THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1915. Local and General

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 16 April 1915, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1915. Local and General

Nominations are called to fill the three vaeanies occurring in the Huntly Road Board for April 29th at noon.

Mr S. R. Kennedy is in town arranging for the appearance ot the Famous Kennedy Co., on Monday or Tuesday, 26th or 27th.

Mr J. Elliot will hold an auction sale to-morrow, when lie will offer a quantity of fruit, chaff etc., and on the 24th. he will offer an assortment of fancy goods and jewellery.

Owing to a printer’s error, our issue of the first of this month contained a statement that correspondence having reference to the proposed saleyards at Ruawaro should be read at the next meeting of the Ruawaro branch of the Farmer’s Union. It should have read “ The propoposed salevari’s at Awaroa.”

Colds and influenza are the order of the day just now, and the unitiated would be surprised at the number of people who are down with one or the other o! these ailments. The particular form of Influenza which is now troubling people is a particularly annoying form and leaves its helpless victims in a very weak state Influenza is not a respecter of persons, and in every direction we hear complaints of its inroads.

As a result of a meeting of the committee of the Huntly_ Football Club, a benefit match will be played on the Recreation Ground on April 24th, between teams representing the Huntly Roveis and the Brickyard Ramblers. As the proceeds of the match will b 3 given to Mr All Peckham, who has been a patient in the Hamilton Hospital as a result of the recent mining disaster, the worthiness of the cause will be readily understood.

The approach of winter intensities the need of proper approach for the foot traffic front the Main Street to the Huntly end of the bridge. Some months ago the Public Works Department decided to grant the request of the Huntly Town Board for this approach, and a portion of the material for the work was deposited at the bridge head, but there matters have stopped, and unless the approach is constructed immediately, wo are afraid that there nnybian accident there. The fi’h.ig being formed of clay, ev ;ry shower makes it as slippery as glass, and it is a most difficult proceeding, especially for women with children to descend safely. During the recent wet weather, several people had startling experiences, ami we are sure that all who use the bridge would be glad to see the construction of the ramp commenced.

The Huntly Orchestra and Minstrel Troupe will visit Ngaruawahia on the 22nd inst to give a performance i:i aid of the Thornton Relief Fund. The troupe received a good reception in Huntly and no doubt will be well received at Ngaruawahia. : Performers and others may travel by the 550 p,m train from Huntly. and will return after the performance, a special carriage aving been engaged.

Mr Malcolm Ross, who is to be iue war correspondent accredited by the Government and the New Zealand Press to accompany the Dominon Expeditionary Force on active service, left Wellington by the Mokoia on Thursday last to join the Morel at Sydney. He will leave the P. and O. steamer at the port from which he can most readily reich the New Zealand head - quartei s, wherever that may be. Mrs Ross accompanies him on the voyage, but she is going to London.

The effect of the war upon the living of a naturalised German in the Stratford district is having a serious effect from his point of view (says the Stratford Post). Por some years he had invested some thousands of pounds in Germany, and his family were dependentupon the interest thereon. but immediately upon the outbreak of war, all communication with the Fatherland ceased, and he has had neither money or letter since. The position is now so desperate that he is thinking of applying for the old-age pension.

Occasionally one hears of a remarkable number of seeds being produced from a single grain, writes the Wendon correspondent of the Mataura Ensign. The writer had brought under his notice an increase of Garton oats produced from a single grain grown on Mr George Tayles farm here. There were five stalks of corn, each stalk averaging over 200 oat pods, or a total of over 1000 pods. As each pod contains two or three oats —that is, a first, second, and some times a third — it Will be seen that from this single seed were obtained between 2000 and 3000 oats that would grow.

A field on the Moumahaki Experimental Farm which is the admiration of visitors this Season is als acre block of lucerne growing on one of the higher undulating portions of the properly. Established in November of 1913 it is now the best moneymftkitig proposition on the farm. In the beginning of December the first cut was made for hay, the measured stack indicating 35 tons capacity. The second cut was obtained on the 25th January, when about 40 tons of hay were secured this season, but owing to the dry spell the lucerne is being used at the present time in a green state-.

A young Irishman returned home after having made some money farming in Canada. He decided to give his poor old father an outing, and take him to Dublin to see the sights. It had been a great event for the old man, who had never bien in train before, but he entire l it with fear 'and trembling amid many outspoken anticipations of what would happen to him. All went well until the train suddenly dashed into a tunnel, when bang 1 went the old man’s fist on his son’s nose as he exclaimed : “I told you something would happen, you voung villain ; I’ve lost my sight! ”

“ How many Germans are there in the United States? When the war started the Ger-man-American agitators began to talk modestly about 6,000,000 or 7.000,000 Germans and people of German descent in the States. The figures rose fast as the war progressed, and in September -they had risen to 14.000,000 A month ago the German ambassador touchingly referred to the 20,000,000 German and German American citizens in America. A week later Mr H. Ridder, a prominent New York Teuton, claimed citizenship of 25,000,000 Germans, am! now Congressman Bortholdt. in a speech in the House, decl m-qs that one-third of the people of the United States have German blood in their veins.

On 9 of the most serious features of the farm seed position is the great shortage of rape seed that will be experienced this year. As a general rule the low countries of Europe are our main source of supply, but at the present time rape seed is more valuable for war purposes than fot exportation. It is doubtful, therefore, if a single ounce of European rape seed will be available. Tile present wholesale price of rape seed —roughly, £BO a ton —a price higher than has yet been experienced, is likely to advance steadily. Farmers are. therefore urged to procure, f possible, immediately their supplies for 1915. This shortage in rape seed is quite the most serious happening in the farmseed train. — ,A. H Cockayne, in Agricultural Journal,