Late Local News.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 April 1914, Page 3

Late Local News.

The cricket match between a combined Levin and Foxton team and the Shannon team, played on Levin recreation ground on Saturday, resulted in a win for the On Saturday evening a large number of people gathered in Oxford street to hear the Levin Brass Band. Tire music was much appreciated. The large sized pears mentioned in Saturday's issue of The Chronicle were grown by Mr il. Butler, not Mr H. Blackburn. . At a meeting of the Canterbury Fruitgrowers' Association held on Saturday evening last at Christchurch the proposed orchard tax was discussed. Iho association decided to approve of a tax of not more than (kl an acre on all orchards over two years old. The association also decided not to with draw from the New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation, and furthei that the Government be_asked to subsidise the Federation to the extent of £500 to enable it to build uu and foster the industry. Mr -I. Robertson, M.1\,.0n Saturday evening, took part m a debate on the Labour question with the University Debating Society at Wellington, and he is due to deliver a° .political address m the Coronation Hall, boxton, to nightMr M. Holland's lashionwood won the Adams' Memorial Handicap of 100 sovereigns, at Auckland on Saturday. The *»«»« »w----nor's horse Hovft won the Hill lrot Handicap of 125 sovereigns at the same meeting. Air Byron Brown has been elected an 'honorary life member of the Horowlionua Boating Club in recognition of his work in organising and successfully carrying out the recent concert m aigl of the club.

The secessionist ■ movement m llie Alanawatu l'laxjiull Employees 1 -Union is having a-rough passage, and is apparently in a. fair wav to hz/,lin«' out. At a meet--111? held in Eoxton on Friday nio-ht the question of seceding from the Federation of- Labour wns talked out, not even going to th MeConnell states t hut it is a mistake to sow lucerne immediately after pasture lb® better plan is to sow it aftei rape or some other cleaning crop. it the land is dirty, repeated hamming will destroy the weeds as they o-orminate. " uMinimii