The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 August 1925, Page 2

The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr F. W. Waiters, of Waitou, formerly of Stratford, who is described as the largest dairyman in the Waikato, had excellent result from his herds during the past season-. He has seven herds, comprising 627 cows, milted by sharemilkers, and the average production of butter-fat per cow ranged from 23Q lb. a herd of 54 two-yr-old heifer, to 330.571 b. from a herd of 87 cows. Considering -that the Dominion average is under 2001 b. per cow, it is evident that Mr Walters pays great attention to testing and culling, the best means of raising the average production.

Two units of the American Fleet —u marine and a bluejacket—arrived in Levin during the lunch hour today on their way north. They attracted a good deal of attention during their brief stay in town. The Te Kuiti Chronicle states that n company is being, flouted to build a modern hqtel there. Plans and specifications have been prepared for a fireproof three-storied building containing 100 bedrooms, each equipped with hot and cold water, and garage accommodation i for 50 motor cars. The Palmerston North Fire Board has accepted the tender of Messrs Trevor Bros. (£16,300) for 1 the erection qf the new central fire station and quarters for the married firemen in Cuba Street. There were nine tenders. The building will be of fireproof construction and is to cost £17,000. “Lost, a bunch of keys. Two pounds reward." This notice was exhibited in the window of a butcher’s shop in a country district not many miles from Oamaru (says the North Otago Times). The keys were promptly restored, but the finder was a little disappointed when he discovered that the reward was two pounds of sausages. There is always something charming about children dancing, and tomorrow night’s plain and fancy dress ball at Koputaroa will give the little folk their opportunity. There is to be a dance for adults after the youngsters have had their turn and the proceeds will go towards the School Fund. Lowe’s bus leaves the .Levin post office at half past seven. Mr W. G. Sloman’s incubators at. his model poultry farm are’ hatching over a thousand chicks weekly. These, are bred from vigorous stock and specially selected eggs, and prices are quoted in this issue. The usual supplies of poultry fertilizer are also ; available and as this manure finds a, rea'dy sale those requiring it are advised to' place their orders at once. i At the conclusion of the hearing at Wanganui of an application made by a. woman for a renewal of a prohibition order against her husband, an act with no- small degree of humour put v the closing features on the case. The application was refused, and the lady smashed her umbrella on her other half’s head. There was not a suspicion of affection in the effort, either. The Court orderly did the rest. ' ' Discussing rates at the Waipa Co untv Council meeting Cr. J. S. Fisher said a few ratepayers in his riding had taken exception to the eighth-bf-a-penny increase. The chairman replied’that he had heard no squeals in his riding yet. Ratepayers had only to read the newspapers to. observe that practically- all local bodies in the province had' been forced to increase their rates on account of the increased hospital apportionments and other levies. The Railway Department has decided, to run a special' passenger train from Palmerston to Wellington on Sunday next for ttie benefit of residents who wish, to use the American Fleet and will have no other opportunity of doling so--' The train will leave Levin at 9.28 a.m. and will make a fast run, arriving Wellington at 11.38 a.m., leaving on the return ■ journey at 5.15 p.m., and reaching Levin at 7.37 p.m. Cheap excursion fares will be charged. A rare visitor was shot at a country homestead no great distance from Napier the other night (relates an exchange). A farmer, hearing a commotion in his fowlyarci, found that his agitated hens had been scared by a strange bird. Thinking it was a hawk, he shot the intruder, and found to his surprise that it was a kaka. The' complete absence of native bush in the locality makes the kaka’s presence the stranger. Years ago kakas were seen-as close to Napier as the Esk Valley, but now they are very rarely seen away from the wooded country up in the hills. The monthly meeting of the Levin Plunket Society \ya sheld in the Public Library on Monday. Present — Mesdames J. D. Adams (chair), Tlngey, Keedwell, Magee, Shepherd and Shennap'. The nuirse’s report for July shows a marked increase in the number of cases receiving attention--2421 visitors having called at tire rooms, while 27 homes were visited by the nurse. This indicates that as the work of the Society becomes more widely knpwn, more mothers are taking advantage of the help and information available. Owing to a rearrangement of duties the Plunket Nurse will now visit Levin on Tuesday and Friday each week. 'Regrbt was expressed at the absence of die Mayoress through indisposition. “There are too many ; permits granted for the holding of!-art unions at the present time. If we go on the way we are, you will find that eventually we will be in the same position as certain cities in South America in respect to casinos. It will have to he. checked.” So observed Mr A. E. Rankin at the monthly meeting of the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce last evening. Mr Rankin considered that the Chamber should take steps to voice a protest against the number of art union permits granted, his reason in the main being that the practice was conducive to gambling. Members of the Chamber pointed out that the Department of Internal Affairs was at present occupied in dealing with the matter. It was unanimously decided to endorse the Department’s attitude in this respect. ' A herd of 27 mixed dairy cows, owned by Mr F. H. Bell, Waimana, Bay of Plenty, gave a fine return last season. They produced 11,1861 b. of butter-fat, an .average of 4141 b each. Twenty-two of the cows gave an average of 479.61 b of fat in 320 days, while the best cow gave 566.891 b. of fat in 310 days. The cows appeared to be of very ordinary quality of mixed breeds, and cost their owner less than £lO each three years ago. The cows were run on 54 acres of river flats, most of which was 'in pasture. As supplementary feed they were fed on eight acres of turnips, carrots, mangels and chou moullier. The land was of excellent quality and the pasture was top-dressed with 2Jcwt. of superphosphat annually. Mr Bell attributed the performance of the cows to the fact that they were well fed , and well looked after.