MANAWATU NOTES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 119, 13 February 1919, Page 8

MANAWATU NOTES

At the Palmerston S.M. Court a Kongotea resident was fined £3 and -C 3 2s. costs for rescuing three cows from the ranger, and on a charge of assaulting the ranger was convicted and ordered to pay £1 Bs. costs. , The Defence authorities state that the Hokowhitu rifle range is perfectly safe and'in no way a menace to the residents of Aokautere.' Over three years ago a bullet struck one house in that vicinity, but since then the range has been reduced to 25 yards, and an additionalslopbank erected as a. further safeguard. A narrow escape from a serious accident took place on Monday morning at the Bunnythorpo railway crossing. A motor-cycle, when approaching the crossing, ran into the morning train, but, by prompt action on the part or the rider, the impact was only slight. The ruler thus escaped with a slight, bruising only, though the motor was considerably damaged. , It is understood that at a general meeting of the Flaxmillers' Association it was resolved to close down all the mills in the district qn or before J'eb-

runiy 28. ' „ \.t the meeting of the ivairanga County Council Councillor P. Small referred' to the luxuriant growth of weeds on many of the country roads, and urged that steps should be taken to destroy thein as far as it was possible to do so. It was decided to bring the matter under the notice of the Inspector of Noxious Weeds, and the urgent need for prompt and drastic action. The chairman (Councillor Monk) stnteit at the Horowhemia County Council meeting that there had been a considerable decline in the.amount of dog tax col ected in the country during the past three, yc-ars. This was attributable to several causes. A lot of the men who had kept do*s were out of the country on war service, and owing to the rise in the ccst of dog food owners who had kept three or four dogs now only kept one. .