Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 October 1912, Page 2

Local and General

The ( hronicle wiil not publi I - ed on .M (i rnlj i\- next O.a'iour Das). A .Maniakau larnier \esferday >;a 1 - ed that cows Were in vel'y good ■■ ■ o11ditiou generally in thai district. lie -aid lhe fact was that most farm ms in the locality thoroughly understood their business. '''The great mistake. I find, with i.a lot ol larniei-, is that they overstock." lie said. "It is always better to have too few I liau to have too many cows. One gets beiter returns from the few ili-an Iroin being overstocked. If tanners would realise this there would not be so much living from bond to mouth as there is." "Splendid pricey" remarked a Levm larnier, ''have been obtai led at the stock sales to-dav (I'ridav). lie added, "I don't know what in say of the future, but 1 fancy they can't keep up much longer."

-V useluJ compendium of the trains and times available in connection u'ith l.'almerrttoii Show, next week, is advertised to-d-ay by the .Yew Zealand Uailway.s .Department. All Levin passengers must travel bv trains leaving Levin at .10 a.m. .md 1.0 p.m. on People', s Day (next Friday), and return by train leaving I'almer.ston at I.IH p.m.

In thanking the church o/licers for I their co-operation in connection with the Old Knglish I'air at Levin, the \ icar wishes to express bis gratitude to his church warden and secretary to Ihe \ estry. -Major 0. !\l. Burlinson, for his ripe counsel and ready help. To .Mr X. C. iloldaway. people's .warden, and .Mr Butt for their .strenuous labour in dismantling and removing the stalls, and clearing mvny the relics and rubbish from the hall. Also to Messrs .John Howell, Malcolm, White, Pringle and Cutfield for their services at the door, and to the latter for his capable handling of the fnwuiecs of the Fair.