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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 August 1913, Page 3

A bowl ini>- centre lias been t'ormcfl in l';ilmersloii, l<> be part of (lie All Xcw Zealand Howling Association. Levin, Shannon and Foxlon Clubs arc amongst (lie flubs attached lo Palniersfon Centre, but Olaki »'ncs inlo Welliii"'(011 Centre.

The Manawat 11 Tunes reports tliat Air 1). Prouse, of Longburn, is making good progress towards recovery. llis daughter, Mona, underwent an operation for appendicitis in Hie same hospital, and is doing as well as ean he expected. The question of herd-testing is increasing in importance in the Taranaki district, and (iovernmenl dairying experts are being kept busy meeting farmers, and placing the advantages of systematic testing before them. Mr Stevenson, dairy expert, speaking to Mokoia settlers' expressed the opinion that at the height of the price of land now ruling, it took HiOlb of butterfat at Is perJb. to keep a cow for twelve months. Anything above that was profit. Taken as a whole,'Taranaki cows did not produce on an average more than 2001b of butter-fat, so it would be clearly seen thai there wen 1 a great many cows being milked that did not pay expenses, to say not liing of profit. A fatal accident under singularly pathetic circumstances occurred at the W'aitaki .Hoys' High School level crossing last week, when Miss Annie Perks, sister of .Mr Perks, the wel 1-k'nown -fishmonger, of Thames street, was killed almost instantaneously by the second express south. The fatality was witnessed by two lads only a few yards away, who shouted lustily to warn the unfortunate lady. She was very deaf and did not hear (he approaching express whistle, or the Avaruing cries of the lads. It was only when she happened to look towards them that she realised from their horrified expression and gestures the danger she was incurring. It was almost at this instant that she was struck by the engine. The late Miss Perks was <">0 years of age, and had only been resident in the dominion a few years. -