IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 22218, 10 January 1934, Page 4

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY Orepuki Factory Sells Output. The Orepuki Dairy Factory Company has now disposed of the whole of its output for the season as follows: Sep-tember-October to Armour and Co. at 5Jd; November-December to A. Clement and Sons, Ltd., at sd; and the balance, January to the end of the season, to Mr A. FI. Mackrell at sd.

Not Always a Night Owl. The experience of a crib owner not far from the city goes to show that the owl is not so much of a night bird as is generally imagined. He was entering a clearing among some nativebush when an owl flew across bearing in its claws a full-grown thrush. Aftei some menacing gestures the owl was made to drop the thrush, and investigation showed that it had not long been killed. As the time was 11 o’clock in the morning it is evident that the owl is not averse to indulging in its predatory habits at an hour when by reputation it should be sound asleep.

* * * * Approaching Wool Sale. Wool continues to improve in value, the most recent sales indicating a further hardening. Local brokers are very busy and are experiencing quite a rush for the approaching sale on January 31. An allocation of 30,000 bales has been granted to Invercargill and the various catalogues are rapidly filling. It appears likely that the maximum will be offered and that‘much of the late wool will have to be held over for the second sale on March 9. This, however, does not seem to be of any serious consequence as it appears probable that values will continue to harden and that the keen demand will continue to the end of the present selling season.

Once Bitten . . . But Not Shy. When he forsook rowing and Rugby football in favour of luring trout from their stony beds, Mr C. A. Kerse little foresaw that a highly unusual experience, carrying with it the same penalty as is incurred by the golfer who holes in one, would befall him on the river. When fishing in the upper reaches of the Waiau on New Year’s Day he hooked a brown trout on the fly. His cast fouled a sunken branch during the landing process and the fish, a four-pounder, broke free with the fly and a few inches of cast in its mouth. Undismayed, Mr Kerse went to the same stretch of river last Saturday and again cast his fly upon the waters hoping to reap a reward. There was a tug and, with masterly dexterity, the angler manoeuvred the fish to the waiting net. Then, like the fish, he commenced to gasp, for the trout had in its mouth the identical fly and cast whose loss the angler had lamented on his first excursion!

Entertaining Australian Tourists. According to the arrangements which have so far been made the visit of the 41 Victorian Scottish tourists, who will arrive in Invercargill by this evening's express, should prove a highly enjoyable one. Full opportunity will be given them to-morrow of seeing as much of the province as possible during their brief stay. In the morning they will motor out to Mr A. S. Holms’s estate at Waimahaka, where they will gain an insight into modern sheep and cattle farming as carried out in this part of the country. After morning tea there they will continue their tour of the province, being scheduled to arrive at Wyndham for lunch. Where possible welcomes will be given by Scottish societies at the towns visited. In the evening the tourists will be the guests of honour at a social given by the local Scottish organizations A further opportunity of viewing the countryside, this time by rail, will be afforded the party when it leaves at 10.25 on Friday morning for Queenstown.