LEVIN NEWS.
Levin's seaside resort, Hokio, is extremely po.pular' this summer, all the cottages being in occupation. Among tho visitors are families from Ekotahuna, Wanganui, and Palmerston North. Tho visitors spoak highly of tho place as a holiday resort.
Farmers aro having a splendid year, grass is plentiful and a largo amount of hay is being stored for winter- fodder. Orchardists, too, report a heavy crop of fruit, especially apples. Tho successful applicants of the Heatherlea estate (recently subdivided by tho Government) are already at work on iheir selection's. This will moan an impetus to tho local building trades and an increased supply at the Levin dairy factory and creameries. Tho Horowhenua Lake is claiming increased patronage. There aro somo additions to tho sailing craft and yachtsmen aro to have a gala day on January 22. . Mr. Leslio H. Reynolds returned to Wellington yesterday from Nolson, where he has been sjjondint" tho .Christmas and Now Year holidays. To-mor-row ho leaves for Wairoa to take charge of tho harbour work 3 there, as tho contractor, Mr. C. F. Pulley, is incapacitated through meeting with a motor accident. Judge J. G. BateSj who has been appointed by the British Government to the position of Judicial Commissioner in the Solomon Islands, arrived in Sydney last week. This position is a ncwlycreated ono, and Judge Bates is the first official who has been appointed thereto. It has been customary in the past to hiffe a Resident Commissioner to deal with local matters in the British portion of tho Solomons, but his powers hare nlwavs been limited. Colonel W. L. Vernon, late Government Architect of New South Wales, has been in a private hospital for somo six weeks.. At times his condition has been favourable to recovery, but lately another severe operation—amputation of ono of his legs—has left him in a condition which is causing bis relatives some anxiety. For Branchial CougUi and Cpldi,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6
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319LEVIN NEWS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6
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