Otago plunks Wellington

Fine weather prevailed for the continuation of the Plunket Shield cricket match between Otago and Wellington at Carisbrook yesterday. The visitors had made a total of 420 in their two innings, and Otago having compiled 239 in their first venture were left with only 182 to make to win.  For a team of considerable batting strength like Otago the task did not appear at all a formidable one and as as a matter of fact it proved well within their capacity, though when two first-class wickets had gone for eight runs the local prospects were not particularly cheerful. The game concluded at 3.25 in a win for Otago by five wickets and one run. The performance was recognised to be a very good one against a formidable team, and it was warmly applauded by the crowd.

Like father, like daughter

The existence of milk records assists the herd owner in selecting the heifer calves from his best milkers to be retained for coming into the herd three years hence. But milk records are invaluable in the selection of a bull.  Like begets like, and we know that the father and mother exert an approximately equal influence on the dairy qualities of the offspring. Seeing that the bull that fathers the herd has some 50 sons and daughters in the course of the year, whereas the cow only has one or two, it follows that the bull is far more important then any individual cow. A bull that is to be useful to the dairy farmer must carry a guarantee not only as regards the outward appearance and the constitution of his offspring, but also as regards their milking ability.

Light reading preferred

"The literature of the Dunedin public is confined mostly to the present-day light novel, costing 6s, and the 2s 6d reprint editions," stated a bookseller yesterday. "There is a small demand for cheap books of travel and for the better class of works of biological and political interest at Home. Novels dealing with society, the present-day life in England, and historical subjects are in strong demand." The bookseller said that the trade generally reported a dullness. It was due, without doubt, to the attractions of the Exhibition, where the public was spending its time and money.

Gas unprofitable

At last night’s meeting of the Port Chalmers Borough Council a councillor remarked that the increasing loss on the gasworks was serious and would have to be taken into consideration. The Chairman of the Gas Committee said it did not pay to supply gas installations for gas rings.

Steam gives way to motor

For the first time in the history of the mercantile marine the gross tonnage of motor ships being built definitely exceeds that of steamers actually under construction.

Cool choice of clothing

A wise choice of clothes matters enormously. The chief point to remember about one’s heat wave attire is not that it should be scanty or extremely thin, but that it should be loose. A wool dress, light in colour and weight, and with no tightness anywhere, is often cooler, even if the sleeves are long, than a semi-transparent cotton frock which has tight armholes or fits closely.  — ODT, 26.1.1926