FEILDING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 5, 5 December 1931, Page 8

FEILDING

VICE-REGAL VISIT. In connection with the visit of His Excellency Lord Bledisloe to Feilding on Monday, the Feilding R.S.A. is calling a parade of ail ex-servicemen and nurses at the Bank of New Zealand corner at 9.30 a.rn. Those attending the parade are asked to wear mufti and decorations. FARMERS’ MEETING. The Feilding branch of the New Zealand Fanners’ Union is desirous of as many members as possible attending the reception at the Parorangi Estate on Monday afternoon at 2.40 o'clock to meet Lord Bledisloe. His Excellency has expressed a desire to meet as many farmers as possible during his short viis-t to Feilding. K TWITE A RABBIT BOARD. Trustee W. L. Grice presided at the usual meeting of the Kiwitea Rabbit Board at Kimbolton this week, there being also present Trustees Brown, Batchelar: Palmer. Kroger and Wood. A subsidy of £3l 7s 8d on rates collected from. August 5 to October 7 was received from the Department of Agriculture. It was decided to impose the 10 per cent, penalty on all rates unpaid after January 23 next. The chief inspector’s report was adopted as follows: —"We have been engaged in making personal inspections of the various properties in connection with both rabbits and noxious weeds. My assistant at Rangiwahria reports that it has been a good month and that a fair number of rabbits have been killed. A few rabbits are about in patches, but the area generally is in good order. From now on he propoposes to devote most of his inspections to noxious weeds, except in a few places where rabbits require more attention. In my own district the usual digging out, fumigating and shooting nave been going on, but I regret having to report an increase in the number of young rabbits to be seen about, especially on country that was formerly very bad. This, however, is to be expected at this time of tlie year, for no matter how careful the settlers may be, there are always a few breeding burrows that escape detection. In addition, the past couple of months have* been the most suitable lor the propagation ol the pest that we have had tor several years. However, I leel confident that as soon as nreeding ceases we will soon cope with them by the usual methods. As far as noxious weeds are concerned, theso are much further advanced than usual at this lime of the year, but good work has been done in coping with gorse, foxglove and, on a tew places where it is x>retty had, ragwort, the last-named weed being treated with sodium chlorate. I hope to deal with the balance of the weeds named during the next few weeks, when I propose to have hemlock, barberry, blackberry and any further growth of ragwort attended to, after which tho district should show considerable improvement as far as noxious weeds are concerned.” NOTES. Mr C. Silcock, who has been assisting in the office of the registrar for Oroua in connection with the preparation of the rolls for the general elections, returns to his position in the Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington. next week. Mr Brian McLean, son of Mr and Mrs W. H. McLean, East Street, Feilding, returned home this week after being abroad for three and ahalf years.