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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 February 1915, Page 3

At Auckland the inquest into the ■anses of deal.i of .Mrs Edith Keals ■ ind hoi' infant child at Onewhero on February Bth, vas held yesterday. Tho coroner, Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M. found that both victims, had been murdered bv the accused. 'Norman Keals. The charges of murder preferred against Keals were heard in the S.M. Court adjoining, the evidence being the same m both cases. Accused was coinmiticd for trial.

Further experiments in connection

with the growing of different varieties of lucerne are being carried out this year at Weraroa Experimental Farm Five different sorts, including Russian. Blenheim, Patagonian, and Dryland have been sown in good-sized plots alongside one another. The plants are only a week or so above ground, and so far the Dryland, a variety from Queensland, looks the best, and the Blenheim is the most backward.. Alongsn'e the lucerne plots, several grass plots have been sown down. The

grasses include Italian, perennial -ye, English and Western Wolths. The English ryegrass, grown irorn seed mported from England, is at present well ahead of all the others.

a. recently published statement that

a large Melbourne iirm of boot manufacturers had been approached to teudcr for a contract for the supply ot

000,000 pairs of boots to the Russian army caused a good deal of speculation, but it was recognised that such a contract, if it could be successfully

handled would prove of considerable benefit to Australia. There were several -factors which the firm in question were compelled to consider before they could submit a tender—such as the supply of leather, and other material, and of labor. It has been stated that hides will be obtainable in sufficient quantities to carry the work out, and that the findings—nails, eyelets, etc.—can be imported after a comparatively short delay, if any delay at all is neces-

sary. The recent action of the Federal Government in prohibiting the export ol hides, except to Great Britain, is consTcTered in some quarters to have been prompted, partly at least, by a desire to see the contract accepted by

an Australian manufacturer, or group ot manufacturers. Inquiries a l 'ew days ago'(says the Argus) elicited the lact that fho contract had not yet been definitely obtained for the Commonwealth, but tho company understood "o be the principal negotiators are now expecting advice on tho matter any day. Mr Long (secretary of the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation) stated that he had been consulted uy one manufacturer regarding the prospect of being able to provide sufficient labor in the event of this order being secured, and he had informed this employer that he felt confident with reasonable notice, of being able to supply all the labor required.