Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 December 1912, Page 2

Local and General

A neatly printed card, conveying seasonal greetings, is to Hand from the staff of the Wiaipa Post (Auckland province). The Rev. ,T. White wiJl conduct the evening service-at the Century Hall to-morrow. At the service I\li<ss Notta Smith, who was so siiceessful at the rocontly hel c ] competitions, -will sing the sacred soh>. ''O Divine Redeemer." |

At' Swansea, (Wales) on Boxing Day, the local champions defeated the South African footballers (Rugby) by three points to nil. Mr Thomas Dowling, of Springfield, Methven district, recently sold a line of 3019 two and four-tooth wethers at an average price of over £ls per head. "What did you do when you were seasick?'' "Oh, just went to the captain , and "What did lie say?"; "He said just watch the rest of tho people—everybody's doin' it!" In the whole of New Zealand only 397 men .required the assistance of the Labour Department to get v/ork during November. Of this number 294 were sent to private employment and 103 to Government works. The Hon. J. A. Millar, M.P. for Dmredin West, is spending the holidays in the Taupo district. His health has greatly improved lately, and he expects to be able to resume his seat in th© House of Representatives next session. Bathers at tbo Levin beach, writer Mr H. Coles, who is visiting there, to tho Manawatu Daily Times, had mi unpleasant shock yesterday. A .shark Bft long and with fins sft from tip to tip. was caught on a schnapper line in the breakers by Mr W. Collins, of Levin. Several people were bathing at tho time. Wanganui Rifle Associations meeting was begun at Wanganui yesterday (Friday). Lovejoy topped the aggregate for the day, J. James (Xapier) and Mclvor (Wellington) being (bracketed second. Amongst the competitors is Rifleman Thompson, of Levin. He was amongst the prizctakors in the 800 yards , match, his score being J8 out of a ," possible 50. The clause in Mr Massey's Land Bill whereby a number of farmers can combine in asking the Governineiit_to buy out a small estate for subdivision, the owner being willing to sell, is being brought into operation in the Oamaru district. Negotiation's are almost completed to buy up a considerable area of land near Oamaru and subdivide it into farms of from 25 to 75 acres. The property is 5.} miles from the town and li miles from a creamery, school 2 and post office, and shoul dprove to be most suitable for small farming. The deal will be completed !i; a day or two.—Oamaru Mail. The cocksfoot crop has greatly ims proved during tho last three weeks s both in the paddocks and on the y sides of the road (says a Governor's s Bay correspondent). There is now s every indication of there being a Q very fair amount of seed to bo hari. vested. The County Council has let t tho roadsides for the crop. It now g depends greatly on the weather, as f it is a most fickle .and uncertain season. The early cherries were a very 3 good crop this spring, and for the other early fruits there were also good crops. Later fruits seem to bt a fair average this season. Most ' 1 of the bay has been carted and stackt cd in good older and condition, but some of tho crops are still lying out t in the paddocks. " The programme of pictures at the King's Theatre this afternoon and ' evening is said to comprise sensa- ; tional pictures. The dramatic films are "Our Poor Relatives" (domestic) throe sensational "cowboy" productions, entitled "A Tenderfoot's Sacp rifice," "Doctor's Close Call," and "The Moonshiners' Trail." There are two Tndian pictures, entitled ""Red Girl's Heart" and <7 Silver Wing's Dream." There is also a «ccnie picture, "Ancient Sicily," and two laughable comic films. The proprietory will give a holiday <7isnlay on Monday afternoon when a first class programme will be submit- ' ted, including the 3000 feet "star" ' oictnre, entitled,"Travelling Folk," a beautiful Gipsy story. I Til Dunodin circles it is stated that there is a prospect of keen competi- | (ion in intercolonial shipping next vear. The talk is that ait agree- L iv.ent, which is alleged to have existerl between certain shipowners in Australia and New Zealand, to the effect that the dominion companies carrying on the intercolonial'trade L would not bite into the coastal traffic on the'warmest side of the Tas- I man Sea, expired, arid the Austra- L' linn companies have refused to renew the agreement or "mutual understanding." Rumour adds that M in the near future steamers with ( . funnels painted differently from the ' familiar all red and all buff colours will run in the intercolonial trade, with the result (so it is -predicted) that freightage and fares will be reduced. Commencing on Ist January, 1913, J week-end cable messages may be ex- I changed between the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The telegrams must bo written in plain language, and are subject to the same regulations as arc applicable to deferred telegrams. Senders desirous of not incurring tho land transmis- w sion of one. half-penny per word may u post their telegrams to the cable P station at Auckland or Wakapuaka. 01 Postage must be prepaid and letters ai containing such telegrams must S( reach the cable station not later S{ than 8 p.m. on a Saturday. Weekend telegrams are accepted subject 1,1 to despatch at convenience of cable authorities between midnight of S< Saturday and Molulay morning. b< Delivery of week-end telegrams-will P< bo by posting from the terminal cable station by night mail on Mondays, unless sender has paid inland telegram rate, in which case telegrams must be telegraphed to office of destination/and delivery made from there on Mondays at the hour w fixed for outgoing general night i n I mails. The inland rate in the Uni- P c ted Kindom is one half-penny per I ' Jl I word. The cable charge for week- r,c I end telegrams is ninepence per U. ll word subject to a minimum charge | Oi of eighten shillings. The New Zea- ha land rate , is one half-penny per I co word. • D< Sufferers from Chronic Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago and such like complaints, who are interested in the "Oxypathor" treatment, can secure machines and- see testimonials ski at C. S. Keodwell's Pharmacy.— pr Advt. i- «• toe

In days of old when knights wore bold and humbler folks were shy, the riddle as a form of sport was rated very high. In every oastlo of repute, to help along the cheer, a riddler tame was kept on pay, and riddled by the year. When from the fight returned the knight, hack to liis don-john keep, the riddler with a brand-new rid would riddle him to sleep. And older yot, it's safe to bet, the riddle's record ran, 'hack to thei place where Adam dug and Ere, his good wife, span. Another remarkable cure is reported from America, where a Dr. Starbley, of Philadelphia, is exhibiting a woman who has recovered her health after suffering from locomotor ataxia for 27 years. She was under treatment for only four months. The serum applied was a polyglandular fluid made from the glands of sheep and chickens. Writes the Okaiawa correspondent of the Hawera Star: One of the dangers to which buyers of stock in the public saleyards are exposed has been .related to me. Last year a local settler purchased a" "pedigree Holstein bull, bred by iMr R Short, of Feilding." . Some time nfterwnrdrc the purchaser wrote to Mr Short asking him if be would kindlv fonvinrd the pedigree of the animal Air Short's finswor was brief, to the noint:—"Know nr>t,hi'n<r r>f hull; breed nothing but Hereford*." The selection of an agricultural student as the New South Wales Rhodes scholar for 1913 is a matter of special interest to the agricultural community (says the Sydney Morning Herald), and is a gratifying testimony, if such were needed, to the value and scope of the higher agricultural education in this State. Mr A. E. Southee, of Rockdale, who is a native of Cootaundra, has done well at the Sydney University, having taken his B.Sc. with honours in chemistry last- year. As a fifth year student he won distinction in j geology. Mr Southee, if we mistake not, is the first agricultural student who has been awarded the coveted Rhodes Scholarship, and as he intends to continue his studies in agriculture at Oxford, his future career will be watched by all those who have the agricultural interests of this country at heart. The Official "Life of General Booth" has just been published by. Messrs Hodder an<j Stoughton. In bis diary the late General records bis meeting with Mr Alfred Dakin 'in the occasion of his first visit to Melbourne. "He is a very nice fellow," wrote the General ; "a man who appears to have more capacity than anyone I have yet met in the colonies.- He is a coming Prime Minsiter, I should think." Referring to his visit to Sydney, and to the big meeting he addressed there, General Booth recorded how restless he was the night before. He believed that Satan was at his door suggesting had things. He savs he got the notes of hi.s lecture, but was unable to master his subject, ■i»d he went to the hall in despair. Continuing, he wrote: "On the way a strange feeling came over me. A voice seemed to isay: 'Go, do the Lord's work; all will bo well.' T accepted the command, my fears van. ished, a spirit of confidence Arose within me, and I. spoke with -nil] tlie physical vigour and mental libu'ty T could desire."