LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 September 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

v One hundred yeans ago, remarked Mr Poynton at the S.ISI. Court this morning, tlie penalty for stealing a calf val-ued'at-ok. was hanging. JJunediii repoits that milling products have been reduced a.s follows:— l''lour £1 per ton, now quoted at £14 fUs; oatmeal £2 per ton. now £20. Advice was yesterday received from the Hon. Mr Allen, Minister for Defence to the effect that llfllihana Carkeek, popularly known as "Bunny." was wounded in action on August Sth —Otaki Mail. General Joffre paid an ollicial visit to Rome this week. The Italian press attaches great importance to the event. ** An experiment in poultry feeding was made at the Departmeht of Agriculture's station at Milton, Otago, some birds being fed on oats and lucerne chaff in place oi wheat. The Jesuits obtained during tne first twelve ueeks were slightly in favour of the birds ted without wheat both in eggyield and cost of production. A report on potato variety trials conducted at the Mouniahakl experimental farm in the season 1914-15 says that the King Edward potato is not ~o well-known as it merits. It is kidney-shaped, with pink eyes, •white llesh. and ol a second early mid-season variety. Jt is quoted at a higher price than other table varieties on the London market. The United (Otaki) I'oot'ball Club's members journeyed to Feilding on •Saturday, and met the local cTuI) when a most enjoyable game resulted. I'eilcling. however, proved victors, winning by. l(j points to 0. During the game, Glentworth, of the visiting team, had Jiis shoulder injured. A return match will probably be played at Otaki on (Saturday, when it is expected the tables will be turned.—Mail. (Jlcnmore (II.U) won the steeplechase at Dannevirke yesterday. A total of £12,01kl was put through the totalisator as against a sum of £11,280 last year. A postcard was received yesterday uy a friend in Levin from Private Clifiord J. Moore, who left Levin with the I'oiirth licinlorcenieirte. It reads as Ulows:—'"l have returned from the iiiing line and 1 am in the Lima l'arli Mispital, Cairo. 1 wa& knocked out

by a bomb, anil was unconscious lor two hours, but 1 am getting better now." Private 'Moore is returning home oil the Tahiti, which will arrive in Wellington 011 Saturday afternoon. Tlie Manawatu Times states that at the present time lieaivy horses for farm work are hard to procure in the .I'alinerston district, and good prices are being offered i'or suitable animals. A caufe message reports that at London wool sales there were catalogued bales, of which -lolil were -New Zealand. There wars a poor selection, largely fauhies and interior, and a dragging sale. The lew good merinos offered sold ut very lull rates. Greasy crossbred was linn and unchanged. Crossbred lambs declined Id and all slipes lid. it was announced that exportation would be allowed of a limited quantity of crossbred to the United States and the Allies, and would-be axporters are invited to apply to the iioard of Trade for licenses. lie trade considers this insufficient to warrant confidence in buying, and desired a more detailed announcement. Mr Poyntun, tS.M., when dealing with several truant cases against Maori parents at the Levin S.M. Court this morning, drew the attention ot the Maoris to the injustice they were doing tiioii children by not sending t'lieni to school. The pakelia was doing all he couid to assist their children, and give them an opportunity 111 life. He was letting them off lightly 011 this occasion, but in future he would inflict severer punishment. In a note 011 Quinn's Tost, Dardanelles, Mr Malcolm lioss remarks that the trenches of the British and Turks are so close that neither side dare use shrapnel, and the fighting has resolved itsell into bombing, snap-shooting, mining and counter-mining. Our men have got used to the bombing business, and the enemy cannot teach them anything. if you throw an overcoat ovor the bomb it does 110 great damage except to the overcoat I The Turks also are wary as to the bombs and seem to have shelters into which they can retreat. in the early stages of bomotlirowing there was one Australian who used to : catch the bombs as they came * over—llo doubt he was a cricketer— and throw them back into the Turkish trenches. At last he caught one too many, and lost a hand. On other occasions, our men have been known to sit looking at a Turkish .bomb thrown into their .trench, and "count it out.'.' If it did not explode before they counted ten the bomb was "outed." If one were not 011 the spot and. saw daily under his own eyes the utter indifference to death displayed by these Australian" and New Zealand soldiers, one would regard such stories as travellers' tales. The colonial soldier, undisciplined as he undoubtedly is under certain circumstances and conditions, is a tilling apart in war. ilis bravery is more than great, and as a figliter fie is unexcelled 'by any soldier in the world. He longs for action and change, and as often as there is fighting to do lie will | do it, but the monotony or trench work will certainly begin to pall upon his free and unfettered soul. A pure specific for coughs anr colds is "Naaol." Costa cighteenpence for sixty doses. All chemists. . Ready for

A telegram froan Wellington receivc! this" afternoon,' .state<s J that-*tße , 'Eo<3bal authorities have" receiver advice .'that there were not any Inow-ZeiiLaii<l-mails aboard the Hen peri ail. Ladies night will be held at the Braids' Lodge to-morrow (Friday) niglht. The casualty list received, alter we went to press yesterday appears on page 4 to-day. The report of the concert held in the Century Hall last night will appear in to-morrow's issue. The final game lor the Hcat-herlea uolf Glub (ladies' championship was played yesterday when Mrs Clark won from Miss Marjorie Hitchings. The final game for the men's championship will be played next Saturday.''when W. Hughes and V; J'). Hitchings will meet in what should prove an interesting game.