GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 6 May 1911, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

■?" : .?l'; ■'■■.■■■^■■■-':> *,-"i: -Mp^X ' . j -;u Protests *W:ill; * probably^, f^jev lodged l-against-jthe, electipn of;'.- ; 3^^|^/^l^unlop-' to representi;he, f Wainjairi ,C^iin,ty .;on *he - Lyttejton- : Har ; bor f: Bpapdi^ The grputtdsi; ofj the prpteiS,!;, are -that there y?:as Kplural: voting* iri. ?vip.lation' of; sl clause of new .jaarboT^Apty .which j states>ithat at>:ieleetions;*^pf .jHarbor IJoards,a voterj shall; have : orie ; vptje;;and rior!.more t ■;Somei,.voters^ v itifis .allege^., x-ptedi as trustefis jof estate. s^isas;'l wpU* fis:. •in their ;own;. rightj; .and :o.thers r vypt.ed \in twos.different ridings; , A. protest; b^, the same grounds may ; ibe mad^^gainst, I the result of the poll-tov«stabljsh;v( the) Fendalton-Borough.v": v, ■■; v:'>;j>k T ; •':: At; when ;' of> tKe census returni;- the' Hoto.'l.^. A.( Millar declined to pas^ an opinion on A'ucklaiid,'s claims ..for knioreMnferii b^rs, 1; s'aying*that; thatll^ras! a iubjec^ 'wnicn Would Ira^e; to be1 dealt'with:'when the Cpmi missioner's reports were received. ; "I xlo;'|ixDt;tM^ the, 'S^tittt Island'fw'il| lose as ma^s&ats as •■i\bi^e_ i - : pfl6pe'-^aniiqiDalte::.'-'!'|i:-fTife- returns 's^farjshp# «an increase; bf J population in almbsf every di'Mifct in'ljhe1 Sbuth^ ■J^andl/But it is anip^sible 'Iq 1 isay actiurateiy what"i|ife -firi^t result will! be until all the numbers:'4r6 f in." J-i>;i^ u ■ 'A- somewhat;ndvel proposai hasibeen :;made with, regard to.th« Timaru sMgH.' I School',; a^progosal tha^fe sfetm's;which wiyV 14he-wind is (.blowing' nowya-days^^inire-^ gard to rural 'educations v It hass/bfeeni proposed to specially devote the Timaru' High S«hopl;-itfl agriqulttire', /, It .would, in reality,- become^an agriculturalrhigh school . The. > ordinary continuation course, :-so on, ,w,puldi_;still j re^eiy.e^ttentiony Ibut;: any boy wishing to take up farming- asia .pursuit, .wpijld receive..*« i good< soientific .groanding. This -^ctentific knowledge,; aided;;by ithe, piracticaVexperienoel-, he would ;gain.-.on-: the .farm after he Ileff -schopl, doubtleaa c' aid, .him; i a . good deal \ in. his struggled"with. Nature. ;He : would'i of- qburs^, ;ree l eiv.e,'-asiw«'ll, a ( good, general veducatiftn-.w ' ; vi/-.', ~ ..t.t-A ; 1 •liadybi^ds'ia]Erp'ear' tB he^doijag-excel-lent work in Hawke's Bay^ Pr^hards.'^The ■ orbhard''inspector' inv ' ]ffawke's?'Bay re--'pbrts-to the-A^ricaltural'^mal that On .Visiting several; 1 1 :in'v;.'and around Hastings, %hich are ;';somfe'wliat badly Mifessted' with a'pnisv or Am- ' eriban lolightj h4 'has noticed as common New Zealand ladybifd^the, elevfeiii-sppt-ted ladybird—dpirig' gbodf•work by • feed■mg upon ther apbisV' fle sties' !.that•lose 'observation.exteridin^'o'^er sey'eral 1 f[a: ys r Jclearly ■aeiribnstrated; thajfc '/these Ettle injects effected ; <very .cbiisiderable'; ifeiprovemlent* •in ' the condttii)n of afiebted trees—in- j. some' instancess,' 'the trees'were AAlmpst c.leaWed'.V'This lady-* bird is readily rfecpglriised a'a of; re^d c^lOr, with eleven;blaick spots. r'!; :■, .. ; ,i, i<ate drilled swedes ■'- have : improved ■considerably^' andemay yet'give 'fair feeding, but'early sown 'lots present a sorry- sight, there; beirig sqarcely- any ■vegetation left, the;'aphis having'taken the fle&ves, small haVd l>uibs are the only :signj.of theicrop.'-. ::r:^)~. : X'f ■■ mvc.-'C ■ .. :, i-^:>r[ .. '' ■-' ■■'■' '.•'■ ■■"'•■' i'.--;.^J.;' '■'■'.•. •' -'.