LOCAL & GENRAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 March 1914, Page 2

LOCAL & GENRAL

A fire at Ohau on Saturday night at . about 11 o'clock completely destroyed the residence of JJr -T. Lemon. Beyond one or two pieces of furnfturv nothing was saved. Mr MarineHi, the leader of the 1< uturisis, has issued a manifesto dealing with !he ideal music-hall as Futurists would have it. The future of (lie music-hall, he declares. lies 011 the lines of ihe exaggeration of absurdity. "All logic must be destroyed, contrasts must be multiplied, the impossibility and (lie absurdifv must predominate. For insiance. lady ariis!s should paint Iheir necks, arms, and ears orange, mauve and red. Songs should he interrupted by bad language or by revolulionary speeches." Oilier suggest - ions offered lo Ihese who conduct music-halls are that turns consisting of burlesque adaptations nl' Shakespeare's tragedies words should be given. Problem playsshould be given with every character taken by negroes. Lastly, the stage should be well soaped, so 'hat t he players should make' the public laugh by sprawling on || 10 j r faces at critical moments. Wage war ou the flies and use the Protector sticky fly-catcher, which you can hang up our. of the way. # Fresh stocks of these are obtainable from C. S. Keedwell's Pharmacy Price 2d each or 7 tor one shilling.- -Advt. Don't, use an ordinary polish for good furniture and Hoot '-cover- ; The ideal renovator and I polisher i.q TAN-OL. In tins li<juid Is: Dasfr fid. Advt. j

According (o Mr Hatfield, the \ ictorian fruit export, the red s I''' I'' pest js prevalent on New Zealand apple trees. .For combatin.U' il, .Mr Hatfield rccommends I lie following course of treatment. \\ lie)] il appears, after the foliage li'ees, use lime-sulphur and 1 1( r. one i,, <;n, l,ui it is best to kill if jll I lie winter ny spraying with oil. 1 it, ir,, j us( i, (l f 01 . ( ; Inids burst. s;iy in August. -"\Vairnnte Advertiser.

Apropos of rabbil destruction, a correspondent of the •'Sydney -Mail ' sends along details of a >»• 11 e• 11 ( > whicli, lie says, is effeetivo and inexpensive. The idea is to set (raps around warrens, and I'aying rang]it a few of the pests, 'ie around the neelrof each rabbit (l "e or Iwo plugs of gelignite with a detonator, having about, Oin of fuse a I (ached. Light (1 10 f usc [el Ihe rabbit go. It dashes ni '«» its burrow, driving ahead of H rabbits, till i( reaches the i ear-end. Here an explosion oc"hich hills all (he rabbits in ' " )lIMou . wrecks the warren be- • l! 'j ),tu '> iind, if the entrance 1 : "P, the fumes remain in tor .V, o 'I.YH-lUllls i„ j] lp ■iiouinl for years.

1,1 '"l "f •! V(l|(l J IJO-. (.ojlVlTSa""'ill "" ]) U';i s;i 11111 < 1 ss by a dexterplwase belongs in its highest licrii-i-t inn lot lie Kast. AVlien l;<"d J)u li'i jl n was Viceroy of In- *''' .shikaree, or hunting' ■'•<•1 Villi j, whose special duty was to :ll< nd tin* visitors at (lie Yife-re-f ("ii ion their shooting' excursions. l'etuiiione dav from one ol these expeditions flic sliik- ■ iice encountered the Viceroy, who j (, f courteous solicitude for !l is _ quests' enjoyment, iisked : "Y\ell, what sort of sport hits I! ad ?" "Oh." re]died the -''I'Upiiloiisly polite Tlidian, "the v oui)o' sahil) sliot divinely, hut { > oil was very merciful to the birds."