GENERAL ITEMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 54, 15 January 1921, Page 7

GENERAL ITEMS.

A movement to establish another morning newspaper has been started in Tim am, and it is rumored that the promoters are receiving encouraging support.

When a full meeting of Cabinet can be obtained, one of the questions to be decided is that of a site for tin 1 National War Memorial A fter that, designs will be invited, probably fro n within and without New Zealand.

Tho contribution of the cow to the national wealth of New Zealand in butter and cheese alone represented the respectable export value of £lo,'851,200 for the 12 months ended October 31st last; besides which the requirements of the local population of 1,000,000 were satisfied.

Nearly £200,000 was received in 1920 by tho Chancellor ui the- Exchequer from persons who generously surrendered Government stocks and bonds in aid of the national finances. Amongst the 20 donors “A.M.” contributed £l3O, 000, “C.A.’’ £15,000 and a working man gave all the savings from his weekly wages during the war, amounting to £OO 13s.

Tiie manager of an Adelaide firm was charged at the Adelaide Court last week with having inserted in a newspaper an advertisement inviting the public to supply the missing line in a “Limerick.” The missing line was arrived at by the board of the company, and deposited in an envelope until the day when' the answers were judged. The crown contended that the case was c 1 early one of chance, a|nd no special literary talent wag required to supply the missing line. Defendant, was oour victed, without a penalty be’ng imposed.

A substantial loss was made in a peculiar way by a visitor to Kokatahi recently, says the “Hokitika 'Guardian.” While assisting his host haymaking the visitor hung his vest on a stump a foot or so from the pigsty. Later on, when, taking up his vest he was astonished to find that his chain was; broken mid his watch (a valuable one) \wa& gone. The watch was found afterwards hi the pig-sty, ruined, the pigs having chewed it sufficiently to spoil it for any future use.

Another case of death of pigs from heat is reported by the representative of the Fcdding Bacon Company. They lost twenty on Monday and Tuesday. It i s understood that other companies have also had losses. The Foil ding ' representative says he has never seen or heard of such’ severe losses during his eight years ,in the bns’iness. He js.ta.tes tlio reason is that farmers let the pigs have a. heavy meal on. the dlay they are delivered, and. thi s in the excessively hot weather is very dangerous and should be rareMly a.vciidhd. The pigs, he says, went dow n quite suddenly after being in t|he yard a short time. j

An exciting: sea adventure, which ended nntomiihi/cally in the Police Court at AuMaand, was the experience of an inmate confined at the inebriates’ home on Roto Roa Isiami. Tlio man is serving a term of two years*, on the island, and embarked on a small raft he had made, ©sensibly with the intention of indulging in a short fishing excursion. Unfortunately, his frail craft drifted into a strong current, and was earned through the night until it s frightened occupant was cast, in a very wet and miserable condition,' on the rocks of Pakatoa Island, where is situated the reformatory for women inebriates. He immediately made “fir the first light ho could see, and handed himself over to the superintendent of the home. Ho wa.s brought beore Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M., at tho Police Court, o n a charge of attempting to escape irom Roto Roa Island, but the police made it plain that the accused’s story was not in the least doubted, and that tna Pol ce Court proceedings were solely instituted as a warning to accused's companions. The accused pleaded guilty to the charge, but the magistrate said he was satisfied that his intentions had been harmless, and confined his verdict to - conviction and a warning.