LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 June 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

According to the Now /-.ealand KailHay Review, the executive o! I h<3 Amalgamated Society of R.iihvay im -, Tiiiiis lias dociiiod to a*k" 'or an '■- cieiiec of one shilling a day ior all ranks of the .second division. I'lie exeotifive will meet the Minister t r Railways jlit,t prior to the opening oi tno sessi. , '. Thousands* oi pounds aro spent annually in the country on ditching agricultural land, and the problem of finding laboiu , to carry on the necessary work together with the high cost is quite a serious cmo to most formers, it 'will be a matter of great satisfaction to agriculturists to know that" a machine has been invented ihat will 1j l< w cost, but also in a very thorough manlier, and with hcmarkahle rapidit<(says the Southland Times). The invon tor of the machine is Mr Tames W. Cooper, of Merino Downs, who has or12.Dated an entirely new and unique principle in digging and \r, antl flie sim])licity of fTie m'U'hine is one of its most noteworthy features. All the material excavated is delivered and stacked at either side of the ditch, and the work can he done by a good ploughing team of horses. Everyone has heard that Port 1 is Britain's oldest ally, tn.m.lii ;v<. bably few know how' this camo abi-nt. '.\lisci Hargrove tells tho story in r> I ihik jiust published, entitled, "Progress of Portugal." In 1139 when Lisbon was in TTii:' hands of the .Moors a ileet (f English crusaders, bound lor the Hofy !,and. 1:■ -.11 into Oporto. Th.->-; Uey wore detained by stress or weatlier and Alfonso I. prevailed upon thorn, nothing lotli, to help him against the hilidol. Lisbon was recaptured, and tho alliance then entered upon almost by accident was confirmed by u treaty in the reign of Edward 111., which enjoined, upon his subjects "never to do any manner of harm to the Portugese", treaties and Wellington's exploits in tho Peninsula War has cemented tho good feeling, and the Portuguese still point to the association of British men of letters, such as Fcilding, .Ryron. Sou they and ' iJtirro-w, with their country as evidence of tho friendship that exists.