LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 July 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"" w ~ ~ Yesterday afternoon a mooting of tine Levin Branch of tho Farmers' Union was held. There were present Messrs J. McLeavey (chairman), Stewart, Kingdon, Smith, Richards and. Devonshire. CoiTospondenot l was read on the subject of bringing out farm lads from England, and it was resolved, 011 the motion of Mr Kingdon, seconded by Mr Smith, "That this branch approves of the .scheme ; but as the date lixod for the sending in of names has expired, 110 action in tliait direction be taken by this branch." IVfr McLeavey opened a discussion 'on tlve troubles occasioned to fa l iners by- others by unregistered dogs. On the motion of Mr Stewart it was resolved "That this branch write to the County Council, calling that body's attention to ifhc large number of unregistered dogs in the district; also that endeavour.''! bs> made in the direction of doing away with the Maori registration of dorrs as the dutv of rccr'stration should be in the hands of one authority in each district only." Tt was resolved that n gencwl meeting of the members of the Levin Branch he held on the 13th August next, in the Chronicle office. Messrs Dalgety and Co.. Ltd.. hold .a very successful sale at the Himn'tangi sale vards Inst Monday 011 account of Messrs Lowe Bros. The bidding throughout was spirited and tine whole of the dairy herd was quitted at most satisfactory figure. s ;. - Foxton Herald. The following suspensions were passed bv the Otago lliiErby Union on Tuedav niirht:— Muirhe-ad, Alhambivi Club, till the end of 1911. for trippincr: Montgomery. Port Chalmers. till the end of the first round next season, also for trippini: Mitchell, Southern, for two weeks "for plaving the man." At the Levin Borough Council last evening, Mr C. "Williams made the customary declaration as a new member in the place of Mr T. A. B. Hudson. resigned. Tn welcomi'ii 0 * Cr. Willi nms the Mayor congratulafwl him 011 his election, and save him a hearty welcome back to the council. The past history of Mr Williams, he said, round that table was a verv useful one to the ratepayers, and they all had very pleasant recollections of his former fellowship with them. Mr Williams replied in a few happily chosen sentences. Undoubtedly a good deal of the itrouble and loss occasioned to stock tanners who have sheep worried is led up to through dogs being tempted away from their owners' houses by va.nir.aut sluts. As one means to partly remedy the trouble. Mr •Tames McLeavev made the sensible sno'gestion—a't yesterday's meeting oMhe Levin Branch of the Farmers' Union —that a special registration of slut.s should be made--doubtless at higher fees than those charged for does. Tf this were done, any wanderinir slut eaughiti without a collar on her could be destroyed bv some competent. official immediately on apprehension : the exist in p]et'"nra of unmiti<ri.t;"l would be soon reduced; and eventually a much higher aver.TT" of breeding would be brought about. A pietty wedding took place yesterday at the Methodist Church, Levin, when Mr Percy G. Denton, son of the late Mr .]. C. Denton, of Xikau, entered into the holy kinds of matrimony with Miss Kate Amelia Astridge, third daughter of Mr

G. Astridge, of Queen street, Levin. The officiating minister lvas (he Rev. I'. L. Jones. T lie bride was charmingly attired in a drew of silk crvstaline and carried a lovelv bouquet of_ floirtii's. She was attended by Miss Lillie Sarah Astridge, who wore ad dress of creme voile, and Mis.', km Mil. Jane Astridge, who was prettil.v attired in white silk, Mr A. 0. Denton officiated is best man. Subsequently a. reception was held a( tlie Oddfellows' Hall, and the large company present heartily congratulated the newlly mai'ried conple. who, later in the day, left by the express for "Wellington for the honeymoon. There was a large number of valuable presents, including a handsome silver inkstand, silver fruit basket, silver cake basket, and all kin-Is of useful and ornamental articles. The handsome wedding cake was supplied by Mr Williams, of o\-ford street. Confirmation of some recent comments on pasnalum grass which were made in the leading columns of flu* liorowhenua _ Chronicle is provided by the following paragraph from lasl Monday's Xew Zealand Times"A unir-ampa reader lia.s heard of paspalum (lilatatum, and wants some information in regard to it. PeHliaps those who may have if.ested it in the

ai'parapa will give their exponViKT ot it in tiie Times tor the benefit of others. The Australian grass is only valuable in suitable localities, which are principally to lie found in the coastal districts of the Commonwealth. Its ])rincipal virtue is that it is a drought resi.st.er. but it will not staml frosts well. From a sharp frost it will probably not recover till the following autumn. Under favourable conditions it will provide an abumlanee of feed, but it requires to be well shocked to provide good feeding, for if the gnass <iets away stock will not eat it readilv ; in fact, will not touch it unless forced to. Paspnlum is a valuable grass in tin's country only where other and better grasses will not grow. Ill's a fatal mistake to sow it in frond country: in fact if it gains possession on rich soil it mav prove a greater "urse til all the tall fcs"iie."

In the annual report of the Now Zealand Labour Department, the Palmerston North inspector of factories (Mr A\ . .J. Culver) makes the following remarks:— "During the year I have visited Shannon, Levin. Wei Id in#, Ashurst. Manakau. Woodville, Rongotea, I'oxton, Bulls and Kimbolton. To Mie police officers in charge of those various districts 1 have to express my gratitude for the very willing and alile assistance thr-v

have given me at all times in carrying out my duties .as Inspector. The year just concluded has been a r|iiiet One, but has been a slight improvement upon the last year. The confidence which was lacking during the year 1908-9 seems to have been restored, and although consumers "ave been very careful in the expenditure of money, still there has not been the same complaint of universal depression so often heiirl | during the previous year. The prospects lor the future are fairlv bnV; . especially as regards new buildi'm's for an epidemic of fires-in one instance as many as eight in ono w,-k -'lias made openings which, althoir. 'i costly to the insurance companies and ...convenient to the occupiers of the buildings destroyed, must prove beneficial to workers in'the buildup trades. Skilled labour has been in tan; demand, and work has been verv snjsfaC"-°ry. The overtime worked has Jk-sii about the same as ln;;t ve"r Engineering, flnxmiihng. and' the frozen meat trade have Veen perhnns flnJrQo-i ,fr ' r , <;Xfim Pje, uo less than .i- 3_o hours o-'crtini? has lv..« n worked -at. one freezing works among about fifty men."

Som<j folk" mislead yon. or trv to mislead y-u. Tn the o:)d it will pay. hipdi-irrade hat when thov £•>>> i" f ; pomo m«n on mint. Tn Olnrl- c TTif, "Window fr- -dnv nro samples of some of f.he best. frit W mnJcßro in t.ho worß rimolv " Tl,rT1 or.cnlino " and "Woodrows." in oil +U Int<\st. shanks and <dwlos W M. Cb'-lx every hat bonHi! frnm him will "ciVe s-itisfart.ion This and the hr-u d of the maker* nn the hats will Droteot any mar, not in f,h» "know.'' - Advt.

Mr J. R. Stansell, of Shannon, has .sold ono of hie Keilding farms, to a Wellington purchaser, at £50 per acre. Possession is to bo given uext month.

Ttems of more than usual interest arc published on page I of to-day's issue. Reports on .yesterday's hookey games and the play given in the Town ilftll last night. by tiio Phil Walsh Dramatic Company are amongst tho items; also somo letters from correspondents. Tlie outstanding temptation to th>e professional photographer, said .Mr 10. 0. Hoppe, F.1'.1'.5., in a lecture ' at the openinp; of a knu.se exhibition of his cam-era port raits at the Royal Photographic Society. was tr> become a courtier rather than an artist. The ii'.-toir-her in portraiture had flaltere:! public vanity and nerverted public taste. The wrinkle, so carefully touched out. often signified humor or patience, and was an index to the best side of the character. and the lims and irregularities in such fac '.: ay. tho.se of Carlyle and General Booth badges of honour. The new school of nrofi j .ssional photography aimed to show llie sitter as he was. instead of giviii'c him a face which miirht he a new-laid egg for all the likeness if bore to his own. Tn Parliament, last ni»ht, it was anuo'tmced that the Minister for Railways was miihie at present. to entertain Field's request (hat Ihe foed'died at Waikan.no he enlarged. hut the Minis!"!' nromis"' 1 to consider the inattor when the bus-noss of the station expanded' sufficiently. In connect ion with the sad. death of .Mr lOdward Hughes, son of .Mian;! .Mrs I?. Hughes, ol' Otaki---re-ported in our last issue--we ascertain that the unfortunate young man intended in return to New Zealand for good in Xovenuiebr next. Ho had taken up land in Sasknti bewail, Canada. and only waiting until the full time limit lvad been fulfilled to enable him to dispi.se of it. and then he »:i< t:; return h one. Details of the accident which caused bis death will not be available till news j eoni.s by mail. Otaki Mail.

I'he Auckland Star's correspondent at Kotorua telegraphs that the original crater of Waimangu Geyser i.s sealed, but a new crater lia.s been formed on Frying Pan Flat, ovor which tourists have heeu conducted for the past six years. On Sunday evening the whole [dain known as Frying Pan Flat Mew up. rocks and nibble of quite considerable dimensions iminjf thrown "sky The eruption will alter tin* of the disti'icit. It is impossible to forecast the ultimate scope of the outbreak. Tlie p: oxinuty of the ei'upiou to Tarawcr:' after a silence of six years is regarded as of some significance, and i.s eausinp; some uneasiness. Mr •/. ]?. Si a use!!, of Sihannon. lias made arrangements for purchasing the freehold ol the United Service Supply St-c.ro, K«i:,ri. Wellindou. and lie inteie's ■{,■> ;!V( , r ' ( ] 1(1 business and reside a'., ivarori on and after the loth .Aipnitf. Stansell will thufj be li'Mviuf Shannon alter a residence of i:-;i v.-.-iks in that town and of thirty years in (he dirJricl. TTis departure M'ill he kcuiIv_ regretted hy a wide circle of friends.

Ilit'- Mnyor, Mp ]?. fin j rimer, in I\i n_n at Mi,. Levin Horonirli C«>ur.p! <'">"<•!>i n 'V rm Ml,, sill,j lv (. r.f Mir. le,v-'.e s <. referrcr] in flic ou'iicrs'lti]) nil'] riii'lii 1:1 remove Mi-« nu Mie ivsonv hv Ipresent tenants or !:uuHfir-fi. 'To >ni• 1 M':rt wli.'itever nirht flifv ln-1 liren <_'iven l\v Mr* Osier if Si j (>nii>'l ti, liiiii f ]i:if' n'.ulii li-i'l bneii (lu'inprl, M„> |V r . <or<; whn erpHe:! M:e liiiil'lincrs niiikjn<r Mk-in n ivniKineitf. I'liis mr-vl nnlv en'nmr.n «eii;;i>. for it. \rns lvell-linrnvn Mi,'it, 7>nilr^f 'if fi. lyniinnent mtiu<> e;:"!d :\hv;iv.s ■>n ('litnncrl liy Mie. luii'llnnl rm wlin-e f'ind. hi oy Kfood. TTo jip 't'ifeuient liv Mie In-r.nl n ,,;„; rill 0 r Messrs Hell. Onllv. BHI niifl Mver'rbf> iHv;,«»•] tiii v r.MM,.-n tit..,f Mie lutil'Tinrrs wiMnnif (VmM u-miH lr>

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