Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 February 1916, Page 2

Local and General

« Junior porters, also traffic labourers, are required By the Now Zealand { Railways Depairtanent. Ai>p(lioanta | must be between the agee of 18 and 30 years, at last birthday. Applicai, tionfi Irom single men eligible for seroce with New Zealand Expeditionary Fbrcee will not be entertained. Details as to forme of application, eto., are set out by ad verbis ament in today's Chronicle.

Apparently there ip, a keen demand throughout the country lor ,small Holdings—from' oto 20 acres. A Levin agent during the past lew inonthts lias received many enquiries for such holdings iroui different parts; yesterday one came to imiul from i>annevirke. lie states that he could easily dispose of section, \>T Wis size if tlK'.v were available. The drought on the "iSa.st Coast is almost as iv ii .e j isi now as ii, was twelve months ago. In chatting wjtli an Age reporter a wellknmvu Master- | ton shieplarmcr stated that unless there was a heavy downpour within the next seven or eight da\s lie intended to depasture his sheep oil the ttaei;. roads of the ITorty A 1 ile Bush, and had already i-ugagod a drover wil-h this object in view. i: U'\ enleeuialo.l 'v. riles to tile ciliiov of tile J taster ion Age: —"1 am sorely ipiu'pie\t--d. 1 a.lll a luoiiuer 01 i<le Overseas Club, and. have to wear a badge 011 uie lapel 01 my c„ai. i a.u also a member el the CiLizen's Deiciice corps and wear tlio badge ol that institution 011 tin; other lapel. J. liave, enlisted for service and have been turned down, and will require tc Vvetir a badge 011 my arm. 1. am a member ot the C.Ji.M.S. and wear an emblem o-t-lmt botly on my watch-chain. .Now 1 am being 'badigered' to wear another badge indicating that 1 will wish returned soldiers well, premise not. to 'shout' for them, and buy only British tobacco and tea. Oan you tell mo how lam getting along?" "'We can't," replies the worried editor.

A question that is disputing in lhi.s district lor pre-eminence witli Uiu question "How i.s .the wari ' is "\\ hi--, is it going to raiuF" The weather has been fine and, hot for many weeks now and all growth of teed stopped some time since, and what is loft is fast becoming dry ami brown, and losing all its nutriment. J lie conditions ot stock has not been affected, bui. the milk yields are suffering severely, and a good fall of rain at present would do a lot of good and mean money to dairy farmers. Air. C. S. ..Keed.well was called away (rum Levin hurrudly last Tuesday, oil account ol' the very serious | tion of his father.' Fo;tunaleiy the sufferer made a very quick recovery. .Mr. lveedwell returned to Levin by the New Plymouth express train this morning. ■ The Rev. (J. W. Bennett, vicar o. Nether Hoylaiul, has obtained a commission in the Army Corps,

and will shortly leave lor the lroiu as a motor d.ispateh rider. There lias been such a run on bathing costumes in Petoiie during the past lew weeks that the drapery firms Have found difficulty in supplying the demand. It is estimated that over one thousand people have a bathe daily.— Petoiie Chronicle. Tiiiity-live thousand siieep were penned for Feilding annual sheep fair yestqrduy. Wtore ewes were in very 'good condition, mid the demand was exceedingly brisk. The highest price 37s lid was obtained for a pen of two and four-tooths sold on behalf of Mr C. A. J. Levett. The majority 01 the pons fetched over 'Ms.

At, a public meeting held last night at Ohrirttchureh a resolution was passed. supporting tile Government in its recruiting scheme. .Mr Allen. Minister of Defence, stated that if the scheme failed before June there was only one alternative and that was to adopt compulsion. 0 The population of the Dominion at December 31st, exclusive of Maoris ant.' Islanders, was 1,082,825. There was increase of 17.910 by excess of births over deaths and decrease of 11.085 by excess of emigration over immigration, members of the Expeditionary beng included in the emigration figures. The total population of the Dominion including "Maoris 010.844) and Islanders H 2.508) is 1,165.207. New Zealand products exported just week were valued at £ J ,275.003, including butter £111,730. cheese £189,099, frozen meat £101,054 and wool £701,899. ' • By a lire in the Makerun swamp (Inst Wednesday) about <>00 tons of green flax was destroyed. 11 belonged to the Seiferts' mill property. z Average yields of eighteen bushels per acre up to twenty-five bushels are reported from various districts of Canada. The samples are good, too, one measured bushel having weighed out at 671bs. For the first time in history' China ha* appeared as a competitor with European shipbuilders, pressure of work ill Scandinavian yards having compelled the Brusgasard Steamship Company, oi Norway, to place orders Tor three ships in tlie East. The danger of standing close to ft railway crossing while a fast travelling train is passing was shown at tne Queeu-street crossing the other day, when the engine ol tbe down New Plymouth express drove <i stone straight through the front window of Mr McInt« s! i's worksli op.

The supply of fruit to the Horowhenuu Fruitgrowers' ilepot continues steady, though the supplv of ivell pocked A grad" linos lines been sumll .so far. but they moot. with immediate sale. Other grad-'.s are not so easy to dispose of. The first lot of .Touatlians came in last week from 1.1 r S. billing' s orchai-d, Beach road. The fruit was of even size, finely coloured, well graded and packed—a spb'Tididi sample. Apples Are selling from 5s to 8s per case: po:»r.s from 5s lid to 7s, and poaches and nectarines at- 4s 6d per half case.

Foreign mission services will l.e conducted in Levin next week by ih.; Rev. W. It. Poole. He will take the Sunday morning (service at the Century Hall, and on Monday evening he will lecture in the same hall, when the proceeds of the collection will be devoted to the Foreign Mission Fund.