Late Local News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 March 1914, Page 3

Late Local News

At the Dannevirke races yes terday two Levin horses secured (bird places : Mr F. G. Hoe's Ladifv in the Makirikiri Handicap and Mi F. Carmont's Stocku-je in the TT.-.ck Hurdles. The Minister for Railways (Hi n Mr Hemes) is in Levii' today (Thursday) having uwtpyjl across fiom Foxton to -afch tt.c- New V'ymouth express fr-in to Wellington this evening. }'c is receiving deputations at the Council Chambers this afternoon, on matters concerning railway trains, station appliances, and level crossings. Bowlers did not muster up to the usual numbers at Levin yesterday, Dannevirke races having attracted several to the northward. One rink game was played. Lancaster, Ingram, Grover and Pellow (skip) defeated Melntvre, rink, Ryke and Brown (skip) by ~2 to 17. Tn (| lo championship singles a heat was plaved between Ingram and Smith, the former winning bv 12 to 9.

Our Shannon correspondent wriles: Owing lo f|„. constant cutting (,r ij l( . o T0(M1 | o;r f il( tll(l tyikerua swamp during the winter months in past veiirs it ] Kls boon found that tlio plant takes about three yours longer to roeover from flie frosts. The result is that most of the flaxmills in t|,,'s district will close down this winter. One big flnxmilling concern expects io close down for as longas four months. One satisfaelion for Shannon is (lint a good deal of (he surplus labour will be swallowed up with bushfelling. The Arapefo Company, which bought up the old Shannon Land and Timber Company's property, intend falling some 2000 a civs this winter, and cutting the property UDj'nto fair-sized sheep farms, which will prove a great benefit for Shannon.—Standard.