TOKAORA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 6 October 1922, Page 6

TOKAORA.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

FARMERS' UNION. ' 1 The usual monthly meeting of the! I local union was held in the schoolroom ( | on Wednesday evening, Mr. Fired Mills , (president) in the chair. There was, a very good muster of members present, ! and keen interest was manifested in , the various subjects brought forward, j The boys' and girls' club root-grow- j ing competition, and lucerne growing i . came under review. It was, after; I mature consideration, decided to go in i for' root growing competition areas to ; be not less than: Swedes 1 acre, soft turnips J-acre, mangels £-acre, carrots I j i-acre. Quantities can be marked out j of larger areas. \ Lucerne Growing. j I Lucerne will be judged in three! ' classes, viz., one year old, two years, ' | and mature crops; areas not less than j (one acre; the whole paddock to be) i judged. Entrance fees, 2s 6d for first,j i entry and Is for each subsequent entry. I The above fees io refer to all competiI tions. Entries close on December 1, 1 1922, with the hon. secretary, Mr. H. | E. Batten. Boys' and Girls' Clubs. Messrs H. J. Fmlay and Arthur Playle were appointed a supervising committee for the calf and root, growing competition in connection with the boys' and girls' club. [1..;- Gold Medal Wanted. The funds of the union are very much I depleted, and cannot bear the strain of | offering gold medals', or big cash ' j prizes. Is there any generous-hearted j seed or other firm or large-hearted pri- • vate individual who will voluntarily '! come to the rescue and donate such to II this most laudable cause that needs • assistance? : . RAINFALL FOR SEPTEMBER, > Mr. H. Livingston informs me that during the month of September, 1922, ! 2.53 inches of • rain fell on nine days. - J The heaviest downpour was on the 11th, , I when .68 fell . For the same month in ;' 1921 2.11 inches fell on ten days"; in ; 1920 2.56 inches was precipitated on 13 t_ days. This rainfall is fairly consistent j and regular, and herein lies the secret > of our great wealth in South Taranaki. J | WADE'S WORM FIGS. > I Mothers need never worry about getl ting their children to take this most b effective expeller of worms. Wade's b Worm Figs act surely and quickly, and don't leave any bad after-effects. 5 Be sure you get Wade's Worm Figs, - and keep your children Healthy and b strong-— Advt ; . (5) I THE MOST SUCCESSFUL. ! Chamberlain's Colic and DiarrTinea - Remedy is the most successful medicine in the world ?or bowel complaints, both for adults and children. Pleasant and 1 safe to take, nro^int in its action, an< effectual in results.—-Adv*.