Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 February 1916, Page 2

Local and General

•Mr \V. H. Field, M i'., paid a visit to Levin yesterday. A Pious lask - "-Johnny, what are you doing?" "Trvin' t-j learn the fish 1,1 this here crick what they'll git if they bite on Sunday." The totalisator investments at Dtmedin amounted to £14,717, as compared with £15,831 for the same day last year. The war tax realized £331 4.i Od. Magdala won the City Handicap, with Down second and Fender third. Mr L. G. G. McDonald's Tangihou (who wyn the last 'New Zealand Cup) was successful in winning the Autumn Handicap at Woodiville yesterday. Jae was ridden by Clark, and on entering the straight lie came away nicely and won easily from Orleans and L<ilioguer. To take £700 oft' -10 acres of land in the .Stratford district would seem almost unbelievable. But, nevertheless, a well-known Straftord farmer took this amount off his land liist year: £220 from milk and JCIT/O from the sale of pigs. ' The totalisator figures for the second day of the Woodville races were £l.i. 131 as.against £1:4,800 for the second day last years. The total for the meeting was £26,1<32, a slight decrease on last year.

The funeral of Johti Davies, one of this district's early settlers, took place yesterday at Koputaroa. Tiepresentatdves from all parts ol the county followed the hearse to Ivoputarca cemetry, where the funeral serviice was conducted by tlie Rev W. H. E. Abbey. A xrlbute to the memory of the deceased was uttered by Mr ' Here Nicholson, on behalf of the native race. Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., yesterday, granted an exemption irom all training camps for this year to diaries Ingram, a Territorial of the Levin Company of tlie Seventh Hegiment. It was shown that Ingram had attend'cd regularly aTI previous camps, and also had been a regular attendor at all parades. In this instance it was shown that hardship would be inflicted lr, attendance at camp, and in view of tlio good record shown exemption was granted. At the sitting of the Levin S.M. Court yesterday morning, Mr J. ,\V. Poynton. S.M., gave judgment by diefault for plaintiff in the case J. "\V. Diavies v. Leo Alzdorf a clai ;i lor £1 2. Costs ing to 8s were allowed plaintiff. A similar judgment also was entered in the case, Thomas Sherlaw v. Mildred Hall, in which plaintiff was awarded the sum of or Court costs arising of a claim that had been paid. numo,t; in larmiiig nuuuris L iia.u i-U JiuU ai pieso..l, u.ll, two UUc ot JIOW .ucurne \y.is ostaolislijj. on tlio run ■ i tne late lion; Itobci'L (Jampoell, ai. Otekaike, 1.5 not devoid or amusing features, says Uio Uainaru Mail. The hit. 1 gentleman was an early and iirm beiiever in lucerne, bat his l:ea l man ab/iorred it. believing it only a fad of ' the boss, ' which could Ue shelved by obdurate objection on his part. He was firmly convince ! that lucerne, o.jco in the land, Ouuld not be got rid of, andi many Heated arguments, dgnfficd by restraint, ensued. Mi- Campbell asked that a lew pounds of Income, soed might be misc. l witii whatever pasture seeds were sown, and failing to g.-t his way by mandate, which was surely his right, he gave way. When the men wiio mixed tlie bced were at luncn, liowever, he would slip into the shed and Irom a capacious pocket sprinkle the ;-eleot seed with lucerne. This kept cropping up all over the run with irritating persistency, aud .showed a virility which much annoy&d the head man. Th;* latter wrote many caustic letters to see 1 merchants year by year without avail. That "he lucerne thrived may be slen by any visitor- to OtckaLke, for all over tlie run there are patches ot tlie liaido fodder plant that intervening yeais of crop and its close cultivation have been made unable to eradicate.