LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 October 1913, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

Oji page- 4 to-dav appears articles entitled ."The Australian Navy" and "Hunting the lioo." The Tomoana (Hawko's ]?ay) frcr-zing Tories were o]K j ned tor Ihc season on Tuesday, when 1000 slitM>]) woru put through. T.ke AV r ollino.(, ni .Wluirf Labourers Strike continues, and. today (Tuesday) some decisive developments are looked J'or. it is understood that no attempt will be_ made to work cargo on the ships, and several liners will probably go out into the stream, and wait (ill a settlement is reached.

The grass grub has made its appearance again on several properties in the neighbourhood of Masterton. Throughout Southland there is a shortage of sheep, and prices are expected to remain high for some time. The first fat lambs of the season wen- railed away from Carterton to the Gear Company, Wellington, on Thursday. The Prime Minister states that the Government intended to make an exhibit at the San Francisco Exhibition in 1915. Arrangments have been completed by the Government to introduce boy emigrants from Britain to the dominion for farm work. The North Canterbury Executive of the Farmers , Ijnion decided (o commend to brunches the extension of Young Men's Christian Association work to rural districts. The Levin Male Choir will give a concert in the Arapaepae Hall i his evening (Tuesday). A full muster of the settlers is desired, ;is the funds of the hall need a fillip. An advertisement appearing in to-day's Chronicle under the heading of New Zealand Kailways is deserving of careful perusal by 1 lie whole community, ll s('t.-, out alterations in the railway timetable affect ing Otaki, Levin, Loiigburn, and Palmerston North

that will take effect on and after Ist November. The train affected is the Wellington-New Plymouth express.

An Illinois man has patented a raincoat iliat can be sold for about five-pence, the cost of production amounting to merely half that amount. The garments tire made From waier-proofed paper, and the modest claim is made for them I hat they can be used on more than one occasion. The chief advantage of the novelty appears to be that it can be folded up and carried in one's pocket like a newspaper, though it has no peckets itself. It can be made in all colours.

A Tong-aporutu (Taranaki) correspondent writes to the Auckland Star: "A young daughter of Mr Crude's had a very narrow escape from serious injury, if not sudden death, on her way home from school on Saturday last. On going round the llutuwai road, just past the bridge, her horse slipped and fell over the cliff into ilie river-bod, a distance of about 00 feet, and was killed instantly. The litlle girl fell ofl the horse and over the cliff, but managed to grasp the vd<>;o of the road, and assisted by some gigi growing out of the clilV. struggled back to the road unharmed.

In connection with the Japanese Fail , to be held next month Mime good programmes of music are being arranged. At 8 o'clock each evening the children's fairy scene will be put on: it will be led by '•three little

Japanese maids." Concert items will be μ-iven both afternoon and evening, and among , (lie contributors will be Mrs Irving, of Auckland, and Mr Tunley, of Wellington. Miss Mafh'e Bishop is 1o μ-ive recitations and Messrs Siniil) ajiil Hintou will g-ive vocal items. Oilier contributors to the programmes will be noted in due course. Ardent roscgrowers who need a siniph; and eiVective spray for destroying- the Green Fly and other pests so prevalent jnst now will iiiu l Circngo] by far the best. Can be prepared in a minute, and a shilling tube makes 20 gallons. Obtainable from C. S. Keedwell, dispensing Chemist.—Advt.