LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 March 1914, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

Australia won the first lest mutch by seven wickets. Leviu Ladies' Hockey Club is holding a meeting at T.oO to-night (at Mr Pink's) to make aminyvments for a social gathering ami dance to be held at an early date. The young trout put into the Ohau and other streams, last year by the Levin Branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, have thriven. From an excellent authority The Hlironicle hears that the streams are flush with young fish this season. Levin is likely to he one of the most popular fishing resorts between Wellington and Palmcrston.

The shower bath dip for sheep is becoming popular in Australit. Tf is found to wet them quite as thoroughly as a plunge dip. The sheep are not shy of entering it, and the cost is very low,a shed which will wet 40 or 50 sheep at a time not costing more than £ 10. — Feilding Star.

A farmer from Cf out back" ommto flic oily io spend Ins "holidays. The day after his arrival a city friend was escorting , him throng'; the streets, viewing the theatres and pleasure palaees. "While they were talking in tlie street a watering carl, employed by flu* Council came along, and it interested the "oookie" a great deal. After gazing n < if f nr n s | lort m(i in mnazonipiit, he turned to h\< rri.Mid. "Bllmy, Hill," l, t . ssn ' f i 'Vhfil inttlin 'ideas havkids from 'mifffn , on Mimd i}\ > carts." he Protector sticky -fly-catcher, which you can hang up out of the w . a /\ Fresh stocks of these are obtainable from C. S. Keedweli's Pharmacy Price 2<\ each or 7 for one shilling.—Adrt. f ttave flTocßa of Arsenate of Lead (Swift's) for codlin moth: Bluestone (beet); Hellebore M Cherry Leech; Quafwn Chips for KOBO Aphis; sill at iho prices and <>f fhe beot qualilr V V Renv 'iflon, Ci.tuniif Levia.

A liirgi- cunsignmeut of Holdaily cattle reached Auckland by I lie steamer Cairncross I nun Tniouiu. It consists of 2\ euws and liciicrs and seven calves. -Messr> (..inmi and Sinclair, of Kaefilii, are the importers. A. special press telegram to The Chronicle, from Dunedin, where the Methodist Conference has been held slates (hat llu> only adterations in (he list of stations published m Saturday's Tost is as follows:— Wai An, Rev. Air Cable; IJotorua, liov. Mr Peat; Blenheim, MToud, ]{pv. Mr WooJlorall: Waiknuaiti, Rpv. Mr Allen. The : oiiference closed yesterday. In Ciermanylhore is said to be a bakery that turns out 20.000 leaves of sawdust bread daily, and finds a ready market for this out--1',1,; Although this wooden bread i* intended for consumption by horses only, it j s claimed by the mainifacturers that in case of IJtMimo it would furnish a nutritious and highly satisfactory f uo d tor ■human beings.

Jro-.vn trout fry to the number ;,, "ftfeu thousand js being wet 11 ' used in l.evin district bv settlers n 1,0 suitable pomU'ou their ;»''<>l>crties fronting Ohau river I he brown trout is an exceeding] v :, . c,luatu iUh «P <<> i]w yearling "<agc, an das a rule mil more than ; > "the of the hatched ova reaches ■•/'•""'•Hv (hough tT.ere is a legend 1,,! «t in I'alinerstouorXamschatka ■>'• some such place the-mimber of I'if.wn trout yearlings taken '"' ( "n a pond exceeded the number '- fry placed in the pond a year I'reviously.

Theie j,iv several factors in operation which will contribute t«\ :i drop in the price of land, Ilnsforfoj! Age. First of :'", the in{erest on money is har- ' «'»»W- Th ™ the cost of Pro- • lU'tion is annually increasing Again, the rates and taxes are up, ~nd the markets aiv showing less buoyancy than in for- »"'»• Tf Is well that those are m possession ~f the land and those M-ho are co.tcmplating I>u.vn.g, should road tho writing ?"/Y;v;.ll. havo-had a po" - years. AVe do not want ni . p . ,pa »- But those who ore fll(> pnfos of land

Scenic films predominate- nios' ujjj)rc»pj-iato].y- -in the plouue ■show J,, be given to-morrow (» Vl .,iin aid of the funds of the Le- *•»' =""1 District T3eautifying So'•'p'.v. Some particulars are ody<'Hiso(l to-day, and Ihe following '•; he full programme: -Part IMar Journal, topical; Bace io i(:^DeOrinCap»"it.v. edncational: Winter Flow- ■''•«. coluxu-ed scenic; Girl of the )), 7 S^', "«'' "«tar" ,lrnn«,: ItjghhroM-Love, comic; Thee Tolljo iJanlei, drama; Parks of -Hughes and Portem ' 'l-'os, tmtpd scenic- Kerka Pnlls ;;; ,] ™, scenic; part son c^; -land the Pussy TV,'' Mess «»ffle. Rmitl,. Hughes and Po r<"'" : s :T,ny Tim and the Tew' -me; Kelly fromtKe . Emo -- 'H'l > J)nd, comic.

Several persons were inak" ig purr liases in a grocer's shop on i very stormy day, when an old ninn, with a bundle in one hand and a stick in the other, entei.vl and asked : "Did any of you drive up herein a cart?" "YJs I •lid, - ' replied one man. "Was it an old white boss?" "Yes. ,, "And an old woman on the seat?" "Quite rfcht." "And can she manage that hoss"?". "1 should think 50. ,, "Then it's all rip-ht," said the old man of the stick and the bundle. "Pht o\\ hoss has run away, and (he old woman is hanging 1 1o the tai ,: board shouting 'Murder!' wrl> all her mis'lii : but if she can mn?i.'i,cf2 it, there is no use anybody gettjug, excited over it. W-ni's (h< , price of e.cjrs to-day?" The impressions of a recent visitor to New Zealand is givifii in the following , paragraph appear., ins , in a Home paper :■- "Life in New Zealand presents many remarkable aspects, but what will, perhaps, strike the visitor most is (he peculiar snobbishness to be found in its villages. In some; of these lit(le communities m .ny of the residents have never been more than a few miles from their own doorsteps, and to their enviroinnenl is no doubt due i\w caddishness and small-mindedness that is so noticeable. To an onlooker the self-sufficiency of these rural inhabitants is truly diverting. Tliey are, as a rule, divided into lithe ,)]• cliques, a.i I it would be finite derogatory for Airs Tones of ]\ T o. ITo speak to Mrs TVowii of No. o x lii{lo oxp , r . ionce of |1) ( , wo,.],] would be invaluable (o those »-ood people in showing them how very small ihev rosill v aro."

A gentleman playing golf wil.ii si preacher who constantly missed his stroke, was astonished lo lie.u him ejaculate "AssuanT , every time lie made an especially bad mistake. At the end of the g.rim the layman asked the clergyman what-jie meant by sayiug A.ssuan." ■"■■ l< Well, my friatvi," ss.i.l ho," Assuan is on the Nile", and the biggest dam in the world." A perspiring carrier and a. pig were the chief actors m an amusing comedy enacted in. Chrisichurch recently. A well-known horticulturist had prepared a large number of exhibits for the sweet pea exhibition, and left home for the show. The carrier called, as instructed, for the exhibits at 8 o'clock, having on board a pig which he had to deliver at the Acldington saleyards after leaving ihe flowers at the Art Gallery. Tie backed his conveyance- on to (he exhibitor's premises and went in. Just as he emerged with his first armful of flowers hp saw tho \>\? gliding gracefully hoin the lik r f the carriers cart. He u' ''' ■• droy.').. • the flowers and gave chase, and tl rn for '>ea • « »* 1 • :!i-' people on Hi., lin, ■« I ursui: had an entertainn r tiine. Tt wn» u'st on ten o'clo. -f.-n Hie carrier returned, hastily carried the quadruped nearly a mile ■ind a half. Tn the meantime the horticulturist wns at the Art Gallery saying hard things under his breath.

In the district of Ashburton ft pony has evinced, according to the local paper, very strange tastes. A man engaged in cutting a hedge on a suburban .road, left •lis coat and vest, containing a watch on a fence. Going back for bis apparel at knoeking-off time he. found Ihe pony in possession. The animal had dragged the clothing out and torn the vest to small nieces with his teeth. The -watch was smashed beyond repair, and nieces of the coat were strewn iboitt ihe paddock, several pieces having been totally destroyed. The samp pony was grazing on a lawn in front .of a house some time ago, and it tore to piecessome curtains that were hanging out of a window.- The owner states that if Fas always shown a disposition to tear up rags and covers.