LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 February 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The liner Orari, wfiiuh left Wei lington for London, yesterday, took 19,883 crates of cheese.

The cottage on the Hokio beach, owned by Messrs G. K. Douglas and ti. M. Pink, and which was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night was insured for £80.

The Waugauiii Cup, run yesterday, resulted as follows:—Master Linpin 1, Kinaldo 2, Kilraiii 3. Byron was scratched.

Details are advertised to-day of a sale of work and missionary pageant to be held on 10th March proximo, ffy the Girls' Friendly Society, Levin. Contributions will be gratefully received by Mesdames Stealey and Duckworth. Yesterday afternoon while a young horse was being broken in at Mr J. .Smith's stables in Queen-street, t reared up and fell backwards, injuring itself so severely that it had to be destroyed.

Among the many interesting things at tho Experimental Farm orchards, and one which attracted much attention on Wednesday are the plots )1 different varieties of glass. There ire several dozens of these plots, all nicely labelled and the appearance, and nature of the different grasses can be easily seen.

At the Wellington woof sales yesterday about 6400 bales weve offered and tho prices realised were beyond all expectations. The rise recorded averaged lAd to 2d all round. One extra light-conditioned lot of crossbred fleece brought 16 Jd.

According to a letter received by Mr John Oak, of Levin,- from his father who resides at Green meadows, near Napier, that district is in a parlous state for want of rain. No rain lias fallen for lour months, and people owning cattle have been compelled to cut willows and other trees to feed ilie cattle. Much of the stock have been shifted out of the district, ind fields which are usually covered th a good bed of pasture appear as if they have been ploughed up.

A new feature appears in this issue of the Chronicle- -the Levin grain and produce markets. These reports will be published regularly twice <i week and will give residents of the town and district a first hand knowledge of the prices ruling locally lor all kinds of produce.

At the uist May meeting of the SYanganu'i Jockey Club .Ur James Bull, junr., won the Puma Hack Handicap wfth Master Lupin. Some time afterwards the owner of the >.eeond horse, Square Seal, entered a protest on the grouHfl that Master Lupin, having won a Lady's Bracelet, valued at £49, was ineligible to start as a hack and the protest was disallowed owing to the lapse of time. Mr Bull, on realising that he had wrongfully obtained the .staEes of £90, told , his friends he would hand the money to a charitable object when TTe made his next good win. Master Lupin won the Wanganui Cup yesterday, and Mr Bull, as good is his word, handed £90 to the Jockey CTuo'to' "ie devoted to the Belgian Relief Fund. His action was lowdly applailfleff.