LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 April 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A hite SeptcMiiber landi, killed l»y Mr A. Hiiiiiiire, of the Tiritea, the ether day. weighed tulb. The la ml) was :i Border-Leicester, and its wi'ight may he regarded .as ]ihoiiouH'iiui seeing that tho ordinary Wfi'ilit of shop lnndis is from 2">|li to 101b.

A Waiinali , threshing-mill owner Iγ I pretty uridem-c of tin- approach o! winter 0110 morn\w:l last week win , ll In , found tlr pump on his I'it'iinn frozen hard. lit> says, iviiisirl;." the (Jislxiriie |vui.t, ilr.it this is tli'. , earliest (Init , ill;:!; such a lli.'iisj; Ins ::cciinvd i;i liis cX]U'ri"iico whi-h, lias luvn a. (/lit 1 . Xoiv lii.-.f lfa!le;A '-.'iiiiet is ahort in illiiiiiiii.i'u , o;ir a,<£■■>in, alter an "Xciirsioii of 7-"5 vi'firs int-i spa!-: , , aIW j yli.'a who can rcvolli , !-) ill'. , last ''pp.-araiifr. an , f.itit! , . , :! to (Iγ; \\" np-in lii , . , l'ct-olli'i'tions. «avs (.!., ".\iicHt"l Oi-. rvr." One oi tin.-' is Arthur KdmomK a nonfli'" ari-iii r. i !t-1 --1 •{ K> r\ Keri, in {!);• Hay of !-!:::::>:. \v)v) \\:is a yn>!lifter ii: !' 1 ; !e:'a- :i{ fie lini" f'f die ISM" \i' ; i. },li' I'/litH'ii-s ,!.., t], . '.■..;.■I ", 1,,. r!.,,i-m----1 -■; it, as :■ •><!':'< :' a hall ~l' fir- . _;»!><it- r > I' •■' in 'liiMi 1 - , !' ,,, ',n-' its '~\\] :is s1 -■"< I ]•■•<■<■ ,"l<-.Mf }. : ,lf ,v— aci ■■•'■: Mir , heavei'f; 'H!:l I'vvni ,,l !' - t.'> ■ : :;>nt !■" •> ■•'i-'""- in wiiH'.i ah thpxtreniity. .A n 1 a« h' , '•■■■^ , i< ir 11 ,, s-K-v I'i-i- ponie r.i.-iillis i:is ':r'.jr. , -■ i 1; 1 :- of i'-e phrnfi'iM-unn !)ri . ..•(;;!] v'vi'l. A tragedy of hark-hlock.s pic;::.. Ml'.- is 1 , . !:' ' I;/ '. '•(> I'vii {! c<.l IT'-' \y)) !i.'iit if !'::> Tara:iald D.-iil.v Nt .':s. A \. t>! 11 r 11! 'ipd h.er hiish;";<! wl - r li:!(l 1.,k i !i j< :i way Icicle in t!i-j i'ai'i::!ani hintcrlant! years aj.' , 1. re.-c'p"! their new homo only ;ift.-.t the greatest ol' r'illicnlt'.t,.-.. O.i.'i , t'u'i'e-. the ''dii'.aa <!"•• elai-eil that I'ithinc; wonl:i iirln-e ii:'i ta in/.. , iiie j'.ii.iTiey a^,in. pin: , years never stirred out [if tI.M I'.-ir. j.-' 1 .!:-];. .'0 !.-t-!ll :'.- fe'i ill and iL was deeme:l ndvisahle i : I.:!..- Iμ- i.. the iij:a,st Kor MO miles .she was carried l;hr<; i-dl tin , intlde." , ,'-- <:!i a :'ret-ilu'i , iv!ii« :it' n>.mi relicvioL" ■iifc int'M'val'!. A lew weeks in hns|>i: •! -••■■'.■.!•.■■! the w-aii'an ir, lnyilth. •nrl her return homo ivas mo;)t:"J. The woman s-.hii'i'lered at the Iheii'dit. (I.rlarimr it would kill her. 1!..,, -v. r. a da/ v.- : .s .'ix.-l !. , ],„,. 1.,,!;.,.)-,...,. 1j.,1; 1,.-]'", V if !1.)V..i1(!.l (!.l i!:- , woman was di-\id. The '!<;(■■ tor i 1! ;>tt("td;;. ■■<'. \\'::i knew -ill '\r circi'niKti'if-.'s. '•■•lid lie eould f>»»|%-•if.-ri.e ii. i , (icath ti> a. iin.Ken

Tii- iv-,l'milion of inteivoloni.-ii rnt<•' dl' freight to the s;;i!.■ ruling i>: I'r: !■.* the colliers' strii'.e ha.-; If J to a .iicrflf'!-;'t • amount of track l with Australia, remarks the; " Tr.rle I? view," hut t lit* abundance a;::! modcr-ate vi-tw of .Manilla militate agaivt any active demand from that |iia!'t:Krom other overs,':', markets !' arc practically no orders coming in. and our last quotations must ho regarded as nominally in forcL l , namely, C"2l to C2l •"is I'i.r go:.d fair, and C2O to C2O ">s IV r fail - . Old contracts art 1 being worked out, hut wo do not hear cf any new business, as millers decline further contracts at current values. The output in the Philippines for the fortnight ended on the 21st instant was •"> 1.000 hales against 57.000 hales ill the < orrespoiuling period of last year. There are no indications of any serious reduction of the Manilla output. Tow is a shade weaker, and in moderate request at ,C 7 for first quality, £0 for second, and Co for third. Further decline is not improbable. A somewhat unusual case came before tho Magistrate (Mr V. G. Day, S.M.) tho other day at Timlin i, .say.s the "Colonist," when Alexander Copland sued William Stevenson for tho .sum of Co, damage caused to the plaintiff's sheep dog by a stone "tossed" by the defendant. Stevenson was loading a dray with old iron, and folding a stone flinong thlie rubbish, picked it up and threw it on the roadside, where it fell on the dog which was lying there, and broke it.s leg. He did not see tho .animal, and claimed that, as the accident was not due to any malicious intent, nor to any carelessness on his part, he should not be held responsible. His Worship held that the manner of throwing the stone was not that of a reasonable man, hut that of a careless man. The fact remained that the throwing of the stone caused injury to the dog. However, he did not think that the broken leg of a sheep dog six yea rs old was worth £» in damages. Judgment would bo given for damages <10s and costs (4Gs). The noted "G" Tea. is only obtainable at Gibson's.—Advt,

One of tlio best average yields of wheat obtained tbis season in the Wakanui district (Canterbury) li-as, says the Colonist, been secured by .Mr Geo. Wilson, who lias had a return ol' 39J bushels of Tuscan from about 70 acres. The two-year-old Guernsey heifer imp. Queen Regieut 4th, dropped January 22, 1907, and freshened January 8, 190!), has just completed a year's test, which is greater than any other New York two-vear-ohl of any lnve:l. This heifer produced .m(J7ll> fat (1)80.9lib butter) during the year. In Host on, IT.S.A.,l T .S.A., a quarter of a million peoplo are living entirely on vegetables and nuts. They dress in white, sleep in draughts, abjure mill;, and remain alone for half an hour a day. Hv this means they hope, to live 1000 years. The "Chronicle" would like to know what their life insurance premiums are. assessed .at. The Levin Borough Council has commenced the asphalting of the principal streets in the town, and already a considerable section has been treated near the Town Hall. It is proposed to asphalt Queen street as far as the railway crossing while both sides of Oxford street will be dealt with. The work is being executed by the Council's regular staff, and will occupy a considerable time. The alterations to Mr Phillips' "Hyko" are now practically completed. Tlio addition consists of an airy room HO feet long by lo fret broad, and will be used as a repairing shop. Mr Phillips anticipates: further developments owing to the increase of his busiincss. He : s, therefore, contemplating installing a lathe, as well .as a water motor for driving the dynamo which he uses for charging accumulators. Addressing the Midland Farmers' Association at. Stafford, Mngland, recently, Sir Richard P. Cooper said it was impossible to estimate losses to the dairy farmers through tuberculosis in cattle. It w.ns only :iasonable that compensation for slaughtered tuberculos .animals should be provided from the National Exchequer, and from interviews with the highest authorities he bad every reason to believe that if the question were- pressed money would he forthcoming. The iirst sale of Xew South Wales bred (.striches has just been completed. The parties to the transaction were the Hawkesbury Agricultural College and Mr l'\ A. H. Corlc, of Castlereagh, on the Xepean river. The latter, having decided to relinquish dairying in favour of feather-growing, arranged to purchase every bird that could b" '-pared from the college flock, ■and as a result he will begin operations with twenty-four ostriches. There are two or three other ostrich farms in the State, but Mr Cork will start with a larger stock than did any of the others (says the "Daily Telegraph''). He was encouraged to take up this industry bv the excellent results that have been obtained at the college. By a creek in a gorge, some 100 yards Irom the Manuhcrikia, is the cemetery of Alexandra's pioneers. A low stone wall encloses the little plot of ground, with its rows of hardly-distinguishable graves. In the <vntre is a tombs*.me whereon is writ: "Krccted to the memory of the earlv pioneers who died bei wen ISfi'i fiS," »nd then follows ■he nSo they sltep, beneath the shadow ol brown hills goi.'ig ruggedly wards, and by the little crei k wh: di toften worked far gol l. Here fsavs the Dunediu Tiai. > 1 i,- t!ie \abanf pioneers, and their 1 cmb-.foil" :'eieod chipped by riile biillcts Jired by ,son:e n r::11 ■ 1 Goth, who is. presmnablv. unald • to hit .-"v "bject hss tatiuiiary or ])romincnt. than a -vhjt" C''v reprefientative coii ii led live bullet mark's oil this stone last week.

il-.-lidays for liaises an* to be pro\ i-ifd. jr.. apj)i'ais. by the Unite:] ."iLites -■■ at any rate, for tlio.se in I'll; , piiblii' service. .\ (•ommeiice-iir-:it I'iis lieeu iimv.l;' in the case of alj the horse.s iliat arc employed in !>;' IV'.'-: ('.iii:.-- l),'p;.rtment :>.t VV- -liiugion, which are to have .Ml) ■hiyr , l-i.!i'!:iy : - ; .:'y ysar, exactly th" '••):)](• ;.." tl<e liuin.". , ! eni])loyet'S. In • N-pl;'. : niii':: v, \<r.+ is h.:ing dom , . tiic chief of tin- department stat-j 1 (],.,f r-,-..i-v year every employee of t)<» Government h.rl 80 days' h >li~ day. ii!"l t!•"•;.• :"i ' "':'• -je w!iy hii! , -'.;'.-: s'lould ii(it have the win;-'. There Avere times in tho sumii::'! 1

'.\v.ivii I,u.'ss u-.is light. -dhi! v. itli it 'iiii,- .<iT.iiigement every horse will be Wit to li.tl I' V i'«■«+" 'in the line i-jf-1: pastures of M' Iv! l - ' l . \\ 1!:;• J) hc!o::g 1:: the GovA (0 1 rt:• to tlio ill' Ihe cenntrv end til!) cord «lnde of tlic trees will, ii is thought, b• .smrrecliittv! by fee horses alter the he.at and asphalt (lie city. At iliis week's meeting of the. :! mv, r;i In"! 1 '"! icf fie Farulers' discussion tool; place on the 'muter of experimental l'.:iiilli 11 lc. v,. thought the hnwir: "li'nilrl push (he matter to some definite issue. He moved thr! Mie vitnc remit, as last vear be for- '. ii■...• i tic.; I 2 it;unc:;ii Exccutive : Tliai this meeting of delegates ••traiii up/es branches to earrv out. ■ \;v fr;r the !/:»*: far]f., rp.cnn introduced tb" ;|iie-iiiiii of cow-testing. for <vhie'i purpose be thought there sbonl.l It" i man kept in the district. It wa« hardly t > he expected that, fari>:r r • were evp-rt at Urf I hey should know what each cow on the farm wa c ' giving. F.arme"-' were working in the dark all the | and h»:u iin«r out of consideratini tlie very thine bv which thewere cr.-ttiiif (heir bvea 1 and butter. Mr jv'i'Tel said the question was a tremendous one, and shou' ' •ro to the executive as .a remit. It wns decided to forward a remit: That (he I'rov'noial Hxeculivo be uiarcd to (aire stem to initiate the formation of a millc-testinir a'/c-;;eia-tiou, as this was a matter of nrim•lry importance to the district. In comparing Europe and America from a motoring point of view, and in an industrial sensej Mr Charles Y. Knight, inventor of tlio ■ ahchiss, or rather, tlio sliding valve engine, wliicli beflrs bis name says that tlio status of tlio motor car business in England and on the Continent to-day is considerably improved on that which prevailed the two preceding years; but conditions are by no means as favourable as they are in America ; nor need it ever be expected that Rurope will, to any great extent, parallel the United States in the product ion of motor cars. lie further savs that the natural resources of Europe have to a very <:re-:it extent been exhausted through centuries of use by man. He would infer that Europo is well nigh effete; but there are many who will vigorously dispute this. It is his belief that the proportion •>f people who have it in tbe.ir power to purchase a motor oar is very •■mill. a"d. despite the fact that the roads, .as compared with those existing in the United States, arc practically perfect in almost every one of the first-class countries, motor "!»rs are not met with to the ex- j tent- one would naturally expect. As a matter of fact, be concludes, if is surprising how few cars one "•ill o'lronntrr in a drive through ' Era nee. _ According to this, then, ! the United States must indeed, he a wonderful place for automobiles. Fragra' Tea is n wonderful ten. AYhv? Bewuisa the second run is as {lelieious as the first. District agents; Dean and Rfnvson,—ndvt.

His Majesty's Judges nro not always grave and reverend persons, entrenched in the dignity of gowns and horsehair wigs (remarks the Auckland Observer). Mr Justice Cooper, for instance, devoted a portion of the recent Long Vacation to acquiring experience of the simple life o,u his "son's farm in the Wiaikato. One day a neighbouring settler happened along to the ranch, expecting to spend an "improving" afternoon in the company of the Judge-, whom he had known well during the days of Bar practice. On arrival ho was told that lie would find the Judge on a distant part of the estate. Repairing to the spot indicated, he found a number of men at work digging a ditch, and on hailing a man m dungarees t<l obtain further directions found the person to bo none other than MY Justice Cooper, up to his knees in the swamp water, and wielding a long-handled shovel.

Biliousness and baokaeho nre two ooiniiioii complaints, which will result from a. torpid liver, just as sure as two ami two mako four Nothing relieves this trouble ns quickly a.s my special Litlo Liver Tills, composed of vegetable ingredients. Bottles of -10 for 0,110 shi l ling from C. S. Keedwell's Thar ninoy.—Advt. i-i