LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 November 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Experimental Farm was very successful with the Holsteiu cattle exhibited at Palnicrston Nortli Show, securing prizes for all exhiliits. Two .yearling heifers were placed first and second in their class; also first for best pen of heifers. The, first prize- heifer is out of "Domino 3rd." for which three hundred tin incus was refused, and her highest <lay\s milking this sonson was DSjJlhs milk with 3.G test. Two yearling hulls were placed third and fourth out of an entry of over thirty. T.ho first prize bull was sold on the ground; also the Department's bulls. It is interesting to note the difference in the prices realised. The first prize bull wont for eighty guineas, hut the Department's (placed third) rea.li.sed one hundred guineas. Seven 'of the Department's Holstein bulls were sold on the Show around. This was tin- must successful sale of Holstein hulls that has ever 'been held in thie dominion. Prices realised were: 140, 100, 100 80. 7fi. 72 and 57 guineas. Levi Co operative! Dairy factory is turning out 3ewt. of 'butter per day more than it was this time last year, .Air W. Sparks was appointed ranger for the Shannon and Tokomaru riding at a remuneration, of las I'X'v week and driving fees afc Saturday's meeting of the TTorowhenua County Council. We arc requested to say that an important meeting of the executive of the Otnki "Electoral No-license League will he held at Shannon on Wednesday next at 2.30. In. addition to the executive an invitation is given to mil No-license workers to 1)0 present. A meeting iof cricket enthusiasts will lie held to-morrow evening at the London Studio, Queen street. The previous mooting was called for Friday evening last week, but as this was observed as .a general holiday, only a limited number of persons were present. It is hoped that there will ho a Large attendance tomorrow. Mr C. A. W. Monckton, Inform candidate, had a most enthusiastic me-iing at Muhunoa (Ohau) on Saturday night. Mr W. E. Axup ,va.s in the '.'hair. After hearing a very ii'.l'M'e.si ing address Mr Wohb proposed a vote of thanks and confidence the candidate,' and of 110in (lie present Govern--11 i(!!i(-. Thi.s was seconded by Mr f-'ori'ic, and (•.•'.rric-d unanimously.

To Wh.ar.ui is nothing if not original (says a correspondent of the .\iasterton Age.). Lady shepherds I aro the latest innovation in the disI trict, and it is a common occnrj fiice to see .Indies out on the hi 11- | sides mustering sheep and cattle, laud doing gonernl shepherd's work. J The dearth of malp labour is not i considered a. drawback in To Whni ran. Uv C E. C. Webb. (i f Koputnroa, i \v:;,s getting into condition a yoar- | li.ij; Ayrshire hull for tho I'aimorI <vtan Show. 'J'wolvo (hiys ago, I however, the aniinn] -had the inisI lor|:!inc to have one of his eyes Iml- | ly injured Ijy a eow'.s liorn, leavinp; I tii' under muscle projecting about ! i■..•<> iticlifs. .Mr Unit, .A1.1?.C.'V.5., I v,-is called in. and under his skilful I treatment the nniuKil soon recover,ed. i The .urand concei-t to lie lield in I Hro Century Hall on L'lth Xibvemj Ik r. in cop.nection with the Anglican i '•■ 'lurch is heina; nu.shed forward J \v\th considerable despatch by tho i cmumiftee. .Amongst otlicrs" .\Tiss J Svnions, the violinist. ~\\v Erie Lvon, '(he reciter, and the ttev. A. J-j. ('oinpion. of "Wellington, aro co-ni-ino-. The programme will ho out in a few days. Reserved tickets nn he hnd from Mr C-ntfield, at the ['■ink of Australasia. ITorowheiiiia County Council on Saturday placed on record its re■iTct that Crs. McT/i-avey and Tomp■■itt would not. he members of the ne\*t Council, when the following re■slution. moved liy Cγ. Venn and .'•ccoiuVd ny Cr. Ste])honson, was uuanimcuisly .adopted: That this Council reo:ret=; that Cvs.. Tomnsitt ;i!id have devilled not to stand aaain, and sve are exceedingly sorry to lose them -ns fellow■'mncillors. ''■' T amjiot r a politic.a! scold.' a.nd were 1 diciatoi of \>w Zealand toliiorriMv there is very little of the legislation would he repealed ; but Me administration is another matt ,v r. It is administration that has eoi-nipted our politics and filled the JTrijiso half full of professional politieians. Even a bad Act honestly administered might be tolerated i kit the liost Act on iho St.ituto l>;M)k di.shone.s/tly administered s a. in-Miace to the well-being of a demoe.acv, and should not be tolerated by honest men."-My Byron Brown" nn iho /Vrhi'raiion Act.'

When Mark Twain, in his early days, wa.s editor of a. Missouri paper, a superstitious subscriber wrote io iiim saying that ho had found a spider in his pnper, and ask- ■ i:;g whether that was n. sign of good luck or had. The humorist wrote him this answer and printed it. , ' ''Old Subscriber.—Finding a, spider in your paper was neither gfod. luck nor bad luck for you. The spider was merely looking over our paper t ) see which merchant is not adrcriising so' that ho can go to that store, spin his web across the- door, and lead a life of undisturbed peace ever aftei'wa-rds." An unbounded enthusiasm for his cause, says the New Zealand Herald, is one of the chief ohara-cteris-tics of the strike leader., even if it 5:00s lead linn at times into making himself rather ridiculous. A ludicrous example of misplaced energy occurred on Friday morning. A certain drapery firm had employed two elderly snndwiclimen to advertise in Queen street their usial "great sacrifices." Evidently pained by the manner in which the two snndwiclimen had been enslaved by capitalism, n, strike picket approached them, and invited them to lay ■down their hoards. The sympathy of tho Kn.ndwich.mon with the pick-nnd-shovollers on the drainage, and other words, not being of tho severely practical kind, they continued on fclioir way, and capital liad another victory. A somewhat exciting incident was witnessed off Ptitiki. near Wanganui. Three Maori men were in a canoe which, by some means, overturned. The river, being considerably swollen by recent rains, running very fast, and the canoe travelled down stream at a rapid rate. One 'of the men who liad saved his paddle, made strenuous efforts to head it into the linnk, but without much success. The men's plight wns fortunately observed from Putiki. and a man put out singled anded in a boat to the rescue. He came up with die overturned canoe of Oonvjlle. and getting the three Maoris aboard, managed to land them safely on the Putiki side though a good > way below th-e pa". The canoe continued its course down the river and was soon lost to sight.

A second address in Levin is to be given by Mr Byron Brown some time next week. A euchre tournament is to ho held in the Oddfellows' Hall tomorrow evening. Details are ndvertised to-day. Levin Defence. Rifle. Oluh is advertising for lads to do marking on Saturday afternoons. Applicants should apply to Mr W. R. Ingram, junior, secretary to tho Club. Mr J. Malcolm, the County Engineer, hn.s received a. ' telegram from the Hon R. McKenzie, Minister of Public Works, stating that the Cabinet has authorised payment of "the balance due on account of Tarungata bridge (To Horo riding), and that ho (the Minister) had authorised the Public Works Department to pay tho amount at' once. "It is a popular' opinion among the workers that when a candidate declares in opposition to the Ward Government, he must be a conservative. Nothing could ho more fallacious or misleading. No man can claim to be democratic who follows the so-called Liberal Government, and though there are admittedly conservatives in opposition they will in the near future ho replaced hy patriotic men whoso sole aim will bo to pursue a national policy of advance, pandering to no class, knowing no party, buifc conscientiously working for tho greatest good to the greatest number." — Mr Byron Brown to tho flaxmill workers at Gibb's Mill.

New Zealand politicians, says the Rangitikei Advocate, positively gush patriotism with the opportunity offers, hut they do_ not allow it to interfere with ibusiness. On Friiay, Dr. Waren, of Mar ton. who takes a keen interest in the Overseas League, was surprised by a demand for Customs duty on Some badges of that patriotic institution, of which Lord Islington is dominion president. We give a Dreadnought or two, hut carefully collect duties on everything sent to us by tho Motherland. This is how a Japanese dentist gets his preliminary training: A number of holes are bored in a stout plank, and this is fixed firmly to the ground. In the holes are driven wooden pegs, and tho would-be dentist lias to extract them with his fingers without dislodging the board. Tin's process is repeated with a board of pine wood, and finally with one of oaik, and it is only when ho has succeeded in extracting the pegw from tho oak plank that tihte Japanese- considers. himself qualified to practise upon his fellow men. Nearly thirty years ago General Gordon, familiarly known as "Chinese Gordon. ,, made a.n interesting prophecy which has now been resurrected. It runs as follows : "General Gordon to Mr James R. Purdy, F.R.G.S., Juno, 1882.—50 far its England is concerned, she need not for the next quarter of a century 1)0 under any apprehension of serious difficulties, arising with any of her European nations, hut in 1910 or thereabout there will have arisen a naval power which, may prove mightier than she, and should she(Germany) gain the supremacy, England will become extinct both as asea and land Power, and all her dependencies, including India, will fall into Germany's clutches. YoiuTilfiy livo to see this: I shall .not. But when the time, comes remember my words." Arsenate of lead for the codlin moth pest; fungicide for blight, scale and all fungous diseases of fruit trees and "vegetables; also IMloboro and Gishurst Compound are obtainable from C. S. Kcedwrll's Pha/rmacy. Oxford street. — Advt.