Local and General.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 February 1913, Page 2

Local and General.

'I More is a reign of terror at (Jie l.cvin pound -it pre.-eni. A cow .s

tne cause. On .Monday slie was ini pounded alier mueli trouble, causec through In-r having an idea that tin Ibices ileng the read were uiereh m| f np I'er her to jump over. Th; polliidk< ■(.»! !er. as is eustniiiarv. weiij lo iced lief ve.xjerday morning. Imi -he rushed him. and lie thinking dis cieiion (he belter part of valour, retired. As the cow is in full millhe thought it was time to get ■me to milk her. Acting on a gen"'•""s impulse. In- fold a local hake, 'hat il he eared (o milk her he coiiM take (ho lot. The baker. being a

man of inagniuc ml proportions an ! earlrssm s--. went straight insidi got a bucket, and proceeded at oik In .he pound. The cow Mas call to iii 11 on I ward appearances, excel" lor (he peculiar glint of the ev known to all stockmen. The woulc be milkman I hen entered the poun< and fho cow. scenling batik', mad a hasty preparation. At lb word-; "Rail up. Spoil*' the em biwerod her head and liaised he fail, and wiih the usual snort of til roused bovine came rigid at bin As she came on with her bend atr neck extended il was thought tha here was ui chance of pntfTug

"strangle bolt'' on her, but ihe ox wrestler decided otherwise. Wit! one hasty glance behind him In made for the fenco and safely.. H, reached there unharmed, and scram bled over, leaving "Spot" in ehargi of bin bucket. When he wiants mil'* 'igain he says he is going to hnv it

The animal meeting of the Ilea therlea fT.evin) Golf Club is to <x held in Mr Williams's tea rooms to night, when the report and balanei sheel is to lie submitted, and tin flection of officers will take place.

Mr J. V. Hanna. of the Bovs

training Farm, has been appointed physical instructor to the Auckland \.M.C.A. Anyone who has seen Mr TTaniifl with the boys, drilling, realises at once that he has a good grip of his subject and masterv of tho lads. Tt. is pleasant to bear I bat his merits have been recognised. His duties commence early in April.

'"I never knew lightning had sucli tremendous power." remarked :

farmer residing near Strafford

large rinm on my place was battered during a j-econt storm, limbs were wrenched oft. fh<-> trunk- spl in forod in hundreds of places, n„d large pieces of wood hurled as far as two hundred yards nwav."

1 lie fitizuiiN oi Shannon will foe inle rested to know t7i,;iL a public meet"'ill be lii'ld in tiie .Druids' Hull. -Monday. '3 lII] y, 1913. at "ihannon. to discuss ;i proposal fo; terming the township of Shannon into a- municipality or Town Hoard I'urther particulars 'appear in toin.v'.s advertising columns.

In the Town Hall. Levin, next ! week, Mr Richard Heviin. of Manakau, will open a permanent picture show. He is getting a good programme of pictures twice weekly, which means that there will be a complete change of films eacfi rfme the Levin exhibition is given. 'Tin Levin nights will be Tuesday and I' I'ifhiy. On Wednesdays and Saturdays Mr Hevan exhibits his films at .VLanakau. All who have seen tho programmes at Manakau speak > f the films in terms of high praise, and no doubt the Levin patrons of the show will voice similar opinions. It is hoped to give the first display in Levin on Tuesday next.

Violet Shampoo Powder, wh'io makes an ideal wash for the hair and leaves the scalp delightfully clean and refreshed, now 2 for threepence at C. S. Keedwell's pharmacy. —Advt.

SAW IT ADVERTISED "I have been particularly susceptible to colds in the head for years and could get no relief," says Mrs M. E. Banna, Mt. Mol'oy, Q. "One day I read an advertisement on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the paper and decided to try it. It gave mo immediate relief and cured my cold, and whenever I get the least sign o fa cold now I tako Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with the result that I am cured immediately. ' For 6alo overywhere.—Adrt.

Shannon Amateur Dramatic >Soc iety is to give its performance ol "The Private Secretary" this overling, in the Druids' Hall.

Ihc bee-keepers of Canterbury are not satisfied with tho price realised for the produce of the honey beo. and have decided to ionn a co-opera-tive lioney depot, in Christchurch, and to buy, distribute, and export honey, so putting the industry on a

similar footing to the dairy industry.

A motor bus between Levin and i'oxton has been put in regular running by Mr (j. Vt edimircii. It leaves Levin every morning, and returns in time to catch the .Napier express on its way to Wellington at 13.50 p.m. The fares are low, and doubtless the travelling public will reward Mr march for his enterprise by patronising him liberally.

Growers ol rye grass seed in Manaw,atu are well satisfied with thi> year's harvest. The area under crop is not quite so extensive as usual, bill tile sample of seed is equal to the very best that has ben grown at any time. The seed is dressing oiu well, and is of splendid weight, many oi the samples going from 301b to to the bushel.

A grocer who had too many slowpaying credit customers ottered a series oi prizes tor the best essays or written descriptions of "How to Collect Poor Accounts.' 1 Without initiating any particular collection campaign, lie aroused so much diseussioi, in bis town a'bout slow paying, long credit and allied subjects that he increased the cash business all along the line lor himself and other shopkeepers and collected also many dead accounts Iron; debtors who evidently feared that lull publicity might be given their failure to pay ii]i (heir obligations-the plan suggested in several of the essays.

The temperance reformer was justly proud of having converted the biggest drunkard in a little Scotch town,, and induced him—he was the local gravediggor— to get on the platform ami spout his experiences.

"Aye, lriends," lie said, "1 never tliocht to stand upon this platform with the provost on one side of me ami the toon clerk on th' ither side "f me. I never thocht to tell ye that lor a whole month I haven't touched a drop of anything. I've -s.ared enough to buy me a braw oak collin wi' brass handles and brass nails- and if I'm a teetotaller for another month T shall be waufcin' it!"

We are pleased to hear of the success attending the Boys' Training Kami, at the Danncvirke A. and I'. Society's Show. Major Burlinson. the manager, entered pigs n several classes. The Kami secured lour firsts, one for the best boar. This went to "Kimberley Herdsman." The boar is out of imported stock' from llighclare. Lord Carnarvon's well-known estate in England, and noted for 'brooding of Berk•hii'es. The other prizes won by the I'a nil wore best Berkshire sow. over si\- months and under twelve months. Yorkshire sow over twelve months. Berkshire sow under six months and Yorkshire sow under twelve months. The show was a very successful one from every poin' of view. iand the officials, especially the secretary, most obliging and

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I here is talk of a now method o! [ preserving lidi without the use ol ! cither ice or chemicals. If thai fan be done successfully it will lie ;i lioon indeed lor housewives. Fish ur meat wliieli has been preserved in ice decays lroin centro to surface, and that is why perfectly freshlooking fish is frequently found to he had when ent open sifter cooking, with the bono blackened and the surrounding parts discoloured. 13y a new process of scientific treatment at low temperatures, and with siipersalted sea wator, it is said tli.it fish can be kept perfectly sweet and fresh for a week or a fortnight, that it costs less to preserve in tin's »'av than by other means, and that it is possible for it to reach the consumer without any of the deterioration it suffers by contact with or treatment with chemical preservatives.