NEWS OF THE DAY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 497, 20 July 1932, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

A Painful Mishap While bonding to gather up some woe;(1 which her son was chopping, Mrs. Spencer, of Miilhirst, was struck on the forehead by a billet of wood. Her spectacles were broken and she sustained severe cuts, necessitating medical attention. The New Season With the increasing number ol cows coming into milk every day now the factories wiil soon be again ■operating. It is understood that the Midhirst factory will commence receiving milk at the beginning of the month. Dairy Markets Butter, (fiilet, Kills to 107 s; unsaltcd, 110 s; Danish, 117 s. Cheese, quiet, white 595, coloured 57s to 58s. is the advice received in Stratford trday from the New Zealand Marketing Association by 'their North Taranaki representative, Mr. W. H. Peick.

Products of Fiji Among the features of the coming Winter Show in Christchurch will be a special display of Fijian curious and general products. Mr. M. E. Lyons, secretary to the Canterbury A. and P. Association, lias arranged for the display, which has been supplied by the Fiji Government, to be sent down from Auckland.

On Freehold Dairy Farm __ ] “I know no occupation in Now Zea-, land better than dairy farming for re-, turns,” said Dr. IT. E. Aimed, of Matangi, who lectured recently in Otorohanga. “Always provided a man has) the necessary capital for financing a j farm of 50 to 100 acres,” he added. Hej quoted a case of a man farming 00, acres who had got his costs of pro-; duction down to 9d per pound of but-1 terfat, and these included an allowance of £l5O a year for his own labour. He admitted that such cases were exceptional, but quoted them to show what could be done iu favourable circumstances.

Rat Menace Checked

Rats were plentiful and often a! tpnrce of trouble to the residents in I the shopping area of Addington 12; months ago, hut they have almost | disappeared, a Christchurch Sun re- j porter was told. Several bakehouses, j the stock yards and flour mills were considered to act as _ breeding grounds, but (organised drives and the systematic laying of poison has reduced the rat trouble almost to nothingness. One woman said that her cat would catch as many as halt a dozen rats a day last yoai' now it was lucky if it caught one a week. About Geese A Wanganui schoolmaster draws attention to the latest schoolboy effort, at the same time pointing out that it did not originate in Wanganui. A little boy’s essay on geese: “A gecso is a low heavy set hoid which is mostly meet and feathers —his head sits on one side and he sets on the other. A geese can’t sing much on account of dampness of (he moisture. He ain t got no foot between his toes and he’s got a baloon on his stomach to keep him from sinking. Some gooses when they gets big has curls on their tala and is called ganders. Ganders don’t have to sit and hatch, but just loaf | and oat, and go swimmin. If I was aj goes, I’d rather he a gander.”

Gold Quest “[ wish I had had some sovereigns with me,” writes a. Dunedin resident who recently landed in Sydney for a holiday, in referring to the advantage received by visitors from the exchange rate. “I got from the hank £ll for a £lO cheque on New Zealand. A sack or two of sovereigns would show a nice profit here, and so keen is the gold buying business that they rush you with a card as soon as you have cleared the wharf.” The card refened to by the writer of (he letter is enclosed and shows that the following rates are offered for currency: English sovereigns £1 12s 4d, New Zealand £1 notes £1 2s 6d, Canadian and American dollar bills Gs 7d.

Woman’s Narrow Escape As she was walking up Durham Street East, Auckland, shortly after 11.30 a.in. on Saturday a woman, who ■ was accompanied by a little girl aged i three years, had a narrow escape from being struck, by a pane of fall, mg glass. When a fanlight window on the second floor of Whitcombe and Tombs’ building was shut suddenly, the greater portion of the pane fell out. EortunatelyV the woman heard the crack of breaking glass and jumped aside with the little girl, the glass crashing on the pavement alongside them. Neither was hurt, although the woman felt the effects of shock for some minutes, resting in an office before continuing on her way.

Troubles of Landlords “For landlords these are days of shock and sorrow,” said a well-known Christchurch man, commenting on the ways of tenants and on the tricks of some artful tenants in particular. “This week,” lie said, ‘‘l went to one of my houses in a certain suburb, hoping to pick up a bit of overdue rent. There was not a penny on the promises. Nor a tenant either. Pfe had flown, and taken with him electric light bulbs and fittings, some curtain rods, and (wo door knobs. I

hoard of another house that is now j empty, and likely to remain so be- j cause the tenant carried off with him ! the wash-house copper and the lead ; pipes that he had not too carefully j sawn off.” ; i - Thefts from Local Bodies The following resolution was passed i at the last meeting of the Maniototo 1 County Council: “That the Maniototo I County Council views with grave con-! corn the increasing number of defalcations by servants of local bodies. Owing to the apparent failure of the Audit Department’s officers to detect! the various misappropriations in their i early stages, and the subsequent loss j to local bodies through being able to I recover the amount misappropriated! only within 12 months of the date of notifying the insurance company, the! council urges the New Zealand Conn-1 ties’ Association Executive to bring! this question under the notice of the I auditor-general, and also the insurance companies, with a view to obtaining a greater measure of protection than the present fidelity insurance policy affords”

A Playground “1 do hope,” said Mr. .T. Sturrock, engineer, in a report to tlie Hawera Borough Council on Monday oppos. ing a proposal for the cheap metal, ling of Nolantown roads, “that the council veill at least postpone this w-crk until the end of the year, which is the expiry of my tenure. After that the hitherto restrained amateur exports will have the town as playground for their activities.”