LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 August 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

I' II A new blight-resisting apple called the •Tatwka" was exhibited-at the ■Fruitgrowers' Conference recently held in Wellington. It was grown from a seedling, worked, improved and thor- , oughly tested by Mr D. iieeroft, of Port Albert, Auckland, dt is said to be a cross between the Northern Spy, Cox's . Orange Pippin' and Dougherty, and is the result of hve years' experiments. i Several prominent papers at Home state that so well has the British Gov- ■ eminent "blufl'ed" the world in regard 1 to her army that she has now 4,000,000 men under arms, not including colonials. This probably accounts lor the statement made recently oy Mr Asquitil thai .Britain won id not undertake conscription, as her forces were now bigger than she anticipated. It was 'reported to the Carnarvon shire (Wales) KecrWiting Conini'ittejo that the recruiting campaign among farm labourers at the recent hiring fairs "in the county proved a failure. Detachments of the Uoyal Welsh fusiliers were drafted into the districts where the fairs were held and tliey moved among the farm labourers, but only twenty-three recruits were secured. Tho secretary stated that at the Sarn fair not a single recruit was obtained, though there were scores of young men who would have made excellent soldiers. Trooper M. innes-Jones, who was •shot through the hoao, writes from Lady Godley's home for convalescents at Cairo to his parents at Kihikihi that the doctors have decided to "send him back to New Zealand for six months' furlough, as his jaw is still stilt', and he can open his mouth only a littlejust enough to enable him to take "soft tack." He says there arc some live hundred men, mostly permanently injured, waiting to return to Now Zealand. The heat in Cairo is intense, and cases of sunstroke are frequent. Trooper F. innes-Jones, writing to his parents from the trenches, says the weather is splendid and the scenery beautiful, but the-Hies are an awful pest. There are two things the men crave for—good tobacco and sweets. The tobacco obtainable is poor stuff, Cigarettes are plentiful enough. Waipa Post, The announcement that .Private W. Banks, of Levin, had been wounded a second time fortunately turns out to be fhebrrect. Private 11. Banks (not of Levin) is the wounded man. At a meeting of the council of the MuTing Shorthorn Association, held in Palmerston last week, the president, Mr. James Grant, referred to tho visit paid by members to Wereroa State Farm" recently, and the benefits and information to be gained by visiting these places. He said the farm was an education to farmers, and especially to the young farmer who desired to get the best results from Tils farm. in referring to the milking Shorthorns, he predicted a good future for tho Association. Keen ' interest was already being taken by breeders in various parts of the Dominion, and keen business farmers preferred an animal that would prove most profitable for heel' when it became unprofitable "lor other purposes.- Standard. Those present at the Lyric Assembly's dance last evening had a most enjoyable time. The music was all that could he desired and excellent refreshments were handed .round. The next dance will be on Monday next after the pictures. A" one-tijne 'resident of 'Levin, Mr Joseph Kearsley, has been appointed musical director at His Majesty's Theatre, Wangauuii.