MANAWATU NOTES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 285, 26 August 1921, Page 8

MANAWATU NOTES

From Our Own Correspondent.\ Palmerston North, August 24. Since the closing of the rifle range at Hokowhitu some years ago the Government lias promised that a new range would be found for Palmerston North on niore than one occasion, but up to the--.present this has not been done. As a consequence the Linton Rifle Club is without a range, and the club members are forced to travel outside the district, for range practice. The Linton Club contains some of the best shots in the Dominion, and in order to keep their eye in they have been competing against various other clubs. Recently a match was fired against the Rongotea Club, and the result was in .favour of Linton by a margin of 47 points. Rifleman Griffiths (Linton) registered one off the possible, and four others of the same club were only two off the mar.imuni. . Rifleman Guthrie (Rongotea.) was the highest scorer on his side with 68. The Linton men also had a try-out, with the Raumai Club, and in this contest they proved superior by a margin of 24 points, the totals being 575, as against 55L

Speaking at the annual banquet oUthe Apiti Dairy Company last night, Mr. Hull, malinger of the Cheltenham factory, impressed on his hearers the necessity for sustaining the best quality in dairy produce. As there: was now an open' market again, the best products would command tho best price, and in order that go-oil butter should be marketed, it was incumbent on the suppliers io sec that the best cream was sent to the factory.

Soccer'football is making good strides locally. Representative matches against Wellington B. Wanganui, and Auckland aro to bo played in tho near future. Mr. J. Strahan, of Apiti, is seriously ill. Ho is'suffering .from malaria and meningitis, as the result of his war service in Egypt and ;Palestine. Mr. John Gould, 6f Apiti, who has been on ths directorate of the Apiti Daily Company for the last twenty-six years; was re-elected chairman at the annual meeting yesterday. Tho annual report of tho Apiti Dairy Company states that after allowing £266 i for depreciation there remained a credit balance of £175 for the year’s working. A dividend of 6 pen cent, was recommended. The output of butter continued- to increase. Payment to suppliers for butter-fat had averaged 2s. 7-Jd- pee lf>- The report and balancesheet were adopted, and the matter of purchasing a motor lorry was left in the hands of the directors.

"Actual earthquakes are not closely associated with volcanic action, but aro brought about by the natural resettling of the earth’s crust,” said Dr. A'dams during a lecture in Palmerston North yesterday. He went on to point out that the recent, oscillation experienced in New Zealand was due to tho re-settling of the strata off the East Coast, its origin, it was calculated, being between Napier and Gisborne. The greatest intensity was felt along the line covering Gisborne, Palmerston North, and Wanganui, whilst tho limits of the oscillation' did not extend beyond Auckland in the north and Dunedin in the south.

There is an improved inquiry for oats and fertilisers, but the volume of business so far falls short in comparison with last year. Tho chuff market is very dead, and the supply of potatoes exceeds the demand. There is a good inquiry for rye, dogstail, and cow grasses. It 'is reported that a fa rip er in the • ’rj-In district recently submitted. 15 weaner calves to auction, but being offered only ss. each he decided to kill them and sell the skins. His return after adopting the latter course was 4d. Mr. Richard Sadler Smith, a former resident of Palmerston North, has died at Hastings, aged 75 years. The late Mr Smith was engaged in farming nt Fitzherbcrt East, with Mr. Lionel Walln Mr. John E. Thurston, of Bunnythorpe, died at Dannovirke on Wednesday morning following an operation. The deceased leaves a widow and five childien. Influenza in a mild form is very prevalent in Palmerston North at the present time.