The lebin Chronicle. THURSDAY, MAY I, 1919

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 May 1919, Page 2

The lebin Chronicle. THURSDAY, MAY I, 1919

S. Smith, son of Mr J- Smith, of Ivevin. is expected home 'by a transport reach ing the Dominion -on May !J.

Though the season is voi'v Into for tomaito-gTuwing, a fine sample in heavy benring is to bo .scon at >lr C. RartJr.iiomew'.s residence in -Mako Mako road. Tbe plants an: f-ingularly free from blight and the fruit well developed.

'Mrs G'orringe was in charge of the Patriotic Shop on Saturday with the result, that the imn of £3 was handed in at closing time. The following were the contributors:" Mesdames Webb, J. Hvder. Wright, Keedwell, Strfttton, 'Fully, Palmes, Goldsmith, Misses Jvebbell. A. Kebboll, Stewart, Tnllv, Messrs Aplin, Palmes.

A Wanganui dairy farmer, named D. Oil!, was fined £20 for selling milk containing 32 per cent of added water. At the lC'hri(-:fV'l"i'rdi Court(•Yank Xecdham was fined ,£!;>, Charles F-_ Moon £10, and Stacey and Hawker £'•">, for selling light-weight- bread.

The Hastings Borough Council has received 33 replies from local bodies with regard 'to .Sir Andrew Russell being appointed Governor-General of the Dominion. Three local bodies endorsed tho proposal, four made formal acknowledgements of the resolution, and 31 marked it received.

In the course of bis address of welcome to General Hart at Carterton on Friday, the Mayor stated that Briga-dier-General Hart had, by a strange coincidence, served as a steward on beard tlio Corintliie on returning ffom the Boer War. On this occasion ho had returned on the same vessel a.s Brigadier-General. C.M.G.. D.S.O.

At Monday uiglit : s meeting of the Borough Council, the Mayor (Mr Blenkliorn) said the town had lately Host two of its citizens, Mr C". Ret tor and Mr 1!. H. Frechtling, win se deaths were greatly deplored. Both bad been worthy residents and lie moved that tho Council forward letters of condolence to the relatives. The motion was carried with tho councillors standing,

"Veil. Archdeacon Murray, who has retired from the charge of Bt. Mary's Cathedral. Parnell, after nearly 27 years as vicar, was presented with a .sum cf .tIOOO subscribed by past and present parishioners and other friends.

The "Wellington Automobile Club at its meeting di:cus;;;'<l a proposal for making a deviation in the road to I'aekaka riki, constru -ting it via Plimmertion, Pukerua and tile sea coast. The suggested road wuild save four of five miles, and an elevation of 570 foot over the Paekakariki hill.

Owing to tho ill-i:?alth of his parents, ■who reside in Bristol. England, Mi- .1. "\V. Perkins, the well-known local land agent, has disposed of his land and estate business to Mr W. E. Opps, of Wellington. Mr and Mrs Perkin s and daughter expect to be leaving N-ew Zealand about the end of June and will cross the United States of America on route to England.

Freezing buyers have been very active during the past week or so, apparently taking advantage of the drop in prices to fulfil requirements (states the Ashburton Guardian). Larger consignments than usual are leaving the Methven station almost daily. Recently a special train, comprising 38 trucks, took a consignment of fats from the district to the freezing Horl;i.

It is popularly supposed that the New Zealand envoys, .Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward, have made some sort of an impression on the British public, and have contrived to let the people of Britain know at least that they come from Xcw Zealand. Jn itlio Daily Graphic of February 10, a. pictorial paper in London, there is published a pi;ot>graph of a weddl'iig group. Underneath the picture appeared' the following description ; "New Zealand Premier's soil married." "Captain Cook, son of the Premier of New Zealand, was married at Goldber's Green on Saturday to Mi's 0". M. AVatr-in, of UcklcrV Green. Sir Joseph Cook is on tin '1)1 idcror-iv'.; risrht. Mr and Mrs Wat son on the left of it ho bride.

In introducing the candidates for the I'nioiigh C./iincil at Tuesday night's meeting, the Mayor (Mr Blenkliorn) said the world was composed to-day of workers and these who thought they were not workers, and they were in the middle of a great conflict at present. The only way to remove the cause of the conflict was for the parties to become better acquainted and there was 110 better pUce for them to become acquainted at than the Borough Council tables. Labour was well-known to be progressive, sometimes too progressive, but. he thought they should be representated in local government (Applause). The Mayor's remarks were apropos of the candidature of Mr R. McAllister, the local Labour candidate, and Mr Blenkliorn added that he would like to see Mr McAllister at the Council table as jie was in every way suited ior such a position. He also stated he was not recommending any candidates but he made an exception in this case. Big bidding continued throughout the selling of Mr C. A. J. Lefett's stud Hereford herd in thi' Feikling yards. The total sales for the day aggregated £21,400 10s. -The sensation of the sale was the contest for the pick of the herd, the 1-year-old bull. President Wilson, imported over two years ago by Mr. T.ovett from the herd of the late Lord Rhondda, in England. For this champion, bidding started at oOOg.s, niul there was a lively contest between Mr. Hazlett. of Dunedin. and Mr Davidson (acting for an undiscovered client through Murray, Roberts and C 0..) in •TOgns bids and finally bids of lOgns, until the bull went n't 2220xs tc Mr Davidson. This is n Xt>w Zealand, record. A Feilding message to-day says the purchaser of the bull was Mr Frank Moore, of Kni Iwi. Wanganui.

A letter urging the necessity of dealing with sand drifts along the colast was rcceiv-ed by 'the Borough Council

at last meeting irom Foxton Chamber of Commerce. Tho Chamber urgc(\ that Messrs Field, Newman and Veitch, -vl.P.'s. lye asked to bring under the notice of the Minister for Lands the desirability of coping with the menace between Paekakariki" and Wanganui, and that the Crown acquire such fraste lands for afforestation or other purposes of utility. The Mayor said tree-plant-in !r would be ideal work for soldiers. Crs Lancaster anil Ryder considered that it was of tho greatest importance that sand drifts should be taken in hand. CV Matheson said he had seen areas diealt with by growing lupins with greaifc success. It was unanimously decided to support the overtures from the 'Foxton 'Chamber.

Complaints of land "aggregation are' coming i n from nil parts of tlio country—some of them, no doubt, with a certain measure of foundation. One of the Manawntu newspapers remarks upon 'the fact that between Wanganui and Feilding there are quite a number of farmhouses "standing empty and desolate, the surroundings suggesting that until recently these houses were' the centre of prosperous husbandry." Several of the local bodies in adjoining districts have taken tb;> matter up and are making representations to the Government. The Tailmpe Times waxes eloquent in its indignation over the operations of tin* "laud aggregator," who in most instances appears to have had -to pay pretty dearly for the gratification of his hankering after broad acres. " I here can be no denying the fact." it says, "that the land laws are being treated with scorn and contempt. fi;sobeyed.. broken and flouted, and that disaster must overtake tho producing industry if a better and saner regime <l(ic« not replace it. While huge, illegal areas of land are held by one 'man, wlm employs one man to 250 acres and depasture? one sheep to every 37 acres, it is not to b? wondered at that competition for l'ind has resulted, in over £100 per acre _ paid at the other end of the district." Leaving pojitical bias aside, there is plenty of other evidence to show that a considerable amount of aggregation. rightly or wrongly, is going on. 1