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Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1923, Page 4

It is estimated in Wellington that the reduction in freight of sixpence a case on fruit exported to England this season means a probable gain of £lO,OOO to growers on the anticipated export.

The White Cliffs Dairy Company has received advice that' the whey butter shipped by the Remuera realised 208 s per cwt. The company has disposed of its November-December output of cheese at Sfd. Thi will enable a pay-out of Is 7id per pound butter-fat.

The Duke of York, in opening the new offices of the National Deposit Friendly Society in London, said: “Saving develops independence, relieves men of anxiety, moulds character, and gives opportunity for a higher and more interesting life, and its importance in these difficult times cannot be over emphasised.

Proposing the health of the bride and bridegroom at the wedding reception at the Auckland Government House last week, the Governor-General, Lord Jellicoe said that Lady Jellicoe always advised girls to marry naval men. “I am not quite sure,” said His Excellency,

“whether her reason is that naval men are so much away from home, or that 1 am a naval man.”

Recently (says the Manawatu Times) four young men made a venture into the sawmilling business# They purchased an old travelling mill which had been in use at Kakotau and suffered from fire. This they set up in the bush at Whakarua, Tableland.-, and a day or two ago the whole mill was destroyed by fire, lock, stock, and barrel. The young men lose practically everything as there was no insurance on tne mill and plant.

The Napier Telegraph says: At 3.45 the other morning a local body clerk, not a hundred miles from Napier, was aroused by the violent ringing of hie telephone. With the thought that some calamity had happened he abandoned his beauty sleep and answered the call. “Is that the town clerk,” a lady’s voice inquired. “Yes,” was the sleepy reply. “Well, there is a bull in our section. What will I do?” “Shoot it, madam!” was the terse reply as the ring-off was given.

An amusing incident which depicted the enthusiasm of the children to do their best and make a good impression occurred during the break-up ceremony of the Forbury School, Dunedin. A speaker asked the children <to repeat after him, “Tear God, honour the King, and do your duty.” The children readily complied, and the spokesman said,

“Fear God,” soft, making a motion with his hands; to have it said quietly. The ..children immediately repeated, ‘Tear God softly,” an answer which caused an outburst of laughter (reports the Otago Daily Times)-. The realisation that they had said something wrong burst upon the children, and they joined in the merriment about them.

It will be remembered that some months back Mr. S. Stroud, at great personal risk to himself, saved a person from drowning whilst bathing on the local beach. He has also succeeded on several other occasions in saving other persons from drowning. The heroism displayed by Mr. Stroud was brought under the notice of the Royal Humane Society, with the result that that body had awarded the hero a medal in recognition of his endeavours. The medal has now come to hand, and will be presented to Mr. Stroud by His Worsdiip the Mayor at the gala day to be held by the East End Reserve Committee on New Year’s Day. In conversation with a Gisborne Times representative, a local business man who had just returned from a visit to Nelson said that things were not too prosperous with the fruitgrowers there. Lat season was a good, one, and a large crop led to a glut of apples with a consequent fall in values. Prices were not too good, and overhead charges had increased, many of the growers facing something akin to poverty in consequence. Some who milked a dozen or so cows in addition were managing a little better, while the growing of hops further brightened the outlook for , some; but, generally speaking, the fruitgrowers were by no means prosperous.