FOXTON

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7061, 8 November 1929, Page 2

FOXTON

PROPOSED NEW RABBIT BOARD. SUGGESTION TO LINK UP WITH MANAWATU BOARD. From Our Own Correspondent. A meeting of interested landowners in tlio Iloiwkenna diistriet was held in the Municipal Chambers, Levin, last week, when tho question of fonning a Rabbit Board was fully discussed. Among those in attendance were Mr B. Wright (principal inspector for the Wellington district), Mr M. R. Findlay (Wellington inspector) and Mr D. R. Barron (inspector for the Manawatu Rabbit Board). Mr Findlay submitted a plan showing the area considered suitable to be placed under the board’s jurisdiction. This area would be bounded by a line drawn upstream from the mouth of the Otalci river for a good distance, then branching oil! in a north-wesiterley direction along the Rahui road to the railway line which is followed to Pukehou, then northward at an average distance of three miles from the coast to the Olxau river, which is followed for a short distance, thence northward in the direction of Buller Lane and Horowhenua Lake to Poroatawkao, from where tho main highway is followed to the Whirokino bridge. The northern boundary of this area is marked by a line drawn from the Whirokino bridge to the mouth of the Manawatu river. The chairman of the meeting (Mr W. C. Hannan) tabled full particulars concerning the formation of a.board and details of its operations. He apologised for the absence of Mr F. S. Easton who was fully conversant with the .position in.the district and very.much in favour of the formation of the proposed board. He also apologised for Mr T. G. Vincent who also was in favour of the proposal. After a short discussion, the mooting unanimously resolved to make every endeavour to form- a Rabbit Board in the Horowhenua district in accordance with the plan submitted by Mr Findlay. It was also decided to make an endeavour to link up with the Manawatu Ralbbit Board, whose headquarters are at Foxton. Arrangements were then made for a petition to be circulated for signature by the landowners in the proposed district and the following gentlemen were appointed to attend to the matter: — Messrs F. Holmes, S. Simeox, J. Hill, W. C. Hannan, S. Jackson and T. G. Vincent. Mr T. Winiata was deputed to interview the'native landowners. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Messrs Wright, Findlay and Barron.

HEMP GRADING FIGURES.

The following are the quantities oi hemp, tow, stripper tow and stripper slips graded at the ports of the Dominion during the month of October, 1929: Hemp. Auckland: —Good fair, 157; high fair 467; low fair, 44'1; common, 56; rejected, .10; total, 1131. Wellington:— Good fair, 35; high fair, 720; low fair, 918; common, 357; rejected, 246; total, 2276. Poston: —High fair, 897; low fair, 375; common, 114; rejected, . 56; total, 1442. Picton:—Good fair, 17; high fair, 20; low fair, 8; total, 45. Dunedin:—Good fair, 70; high fair, 43; low fair, 10; total, 126. Bluff: —-High fair, 237; low fair, 334; common, 154; rejected, 48, total, 773. The following are the Dominion figures for 1929 (returns for October 1928 in parenthesis): Supor fine, nil (36); 'good fair, 279 (202); high fair, 2384 (2066); low fair, 2086 (1547); common, 681 (495); rejected, 363 (132); condemned, nil (1); total 5793 (4450). Increase 3343 bales. Tow. Auckland:—First grade, 20; second grade, 249; third grade, 91; ed, 10; total, 370. Wellington:—First grade, 1; second grade, 279;, third grade, 244; condemned 39; total, '563. Foxton: —Second grade, 396; third grade, 106; total 502. Picton:—Second grade, 20; total 20. Bluff:—Second grade, 203; third grade, 206; total 409. Dominion figures for October 1929 (returns for October 1928 in parenthesis): —First grade, 21 (166); second grade, 1147 (670); third grade, 647 (258); condemned, 49 (114); total, 1564 (1208). Increase 656 bales. Stripper Tow. Wellington:—Second grade, 44; total, 44; Dominion figures:—First grade nil (17); second grade, 44 (30); total, 44 (47). Decrease, 3 bales. Stripper Slips. Bluff:—-Second grade, 64; third grade, 171; condemned, 9; total, 244. Dominion figures:—Second grade, 64 (13); third grade, 171 (50); condemned, 9 (1); total, 244 (64). Increase 180 bales. BOWLING. At Palmerston North on Saturday the Foxton Bowling Club was successful in winning from the Terrace End Club, the Munson and Barr Clip. The rinks and scores were as under: Foxton: —John Boss, W. Nye, B. Warwick and J. M. Thomson (S) 21. Terrace End:—Childs, Hope, O’Shea' and Johnston (S) 18. Although early in the season the game was full of interest throughout and was notable in the early stages for the number of fours and fives that were registered. Terrace End commenced with a four, and the Foxton rink retaliated with a five on the second head, after which it added a single and a two, making tho score B—48 —4 in favour of the challengers on the fourth end. Terrace End evened the points with a four on the next head. Foxton improved with a two and a five on the sixth and seventh heads respectively, making the figures 35—8. Foxton then kept ahead of its opponents for the rest of the game by the notching of singles, the final scores being Foxton 21, Terrace End 18.