Interprovincial

New Zealand Tablet, 18 October 1906, Page 24

Interprovincial

'•HniS? J* 1 *^ 7 ®i' c ?i n S *f»e Premier, announced in the fsss^^ss^ the Land Bm would be ' w Mr ;» D * <^. lahcr i , l^ e well-known Auckland foatffal.another of Auckland's football .favorites, of th^lwi'V loof1 oofn f °i ihe T finest, corners on the face ■ssi* gftSTL I2r» m * *•«*-*««* -ivJ* ingenuity the heathen Chinee is a past- master (says the Farmers' Union " Advocate ') At nresent he before the grower has seen the color of them. Bis method is simple. He buys American seed, very mOch resemwmg new varieties-and on which he pays no a fa7cy aS prfce! l *""' and ' presto - ! ~ new stakes at One of the amost regrettable occurrences that have happened m connection with the Exhibition was brought to light on Friday in the fact that up£ nL»ZI\ ln f 4u4 vn P acke - d no f ewer than 18 pieces P of oinamental statuary procured by Sir Joseph Ward on bis recent visit to Rome, were discovered- to be hopelessly broken and damaged. v Mr. Carnegie's private secretary has advised the - Danneyirke borough authorities that the council's letter ,of July 7 has been received, and that Mr. Carnegie s cashier has now been instructed to arrange payment on the proposed library building as the work Passes to the extent Qf &2m The % vrit ™ e J Ol * 'We should, like to. see plans of the building, which should be for the public service of the library on y™ no private living accommodation, etc' that" iS PI^ wr a qU » eS , t ? om the Wellin Ston bakers that the « barracouta ' loaf should be recognised as Ev^V 1116 Minister for Public 'HealttwSto H follows :-' Your representations have been carefully considered and will have due inQuence on any legislation that may be introduced. I may . state, however that I think all bread should be sold by weight ; in fact there is no reason why all foodstuffs should not .be so sold. I quite agree that the STw ° £ h i^ ing , ba ck ]>re a d from a S where had been delivered should be prohibited.' The members of the Hibernian Society (writes a S? m^ th held their first social in St. Joseph's schoolroom oh Thursday, October 11 There was a good attendance, and all presentment an enjoyable evening. Bro. J. A. Clark acted S secr£ tary to the committee, and it is due to his efforte together with the ladies' committee, consisting of £ dames Clarke, Whittle, McCabe, Batohlor HawfiS w "l ler ' isSes Walsh ' Fole y' and Fi ™> that tKSS was such a success. Songs were contributed hv Se %°^ nnell 'r<f oley ' and instrumental items were given by Misses Clarke and ttadford. Potato-growers^ in the Otaki district have been ?r«?l C h°n n r ern^ ? vcr . th P a PPearance o f what wasS erally believed -to be the dreaded Irish blight It would appear, however, that their fears are at T least Premature Specimens of the affected leaves, were SE - "" te f to , th e Government .bidlogist^or examination ?^v, iJ™ forw a^ed + the followfng "reassuring - report (says the correspondent of. the « Post »)••—« a par>f^i examination did not show any trace of Irish blSt ' Wl i?- ?e? c t th °t the tissues bein 'S du e to frost Potatoes which, have been, frosted are *in consequence weakened and thus fall an easy prey to fungoid attacks TfiJ . therefore very important 4at the??XuM be sprayed ' Growers anxious to participate in the high prfces%ow ' ?h^ am, f 1c1 c / Or i ieW P°Htoes, have planted^uch earlieT than usual, and consequently their, crops-have been nf fected by the frost. Only in isolated^ patch here a W~ there escaped the blight last: year, which was TexceS tionally wet; but , as this .season promises to S L 'spgr^Lzr* is p-^e^ha^h e to po^4^