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Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 November 1913, Page 3

A meeting of the Young \Vomen's Improvement Society will be held in Sirs Walker's residence. Oxford street, at 7. : !0 p.m. this evening (Thursday). The accidental omission of a letter "V" from a local news item in our first edition made it appear that "eight' , guineas was the average pi'ice realised for the Stale Eni-m stud bulls. Of course the average was eighty guineas, as all v's people would know. Constable Satherley, while on duty in Wellington on Monday night received a nasty blow on Unarm with half a brick. He is, however, still able to take a hand in quieting the disturbance. Olaki Mail. While a lady and two children were crossing a road intersection yesterday a noiseless motor car without sounding a warning, dashed round (lie corner, missing the trio by inches. 'Hie car had a narrow escape from running foul of the kerbing. Otaki Mail. The New Zealand Dairy Association distributed amongst its suppliers on October 21st the sum of .£41,002 18s 2(1. This payment covered butter-fat supplied during the month of September, The corresponding payment last year was £-17,000 10s lid. Thus the increase for thn month as compared with last vear was £-(- r )f)0 7s 3d. Levin is to the front once more —witli eurly strawberries this time. Mr E. Watson, of Arapaepae road, placed several boxes .of these delicacies for sale in Levin to-day. As the first boxes from Auckland and Nelson were gathered only a week ago, Levin now must be reckoned amongst the ''bright and early division' , of strawberry districts. Mr Watson has Ihe him that was planted last year by Sir J. Young (now a resident of Dunedin). There arc sixteen thousand plants in the field- all looking in Jirst-elass condition.

An accident oil.' a wry painful nature (says the Otalα Mail) which should act as a warning to others, occurred to a boy, Willie To Hiwi, of Kuku, while fit attendance at i 1 io Muuakau school on Mouday. Just before ■> p.m. in Miss J onsen's room, there was a loud report, and Mr Mcßain (the headmaster) was summoned. The, lad, it appears, had become possessed of a detonator, and was pricking it with the point of a compass, when it exploded, with the result that it blew of): his thumb and forefinger, besides injuring another finger, and causing a nasty injury to Ins leg". Re was taken to Mr Mcßain's residence, whore Nurse Inglis, who happened to be on a visit to Manakau, rendered first aid, doing much to relieve the little sufferer. The lad's parents were summoned, and he was removed to the hospital, where he is reported to be doing, well. The accident naturally disturbed the even tenor of the school. It is little short of miraculous that the lad sitting next the victim of the accident was not also a sufferer. have stocks of Arsenate of Lead (Swift's) for codlin moth; Bluestone (best); Hellebore fur Cherry Leech; Quassia Chips for Hose Aphis; all at the lowest pricey and of the best quality. F. 0. "Rnminprinn, Chemief Levin.