LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 October 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Additional gifte of money received by the treasurer (Mr P.' W. Goldsmith) for tho Red Cross Funcf, in response to tho recent appeal are: Levin First Aid Class £4; Mrs Duckworth £1 Is; collected at Ilialcnra Creamery hv Mr J. R.utiierford £13 8s sd. With the amounts previously acknawftxigpd this I)rings the total to £89 9,s Bd.

During the fighting a Highlander had the misfortune to yet his head blown off. A comrade communicated the sad news to another gallant .Scot, who asked, anxiously: "Wliere'e his head? He was smoking ma pipe."

Some idea may &e gathered of the effects of the continued dearth of rain on tho dairying industry when it is I earn i»d that the supply oi milk to the Taieri and Peninsula butter factory m Oaniani is at the present time only one-tihird of tho amount that was ing delivered for the same period last season (says the "ftorth Ota.go Times"). The opinion is expressed that an indirect result .of the drought will be to induce farmers through North Oiago to go in more largely for lucerne cultivation, as it is on record that this valuable plant has saved the lives of thousands of sheep and cattle during tinV previous dry spells in other parts .of the Dominion, when othor fodder iplants have failed to make up for* the shortage of other feed.

Mr "W. Murray, head teacher at Manakau for some time past, has resigned his position in order to enter the Presbyterian Home Mission Service, air Murray will be stationed at Hamnor in the South Island, and will leave for there in the course of the next few weeks.

The Rev. Ronald Miller, at present studying at the Otago University, will take charge and attend to supply for the Levin Presbyterian Church during his annual vacation. He •will commence his duties here on November 21st, ami ••will remain for a few months.

The annual sale of yearling Holstein and Shorthorn milk-record bulls, and Shorthorn cows ami heifers from the Weraroa Experimental .Farm will bo held on November 2nd at the farm, i'articulars are advertised in this issue.

Mr Leith, of Woodlands, has been very successful -with his Dutch I'Viesinn cow, Kmger's Maid. Under seini-oilic-irtl lost she produced (Hiß-J lbs. of butterfat und nearly 18,000 lbs. of milk, '"'his rucoi'-i is the highest yet madv oy a.'.y 'jow in Southland for either uuJk vi butter-fat.

The lowa Experiment .Station g<n -iIX) pounds of pork from an aero w clover, and 2io pounds ironi an" acre 01 timothy. These are unusually large yields. JJoth crops would be profitable mi hog pasture if -they prouuml only half as much pork, respectively. At Kansas an acre of rapo produced pounds ol pork, and an acre of lucerne •108 pounds of pork.

Any eligible man desirous of going oil active (service without delay has an excellent chance at present. A telegram sent to Daniels states that fifty infantry units from this district are needed to go into camp at Treiitha.ni. The list will be closed at 9 o'clock to-morrow night (Thursday). Volunteers may enlist at j.vir'Keedwoll's (Lovin) forthwith.

To-day Armour and Co. (6110 of the great American packing linns) operate 14 meat packng plants, and employ more than 32,000 people, nearly one-sixth ol 1 ■which aro employed by tlio Kansas City .house. The company's total volumeof business is about £80,000,000 per annum. Its live stock purchases amount to 1:40,000.000, and its annual pay roll amounts to annually for supplies, sucii at- spices, £5.200,000, and £2,000.000 is spent on salt. fuel, lumber, machinery, Kuller's earth, etc.

"British newspaper writers unci others who aro continually girding at tho sale of '.foreign' meat.' the English "Meat Trades Journal, , writes "are' probably ignorant of the fact that nearly 83 per cent, of tho -wheat, flour, and grain consumed in Great Uritnin is "foreign" ; that TO per cent, of tlio poultry, eggs, rabbits and game "wo eat come from abroad; tlfat over 45 per cent, of the dairy produce put on our tables is foreign ; thai 55 por cent of the fish we get are out of foreign waters; that quite 72 per cent, of the Fririt consumed n Great Britain 'is imported (to say nothing about the Iβ J j>ol , cent, o; foreign vegetables)", "vlliere would Groat Mritain bo to-day but for her su])plies of foreign meat and other produce r

An extraordinary accident happened ov. a train travelling between frnnkton and Ciinibridge on Saturday. A man known as Cliiini Pearson was in charge of Mr Angus McKiimou's liorso J'ai'simoiiy on the train journey from Auckland. At Krankton Pt-arwin was seen linn-inn nhoiit the lv>x. hut on iin-ival at Cambridge it was noticed tiTaT while all the other horses inteiuled io coinpefe at tho races were removed. Parsimony remained in his box. An hour later investigation was made, and Pearson was found lying under the horse's (Vet in a pool of blood, with serious injuries to his head and lnulv us (he result of tho horse having trampled on him. He was removed to the hospital

in a serious condition