LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18333, 3 November 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Operetta Cancelled, Owing to the continued illness of one of the principals the Operetta “Snow-white, 1 set down for this evening, has been cancelled. That Profit. A Wellington business man wishes to state emphatically that these days a profit ia not without honour in any country. Pro-British. "The people of New Zealand are the most pro-British community that I have had the opportunity of meeting,” said Sir Newton Moore, M.P., in an interview in Christchurch. Children and Picture®. Investigations made by a Birmingham committee among 1430 children between eight and 14 years of age showed that only 30 had never been to the pictures, 780 went once a week, 184 twice a week, 36 tflree and four times a week, and one actually went five times a week.

Easy To Do! “What is his hobby besides beer?” asked counsel of a witness in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North. "Getting rid of his property,” replied witness, amidst general smiles. Counterfeit Coins. According to the Bay of Plent” Times counterfeit coins are still in circulation in Tauranga, a business establishment having a morning or two ago refused acceptance of two spurious shillings, both good imitations. Wool Coming In. Wool is fair quantities is toeing sent to Auckland from Coromandel and the Thames Coast at present. The clip this year is heavier and better than for several years past and this Is put down to the extra feed that has been available during the winter. Wild Horses. Wild Horses are still a danger to motorists, both on the Taupo Road and on the roads in the vicinity of Rotoiti and Rotorua. They have, however, a facility for keeping out of harm’s way, which does not always extend to the domestic animals which stray on the highways. Should be on the Land. “If you could make a living out of a 20-acre block of land with butterfat at lOd per lb, then you should not be where you are. You should be on the land,” stated an expert farmer witness to counsel when being crossexamined In the Supreme Court at Palmerston. The Hindu's Horse. Farewell to his steed has definitely been said by the Hindu hawker who, when he left Christchurch for his native land some time ago, first of all wanted to take is old horse with him, and later, having sailed alone, sent some money to pay for Its passage. The Hindu has now announced his intention of leaving the horse here after all, and asks for his money to be returned. When last heard of the horse was having a thoroughly good time in a. paddock at New Brighton. His ultimate fate is a matter for speculation.

A Comedy Touch, Two canine competitors provided a comedy touch to the proceedings at the New Zealand Whippet Racing Club’s annual iiicnic at the New Brighton Trotting Ground last week. When the juvenile whippet handicap was started Silver Shoe was the only dog to leave the mark at the gun. He, however, pulled.up and sat down :\vhen close to the post and only got going again when practically overhauled by Cinema Rose, who also |;pulled up and sat down before finishing.

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‘(Killing Blackberry. Mr R. deß. Hill, says the Wairoa Star, is gratified with the' results obtained in the extermination of blackberry by spraying with sodium chlorate. A blackberry patch at North Clyde, with two 'applications, is apparently dead, but/it is still under observation. The noxious weeds at this spot were 8 to 10ft in height. Mr Hill found that the best results Were obtained with sprays after Christmas and continued till the autumn, when the sap was receding in the plants. Mr George Howell, with a well-known specific, has also obtained wonderful results with the exterminator. Sections In town overrun with blackberry and silver poplar have been entirely cleaned up, and the results approximate almost 100 per cent. These sections were sprayed in March and May.