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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 648, 4 March 1914, Page 4

Mr P. T. Davis advertises in this issue that he has secured the offices lately occupied by Mr Mussen, corner of Sheridan and Taupiri street, and iB prepared to carry on his profession as accountant, auditor and secretary, and general business agency.

In the Quebec House of Assembly Mr Eventual alleged that an alliance exißted between the Government and the liquor interests. A member of the Ministry, replying, rend what he alleged to be the origiral letter from Mr Evantual to the Hotelkeepers' Association, offering for 10,000 dollars to become the special advocate of the li iuor interests in the House.

In reporting the award of the judge in connection with the recent prize competition eßsay promoted by the Te Kuiti Chamber of Commerce, It was inadvertently stated that Wl Nikora, attending the Hangatiki school, had been placed third in his section of the competition. The lad, who gave a highly creditable paper, was bracketed for second place and received a second prize. The rainfall for Te Kuiti for month of February was as follows : February Ist .3 inches, 2nd .07, 3rd .29, 4th .06, sth .04, 13th .78, 24th .07, 25th .09; total for eight days 1.71 inches. The rainfall for the corresponding month in 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913 was 4.71 nchss on 11 days, 1.85 inches on four days, 2.52 on 12 days and 1.75 on 12 dayH The figures wure kindly supplied by Mr T. E. Foy, of the Bank of New Zealand.

The Mangapehi sports to be held on March 14th, are promising to be very successful,and nominations are rabidly coming in. The prize money is £6O, the Sheffield being worth £7 for first, half mile £4, mile £5, 220 yards £3, andd 440 yards £3. The four chopping events have about £2O for prize money. A refreshment booth will be on the ground and visitors will be well catered for. Nominations close with the secretary. Mr H. R. Brumby, to-night. The handicappera are Mr F. H. Burbuah and Mr C. L. Hardy. The charge of indifference or lack of interest in the diHtiict on the part of Auckland business people has frequently been made and judging from the manner in whi"h the southern merchants and others are establishing their connection locally, there appears to be a great deal of truth in the charge. This ia indicated moreover from the fact that on Monday a Very fine draft of fat sheep was forwarded to Wellington, tho sheep having been purchased by the Gear Meat Company. An attempt was made to do business with Auckland but the interest of the northern firm was not sufficient lo bring the deal to a head promptly. Perhaps one of the greatest results achieved from the distribution of small parcels of the rust-resisting oat se"d has been obtained by a Whatawhata farmer. He received a pound weight parcel of the seed, and planted the seed in a carefully prepared piece of land, from which he reaped over 1601b of first-class oats. Tho threshing of this oat, bo far, at tho Uuakura State Farm has produced 3000 bushels, and has averaged SO bushels to tho acre. Four thousand bush«ls more are expected to be the result of when all the crop ia threshed. Thin in irrespective of what has been acquired by tho many small farmers who received small parcels of seed from the Ruakura farm. This marvellous result has sprung from one plant discovered in the centre of a rust-infected paddock less than eight years ago.