Interprovincial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 49, 5 December 1907, Page 24

Interprovincial

There are 1162 licensed hotels in New Zealand

Residents of long standing in the Wairarapa County state they cannot remember having seen iihe native cabbage trees covered so luxuriantly with blossoms as - they, are this year.

The well-lonown Otek'aike Estate, on the Waitaki River, near Oiamaru, which was acquired by the Government a short time ago, is to be opened for selection early next year.

' Growing wheat is like playing ' euchre with the joker in,' said a witness at the Arbitration Court at Leeston the other day. ' You may hold "the two bowers and the ace and then get euchred.'

The potato blight is- spreading in the Wellington district. Large quantities of diseased potatoes are coming into the Wellington markets from. 1 the Hutt Valley and from Otaki. The Sydney importations, on the other "hand,, are excellent..

The latest epistolary .puzzle set for solution by the Postal Department was a letter addressed : ' Timaro~ Kanaborg, Nyseland, Thora Harrits, fra Denmark.' The postal officials in Denmark had marked the letter 'New •Zealand/ apd the vrest i&pparently was easy, for "when it reached Timaru it was marked, ' Try Mrs. Harris, Buchanan's Paddock.' She proved to be the jibrson for whom the letter was intended.

The large attendance of farmers at' tie sittings of the Conciliation Board in Leeston on Friday (says the ' Press ') indicated that an extraordinarily keen interestl is being taken in the question that is being dealt with. All the sitting accommodation in the Town Hall was occupied, and late arrivals had to be satisfied with standing room. It was estimated that there were considerably more than 300 farmers' and farm workers present. One very noticeable feature was the general good nature and spirit of amia'Me tolerance that prevailed. The evidence was followed with marked interest, and the scoring of points on either side was signalled by applause.