LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Ilic Borougli Council lias accepted tho tender of Messrs Hitdhings, Flankins and Company for tih© grazing right* of tiie Wcraroa recreation ground. Some farmers iii Horowhenaa county are devoting thoir attention to the cultivation of Cape 'ba>rJey. it is held that this is a splendid oed for f-atterijng in the winter, and liee-p fann-fi-s are anxious to test 'ts qualities. "The point is," reinadcod a Levin farmer yesterday, ™.n we grow it at a rim© for feeding purposes when there is, to all intents and purposes no other feed? That is the point we are investigating." A Levin fanner, in discussing 'arming matters in general with a -/lironicle reporter, said that • the present season was a splendid one ror lambing. Grass was not arow"g very cj.iickly but this was due to tho severe nighb frosts. Still here was, so far as he and his newborns were concerned, plenty of feed «m s is an A / pist, he said. . "Jt re ,all y s fc ouH have rained double what it has done, in Tnlv Sr °n nd g . Ot a ' goofl aoaki^i

On Saturday next, m tbe Shnniion Druids' Hall," Mr J. Robertson, the Labour candidate for Otaki Electorate, will deliver his second political address in Hie. campaign.

By advertisement to-day, members' of the Levin l'Y>rosters' Court •ire reque-ued to attend tbe i'uner.al "of th'.-ir late Brother T. Robinson, which leaves Cor Levin cemetery on I'Vidav after",!von next.

The intended visit; of Colon el Birkeii.shaw is creatine <j;reat. interest in Army circles, and ainon<j;st tiho many frien'ds .and symiiailiiscrs of tiro Salvation Army! A public gathering ji.n/1 u-flcoinc to the Colonel will bo held in the Salvation Army Hall tomorrow night, at 8 p.m.

Rev. D. C Hales' we;itiber ..summary and forecast states-, that, present' indications are i'or increasing westerly winds. Coo! .and changeablo weather. Showery in parts, especially on the West CWst and Southern districts. The barometer is verv. unsteady.

by Holeio river on Aepa street Ifokio'luwuship, nroesercisin,!', the miiuis ol .some local property owners. Thcro is n. movo.iient to jvliiimi tin , CoioiLy Council for tiie takin ■ of pr<•α-ohlive measures the windiiU!; river and the sairls which li:ave (ombined lo make progress t-o the !)caclf dii'iicult for week-end visitors

■,nd tlio f(-v," seaside residents. A. W. ! r aher, uiaimfaeturer of pencils in Stein, near Xiireni-lierg, Germany, rolo'bra.tcs tlie loOt-li anuivei'sary of the foimtlintr of the business this year. The- linn ba-s Ix't-n in the production of writing materials for a century and a balf, and their trade extends to every (|iiart( rof the ixlnbe. Tbe eelebratiiii) will embrace many novel features and will" appropriately commemorate the rouniliiiL!; of ibis world-'wifip business.

After t'neir recent: experiences in

.ho- Mount Hginont road race, local yelists are "mi. part icularlv nnxiou.s to compelp in forthcoming races. I'here will, it is understood, be- no ■ ntrantv fiotti l.evin for iihc Christ- ■ hnrcli-Ti naru raco. .Uusgrovo said ~ esterday that luck was igftinst him iiid lip should take no fui'ther nart

m contesis, but no doubt he will r li-nngo !)is mind when tho time conip-i. and yoi do .honour to himolf and ihe machine built bv Mr

Norman iiarrati, ol' the. Oxford tree!; Uyko.

''Crooks" arc to receive a severe-sot-back it' a now invention in paper will do what is claimed for it. According to Tin 1 Dealer, the Wisconsin Hankers' Association havo arranged with paper manufacturers to make paper which is said to resist,

all efforts at cheque-raising. If this paper is toucher! by a sharp instrument or a(• 111 after it is written upon, it becomes (iiseoiouiv- , .!, or

otherwise, slunvs immediately that an effort has been made to tamper with tho writing. Tho new paper is to bo used I'o] , all bank drafts and bank cheques of members of the association and will hoar a wator-niavk and emblem of that organisation.

A i-pnnr.nei- is given to-day, to our readers. <,f th.- approaching show of 'ho l'.evnt Horticultural Society's Soring Flower n?irl Hulb Show. T'liis iS to i>o luMti id I,γ-yim on Wednesday,

J i'itli September, tin- <l:i;o ha .ing been Ket f'orwai'i uiic we-ek, in consequence ! (.1 alterations i:i:v!e i- the dates of I other shows ami {he -.-.,:i-f>(ji:orll difiienlty oi obh'iniug a ju-lgo for the r. The earliness of the ]»!('- .■:]! she:;!'l result i)i. 'a satisiai ii.; v v-nlry of Imi 1 b.s and , flowers. The completeness which I aiways cb,!i the shows of ' he Levin iiori ieuit'iral Society is- : a'.-'ain in evkle-ice. ;is a re : -"1t of the .-".H-rffv by i! ■■> i:irre and ; represent ;k ;■. ( x commirve • of the : ii-ipfv and the wu-lc nf ; is •-•'.".•rotary I Mr K. !•!. Smith). '■•Th.- ;ipilri]'li-i{v ■'■■i μ-is brought i h'lfui'p ! I: ,, ••enri show-: b;i',\ hard it ; -i> t'i :""i c!":'-c< in ;-i•■:■■.• '>'i! illcir ; v<v\; :>. ■ r-<viM'-'d b<- \h>- Licensing '■ Ac:." v.-.'k 'ihr. ei-e-rr" "--■•■■-.'.".)■)' f-f ■Mr .1. IV S!,:'n.les. v- 1 ! ; ..:■■ c:;:e.i al- ! ihe Miivi-trar. '•< Con;! ;l Te Kniti mmi Tlnir.-'lav f-sr the fire: , ! Xh , thorn i Drcwi'i ,, ; ' 'oiiipa iv i'i :> c •>.-:> in h.'P \\'is ehartr-cd with ha'-M! , . , '': <cnt a notice M'i'- • d-vs , lain in cnreclioi! • with I:'i■•'-!■ -'"H into !!:•.■ \\\\vi Cnvv- \ try. Tl.e fi' , !... iv ••:.:■ s -m , .], -]; hrl p>--u-tif •• liv sloiT'P'i si'T.-'iii'-; li'i'ior in*:i no-license oi , lirnhibited , jiie-i. a" , ! it wa y fheir intention, in : ord:']- i'i n;:il;i' siire of their clerks I oSevin- onlr-r.--., thnt th" defaultiii-.f I clpi'k \v:;!!]'i have {■) pav the tine. rl'h" m.-vi-t-'itp. win* s.a.id- !h it this was ihe M-;-; ; nd eoiiviction.. inflictod i A niiil.l!e lodniiiKhfiiise-kepp- ! or, smnmoiircl to thi- Auckltuifi j istrnte's Court on Tuesday, at the I instancp of her landlady, who had j jriven her notice to (|>ni, the promises slu , lias for snmo time occupied, caused a pood deal of amusement in her on-doavoill's, unaided by counsel, to state the justice of her ease. She said her tenancy was' a weekly one. but slip rc'iod upon her landlady's "word of honour that should remain in undisturbed possession" apparently indefinitely. Mr Kettle, S.M.. quietly pnin('>d. out that the ■landlady w;;s within her rights in rofinirin.u: of her property. "Yes: but T claim inv rights' a British subject." said' ihe tenant, with impassif'tip-i -emp-a-i.--. "aiul T ',vant to knoi\" n'ho viil , this country?" she added, with th■> indifin-ii ion pvpress->d in ovovv syllable. '"'I think voM would like to <1o so," remarked tho Magistrate, suflvelv. and the thunderous retort I was "Yes: and TV! rule it with justice, t^o: but the matter won't rest 'hpre: T'll briiiT it before Parlianipnt," and the now thoroughly irate honnced nut of the room, and fdamnie ] +):o 'Vvor.

A citizen interested in tlio pig nd'nstry stated in Levin yesterday i-hat if farmers were going to continue growing pigs in Xc\v Zealand i.hey would have tn.esitcr for tlie ijnglish market. There- were- great • lovelopments tor the pi'j; industry in the export trade, and local prices ould. have to co-nie down to export •.irieos. At thi! present time, however, the conditions of export were so rigid that it was reducing the ■value 'fill round bet-.au so there was so m-iich tubercular disease .amongst pigs. Jlg submitted statements bowing that on a certain date in .February a dealer in the country despatched 9(5 pigs to Wellington for export, and out of that number twenty -fivo were- condemned. Twelve of these were sufferinig from pleurisy, and thirteen from tuberculosis. On another occasion thirty-foyr pigs were sent aoAvn ; they all belonged to ono farner— and fourteen were- condemned. Tt was, ,lio said, impossible to form an opinioii "why -disease- was so rife, rjut the fact was there all the *.iim'c. ' There are farmers wlvo say they kill -uiirs in tihis district and havo no disease" s.iitl ono of the companv. ■ "But .they always throw away the diseased parts and send onlv the go-od portions of the carfflse to Wellington." was the comment of a bystander.

He kissed her with might and with main, She pleaded, "Don't do .it again— For I have a cold, and I've often been told ■. • ' That people with colds should refrain.

He chortled in frolicsome vein,_ "Those blessed old microbes aoram! A remedv sure's Wood's Great Pep-permint-Cure." # So he kissed her and missed tho last train.

A New York philosopher has conio to the conclusion that there are two ways to get up in the, world. You can build your own ladder _a.ntl climb it, or you can find some fellow who has left his to chase butterUies, and climb that.

"The plaintiff had to travel sec-ond-class because silio, had to lie down all the time, and she could not do that in the first-class carriage; a.nd, moreover, a.s a rule second-class passengers iire more considerate of their fellow-travellers tlia.ii the first-class people arc." — Remark by counsel in tho Auckland Supreme Court.

! Thus are Americans misinformed bv an item in New York Life:--"'.Maggie Papakura, the, Maori-chief. wbihV'"bosio.ging a British regiment in a Jiiitire Xew Zealand fortiiication, leni-ned that the foe bad run out of ammunition. He at once sent in a supply so as to make the fight a fair one. He has since been civilised."

Mr W. JT. Field, M.1. , ., has asked Sir James Carroll whether he can devise and tiring down this session an amendment of the electoral law to destroy or lessen the hugo advantiiLjo, which wealth and influence now pn-sesses .and exerts to the fullest extent at election times, in the ownership and command of motorcars for tho conveyance of electors to the poll.

Lev in streets wero bedecked this mornine: by red oho ok* set in yellow foils of flower; the event being the iiieominn; of the Presbyterian ladies who have been busy perfecting the hall and stalls in' commotion with the Spring Flower and Bulb Show, which opens this afternoon. On all hands ladies wore to be seen tronpinr' in with .nvmsful of Australian wattle, all brightly a-bloom. The Onfurv Hall, as a result of their morning's labours, should be especially well decorated when tho opening onromony lakes place this afternoon.

An TClthnm dairyman. avlio use.s a home se|>arator and sells 'butter privately in toAvu, according to the local'paper, states that his returns from four coavs last season totalled ■CoS for butter alone. This works out at Gil 1-O.s ])er cow. The dairyman referred to states that there is nothing special about his enws, which he describes ns ordinary Durhains. He also stales that he is willing to lav his books open for inspection, so that the correctness of i!ie returns f|iioted mav be verified. ■

I 'Plie small farmer somelimes exI penonoo.s diifficulty in having their i sheep shorn by the customary methi ods. In (his connection a novel pno- ; posa.l was made to (he Huller (Yic- ■ toria) Shire council re.-ently. _ A ; member moved that a municipal ; sheep-shearing plant. Avil.h four isitiiids. driven by electricity, lie e-s----itnblishcd. Tt avhs pointed out ; the council might provide power , from its own electric plant, .and considerable benefit Avonld accrue to the landholders of Ihe district. The I plant, in conjunction with a miniii cipaJ sheep dii). would probably cost £iODD. A long discussion ensued, nnd censideratio!! of ihe matter Avas I deferred.

Tlic linguistic capabilities of liiissian reporters and printers (says an exchange), .seem to have 1 been ungual to" coping with the difficulties arising out of the recent vi-it of ;in .\ meriian squadron to Kroiistadt". Tho orchestras at tlio various musie!f !'s visited !),v the American sailors rose to Hip occasion by playing some of tlio national airs of the l/nited Slates. But the titles of these, as they appeared in tlio I'ussian newspapers, ivere 'hardly complimentary to tlio gre-at Republic ''Tho Star Sponge Lod Banner ,, may luive lippii. merely a '''printer's error." 'nil in view i:l iho graft scandals ii:i;l trust prosecutions. ''Yankee Boodle," reads liko a malevolent joke on n condition of affairs fitly summed ii]) in what tlio Hussion reporters termed "Hell, Columbia!"

Latest market reports from 'Wellington state tliat the supplies of voj(etables are short -of rooiiironionts. T'h'o coiiwuiiil weather, liowevor, should bnn"; alon<j; early spring variotics, -and \\ lion this comes about the present oxtraordina-nly hi°,h values i*lll iialjc .should descend to a more reasonable level. Cauliflowers, choice 'li'.'.'ivy 18s to 22.s sack, prime 1 -Is to las (id, good, 7s to 10s; cabl)ap;o.s, choii'o 12s to 1 Is sack, pri'nio 7s to Os; lettuce, 2,s 6d to .'ls (id case: kuliKi ras, 10s to 12s cwt: sw<>di>s. 2s (id cwt: artichokes, (is to 7s li-alf-sack ; spinacli. Is to os case; oarsnips, prune Os to 7s saclc. fair Is t-o ■Is: marrows, 7s Gd to 8s (id sack; pumpkins, Ss (id to 10s sack: turnips. -Is to o.s sack; carrots, o« t-o (is sack. Tlhe market is displaying a weaker tnne now, and a declin-o of Id per dozen h,ns taken placo. witli larger supplies forward. Tlio currmt value ranges up to lid do/.en.

Last winter tin , British .School of Archaeology in Kgjpt was engaged on several sites within iifty miles south of Cairo. Tile most siiccassl'iil of these excavations was tiliat at Ifawora, a site first excavated liv Professor Flinders .I'otrio. in ISBS. The_ great .site of the Labyrinth again claimed attention, though much of it has been searched before. A colossal shrine of red granite, willi two lil'e-size figures of King Anieneiiihat 11.. was uncovered ; iiwir it wore half of another s;];rii)o and parts of a third. T'lie s.-u'pturod figures of the gods, carved in the hardest white limestone, lay near tlio.se. Those arc tho oldest historic statues of the gods that the yet known, dating doubtless from" the time of Ainenemliat 111.. 3400 B.C.

After being whirled for three hours in « steel 'barrel amid the Whirlpool Rapids below Niagara falls, -Mr Robert Leach was taken out almost suffocated. Mr Leach has hoen long preparing to shoot the rapids in a barrel specially constructed. It was a stout affair of thin steel, warranted L o withstand tremendous buffeting. Tho interior was padded, so that its inmade should not bo harmed. When he entered the 'barrel it was closed and consigned to tho Rapids. _ ft wa.s immediately caught by a giant wave which hurled it 20ft in the air. Tt fell in the outer current, and wa.s swept round the maelstrom for three hours. Again and again Mr Leach's assistants, terrified at the length of time the barrel was in the water, attempted to reach it, but this wa.s impossible. At last a lucky side current started the barrel down tho river towards the shore, where it was caught. Mr Loach was dragged through the manhole, limp and unconscious, and it was generally believed that be was dead, and .after a while he revived and was carried up the. steep bank. Several times the barrel stood on end in the middle of tho whirlpool. Mr Leach's recovery from his experience is considoro'l remarkable.

Half the worry of house cleaning ran ho saved by using "Benzoma Oream" to keen the hands soft ami white". It is delightful to.use, ami has an immediate effect on the most tender skin. Price-, Is 6<l per jar, from C. S. Koedwell's Pharmacy.— Advt.