LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 January 1914, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

e That the. Maori is capable of sustained endeavour, and also of profitable direction oi an indiis<try, is proved by the case of a Maori dairyfilrmer at Ohau. The Chronicle hears that the sum of £1.00 was paid to this dairyfarmer on 20th January for his previous month's milk supply. He has a milking machine on his farm, and during summer his herd averages from 60 to 70 cows. The Maoris arc peculiarly well adapted for dairying pursuits, and the fact that' in this district they now are giving greater attention to it than they did formerly is cause for satisfaction. ET' At a meeting of the Horowhenua A. and P. Association on Saturday last, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr J. R. McDonald for his kindness in again donating a bullock for the guessing competition. Five dog's were illustrat ing I lie gyrations of a Catherine wheel yesterday afternoon, m front of The Chronicle Office. A sheep dog formed the axis, whiTe Peter the Terrier--an attache of the County Offices was one of the rungs. The poundkeeper's deerhound and two hybrids complete:l (he wheel. 11 was revolving "some." as the Yankees would say. The whole vicmiiy was besprent with' pebbles, grass, detached hair and sharp yelps. An . ex-councillor looked on in a somewhat nonchalant manner: it was obviuus that *Maek : ' was "not one of the five. -lust as the Chronicle's dog proprietor was going across the road to see fair play ("his" sheep tir,g was underneafh) a tall borough councillor. came hot tool from the Town Clerk's office and plied a greenhide whip vigorously for fifteen seconds: whereupon "Toper" retired to The Chronicle's back yard, "Pofer" returned fo his lodgings, the other three disappeared southward in a cloud of dusl, and the councillor From the hill smiled grimly and returned |o his cogitations on road repairs. Swat that fly! The Pyramid stick fly catchers with the hook for hanging up, are the best catchers of that dreaded spreader of disease, the common house fly. ! Price 2 for ; id at C. S. Keedweli's Pharmacy, On l ord-si v<-e(. Poisonous fly papers also hand, if you ])refer them. \d •

TV el foot; rrequent!., b"'ng on a cold. ll' neglect-m \'- uv-\y lead (o Bronchitis, or 'vi serious complaints. Take h- :anoes. A few (Imps of IS'AZ l ''•!. m piece of sugar is a sterling preventive. —A<lvt. '

Mr George Watson, who has been manager for Mr W. H. Field at Waikanae for the past twelve years or so, has resigned from his position, intending, it is stated, to go in for farming on his own account. Mr Watson's many friends will wish him every success.- Otaki Mail. The field day of the Horowhenno Fruitgrowers' Association at Mr -J. C. Neill's (Tirvean) orchard and homestead is Saturday, 7th February. Our pomological reporter, by a slip of the stylus, wrote Ist February in his paragraph about the field day. As that tiny is Sunday, Mr Neill will not be holding "field day" or any other kind of general outing for the populace.