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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 112, 3 December 1908, Page 2

At the Horticultural Society's Exhibition the New Zealand Government was awarded a silver madal ,for coldstored apples, and a bronze medal fyt honey. The Kirkpatrick Company) Nelson, were awarded a sijv'er. medal for jams, etc. The Hokianga Cooperative Company a>d Clarke Whangarei, received bronnse medals lot preserves. The New South Waleß Government was awarded a silver medal for dried fruits. Defence is occupying a considerable amount of attention at Home. Apropos of Lord Roberts' warning that an invasion of England is possible, and despite official advice not to discuss the subject, important German newspapers admit that Buch an invasion possible though difficult. The Neue Freie Presse advises Germany to "unexpectedly annihilate the British home fleet and then invade." Mr Haldare (Secretary oC State for War), speaking at Cambridge, said that Lord Robecrts had suggested a rival army scheme before the present one had been tried. Soldiers and sailors had investigated the possibility of trans- 1 porting 150,000 invaders across the«{s' and regarded \\ as an Impossible feafc' 1