The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVD. MONDAY, AUGUST 9. 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 August 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVD. MONDAY, AUGUST 9. 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Al the Dominion Truugrou ers Lonlerence on Thursday -Ur J. U. Aeili , u;io accorded ;i hearty vole oi thaiiivs lor his paper on ••Experimental lteisearch.'' This held, observed Mr S. I'Ope (.Secretary oi Agriculture;; allecLed the patent law. lie had written to the lion. T. .Mackenzie, High (..'oiniiiissioner lor -New /-ealand, who at prcseiiL had the matter before the Home authorities ami u tliey made no objectiuii a clau.se would be added to grant in the simplest way possible protection tor new varieties »i plants raided.

.Mr .Ja.mes Bishop, a well-known resident ot this district,, died ill the Wellington Hospital on .Saturday meriting lie entered the hospital to undergo an operation on Thursday, but it mis too late to be ol any avail, lho late -Mr Bishop was born at IJarillghu]). in Victoria, in 1808, and was a resident ol this district lor the past li years. At the time ol lii.s death lie •wa.j poultry-farming it \\eraroa, ha» ring e.stablislied the I'anu some years ago. He leaves a willow and a family ul six. lor whom much sympathy «'ill be. felt. The Government meteorologist repurts that the weather is likely to be cloudy and unsettled, with rain probable. The barometer its unsteady, with :t falling tendency.

.Messrs W. and (J. Turnbiill. Limited, report as follows.—The lourth crutchings sale of the season was held oil Uth August, iu conjunction with the loi'tiiiglitly sale of skins and hides, a lair olfering being put lorward Uy The brokers. .Medium crutchings sold at rutes ruling at the sale ol J u!v Ul'.i. but good lots and seedy lot's showed a decline of Id per II). Crossbred was lower by 2d per lb. when compared with -July rates. Sheepskins depreciated in value of lid.per lb in sympathy with the weakness in siipes as reported from London. Hides allowed a decline of Ul per lb, the only bright .spot in Llie sale being a rise in price of tallow of £2 10s per ton.

An advertser luis lor sale one Jubi Joe incubator (nearly new). An assistant librarian anil caretaker ih required lor Levin Carnegie Library. Details are advertised. The New Zealand Loan anil Mercantile Agency Company. Jamiled.. will hold its usual Levin stock .sale on Wednesday. Entries arc advertised -n this issue. THERE'S NO DANGER.