NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12748, 21 March 1910, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

■»■ It is stated that Mr J. E. Davenport, of Governor's Bay, Canterbury, is about to !■ "•. i* for the Argentine with a consignment of about twenty entire horses and 'upwards of two hundred stud sheep. He will arrive m time for the international cattle show, to- be held, during May and June. He does not intend to compete for prizes, but will make a special New Zealand exhibit that will be* sold at the end of the show. Turnip blight is very prevalent throughout Taranaki, and farmers who were relying on this crop for the winter will be vfery short of feed. The other day a farmer in a very large way from the South Island told a roomful of gentlemen that hei would guarantee if the Government would throw open the lands in the Tauma* runui district that 500 farmers would be there is less "than six months. A pamphlet has been published giving a comprehensive idea of the "Festival of Empire" to be held in the groimds of Crystal Palace from May 24 to July 16. The Palace will be divided into various 'courts, which will embody a system of visual instruction concerning the Empire of to-day. From eacli side 'of the broad open nave, courts will be set aside for the pictorial representation . of . the life and industries of thei overseas dominions. Details of the general scheme which will be followed by Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa as a whole and New Foundland and the Crown Colonies will be under the supervision of the, representatives in London of each of these countries, under the presidency of Lord Strathcona, of Mount Royal. Lectures will be delivered daily in the Concert Hall free of charge;, and leading statesmen will from fime to timo speak on the broad subjects of Empire. — "Dominion."