in need to people all over New Zealand. Based upon an old tested formula, it is good for ali ages. Strengthens the lungs and throat, invigorates the constitution, helps to >-eEist chills and epidemics. To-day, get a big 1/10 bottle of "Baxter’s" from any chemist or storekeeper.

The largest and most up-to-date Garage In the Dominion is now being constructed for Messrs G. W. WOODS AND CO. on the same site as their old premises. In the meantime the Garage is in Leven Street, and the Offices upstairs in the Federal Buildings. I'M 11 stocks of cars and accessories are now on hand. *

Simply steep, toil, rinse; don’t rub. Use "Kasy Monday” Laundry Help. Clothes spotless. X/- packet lasts eight weeks. Grocers. Beautifully clean clothes without rubbing. "Easy Monday” Laundry Help does it. Packets, 1/-; does eight weekly washings. The summer holidays are approaching and many people will be arranging tor tn© vacation that they have so weii earned. Holidays are necessary in the best of times, and they are aii me more necessary in these days when those who are not fighting are shouldering extra burdens. The utmost effort of the Empire's manhood and womaauood is called upon, and it is essential that everybody should keep absolutely fit. There must be hundreds, in fact thousands, in Southland for whom a Change la essential, and these will be Interested in baseband trunks in .which to carry their belongings. A little good # advice may not be cut of place. There are bags and bags. You can buy a suit case, a Gladstone bag, a Kit bag, or a brief bag, that will last one journey, or, for a few shillings more you can buy a real leather article that will last for years. Which is the better bargain? Is any argument needed? Go to Ritchie and Co., Dee street, where you can buy guaranteed real leather bags, and where you will have the biggest so.ection In Southland to choose from. Vou run no risk. You get an absolute guarantee—and you will get satisfaction. Y'ou will also get better value, because Ritchie and Co. are' largo buyers and can sell on a small margin. WHEN thousands praise “NAZOL,” that sterling remedy for coughs, colds, Influenza, and sore throat, they mean "NAZOL.” If you want to praise it, be sure you ask your chemist for “Nazol.”

Do you rise ln 1110 morning with a groan Do you leel that you are getting old? Having made up your mind that you are a martyr, do you vent your ill-humour on the family? After a while the pain and stiffness leave you, and you forget your troubles until the next morning, when the same dull pain in the small of your tack, the difficulty of bracing your nerves, brings back ail the dire forebodings of the day before. This is the way Kidney Trouble creeps on Us victim, and you arc starting on a long journey towards ill-health and Infirmity. The Kidneys are overtaxed witn the work of cleansing out the impurities from your blood. Each day there is an accumulation of waste which must upset the body. It terms Uric Acid, and Uric Acid is the most Insidious form of poisoning that can take place in your body. It is the duty of every man, not only to himself, but to the world at large, to keep hid health in the proper condition for his daily task, and for the victim of Kidney Trouble Dr Sheldon's Gin Pills give just the little boost his organs need to make them his slave, instead of his being a slave to ill-health. Price 1/6 and 2/6. Obtainable at William Lewis and Sou.

SYNOPSIS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

On page 1— Lost, mare. Wanted, teacher. Wanted, harvesters. For sale, fruit. For sale, camera. For sale bungalow. Wanted, married couple. Wanted, married ploughman. Leonard Wobb calls tenders for gravelling. Wallace County Council tenders called. Try Wesney Bros, for new school requisites. Bargains at Price & Bulleid’s sale today. Try Mosquitine, obtainable from Sommerville. On page 4 On page 2 H.B. Clothing Factory sale commences to-morrow. On page 3 Albion Pictures —2 and 7 p.m. Grand Pictures —2 and 7 p.m. Popular Pictures —2 and 7 p.m. Selinsky-Armadio Co. at Theatre at 8. Chas. Gray resumes teaching Feb. 5. Miss Clement resumes teaching Feb. 5. Miss McNeil resumes teaching Feb. 5. Technical College classes start Feb. 5. Wallace County rates to be paid by P'eb. 9 Try Robinson & Swanson for furniture On page 4 Bargains in ladies’ goods at the Economic, Dec street. On page 6 Consign your woo! to National Mortgage for the 19th February valuation. Wm. Todd and Co. sell furniture, etc., on Thursday. In’gill Stock Agents sell sheep and cattle at Winton on February 1. Clearing sale at Uyal Bush on Feb. 7.