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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 August 1911, Page 3

The mi'blic schools of Hoi ov District are to lie ii:spr(\:'! at the j ond of t!iis month I*;.- )!:o K<lw-:ilion Hoard inspectors. it is under.sbiod that amount tho entries for t-lio olneuti' n cunipoti- ; | trans to be hold ;u. the I'i c.-l.»yi<*ri a»i j fair in Levin arc tin .-o of Aii- Myron 1 ! "Brown and ■ M.N-; Brown. of Otnl-ci. By a printer'.* <• :■ r;;r in oi'ir is*;i • | of yesterday in reporting on the J skin sale 'liold liy Moxsrs Mitchings, 1 Hankins and (mo number of ' sheepskin* sold appeared. as 120. This should have road 1200. At the private iii cling of creditors of .Mr A. J. .Arnold, held on ] Thursday, a resolution was unanimously carried by acclamation: That this meeting fl'ors its sympathy to Mr Arnold in his financial difficulty, which, in the opinion of the mooting, was caused .simply by mis for-t-lino and ill health. The Otaki correspondent of the Evening Past states that Mr Byron Brown is retiring from storekeeping to follow stock dealing. His Otaki store has been taken over by his assistants, Messrs Moore, Carpenter, and Bills; the Ohau branch by Messrs Thomas and Sheargold ; the Manakau branch by Mr J. Howard Andrew; .and the Waikanae business by Mr E. Brown, all assistants of Mr Byron Brown. The firms will 'have no connection with each other. Dr. H. 1). Mackenzie, who has been connected with the public life of Levin, in various capacities, for the ln,st"twelve -or thirteen years, •ltlas sold out his medical practice to Dr. H. Davies, of Kaiapoi. It is Dr. Mackenzie's intention to take a short test from labour, after which interval he may go to London to undergo a course of special study. He has been an energetic and helpful public man, and lie will be missed Goth publicly and privately by a wide circle of friends. Levin's present trouble with measles, which is resulting in serious dislocation of school work, is being escaped from by Ohau. That town and district 'had a severe attack but a rapid recovery. On a Friday in July the school attendance was normal, but by the .Monday more than half of the children were absent. The week's regulation holiday was taken at about this time, by special arrangement with the Education Board, and the school, after the holiday, reopened with a full attendance. Of more than average, interest to stock-breeders in the United Kingdom is the announcement that a new market may, in the near future, bo 'opened up for pedigree cattle in Rhodesia, the great territory at present awaiting that development which its founder, Mr Cecil Rhodes, forsaw for n't. Cattle there are in plenty in Rhodesia, hut they arc of tho usual native type, and of little use, except as a foundation, until improvement has been effected bv the introduction of new blood. The farmers are keen to Commence this grading-up process, hut they have always found great difficulty in obtaining the bulls necessary for the purpose. But the British South Africa Company has Jtow come to their assistance, and has just despatched the largest consignment of Shorthorn, Hereford, and Sussex .bulls ever shipped to that region. These will :be distributed among the farmers at dost price, and are hound to he hailed -by them with delight. Tito, consignment numbered sixtytwo and are .all bulls except, two.