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Nelson Evening Mail, 18 July 1916, Page 6

LATE LOCALS

Tin' Mapourika is bringing ai: English and Australian mail to-inoi row morning. Tire following further contributions to the Belgian I'av C.ift are acknowledged :—YVaingaro' £ls 10s ; Motupipi 3d : Clifton Terrace £6 7s : Mapua £3 15s 6d : Will's Road £1 7s 6d ; total to date £313 18s lid. Another very creditable contribution is to hand from Waingaro. the amount- rais'xl being £ls 10s. an average of £1 5s lOd per pupil. A farewell social and dance will be given t:> Private Tomlinson in the Waimea West Schoolroom on Tuesday even in-:. la the Supreme Court this morning, th.- judgment of his Honour Mr Justice Hoskini in the Taitapu Gold Estates. Limited, v. James Prorse and others, was lead byi the Deputy-Registrar (Mr Fitzl icrald). The action was for the rectification of a transfer from the plaintitf to defendant- of certain lands at Taitapu inw Inch a reservation of the minerals had been inadvertently omitted. Judgment was givt-ji !.;;• the plaintiff or<leiinij rectification, each side to pay its own costs. Mr Hayes 'instructed by 'Messrs A clams and' Harlev) appeared for plaintiff and Mr C. I!-. 'Fell for defendants. "Every effort should 'be made to obtain an .abundant supply of manures at a- reasonable price for New Zealand." said .Mr Perry at toe Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Conference yesterday. ''There is nothing, to my mind, which will increase the prosperity of the country to the same extent. Farmers generally are very much in the dark or the question of what manures to use. This information can oniv be obtained by practical experiments, 'with careful records of results. This work has not been carried out in the past by the Department of Agriculture to ihe extentit should have 'been. .Had the money whi:h had been spent trying to breed stud stock been used on the above, New Zealand would have been fnr better off to-day : but there is every promise of a complete ehor.ge for the ''better before lo::g. Excellent work is being carried out on the experimental farms in plant selection. One of the difficulties is to grow enough selected seed to be able to sell commercial quantities. This, no doubt, will be overcome.—Post.