BUNNYTHORPE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1756, 1 November 1905, Page 28

BUNNYTHORPE.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) As usual I commence my weekly letter with meteorological remarks. Taken altogether we cannot very much complain. Certainly it is undoubtedly a very wet spring, and tbe land is in a very swampy condition, but still vegetation is growing apace, and there are prospects of excellent returns in the crops already sown. On Wednesday we had a very rough day —wind and rain, and very cold. On Thursday it was exceedingly mild, but there were more rain and thunderstorms, so ypu see we had a nice, variety, but any one afflicted with rheumatism or weak lungs feel these sudden changes Jfwrully. Recently another No-license meeting was held in our public hall, the Rev. I. Jolly, of Palmerston North, being the lecturer. There was not a good attendance; probably as the evening was a wet one, but besides people are really getting indifferent t*> this kind of meetings. They do no good, and there are the same old stories and platitudes put before the audience every time, so that one gets about tired of it. On Saturday/the 21st inst., “Trafalgar Day" was duly celebrated here by the display of numerous flags upon our public buildings and private residences. On Wednesday evening, Mr F. Pirani, one of the candidates for the Palmerston North seat, held a most successful meeting in our public hall. Mr Joe Dixon was in the chair, and there was a large audience. The meeting was very orderly. Some man from afar tried to make things lively, but owing to the good sense of the majority his effprts failed. One remark of Mr Pirani's in relation to this matter, calls for some notice. He said if there were any persons in that room who were supporters of his, he hoped when Mr Wood came to speak they would treat him with even greater courtesy than he had received. (Applause.) A number of ladies were present, and a vote of thanks to Mr Pirani for his speech was proposed by Mr A. SL Aldrich, jun., seconded by Mr W. Eggleton, and carried unanimously. The same compliment was passed to the Chairman with acclamation. The other morning a rather serious accident at the Dried Milk Factory occurred, when one of the milk suppliers' horses bolted - and got caught in a wire fence. Unfortunately the trap was smashed up, but the horse and driver happily came off all right. I noticed in the issue of the “Mail" of the 18th inst. an article relating to the danger of applying kerosene to- animals. Strange to say about a fortnight ago a settler told me that he had a cow troubled with lice, and so he rubbed her over with kerosene. It killed the lice and nearly killed the cow, the poor animal being in a terrible state for hours, throwing herself down, kneeling, bellowing, and at last completely worn out with evident pain, and so weak the next morning (the kerosene had been applied in the evening) she could hardly get to the bails to be milked, and when there had no milk to give. I must acknowledge that I always thought kerosine perfectly harmless as -an embrocation, but I entertain a different opinion now, after reading yiour article and hearing the account given to me by my friend, on whom I can implicitly rely.