The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. SATURDAY, MAY 8. 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 May 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. SATURDAY, MAY 8. 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

« The Koxton Hockey Club held its annual meeting at Koxton on Wednesday evening. It was decided to enter ■inly one team for the IJorowlieima Association Competition. Some prominent Maoris of Horowhoniiii County are opused to a proposal !o send a .second contingent of Maoris .<> the wui. They contend that the iirst draft is a considerable quota for ■ dying race such as the Maoris to .-end." There is. on the other hand, :•■ general disposition to make contriI nt ions in hard'cash for the upkeep ' i the troops and the help of the liriiish Empire. The bureau for tile distribution of i:stronoinicii! information has been shift<d during (ho war from Kiel to CopenI ngeii. where it is conducted by Processor .Stromgreii. The carefully prepared afttn-onoinicnJ codes are not available at present, so the . information that can be given in cables of moderate length is greatly restricted. I he Royal Astronomical Society has decided, by of) votes to 3. to admit women as Fellows and Associates of the Society. Near Orange. N. S. \\.. the Government has cleared 27.0(10 acres of bush land ready for the pLengh in three months. This is the record of operate ons extending between J)ecember and •March, at the recently-acquired Government wheat area.o ftlie old "Woodlands" estate in the Tottenham dis-. trict. A Govorninent official describes the undertaking as the biggest ever attempted in Australia. The land tils cleared in Yankee style- burning off level with the ground. I he -100 men were grouped into gangs of twenty each under the batty system (share and share alike). The land was divided into blocks of 81)0 acres at a time Mild owing it, the varied nature of the country to be tackled, the clearing price pair hy the Government ranged from /5k to Ms per acre. Six steam tractors were engaged including one privately owned, and there were continually at work. With the exception of one gang, the men cleared .after paying expenses, nn average of £3 pel' week, occasionally earning £5 pe r week. It is the intention of those favourable lo rating on unimproved values in Levin to have another poll taken at the end of the yeai , on the question, and to meet shortly to organise for the movement.— Tararua .>e,w.snet. The program for the concert to bu given in the Century Hal), Levin, next Wednesday, will be advertised in Monday'* Clironicie. Tlie art union, in aid of the funds lor rollef of the JJelgiaiis will bo drawn on tnis occasion, and the proceeds of this will be devoted to same fund. The shortage, of i-.-ulatod space is being seriously lolt by shccp-growor.s in the Methveu district. It is reported that there are ready for freezing thousands of lambs which fanners are being compelled to retain. Tho •stock of winter feed, which is being eked out. is rapidly diminishing, and the growers are at their wit's ends to know what to do. Of course, ko far a* Methven is concerned, more feed is available than in other centres, but the scarcity is bad enough at all events, Those farmers are fortunate enough to possess good crops of turnips are being besieged by stockraisers to sell, and are even asked tcmake their own prices. Several sales have taken place in tlie Methven district, for instance, and at the very good price of Cβ 10s per acre. One district farmer vra.s yesterday offered £7 per acre for his crop. In one of the eases, where a sale was made, at £6 10s an extra good run-off of about 200 to 300 acres was given.

Mrs A. Sobye, who lias been in Otaki Hospital for some time past to undergo an operation lias returned to Levin recovered in health. Mr W. Toinsitt, of Otaki who underwent an operation in Wellington he other day, is making a satisfactory recovery. Levin Ladies' Shakespeare Cliiib will begin its winter session next week. Mr Frank Best, who sold hi« farm nt. Gladstone road recently, to Mr "Walker, has settled at Koputaroa, where he hue purchased the farm of Mr Barber. Amongst the -New Zealand soldiers dead of wounds in tlie Dardanelles is Private N'ewton. a nephew of Mrs F. G. Hoe, of Levin. At a meeting of tlie board of directors of the Levin branch of the Y.M.C.A. held on Thursday night the following resolution was agreed upon unanimously: "That the heartiest thanks of the hoard ol directors be tendered to the Ladies' Auxiliary Guild of the local Y.1M.0.A. for the excellent services rendered during the late military camp entertainments held in the Century Hall, the splendid mippeiw provided for the Territorials and the first-class programmes of music, song and story given, besides the games and furnishing so liberally lent and trophies for the various competitions, allof which combined to merit the high praise expressed by the officer commanding (Major Samuels) and the men in general at the campfire concert." The work, too, carried out by the local branch was discussed also, and the full program will he drawn up at a meeting to be held on Thursday.