Local and General.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 March 1913, Page 2

Local and General.

The Hon. Mr H. D. 8011, in his speech ;ifc the opening of tho Levin Flower Show, nientioJicd the fact that the Mayor of Levin had driven him out to Heatherlea and shown him the large amount of huui in that direction. The Mayor took occasion to point out to him the proposed route of the extension of tl'e Eoxton to Sandon tram. Besides this, tho Minister and his party we"3 driven to Horowheiitia Lake with which tliey were delighted. After that the Minister w,nn shown the racecourse and was then driven to tlic Experimental Farm. He expressed himself as being agreeably surprised at the amount of land fit. for closer settlement in this district and said that he intended to motor through this district, later on. with some of liftf colleagues, and inspect the land between here and Rangitikei. A coach .sendee for school "iv! (Iron will he run between BornutivTinil and Levin on mud alter Moil] y morning. 10th March. ft. will lea- • file Maori villain l at 8 a.ill. and Vave Levin on the return journey nt . 3 p.m. .Sixteen thousand feet of tinilv" guaranteed .sound and hearty, are to be sold by Mr .J. R. Stansell, at .Shannon on Saturday. This opportunity is sure to he availed of by I armors and oLhers who <re desi--ous of securing good building timber cheaply.

At Te Kuiti the other day three children wrvi' playing on therroar: r when they happened .'ill an old cam and lorge which had been used '•'.. connection with metalling work. They further discovered some deto iators, which, in the couise of handling, exploded, and shattered the hand of a hoy named Snow-den to pieces, as well as injuring his eve. The other children wvre struck bv I'iagments of the shell, but were not badly injured.

A butter factory was opened at I'e Kuiti about a year ago. and it is now drawing cream from the milk of ;JG()(i cows. Another factory at Kio Ivio, a neighbouring district.

lias tloubied it.s output in two yea r s

.It our factories can <io this in m

ye;ir or two.'-' ;l dairyman at a 'LV Kuiti social observed, "what will the> do in ten years?" The speaker added that the first .slipping stone i.i hi-her things in this connection was a better system of loading the backblocks.

'I here are now .'57 I'nrzing works in Australia. :)() in .New Zealand, an.! 11 ill South America in evidence and their combined output last- yeaf :s estimated in ha\e reached an :tg-

gi'egale of t">7S.G">H Inns, a* eomjvni'O.'i with the corrected totals in 1011 of IioI.HKI ions, and in 1010 of GO! 'i'.il. Of hist yeai'V (olal. tons frozen and chilled were deli/--• ed in the Fuited Kingdom, and 30.•)07 tons frozen \ Vt -rc directed tother markets, the corresponding figures for 1011 heiug 010,811 ton* and .31.000 tons respectively.

I'nder the auspices of the Hot'jV, henna it.,' .Wociation Mr Stratford, the (JovcrnnienL 0" chard instructor, gave a fruit poking demonstration at Ihe Century ilall on \\ edne.--.day. io a large and

appreciative audience. Several i< cal people, .after watching .Mr .Stral • lord, tried their hands ,■>( packi lg. their ell'nres meeting with vari.'d

success. A hearty vote of than''.* was given .Mr Stnatl'ord for the able iiiiimier in which he had explained and illustrated the art of packing.

Busy workers whoso hands become soiled with paint, dirt, grease grimo will find tho new "Boratecl Talcum Hand Soap" an install: cleaner and perfect boon. Used lik-3 ordinary soap. Tn large tins one shilling each from C. S. Koedwell. Dispensing Chemist.-Advt.