Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 18 January 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Giant Potato Forming a fascinating replica of a calf's head, a giant potato, weighing 3A- lbs., was dug yesterday by Mr. , E. Carpeqter, of "Berry ' Fa,rm," Wincjieste.r Street, Levin. Issue Of Library -Books ' " A total of 7401 books were issued • from the ' ^Levipr -Public Library , during-v December, - stated :ta rreport . present-ed -to the Levin, ^Borough CaunciL.last night. by the ii|>rarian, , Mrs. M. Whitaker. The issues were as follows, the fighres for the previous December be'ing shown in pareA'theses: — National , Library' Servi&d I^Fifc'tion ■ 163, nonfiction 164, to'tai 9327J-t3&l'>. Levin stock: Fiction 6174, ritm -fiction 394, total 6541 ;(6587i), • junior library '533-. (355). Fifteen new members weve . en^olled during the -month.' Haysfack'sDisk'puedring Bailing'of hay ftom'Wmdrows is gr adtfaliY : Supersedihg bl'd-time methods of harvesting in the Auckland Provinee,' but in North . Auckland shortage . • of toaling ! machines is> handicapping operations. A wait of up to a fortnight has been the experience of numerous farmers this season, and has involved much extra labour, as mown hay ready for harvesting could not b'e left lying on the ground. As a result of baling, haystacks, once a cpmmon sight in ' tfffe country, are now few. N , Wool Prices In 1876 Wool prices of 70 years ago are j quoted in a letter in the posses- 1 sion of Mrs. M. L. Gordon-Glass-ford, of Waikoau, in the Waikato. ' Mrs. Gordon-Glassford is the only surviving daughter of Mr. A. W. HalcorAbe, founder of the Manchester flock, near Feilding. In j ; 1876 Mr. Halcombe recefrved a let- i ] ter from his wool brokers in Wan- m ganui advising him that 19 bales ( of wool from the Manawata pro- ; perties he was managing had been shipped to London in -the vessel ; Howrath. The - proceeds of the ] sale of these 19 bales were £207 j 19s 4d. 1

Inereased Stock Killings Killings at the Levin abattoirs last month showed a large . increase on the previous December, according to the report of the manager, Mr. F. E. Larsen, submitted to a meeting of the Levin Borough Couhcil last night. He stated that killings for Christmas and New Year were considerably higher than for the previous Christmas. The following are the figures, with those for December, 1947, being shown in parentheses: — Cattle 579 (555), calves 23 (11), sheep and lambs 6784 (6399) and pigs ' 714 (753). The -f£es collected for the month were £1252 7s "ld (£1193 10s lOd) . . Wandeiing Trees The Cork' Elm trees in Qu'een Street ■ fit in ~ very well with the general scheme of beautification, but they are not at all popular 'with residents in the area, for their expansion is unfortunqtely not confined to an .upward direction. At last night's meeting of the Levin Borough Coupcil Cr. J. Allen said that the trees had a tendency to send out suckers in great quan'tities and over long distanc'es, with the result that miniature plantations were being established on the lawns of nearby houses. Some of the suckers were even going under the houses and coming up on the bther side. : Many residents were anxious thatj ,the council remove the ^trees, and I they were even willing to replace ' them themselves with flowering cherry ttees or any other such varieties. The^ Council decided to invegtigate the complaint.