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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 October 1915, Page 3

'Jlits sudden drop in the price o! wheat lias caught many poisons who were holding bhe golden grain at 7s •'.VI for a yet higher price, remarks the Oamaru Mail. They will get very little sympathy from the general puhlic. As a liical sale ha.s boon made at 4s M it •will be seen that t-hcfso persons with ■oii'y their own interests in view, liavc lost 3s. which they niiuhl have had. an afH'etion they will he the first to duly appreciate. One farmer in North Ota.u;o, who was resolute in ret using- 's 3d per bushel, is still holding 2000 bushels, and tliero are others in the same predicament in varying degrees. 'the scheme tor the erection in Wellington of a Farmers' Institute on the linos set out in the Post some weetts ago has been well received. A c<ravas£ for financial Assistance 'was made in the \Y.\:rn.rapa last week by .\lr A. lieigii Hunt and was very successful and all tin money required is now assured. The proposed building will occupy a site n the vicinity (if the old drillshed. The diiretorts will meet in Wellington Mida;- to register the company which is u> cany out the scheme.—Evening Post. .'»lr A. J. Shailer, iiursorymain, PalJnu;.;ton North", advertises chry.santhe- | Hindis and dahlias tor salt'. He lias fin l j tie '.sand plants to cl'spwse of.