LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 November 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Tlii! iiorowlioinia Comity Council lias doc'ded that afior December Ist. nil .-.t.ek :r nixing 011 the mads in the Wiro kino riding bo impounded by the range". When the motion was read by the elia "r in all at .Saturday's meeting tli o cvirmoer ejaculated "Hear, hear! Hoar. bear!"

IV Manawatu Standard of Thursday .say*: To-day Air Henderson, of Awapuni, le.ft at this office a box of stnnvliorr.es picked, from a quarteracre crop, the whole of which has been ruined by slugs. The hearts of the berries have been completely eaten out. leaving only a thin shell of fruit. .Mr Henderson estimates his loss at £50 It is many veal's since the ravages of siuys and sua Is have been so severely felt in Palrnoi'ston North, and probably in mildness of tile winter accounts for the plague. .

A fire occurred in the flax 011 the Moutoa Estate last week, and a con-r.idol-able area of two-year-old leaf was destroyed before the outbreak was got in hand. The damage is estimated at cbout £"2.ooo.—Manawatu Herald..

Cumberland (England) floekmasters are suffering unusually heavy losses from the ravages of maggots—locally known as "wicks"—upon the sheep and lambs on tile fells, the recent hot weather and the reduced attention given to the flocks having accentuated the trouble. When out oil the Cladbeck i''ell.s one day one farmer counte-d 13 dead sheep and lambs which had been literally eaten alive.

ii ,6 ..tiitea tn.ic a curiam suaii ui«.i j« ji.iiijc luiiuu nom tue ioi.ovvj.,y, ui.xtiiie: j«o uouOie hanuim.-. ui .-r..n, i ne cm> o. .-.ugui , one te;io|.ooiiI nil oi I'ans given. .ixl.\ dry, ana j leave auouc Hie garden. Ae\v l'y- ! i:iuiiin ixs acuta ts.iVs the -News) who Uiive tiled tills specwic stale tnal Hie t-naiis like the mixture. anil next lnoi'ii.ng are iound dead m large numbers. The c.iairmau oi tile Horowheuua County Council has been appointed to represent the council on a deputation that is to wait oil the Minister of l'uhi e Works in advocating the opening 1 of a roadl from W'aikanae to the Upper I iiutt. It was suggested that CouncilJ lor Catlev act on the deputation, but he stated that while favouring the opening of such roads at ordinary times he did not believe Ui harrassing the Government for funds at the present time. v. The Education Board , has appointed .Mr I>. Smart clerk oif works in connection with the erection of the septic I tank at the Lev'.n school. The last of the £50 voted by the i county council 'last, year for assistance | ior the county clerk was expended a < little while ago, with results satisfactory to the council. More rates have been j collected,, thus securing a higher subi sidy and the bank overdraft reduced. All this means several hundreds of pounds waved to the council. The question of granting further assistance to the clerk was brought up by the chairman at the council's meeting on .Saturday when he stated that the couuj oil should appoint a competent clerk at i a salary of £2 per week to assist Mr ! Goldsmith. He had thought at one ' time that one could do the work easily but in the past twelve months lie had found that this was impossible. They ■ had given lMr Goldsmith assistance for i si x month and it had resulted in their j getting an extra subsidy of £500. They ' also had reduced the bank overdraft | and were saving money in interest. The ! council now had more information ! placed) before them and they knew bettor now how the affairs of the council ! stood. The other councillors agreed ' with the chairman and spoke in sup- ! port of the suggestion, and a motion that it be given effect to was carried ' unanimously.

The Canterbury Jockey Club's Metropolitan meeting was concluded on Saturday In fine wcat'ier. The totalisator handle.! .C1715,(j% lO.s for tile meeting against £177,010 for last year. The Steadi Memorial Cup was by The Toff j with Egypt .second and Nones thiird. The time was 2min. Dsec. The Melbourne Gup run 011 Saturday' was won by Sasonoff in 3min 27sec. Shepherd K-Ing was second and St. iSpasa third. Mr Walter -.Rutherford, one of the 1 best known and most highly respected residents of Pa'ieerston's business men, died at Paekakariki at about 8.10 011 Saturday nrght. Deceased took a great inteevst in the welfare of Palmerston North, and worked hard for the town. He wa.s an accountant by profession and at tlie trouble in the Horowhenua C ounty -C*ounc : | wa.s engaged to audit the hoiks and .start things in a bettor system.

An Oakland (California) Iram-w company has installed a second conductor 011 cue of Its cars, whose duty it will lie to answer questions, help women 0:1 and off. amuse crying balre« audi make hlmse'f as useful and obliging to tlie travelling public? as possible.