LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 March 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In a broadsheet referring to the London butter market, Messrs Mills and Sparrow, London commission agents, write that the Siberian butter trade is extending by leaps and bounds, and as the railway system in Siberia is developed, so will greater possibilities lie before the flairying industry in that vast and unexploited territory. More attention is also being paid in the Argentine to the production oi butter as an adjunct to the very Heavy shipments of dead meat from that country to Great Britain. Mr Frederick White, of Marton, has been advised that his brother, Rifleman G. White, of the London JTTfJe Hiigade, has died of wounds received in action. He was lirst of all wounded at Minis and the. Aisne\ sent to the hospital recovered and then went back U> the trenches. At a sale of the Fairview herd of Holstein cattle, in New York, last January, a bull—Ragapplo Korndyke Bth 734Iβ—was sold for tile phenomenal price of £5000. A 12-ycar-ohl cow —Poutiac Pet -realised £1100. Notwithstanding the many avcliiu-s of late to divert the "nimble shilling" the tickets for the school concert are selling well and there is every probability of the Belgian Fund being materially increased by the children's efforts. Special arrangements have been made with the proprietory of the King's Theatre. Jlr Farland. for coloured lighting effects of the most attractive items on the programme. Attention is being paid to stage decoration, and generally the entertainment prom.sies to be most attractive. The Girls' Friendly Society meeting ok Tuesday evenin;.; last took the form of a social in honour of jliss Alice Palmer who is leaving the district. The Hev. H. T. Stealcy spoke of the good ".':>rk she had done in connection with the choir. O.F.S. and Hie Sund:iy 'liool and risked her acceptance of a. "Commentary on the Kour Gnspel.s. ,, Miss Palmer suitably responded and said she was sorry to be leaving Levin and to sever her connection with the Church iu this township. ~\ few musical items competitions, re'frcsliment.s brought the proceedings to a dose. J he- garden party given by Mrs J. Prouse. at her residence yesterday was a success. In spite or the adverse «cather conditions tliere was a good attendance, about 150 being present. Complete arrangements had been made for the comfort of visitors, some of whom came from To Horo, Otaki. Manakau, and Koputaroa and everyone had a real good tjruc. 'Hie competitions "'ere of all kinds, and wvve taken part in by most of those present, much to the advantage of the Church fund:;. •Ninple shelter from showers jbus given by large tarpaulins suspended^ between the balcony of % house antl the pine trees and milder one of these the tables were set out and a first-class afternoon tea provided. Private R. Collier, oi the Sherwood Foresters, who is in the hospital at Nottingham, tolls file following story : "The army is lull of dare-devils who are never happy unless they are riskily their lives in some extravagant way. Two men of the Leinster Regiment had an argument about each others running powers. To settle tlte dispute they had a hundred yards sprint outride the trenches under German fire all the time. Both had narrow escape*, but got through without a scratch. They "anted to do it over again, but an officer stopped them." A verdict of one .shilling damage-; was returned in the libel case oYC.'s. Hayertz against 'Hie Theatre newspaper (Sydney). Mr flayertz complained that he had been called "Herr" by The Theatre and thereby was held up to ridicule and contempt. The .Telegraph Department notifies that from the 23r'd insfc the prohibition that has 'existed rejrnrdhijr notifying by telegraph the date of sailing merchant vessels is abolished, but the restriction Ntill applies to transports am* ships of war of all nations. Many farmers throughout this district arc sowing' tares and" barley as a winter fe'd this year, and the demand for tares is very good. The Weraroa. Experimental Farm disposed of its crop locally iitid easily could have sold a great deal more. The tennis match between .Manakau and Levin was abandoned yesterday afternoon on account gf the rain. The visitors were entertained by the Levin Club at the Taieri tea-rooms. Entries for the Levin Tennis Club's Easter tournament closed yesterdav. The number received is close on 100. On and after 31st iiwt the following three codes may be used in cable messages lor same places and under same conditions as already aply to ABC. fibers and AVestern Union codes, namely Meyers' Atlantic cotton 39th edition. Bentley's complete phrase code (not including mining and oil supplements), HroonilvalFs Imperial combination code (not including special rubber edition). In no case ?nay spare code words printed in code books without interpretation he used. Messages must be capable of being so decoded to have a clear meaning to censors. All messages are accepted at .sender's risk and are liable to be stopped without notification, therefore strict compliance is neoessarv. Tlu> information forcejoing is given by authority of the Telegraph Department.