LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160812, 20 November 1920, Page 11

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It is stated that in the Wairarapa ;huyera representing freezing companies 'are offering 30s and 25s for both wether and fat ewe sheep. The price for lamb k 355, while beef ranges from £2 Is to £2 5b per 1001b, according to quality. y The results of the weight judging at the recent show are as follows Bullock, —L. C. Ferrip, correct weight 7761b5, A. Sathcrley 776Jlbs, J. W. Durie 775£ lbs, J., Wilson 775ilbs tie for second place. Sheep— K. Bremer, Waverley, 3091b5, 1; Mrs P. Ward and Donald Ross 3101bs 2, C. B, Ehimes SlOJlbs 3. Soap —H. Y. Hammond 771bs 1, Jas. Hodges and R. Higgle A big firewood project is reported to be well on the way at Reikiorangi. Logs are to’ be hauled from hillsides by haulers and sawn up by electric saws, and the finished product hauled to the railway by motor, lorries. A large amount of capital is being expended by a syndicate, who mean also to engage some fifty hands. Wellington will not be ..short of firewood next winter if the hopes of the promoters are realised^ Many stories have been told, of the inconvenience with which West Coasters have met with in Christchurch during Carnival Week, owing to the failure of the ferry steamer to connect with the Arthur’s Pass express, but the following will certainly beat most of them (says the Greymouth . Star). Arriving in Christchurch on one. occasion too late to catch the express, a prominent citizen found himself stranded. Late in the day he managed to secure a bed, on the understanding that he would secure his meals elsewhere, which he did at an hotel. Spending only three days in the city the Greymouth resident was unpleasantly surprised when his bill for the bed for three'nights was 30s, An exchange states that the cry of “pickpocket” was raised at the Levin races, and the people on the stand were amused to see a crowd of men rushing across the course in pursuit of a scaredlooking invidual who dodged and doubled in and out of a fleet of stationary motor cars and then made off in .the direction of the training stables with one or two hundred pursuers on his track. The pace warmed up, and several determined pursuers made attempts to clutch the suspect. This* spurred him to renewed efforts, and he doubled back and headed for the stand. Here he fairly fell into the arms of a waiting policeman, who took him into his kindly care. As the chase had extended over a mile and a half the human hare was naturally in an exhausted condition.