Horowhenua Show.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 15 December 1917, Page 3

Horowhenua Show.

THE JsEYV SCHEDULES. The schedules for the Horowhenua A. and P. Association's show to be held on January 00, ly 18, have now been issued by tlie Secretary, Mr It. 1). Wallace. The programme contains several variations from and some additions to last year, and these may be pointed out for the benefit of intending exhibitors. The boy riders will be divided into two sections, prizes beiag given for those twelve yeirs and under and up to 15 years. A new class is provided for lady's and gentleman's hacks, to be named at time of entry, ridden and judged as a pair. In harness horses only one class is allotted for spring cart horses, this being intended to cover mare oi gelding. A new condition is attached to the classes for pair of draught horses and plough team of three horses. It will not be necessary lor these to be owned by the same person, so that neighbours may combine to make up a team. This provision will give small farmers an opportunity of competing. A new principle is introcTuced in the Dairy Cattle classes, no pedigree or-registered cattle beingeligible to compete in any of these sections.

The Champion Butter Eat competition is endowed this year with a £d us cash prize donated by the Xhinakiiu Dairy Co. in addition to the Levin Dairy Co-'s Cup. while the second prize is £-3 -is given by the Ivulcu Dairy Co. and the third £1 Is. . ' The purebred cattle section has been revised completely, and there are classes instead of the 20 of last year. Jerseys, Holsteins, Ayrshires, and Aliiking Shorthorns each have eight classes so J;luit the whole field of possible entries is amply covered- A chain, pion ribbon will be g'iven to the champion bull and cow of each breed. . Quality and weight' will be taken into account in judging the fat cattle, and in this division the N.Z. I'i'iesiaiL Association oilers a special prize of ,i' ; i os for the best fat l'Viesian bullock, ar

Qcyg. °Other new classes provide for ram lambs in wool and purebred Tamworth boars. Finally there is the home industries section the chief innovation in the schedule and one that is looked to provide a source of interest to the ladies. thirty - seven classes are set down and they seem to cover the range of domestic industry very fully. _ With reasonable support, this is a department of the show that should rapidly extend. Copies of the schedule may be obtained free on application to -dr Wallace, the Secretary, P.O. Box 2T, Levin.

Mata-Hari returned to Paris. And the first thing slic did was to a})ply for a vise on. her passport permitting her to go to Spain. Sail Sebastian was the place she mentioned as' she explained she wished to attend the horse races there. EST TOUCH WITH GERMANY. Madrid, Spain, and Kaucn, Germany, are in constant wireless communication. There are other radio stations, privately owned in which can flusii messages to Germany, acording to allied intelligence officers who Have investigated. And, of course, there are innumerable German agents, spies, and propaganda disseminators. Secret Service reports disclose the fact that Mata-Hari was seen much in company at San Sebastian race track with a man long looked upon with suspicion by the French Government. Soon she came back to Paris and the apartment near the Bois de Bologne. And once more the limousine owned by the individual whom rumour has branded a Deputy began rolling up to her door twice a week and sometimes oftener.

Then came the simultaneous FrancoBritish ollcusive at the Somme. Tanks went into action for the first time, and, according to General Haig's official communique, his '' land-ships achieved satisfactory results." THE ANTI-TANK GUN.

The tanks did achieve satisfactory results. More than that, they revolutionised offensive tactics on favorable terrain. But several of the tanks were put out of action —and not by stray shells hurtling forward from far behind the German lines. They were knocked out by small calibre penetration shells, fired from <17 millimetre trench cannons —the largest guns that can be handled from advanced positions. Guns specially built and rifled, and fired at high velocity and flat trajectory, so that, unlike any shell ever coughed up by a mortar, they penetrated the object struck —even though it were steel —before exploding. Instantly it became evident that the enemy had become aware of what was in store for him and had constructed an "anti-tank" gun. And when the booty in the captured German positions was examined, the British found they had several good specimens of Krupp's newest weapon. Several German officers of higher rank taken prisoners eonfirmed suspicions, by explaining they had received a description of the tanks several weeks before and had been instructed how to combat them. MATA-HARI'S FINAL MOODS. While awaiting death Mat,a-Hari wrote her memoirs in a polygot of French, German, Dutch, Javanese, Japanese and even English, according to the mood she was in. She wrote the story of lier life, and it was purchased by a Paris morning newspaper, which will publish it in serial form. And all Paris waits eagerly—except the one who waits apprehensively—to see if she will name the "ami" who gave her the iirst inkling of the tanks.