NOXIOUS WEEDS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2776, 20 May 1916, Page 8

NOXIOUS WEEDS

•: The 'executive of the Municipal Assoclatioji.of New Zealand, 'which.met' in Wellington yesterday, passed'a; resolution : ill .favour- of- local bodies being- • empowered t6iadminisfer''the 'jSokious ;! WeMs 'Act. ', Mr. JI:. :Warner-■ Allen, the Tepresenta- •; !tiye of the.British-.Presswithithe-French Army, writing on the ■ prospects; of ; agriV .culture in , France, - the conditions prevailing are distinctly favourable, and ' there is every hope .that this year's har.vest will show a marked .increase on that of last year. During 1915 serious aid'successful effort; was made to reconstitute • the-reserves, which had suffered as a result of the general mobilisation' at. the . end of 1911, and now, in the present year, . there is every reason to regard the situation with optimism. It is considered that, despite the very heavy demand made by .the.Tevictuulling services'rof 'the' 'Army, the wealth of FraJioe : in cattle has • not .been' , seriously affected. • The - situation' has'been: relieyed.by the introductioii.. of foreign frozen 'nieat, and by .giving exceptional facilities to breeders for, the purchasing: and. feeding, of young stock. ..'Despite sudden changes of: temperature ■ during the last few weeks, the vineyards promise well, and the general conclusion to be. drawn from the official statistics is , that the agricultural work, of Prance has suffered only a minimum •of loss from the . state" of war; which has entailed the general'mobilisation of every able-bodied ■ man. ; .. . : • -