LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 January 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Plums for sale are advertised by two different persons in Levin The Hoiwvhenua X. a.ul P. Society has decided that the cheese ma nu lc" trrS it 6 l lliIk " frOnl the °°™ »- -lull be sold by nucfion and the pro-

A first offender found drunk in, Oxforcl street on Saturday evening was fined 5s at Levin S.M". Court yesterday morning. Mr F. C. Remington, J. P., was the presiding justice. To-morrow tho Horowhenua A. and P. Society will hold, its ninth annual show and the Mayor of Levin invitas the business people to close their promises from 11 a.m. for tho Show. About twelve months ago a field of 1 J acres was sown with lucerne at the Weraroa Experimental Farm. It grew rapidly; then the weeds came up, and throughout the winter and spring the field had to be persistently cultivated and tho mower kept at work. To those who do not know lucerne it seems severe treatment, and in one instance it was predicted that tho effect would kill it. A visit to the- field just now wiU show that the lucerne, so far fi<om being killed, is very much aTivc. Seven day's ago it was eaten to the ground by 1000 sheep; now it is nearly a foot high. Referring to the state of the dairying industry in Denmark, Sweden, -md Holland, Mr A. McFarlane, who returned from a visit to Europe last week, stated in an interview at Pahiatiui that ill Denmark he found intense farming greatly in vogue, and the Danes appeared to do very well on their small holdings. There were no fences and no hedges oi' any size. The stock were all tethered in lines, horses incliuk'd. The Danes had a special herd of their own, a. dark red cow, but in Holland and Sweden the Holstein was kept. The Danes brught a huge quantity of winter feed for their herds. They liad a good customer in America for their butter. He stated that three firms in London had bought two-thirds of I he Danish output. "A very fine people.' ! was Mr McFarlane's description of the Danes. ' A case of interests to motorists wasbrought before the Magistrate's Court (Wellington) recently when Edward G. Chandler (Mr Moore) was charged under the Borough by-laws with failing to use the horn of his motor-cycle to give audible and sufficient warning of his approach. The evidenc eof the police was to effect that defendant was riding a motor cycle with side-car attached. When rounding the Post Office corner defendant did not blow his horn, and as a result nearly knocked a constable down. Defendant and W. B. Stock, who was in the sidle car, both claimed that the horn was Mounded, but that the constable evidently did not hear it. When defendant saw a collision was likely to occur he sang out and shut oft his engine. The Magistrate considered that as the corner was one with a good deal of traffic defendant should have sounded his horn again. A fine of 10s and costs 7s was imposed