District News.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 November 1912, Page 2

District News.

EVENTS IN SHAJNNOiY . (Chronicled by Our Resident ivepresentative). co-uim.;i:ati\M!; oAiin: company, fc>l.Um'Jt\S. In inv report of the fair of all Aatioiis. there occurred in yester■lay'.s issue two errors, viz., that Mr Vickcrs won the. lirst sheep weight uue.vjiiiy;, whereas lio tied with Messrs C. Ho.ss and .J. Doyle. The second error w ilH ,' M attributing the, ■/ill of (lie trophy in the .second competition to Mr Vicker.s; the donor. was Mr \\\ 11. Gunning. The .Shannon Co-operative Dairy Company. iOi- tho month ending Xovcinber L'Oth.. paid out .C2!7(j 2.s 11(1. the Imlter I'at boiiiiz; fj;iid J'or Jit the rate of U\d per }h. Tho increahe of the todal for the. .same period of last year amounts to £581 5s lid. The suppliers to the factory ;ire increasing their .supplies. Some of the dio(|iie.s I'm- the month ending November 20 of (his year were heavy, CJ II 2.s Id, Gill <)s 8(1, £122 15s od. Gill :)s Id and CI O7 7s 5d bcin.n; (he largest amounts. Tho strides made in dairying in tho district since the Co-operative Company was formed is beyond tlie. <in tieipation.s of (ho most sanguine, ft is n strong point tojiavo .Scotch diivctors; they arc about tho only raco the Jew is unable to manipulate.