The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 June 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The whereabouts of Barclay. Williameon are advertised for in to-day's Chronicle by E. Chandas, of Rotorua. The Board of Agriculture has decided to recommend the Minister to make contagious mamitis in cows a notifiable diseasse under 'the Stock Act, Mr C. A. W. Monokton, late of Otaki, according to the Otaki Mail is noi\v- adjutant of the Sherwood Foresters at Kent. His regiment, in all probability, will pi-oceed to the front at an early date. Labour in the dairying districts (states the Wanganui representative of , Christchurch News) is going to l>e very scarce during the coming season, and already several women in South Taranaki have offered, their services for factory ■work. It is stated that two young -women are to join the Kaponga Dairy Factory's staff for next season. A new army order issued in Great Braitain sets forth that the schedule to the Army Annual Act, coming into force on April 30, provides for an increase from Is 9d to 2s in the rate payable to the keeper of a victualling house for billeting horses, with siaible room and forage. Consequent on this alteration, the rate to be paid to an occupier other than the keeper of a victualling house 'has been revised as follows—stable room and' forage for the first fourteen days, &s, after fourteen consecutive days 2s. »lr J. B. Sheffield, advertising director of Gimbel Brothers: "Probably more money is wasted in advertising by running consistently in a publication for a long time and then suddenly dropping it than in any other way. It amounts to deliberately throwing away the goodwill which the readers of that publication have built tip for the advertiser's name and prodiuctt. It is better to advertise moderately, than to use larger copy spasmodically."— (Agricultural Advertising. From the New Zealand Dairyman:— The request of the Winter Show Committee at Hamilton that the editor of the New Zealand I>airyman should attend their annual smoke concert to tell the story of what he had learned by his visit to England bore good fruit. The story of the "gap" Between the prices of New Zealand and Danish butter amused them mightily. With amazement they learned that the bulk of our best butter sold tor more than Danish—that it was sold as Normandy rolls. That had been our contention for years. The excellent quality of our best butter has ibeen known to the trade for years. In fact it is known much better in England than in New Zealand. But the knowledge is restricted to the trade. The wholesale people and retailers know the best brand better than anyone in New Zealand, except, perhaps, the official graders. The (retailers also know that those of their customers to whom a fpenny or Urn* in the price is neither here nor there will pay anj thing to have the ibest the market can afford. They stock, therefore, "Normandy Rolls." Daintiest end beet in evening shoes for ladies. Quality shoes of ease and elegance, smart, etylieh and durab's, for town or country wear, are to be obtained from F. W. Pink, Levin.

About £70 was taken at the concert held in Manakau by the Maoris for the benefit of-the Maoris . Patriotio Fund. The Maoris gave concerts at the Palmereton North Agricultural Show on each day and raised a further sum of £40 for the fund as the result of contributions by Palmerston patrons. Manakau has escaped the worst cf frosts experienced , at Levin this win--ter. The Manakau pastures are looking well, and given good weather during July a prosperous season is assured. A fancy dress ball in aid of the Wounded Soldiers 'Fund is being rganised by the ladies of Manakau. The ■ball will he held in Manakau public hall next "Wednesday. lAccording to tihe Marlborough papers there is a shortage of tfeed for daiiriy herds in that district and as high 2s 9d per week is being offered for grazing. The Rongotea Co-operative Dairy Company are paying out for May buittor-fat Iβ 4d per lb. The Mangarama Cheese Company has disposed of three tons or its output wt Bjjd on trucks at Mangaiainoka. The wholesale price of oaten sheaf chaff in Masterton has risen to £8 per ton and that of straw chaff to £4 per totn.