LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 March 1914, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

A slight shock of earthquake was fell in Levin at 0.20 this morning.

Well over i'-'iOOO was paid (hit lasl r'riday by ilu- Levin (,'o-;.j)cr-itive Daily Coni])any for Febru- • iry milk suj)])lies. The-payments >■• vie at the rale of I 1 .Id per II) of butter-fat.

Three games in the singles competitions of the Levin Howling i'lub were played on Saturday. Hai-nett defeated Mchityre, Barn< ti defeated Lancaster and Lodge defeated Smith.

Mahawafii Flaxmill Finployees" I'r.ion is to hold a general meet■iig at I'almerston next Satui'day MiirclO. 'Hie principal ■jusiness will lie a discussion of the proposal that the union secede From (lie Xew Zealand Federation if Labour. The union's financial :>o>iiion will be considered at the ■same meeting. Brails are set >rt bv advrtisement in Ihis issue.

As seemed probable-, the dairy ■i,ws at the State Farm do u'ot ■ •aiiso as much waste in the silver b< et field as sheep. They eat all lb y plant, whereas shin , ]) take a fi w of the choice leaves and then •>•<) on i<) ibe.nexi, and they tram]) :iii<l break down a lot while thus ■w.nderiim , about. The preference diown by Ihe sheep for Montgom•••rv's LiglJ ("1 reeli, Tusi's IVew (Jiaiil, and Swiss Thar<l is shared bv Ihe cows. AVhile they can •ret the above named varieties the other soris are ignored.

Mr L. O. Challis, dairy superintendent for the I'nion Government of South Africa, visiied the Weraroa State Farm on Friday allernoon. and \vas shown over the Farm by Mr ■!. Drysdale, the Farm manager. lir reply to a ■|Uestion, Mr Challis said thai the .•Mate of the Farm and stock was very good. ITe was keenly iiiier■■■sled in the expei'imenis regarding ihe silver beet, and intends i make further in<iuiries in \\ rellliigton as to obtaining seed. He •vas also interested in the new silo now being erected at, ihe Farm. M"r Thallis left by the Xapiev mail for Wellington.

The .Municipal Handbook for iUI-'i is newly issued by the- GioviTiiineut Printer, ;ind ;i copy is now in ihe hands of The Chronicle, !iy courtesy of the (jlovernnient Slatisticiaii.' The book gives delails ol: the ]-esources and aciivi\u-< ill' every ))oi-oui>']i l'l'oni Wliana'arei'to AViniou. Perhaps the uiosi Miiuecessarily descriptive: , bit ■il inloriual ion comes from the authorities of I'icton borough, wlio re].ori under the heading' of refuse: "lMuse. TJesidenfs atlejid to this matter." Tf I'icton liti/.ens were in the habit of bavin;,: aeroplanes to remove the local refuse and drop it overboard in Shakespeare Hay the fact would he worth printing;: but the information thai tliev' individually

"l)iiry ii darkly ;i( dead of night is unnecessarily explicit.