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Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 February 1914, Page 2

Mi- S. Brewster, oi Levin, intends to leavo for England in abut live or six weeks' time. The Alinister for Ala line, the lion. I' , . AJ. 13. lusher, paid a visit to Foxton yesterday.in connection with matters concerning .Foxton harbour. A report on the proceedings will appear in to-mor-row's Chronicle. The North Taranaki Dairy Co. has received account sales for its second shipment of butter. This realised -><Ss per box. Had another 4d per box been received the net prici* would have been 15.U1 per Jb. There were 47-'! boxes in the shipment. The Hon. l<. M. B. Fisher has consented to deliver a political address in Foxton early next month, when the policy of the Government and its past achievements will be fully set out. Herald. The new wheat "Avoea," recently bred in Australia and noted in The Chronicle a few weeks ago, is selling at £1 10s per bushel, and orders have been received from all over Australia. Only very small lots can be supplied and those fortunate enough to have their orders filled have undertaken not to sell it next season at less than t'l per bushel. Air G. Stratford, .Government Orchard Inspector, has forwarded to the Levin Fruitgrowers' Association a bundle of pamphlets and leaiiets concerning matters of interest to fruitgrowers. The pam--1 phlets treat of fruit-paeking, vines under glass, etc., while the leaflets give the formulae for the 1 various blight specifics for use in the different seasons of the year. Fruitgrowers desirous of obtaining any of the above literature can do so by calling at Air J). Smart's office. The particulars of the Cheltenham cow-testing returns for the •iU-day period ending January 28 are as follows: Highest herd average, iJ.JDIb milk, 0.09 test, 47.*m> fat, lowest held average, b'UOlb milk, ••i.UcS test, 2-'5.881b fat; Association average, 7241b milk, 4. 18 test, •■;().2tilb fat: highest individual yield, l-3951b milk, 4.8 test, (iti.Dlilb fat; lowest individual yield, 28olb milk, 4.1 test, 11.08 Ib fat; highest individual weight, 1.5001b milk: lowest individual weight, 2851b milk; highest individual test, 6.7; lowest individual test, 2.3; number of cows tested. 858. Those on the look-out for talent tor the Olympic Games should certainly travel to Wellington by a Wairarapa race train and put the watch on the sprinters from the train to the hotel adjacent to the i'eatherstou station, during the short wait. The preliminary to the hotel was always negotiated in good time, but it was the race back again under weight Avluch aroused most interest. In this dash, records were broken like empty beer bottles. A local business man is reported to have lowered the world's record for the distance. ~~ Daily Times. Two Irish farmers who had not seen each other for a long time met at a fair. They had a lot of things to tell each other. "Shure it's married Oi am," said Murphy. "You don't tell me so, said Aioriiu. "Faix, yes," replied Aiurphy, "an , (Jive got a fome healthy bhoy which the neighbours say is the very picture of me. ' Mo:an looked for a moment at Alurphy,, who was not, to say the least, remarkable for his good looks, and then said: "Oh, well, pwhat's the harrum so long as the ehoild's healthy?" Concerning modern methods of spoiling children by giving them expensive mechanical toys and jewellery, a correspondent who had the privilege to visit the Ojieen many years ago, when she was l'rincess of Wales, and was staying at Frogmore, tells an interesting little incident. They sat in the gardens Avhere two of the children were playing. Presumably these children had any sort of toys that they could wish for, but they were playing very happily with penny spades and small buckets. The correspondent asked oue of the boys what he was playing with. Tho boys replied: "I am playing with the dirt." Hon. F. Al. B. Fisher, Alinister for Marine, visited Foxton yesterday in connection with Harbour Board matters. He was taken in ihe Board's launch to the heads, being shown where it was desirous improvements should be carried out in the river channel. The Board met the Aiinister in the Fox ton Borough Council Chambers at tlie conclusion of the trip, when Harbour Board matters were discussed. Air Fisher gave a wholly sympathetic reply, saying ilie Board was entitled to "a fair deal," and he would put the case tor the district before his colleague, the Alinister for Railways, suggesting to Air Merries that if he could not sell the wharf, its profits should be expended upon improving the river. Feilding Star.