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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1466, 30 May 1918, Page 4

FRIDAY, APRIL 26, by 9 p.m. NOMINATIONS —Great Northern Hurdles Isov, Great Northern Steeplechase Isov, Winter Steeplechase Isov, Cornwall Handicap Isov, York Welter Handicap Isov. FRIDAY, MAY 10 (GENERAL ENTRY), by 9 p.m. ACCEPTANCES. — Great Northern Hurdles 4sovs, Great Northern Steeplechase 4sovs, Cornwall Handicap 3sovs. NOMINATIONS —Maiden Steeplechase Isov, Jervois Handicap Isov, Hunt Club Hurdles Isov, Members’ Handicap Isov, Hunt Club Cup Isov, Orakei Hurdles Isov, Visitors’ Handicap Isov, Remuera Hurdles Isov, Fitzroy Welter Handicap Isov. FRIDAY, MAY 24, by 9 p.m. ACCEPTANCES —Maiden Steeplechase Isov, Jervois Handicap Isov, Hunt Club Hurdles Isov, Members’ Handicap 3sovs. FINAL PAYMENTS—Great Northern Hurdles Bsovs, Great Northern Steeplechase 9sovs, Cornwall Handicap 3sovs. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, by 9 p.m. ACCEPTANCES. —Hunt Club Cup 1 sov, Orakei Hurdles Isov, Visitors’ Handicap 3sovs, Winter Steeplechase 7sovs, York Welter Handicap 6sovs, Remuera Hurdles 3sovs, Fitzroy Welter Handicap Isov. DATES ON WHICH HANDICAPS APPEAR. MONDAY, MAY 6 (on or about). Great Northern Hurdles, Great Northern Steeplechase, Cornwall Handicap. MONDAY, MAY 20. Maiden Steeplechase, Jervois Handicap, Hunt Club Hurdles, Members’ Handicap. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, by 8 p.m. Hunt Club Cup, Orakei Hurdles, Visitors’ Handicap, Winter Steeplechase, York Welter Handicap, Remuera Hurdles, Fitzroy Welter Handicap. W. S. SPENCE, Secretary.

The British Government has decided to purchase half a million crates of rabbits from New South Wales. In order to save shipping space, the rabbits will be skinned and the heads and feet taken off. This will mean the employment of a large amount of labour, as 15,000,000 carcases will be dealt with. Skinning rabbits is not heavy work, and it is suggested that returned soldiers should be employed wherever possible. Several firms engaged in the rabbit export trade have expressed their willingness to give preference to men who have “done their bit.” « * * * Dr. Charles Mercier in a very interesting letter in the London “Times,” points out that in Dorset, where he is staying, the farmers are very cheerful and declare that England will after this harvest be more nearly self-supporting than it has been since the time of the Napoleonic wars. This is due to three main causes. The area of arable land has been greatly increased; the land is in exceptionally good condition; and great and startling improvements in agriculture are on the point of being introduced. These improvements are due to the application of electricity to seed corn and the growing crops. Installations have been established by the Board of Agriculture all over the country, where farmers can have the whole of their seed corn treated by experts. The increase of yield from seed so treated is from 20 per cent, to 80 per cent. The treatment of growing crops by electricity is not yet so well developed, but promises even greater results.