LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 June 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

3 An article■ on German South-west Africa appears on page i. It selves | interesting details, of the advance of General Botha and his troops through the enemy's country. * Butter in .'Melbourne was raised yesterday to l.s lid per lb. j A thousand-"ton,s of chaff from Amet J'icu have cost the •S.S.W. Government ±>i I per ton. f Uloeliifontoin ivpoi l.s that Do -Wet I was found guilty on eight counts of treason, ami sentence was deferred. A piano presented to the he-/a. Patriotic Committee i.s to be sol 1 at aucJ lion this (Wednesday) afternoon at D;d- ---■ ««:ty and Go's., Ltd. < .Levin Maoris have arranj-'d to \ e I pertorniance of hakas and poi dinets , at I'alinerston Show m add 01 the Queen ( Carnival Fund (Levin InancalT Dr. Davies, of Levin, has received , cabled advice that his brother has been > wounded during the military operationsin South Africa. ' The lirst of the Levin collectors to return from the raid on lahiiei.slim; North yesterday, Master L-> '!■ liarnett, brought .back in his box the s.itu of- £1 ISs, despito the fact that collectors were almost as mi-ncivus as the public on the showgrou >ds According to the Press, a farmer n the Pa-tea district last .season milked single-handed -13 cows u itli the aid of his machine, at a cost o>t slightly ovei y;i<l per day. "Do you know, Sergeant, that a glass ol aie given to employees occasionally ij ail incentive to make them work:"' said counsel in a liquor case at the iMasterton Court. The sergeant, amid smile*, admitted that he did not know whether siiich was the case or not. A iinal reminder is given to our <-ca<s- - ol the concert to be given in the Century Hall, Levin, (.Wednesday) by a concert party liom Otaki n '« proceeds are to be given to mo Levin Queen Candidate Fun !. Do- I tads, are set out by advert isemcur I In the field roots (potatoes, swedes, | carrots, etc.) competition at the Pal j merston Xort-h Winter Show the W'era- | roa Boys' 'J raining Farm secured fou.i' ! linst prizes, one second, ony third and 1 on.' very highly commended. Li also ■ was lirtit with its exhibit, oi maize en- ■ silage and second with its barley.. I •Speaking at the opening of the Pal- ! j merston Xorth Winter Sliow yesterday , the Jit. Hon. W. F. Massey said (according to the Manawatu Times) that notwifclustandiug that some districts 1 had suffered from drought the whole < exports had increased bv £8,000,000 ; during the last two years. Since the 'beginn ing ol the war there had not I been sufficient wheat and cereals. The | shortage of wheat was not so great, but '5 the shortage of cereals wa.s serious. He i fiad been blamed for not buying up all £ the farmers' wheat at a.bouit 5s per ' i 'bushel, but if he had done that the far j mere would have made butter or some- S tlfing else and the result would have h<*n more serious. The export of 'I dairy produce totalled i:3".500,000.

Last night's cable mecsages gymf details of recent anti-German riots 'o : Moscow state that they resulted in | £4,000,000 of damage. 600 I stores and factories and 200 private j buildings were wrecked. j Invercargili reports that teste have been made of bullet-proof material for soldiers' wear prepared by Mr W. A\ illiams. Shote .from revolvers that bored holes through tough 2-inoh boards failed to pierce the fabric. - The material is light, cheap and adaptable. The ringing apparatus of the new ! iirebell is complete now, and given a stmt appears to be successful, but the difficulty is that owing to some default the pelton motor wheel will not start it without assistance, and it is necessary to give the driving chain a (pull in the way it should go. The council has not yet added this proviso to the direction on the board how to ring the bell, but tile public had better ibeair it in mind in the meantime. There is no danger in getting one's hands stained with iron ru«t; the chain is greased well. Tliu ltev. A. J. Seamer, superintendent of the St. Kild<a and Peninsula -Methodist circuit, ami president of the Dominion Methodist Bible* Class Unioa, lias applied lor the exchange of his captain-chaplain's commission .for an ordinary subaltern's commission (says the Outgo Daily Times). As that re o'kvst ma,v not be granted, Mr Seamer luu. en listed in the ordinary way as a private. Ho holds strong the view that older men should form, a fair proportion of o«i b force sent to the front. Speaking at the meeting of "the Fruitgrowers' Association on Saturday night regarding the desirableness of the Government continuing forwarcitug experimental shipments "of pears, Mr 8. 1. Fitch said that all that was (required was to get tlie rigdit variety. • Onoe that was determined there was no reason " l iv the export of pears should not be as successful as the export of apples; indeed, pears of the right variety would bring higher [prices than apples on the London market. A good many varletirs of pears ought to be tested, and if that n ere done he was sure that the export of pears oould be made a suoccss.—Oliristchiurch SfEar.