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Southland Times, Issue 17876, 4 September 1918, Page 5

Australia is particularly prosperous and flourishing at the present time, said Mr C. M. Ollivier (chairman and managing director of the Woolston Tanneries), who has just returned from a trip to Australia, to a New Zealand Times reporter. The wheat production is an eye-opener. There, are literally miles and miles of wheat stacked'in rows along some of the roads in the farming districts. These stacks are covered by iron roofs and sheltered from the weather by scrim. Wheat land can be purchased at a very low figure. Land producing from 15 to 25 bushels of wheat per acre can be bought at £1 an acre. Protection from drought is obtained by the fallow treatment —that is by putting in a crop every other year. Land in Australia is better to-day than it was twenty years ago. Mr Ollivier said he saw flocks of 50,000 sheep which were averaging 17s net for the wool alone. The boot producing industry was also surprising. In Mr Ollivier’s opinion the Australian firms were turning out boots as good in the matter of style as American firms. They have reached a great degree of efficiency in their factories. Thousands of pairs of books are on order or have come into New' Zealand. The development in iron works was also remarkable. The extensive works at Newcastle are making great progress. Marist Bros.’ team has gained the leading honours of the 1918 season in the Rugby competition among the senior fifteens of the Invercargill primary schools. The winning combination did not sustain a loss throughout their list of fixtures—two drawn games being the partial punctures in an enviable record as exponents of the national winter pastime. It is hoped to build six wooden vessels within twelve months in the Commonwealth. All of one design, the ships will be 244 ft. long, with a beam of 45ft. Each ship will have a carrying capacity of 2600 tons. To secure early completion, it is proposed to offer the workmen £39,000 in bonuses. When your child cannot sleep because of cold in the head, use NAZOL. Sprinkle some drops on nightgown or pillow. Quick relief will follow, Sixty doses 1/6.