'OCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 April 1915, Page 2

'OCAL AND GENERAL

Regulations relating to native schools are contained in the supplement to the .New Zealand Gazette, dated 20th April. Their chief feature is the sparing use of American upellingjs. "Program." for programme, 6eems an improvement on the* okl spelling, and doubtless it will become permanent. A regulation as to teachers provides that "no teacher shall trade with the natives or endeavour in any way to gain pecuniary advantage from them."

Mr \Y. A. Morgan, of Conston. retent threshed out 73 "bushels to the acre (bays the Ashburton "Guardian") from between 30 and 40 acres of "Sensation" nheat.

The services of three new defence rifle clubs have been accepted by the Government. One is situated in Mackenzie County, one in l?oss township, one in Grnnity township.

t)r Arthur' Sauley AYohlnuuui. Govelament balneologist at Rotorua, announces that lie has ""formally and absolutely renounced and abandoned the surname of "Wohlmann, and intends, in future, to be known as "Arthur Stanley Herbert" exclusively.

A Palnierstuii lady nas received a letter from a member of the Expeditionary Force in Egypt, stating that the rumours circulated in New Zealand that some of the troopers had been killed for interfering with Egyptian women were untrue. There were no grounds whatever for the spreading of "such reports.—Standard.

A Napier young man who did not attend drill pint in the novel plea that his wife was nervous, and could not be left alone. The Stagfstrate said the plea was too ridiculous for words, and he refused to accept it.

About 16 farm horses, owned Tiy Messrs Whitney and Jennings, farmers Melbank (Victoria), broke into a barn and gorged themselves with wheat. Thirteen of them, valued at £325, died The others are likely fo recover.

Eighteen ponce fir 60 doses'! That's al! its costs to buy the best of all

cough and cold relievers—"Najjol." Shifts a cold like magic- Soothes and easefi sore throats'" Test it yo-ir-will Adrt.

Renovations to the post offices at Waikanae and Manakau are abou£ to be made by the Public Work* Department. Tenders for carrying out the work are invited by advertisement in to-day's Chronicle.

Messrs Mcllsop, Elioft and Co., Palmerston North, agents for Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., are advised that the company have decided to grant special concessions to men proceeding Home for the purpose of enlisting. A rechiction will be made to £15 for thirdclass and £30 for second-class.—Mana-watu Times.

The Defence Department is calling tenders for the supply oi fodder for the troops throughout Wellington district. The Government Advertising Department is of opinion that the calling for tenders does not require advertising in this district, but as Horowhenua County is the nearest and most prolific fodder district in regard to Wellington we publish £Tie advertisement free of cost, in the interest of local farmers and the community in general. The advertisement appears on page 3.

The area under potatoes at the Weraroa Experimental Farm thi» year, though email, gave an excellent return—equal to about 18 tons per acre. The selection of 'good medium-sized potatoes for seed, which gave such excellent returns last year, wan carried out again this year with the above result. Again this year several rows were sown with the small potatoes usually kept for seed, and cut seta, but the yields from these rows did not approach that where the medium-sized whole potato was used, thus confirming last year's experiments. Bearing on the matter of large seed, is a paragraph in the last issue of the Scientific American in the library. At Vermont (U.S.A.) Agricultural Station, experiments were carried out last year by Mr M. B. Cumming with large and small seed in growing pea* In all cases the large seed gave better results than the small seed.

The mustering operations on tho Bellamy Station have resulted (says the "Tuapeka Times") in several "hermits" being brought in, all of which carried heavy fleeces. One of these was a wetlier which had been out for * five years on Black Hill, or what is known as Broad Spur. Several attempts had previously been made to bring this wanderer in but without success. Mr W. Leslie, who had charged of the mustering operations on tliifs occasion, succeeded in capturing him. and bringing him in. When the sheep was shorn by Mr Robert Smith, of Hindon. it was found that the fleece (with five years' growth) weighed close on oOlb. Naturally it was not in very good order, being matted and lumpy. A staple of the wool showing a length of 3ft. is being exhibited at Lawrence. '

The .story of the first battle of Ypres, told by Will Irwin, a distinguished American war correspondent, writing for the Daily Mail (London) and the New \ork Tribune is a tßidling account of tTie deeds of tragic heroism performed by the British army in repulsing the first great German attack on Ypres Referring to the first engagement. Mr Irwin says:—''The 31st of October was the decisive point of the action before Ypres; but no one Knew it then

. . . The American Civil War has been called the most terrible in modern history. In this one baftle Europe lost as many men as the North lost in the whole Civil AVar. . . Yet the real news the news that the bafctle of Yprw was decisive, on the western front, that it may rank with Waterloo and Blenheim for glory and for effectthat -news is coming out only now. months after the event.