LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 March 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Continuation of a cablegram " so rial " : —" Lady Dudley approaching convalescence." The annual meeting of the Ilorowhenua Referees' Association will ho held in the Levin Hotel at 7.30 p.m. on Friday. I'almerston Xorth residents are endeavouring to make arrangements I'm- next year's brass band fi.iit.'.st to take place in their town. A fruit grading machine pur-ei-asod by Air Hallam, orchard inspector, in Tasmania, on behalf ol' tAgricultural Department, has :i-rived in Nelson, and demonstrati■ cf its use are being given The machine is designed to gr-.c I ',. !?000 crises of apples a dav. According to statistics furnished by tlu j United States Forest Service, the art of wood preservation in Aireiica during the year 1908 called far the use of ;">G,000,000 gallons cf creosote, and 19,000 000 pounds ;-f zinc chloride, with small quantities of corrosive sublimate, crude oil, ,and other ehemioles. Of the ere ote, nearly seven-temths i. as in p:,rted, most of it from Britain an I Germany. There is at present sei'ving on a ce rtaiu I'. and O. liner a young and /■•alms officer k'nown f.s Air Ronald .Arthur Dalzell, who in leal life b :ii.? tin l title of Lord Dalzell a':d Liherton, lieir to T.onl Carmvnth, a .Scottish earl lie is not tlio only pari, liowe/m, ul'okus served in the mereant'le marine The present Earl of Egeioiit mkJ the late Karl cf Aberdeen botii served befoiv the mast, wiii'e the pr: suit Lord Lyveden w.is at one time a ship's steward. Distinguished visitors to Levin, ! ye.-tertlay afternoon, were KieldM r,shall Lord Kitchener and his sis'.er and brother-in-law. 110 jmtured by the northern end and left by tiie southern, all in a minute— a.:d the dust from his motor car was a cloud. As he was in a hurry, we were unable to question him on his impressions regarding Levin and its pastures. He will leave Wellington for Australia this wejk, and thence lie will go on to Vancouver, to inspect the defences of British Columbia. An instance of how fires may occn.' ioually happen was furnished at Sc.it's Hotel at Haveloek, Marlborough, on Saturday. A boarder had gone to sleep, when he was provi U'liitially awakened by what seemed to be a choking sensation, and oil striking a light lie found his clothes on fire and the wallS'.per in his room ablaze. With le aid of a fellow lodger the ftamos were extinguished, but it was a very narrow escape. The trouble apparently arose in some smouldering fire about his clothes. —Express. Newcastle without coal was am unprecedented sight beheld in New South Wales this year. Now an equally strange occurrence is to be reported in Levin, which is without cabbages. Local vegetable growers state that there are none in their gardens worth hawking, the turnip fly or some kindred pest have riddled the leaves until there is neither health nor heart left ill; .them. It is understood that the chief of the Weraroa Experimental Farm is of opinion that the use of ammonia water will provide a future remedy, but the thoroughness of the cure is still to be ascertained. The Eginont Racing Club, as farmers, appear to be most successful (says the Hawera Star). At the meeting of the committee on Saturday evening the secretary (Mr Turton) reported that the < lub s last clip of 1-19(3 lbs of crpssbr-sd ewe wool realised the satisfactory price of B:}d per lb, being £54 3 C.lOd. After paying £3 7s lOd 'or freight, etc., the net proceeds would be £51 3s. Regarding another matter, Mr Turton said, that the extra tax imposed on racing clubs by the Government would, basing the figures on the last year's winter _ meeting, cost the club an additional £115 for the coming May meeting.

A cablegram from Albany, received this morning, announces that the " Georgia has arrival from New Zealand. z A Press Association telegram from Waipawa, received this morning .announces that a .Municipal Theatre, with seating accommodation for a thousand, was formally oponed by the Mayor yesterday. Denny's shipbuilding yards at Dumbarton (runs a London cablegram received to-dav) will be launching the second Australian destroyer on the oth April. Sir George Reid, Federal High Cnnif missioner, will perform the namegiving ceremony." A trophy in the form of a hot water and spirit lamp, to the value of three guineas, js to lie given to the winner of the principal race at to-morrow's sports. It is the gift of Mrs W. Higgins, of the Weraroa Hotel, and is on view to-day nt the simp of Mr W. Jenness, jeweller, Queen street. New Zealand sawmillers, and those around Levin as much as any others, will be interested in the 'allied information, from Melbourne, that the Federal Department of External Affairs has been rd vised from London that several Australian woods are suitable for the manufacture of aeroplanes and that the demand for such woods is increasing enormously. Rain on the West Coast of the South Island is more plentiful than gold_ nuggets used to be in that locality. Experience of this fact was had by the Besses-o'-th'-Barn Brass Band, last week. Their touring arrangements were upsetby unfordabl-j rivers amd imnassable roads, and some of the advertised performances bad to be abandoned through late arrivals at Greyniouth, Hokitika. Reefton and "tlier towns. It is understood by the Feilding Star that the local town clerk. Mr loliii Rankin, owing to the state of his health, and acting on doctor's advice, has tendered his resignation to the Borough Council. Kor some time Mr Rankin has been 'oufined to his home through illness, and during (he past two years he has several times been given leave of absence bv the Council in order to give him an onportunitv to recuperate his health." However, Mr Ranki n's medical adviser has now ordered him to leav?> the feilding district, and he has therefore decided to sever his connection with the Corporation. Mr Rankin was Appointed to the position of Town Cl"rk nn .Inly 23. 1003. During his term there he has been looked on as a valued servant, and had the entire conIdence of the Council. Whilst regretting that lie is compelled to 'eave this district, his numerous friends hope that it will be the means of restoring him to the complete possession of his health. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington has devised a chemical solution which destroys the bacteria that a ecu hi mate on banknotes, without doing any injury to the p:ip;M\ and it is understood that hereafter the Treasury Department will disinfect all bills that come in before sending them out again. By tjiis process dangerous germs will be killed and the bills so washed and cleaned that they will look like new and will be just as easy to handle though lacking the crispness of the fre-sh-ly-printed notes. Dirty bills after being washed and cleaned, will be :-irculatjd again instead of being destroyed, as has been the custom in the past. The Horowhenua Lake, dining the season which is cc.mi:ig to a close, has been more patronised that ever before by the yachting fraternity of Levin and district. Quite a number of private persons have either used their own boats or hired some of the excellent little flotilla of Mr C. Kevin. At the present time there is only one motor launch on the Lake, ' and this has proved very popular. It :s ca))al)le of seating ton persons, and can easily attain a speed of eight miles an hour. Mr Nevin is at present engaged in building a 11-foot, clinker-built kauri, which will be ready for use at Easter. Last Boxing Day he conveyed no less than 200 persons to the picnicing side of the lake. At the coming holidays, it is anticipated a rjood number of excursionists will flock to this prettily situate:] "wt. Mr A. 11. Rollo was to have ad-' dressed a public meeting at the Levin Town Hall last evening in connection with the Hospital Board election. An audience, however, failed to assemble, and although some ratepayers put in an app'arance about a ouarter past eight, they left within a few minutes, after promising to retneu. At nine o'clock, as there was no .si-rn of their re-appearance, Mr Rollo wisely decided not to wait any longer, and abandoned the meeting. In course of conversation, he expressed regret at the apparent apathy of the Levin ratepayers, especially with regard to the issues at stake. "If. however," !"• added, at: payers are unconcern ed in the disbursement of thei =• monev, tl.ev can sea reel v cvnoe' candidates to interest themselv."in the matter as they otherwise would do." j Flies and simmer alwavs come together, and we all want to 2;ot lid of the flies. A powder blower and a small package of the spneia l insect powder just landed in bulk will work wonders in that direction. It's cheaper far thaju the tins you buy, and more effective. From C. S. Kesdwell's Levin Pharmacy.—Advt. 1 Only first-class furuituiv v. !!I be sold at the Mart on Saturday, as the sale is solely on account of Mr Tcasdale.—Advt.