LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 April 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Since the opening of the rabbit season a busy time lias been experienced at the Mataura Freezing Works. On. the first doy 10,000 were received, while on the following two days large consignments came in, something like 20. 000 being handled by the packers each day. The rabbits are in splendid condition. The Moumahaki Experimental Farm is going in very largely for cultivating lucerne. The results, so far are sin" ply astonishing. The manager claims that they have taken in hay, green fodder, etc.. equal to £300 in value off 16 acres in one year. A Liverpool(England) iirm of butter blenders was fined £30 and* ten guineas costs for being in possession of butter that contained an undue proportion of water. The defendants are armv contractors, and it .was stated that the butter was for the use of the troops.

1 The Rev. W. H. E. Abbey has been confined to his bed since (Sunday suffering from the effects of a ■ chill contracted last week. This will prevent the reverend gentleman ironi speaking at the intercessory service on Sunday afternoon, but he hopes to be well enough to undertake his pulpit work. The Government Gazette notifies the appointment of Mr George Levy as registrar of births, deaths and marriages for Shannon and district. A man with an uneasy conscience has forwarded £20 to the Minister for Finance this month, and doubtless is sleeping the better for his action. The troops at the racecourse camp are being put through a steady course of advanced drill, sham fighting, firing, etc., on Mr J. R. McDonald's this week. The camp will disband on Saturday. Chortle won the Awapuni Gold Cup, run yesterday. The value of the cup is £100, and a sum of £300 went to the winner. Balboa <was second and Merry Hoc third. The mile and a quarter was run in Sinins o 1-osecs—an Australasian record. The name of the lad drowned yesterday morning in the Oh an river was Andrew Davis, aged 10. tie was bathing at the time and was seized with cramp. Entries for Levin Flower Show may be made with the secretary (Mr W. J. Beading) at the Century Hall, on Saturday next from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Monday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. At yesterday's racing at Palmerstoit North, £26,404 was put through the total isator, an increase of £7376 over the total (£19,028) last year. Dr A. 'Martin, of Palmerston North, who has been at the front in France and Belgium since the war started, leaves London for New Zealand on May 7th. The Levin Brass Band is making steady progress under the baton of its conductor, Mr George Davison. Much time has been spent in practice lately and a good standard has now been attained with the result that the services of the band are being .much sought after. The band will be present at the opening of the King's Theatre on May 3rd, and have received requests to play at other events in the near future. It is satisfactory to know that the band, in spite of difficulties, is moving forward and gaining such appreciation. Picton Freezing Works—closed down some months ago through congestion of space for .slaughtered stock unshipped —are to be re-opened for slaughtering in a week or two's time. There are some -10.000 fat sheep in Northern Marlborough at present, and a busy time is ahead for the local freezing works. Judgment of His Honour, Mr Justice Stringer in the case of William and Richard Bevan v. George and Robert Bevan and others, a suit to have an agreement made on the 28th March, 1913, in settlement of family disputes, set aside has been delivered. Two estates were concerned, and the ownership of certain land in iManakau district was involved. The defendants made a couritel-claim for money alleged to be due by plaintiffs. His Honour held the agreement was valid and effective, and that the counter-claiming defendants (including the Public Trustee as administrator of the estate of Edward Bevan) were entitled to have it .specifically performed by the plaintiffs in accordance with the tenor thereof, and to the consequential relief as asked for in the amended prayer to the coir>ter claim. The plaintiffs were ordered to pay the counter-claiming defendants' costs on the middle sea.le as on a claim for £1000.with witnesses' expenses and disbursements, also to pay to the counter-claiming defendants the costs of preparing and Filing the counter claim, but not other costs in con- j nection with the counter-claim.—Even-ing Post.