LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 November 1913, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

The High Commissioner's report, together wiili articles headed "Beresford on the "Switching Father," and "New Cse for Tomatoes," n]>ponr on page -1 to-day. Mr AYolls, of Shannon, has kindly donated a prize to the Shannon liiflo Club i<> encourage rifle shooting. It is an oak salad bowl with fork and spoon mounted to match, and the fortunate Avinner will be the owner of a very pretty and useful present, the conditions are one match at 201). :{()(), tffl) yards, all men off scratch: seven shots at each, range. Additional subscriptions to the Beach road deviation fund (Levin) arc as follows : --Tohn Phillips -£1, Arthur Reeve £1 Is, Ilaswcll Brothers ;£1 Is. I'eilding races will bo held on Saturday and Monday next. There ure fields of good horses in all the events set down for the opening day. "Do moind yez don't git hur-rt, Pat," said Bridget, us her liege lord started to work. "It's, so dangerous a-workin' in that quarry." "Thot/s all roight, Biddy,*' said Bat. "Oi'vc borryed two dollars frim th' foreman, and he don't let me do any dangerous work anny more.'" "Bcpeat the words the defendant used," said the lawyer for the plaintiff in a case of slander. "I'd rather not," said the witne s timidly; "they were hardly words to tell ton gentleman." "Ah." said the attorney, "then whisper them to the judge." An unusual and serious occurrence is reported from a small centre not far from Taihapo. It was a day-light parade of senior cadcis, and one of the number, a stuidy youngster of sixteen summers,' took,his place in the ranks the very picture of. abject misery. Afterwards, when pressed by the officer in command, he told a strange tale. lie had received orders to attend parade. The settler who employed him told him not to go, and when lie persisted administered a severe thrashing, and'then discharged him. It is understood that the Defence Department are talcing action in the matter. When they do, it will go hard with, that imperialistic settler.—Taihapo Times. Ardent rosegrowers who need a

simple and effective spray for destroying the Green Fly and other pests so prevalent just now will find Cirengol 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.

A slight improvement is report*. c:d in the condition of Mr Yal. Hitchings, junior, whoso state 'if health has been causing anxiety to his friends. During the recent floods Mr Matt MoKinnon, of Mangaweka, lost his well-known mare Case Mab. It appears that, the mare foaled near a creek and the foal fell in. The went in. after it and could not get out again. Apparently horses when in wandering mood deem a fairly long swim merely a eircuTiisuuice (says the Hay of Plenty Times/-. On. Wednesday morning- threw members of the equine family were semi to walk into the harbour at Matipihi beach. Getting into tin; deep water, they swam for a while southward with the tide. Seemingly guided by the bright "Teen slones In the vieinitj of the butter factory, they changed their "course to due west, and eventually landed on Tauranga side, in quite a compJacent manner. They had swam a distance equal to the Avidth of the. harbour at its widest pari.