LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 March 1914, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

A wine cask which holds 97,000 gallons and is the largest ever built may been seen at Maltermora, in California. The steel hoops with which it is bound weight 40,00011). Footballers will regret to hear the death of Tamu, the wellknowli Taranaki representative footballer' which accured at Otakeho. Deceased was believed to have been hurt in the match against Auckland for the Ranfurly shield and never completely recovered. He was operated on at New Plymouth some little time ago, and has gradually declined. Tamu Jwas popular Jvvith pakeha and Maori alike, and will be missed on the football field.

An amusing story is been circulated about the Fitzoy poundkeeper and a little surprise he got the other day (says the New Plymouth " Herald "). It appears that the New Plymouth borough's man-of-all-work, " Mr Benjamin Tippins, was paying a collecting visit to Fitzroy, when he spied five cattle grazing on the road Within a twinkling he had captured them and marched them along to the pound. He sought out the keeper of the pound, remarking, in effect, "Look what I've caught." The poundkeeper looked, gasped, and realised that the biter had been bitten. Two of the impounded cattle were his own property.—lt is significant, in view of the above, that the Council have now appointed " Ben " to take charge of the Fitzroy pound.

Quiet a chapter af accidents recently liefel a Stor.oburn resident. In the first instance he injured his hand and it was necessary to drive to Palmerston for medical treatment, his wife and child accompanying him. When near I'almerston at the railway crossing on the Dunback Road, his horse took fright at an approaching motor cycle, and his wife, while holding on to the vehicle, in some way hurt her hand and presently fainted. In the meantime, the driver's attention was taken up with the frightened animal, and he was unaware of his wife's injury. While still unconscious Mrs Cooper with the child on her knee fell from the vehicle and dislocated her arm. The child had a marvollous escape from serious injury for the wheel passed over the cap which it still had on its head. On arrival at the doctor's residence, the horse was tied up to the picket fence while tho patients were being attended to, and again taking fright, pullod down a few yards of the fence. —Waikouaiti Times.

At a meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of a settlor in which the assets were valued at £2J Ills, and the liabilities at £000, after the bankrupt had been examined (says the Waikato Argus) MiSwarbrick, who appeared for one of the creditors thus tersely summarised the position. "The statement shows that you have improved your position by increasing the value of your section (which no one can touch) to the extent of £J4O, while your household necessaries w<to supplied by storekeepers who were never paid. Two men quarrelled in a wino shop in L'uris on a recent Sunday, and wont outside to light a duel with revolvers. A third man who had been drinking in their company'went out, too, to see fuir play. He was the only one who got hurt. Neither combatant hit the other, but the man who had kindly offered to umpire got in the way of two bullets, winch entered his right arm. The duellists ran away when they saw the damage that they had done. A farmer in youth Taranaki who was desirous of having the thistles on his property cut down, endeavoured to secure labour to do the work. He could not got an extra farm hand so he applied to a native pa. None of the young natives were eager for the work, but eventually one came forward and offered to do the job at 2s per hour and "tucker" provided he was allowed to keep his own time! He was not engaged, and the emblematic crop of Scotland continues to flourish. The remarkably good price of 22s 1 d per head for a line of 401b fat lambs was I

received at Culverden a few days ago. These lambs were intended for freezing, and railage to the works would bring the price to practically 23s each, With theue prices, fattening of lambs in the northern districts is booming, and as feed is plentiful farmers are doing-well. L( does not always pay to steaJ. A week or two ago a tent belonging io the iSorth Canterbury Hospital Hoard, and in use by a tuberculosis dispensary patient wa.4 stolen. The tent was in readiness to be sent to the hospital for disinfection when it disappeared. ■"The person who was guilty o.i tiiis particularly mean-theft ma. have reason later to regret having taken away an infected tent," remarked Dr. Blackmore, officer in charge of the dispensary, in his report to the Board.

In tlie divorce case, Hobert Kphraim Selby v. Marie Selby, at Palmerston Supreme Court, tlie jury r( v lunied a verdict against linili co-respondents. His Honimr. Mr Justice Edwards, has not vci μ-ivcn liis decision. -Times. It lias been proved from inijiiiry (says a write.] - in the Westminster (lazetlc) that a boy with a trainiii»' of the elementary school only has one chance of suc- | cess in nine thousand, that a boy who lias been tlirou»li a secondary school lias one chance in four hundred; bul Ilia! a college education μ-ives one chance in forty. In oiher words, Ihe chances of success n| a youny man who has been I rained in n university are ten 1 lines (hose o| a secoudarv school boy. and two hundred and tweiily /lines those oi' the boy whose educ.Huiii ended will) the elenienlary srliool. These fads are drawn I;otn an inquiry into Ilie careers of tr-n thousand men who havo been in vnrions walks of life. Wα μ-e war on the flies and use the Proleefor sticky fly-catcher, which you can hang up out of the way. Fresh sloelcs of these are obtainable from 0. S. Keedwell's Pharmacy. .Price 2d each or 7 for one shilling.—Advt. I , or polishing furniture or linoleums, use TxYN-OL. It in quick, ver\ piisvi unci wonderfully good. --A.lvO: ,