LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 March 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. 11. Southwick, who for some time was in business in Levin, is row staying in the town for ;i, few davs.

Tie annual meeting of householders for the election of a. School Committee for Levin takes place at the end of April.

To give some idea of the height ol the waves raised by the gale which swept over the Horowhenua Lalo on Sunday, a boat that drew about three feet of water was thrown high up upon the beach.

iM-om the Wellington markets it is reported, to-day, that fowl wheat is ol fori ug more freely from south, and lair business is being done as buyers consider that values have reached bedrock.

The Levin Borough Council will bold an ordinary meeting this evening, in the Council' Camber. Several matters of public interest will crop up, and it is expected that something will he said on the question of the waterworks. The electors' roll will also be revised.

Much interest is being taken in the operations of the recently-formed Wanarapa .Mineral Prospecting Co. 1 he two prospectors engaged by the company are now out on tlio Tararua Ranges, and their return, and the result of their efforts, will be awaited with interest.

.Additional information in the hands ol the police now points to the I act that P. F. the missing (.■hristchureh labour delegate, was not drowned as was at firstsuruiised. It is understood that he was seen on or near the s.s. Mokoir prior to her departure for Rare tonga last Wednesday.

At least £150 is likely to be handed ov.-r to Mother .Mary Joseph Auol Wellington, to augment the funds of her Home for Incurables, as a result of the bazaar recently conducted in Shannon. In to-day's issue of " The Chronicle " our Shannon correspondent gives details of the winding-up proceedings in connection with the bazaar.

Information received from Awapuni records the death of the racehorse King's Prize, from an internal trouble. The racehorse Penates has been sold to Mr R. Patterson, and it is reported that the new owinor alreadv has refused an offer of £200 more on his bargain. Penates is a first favourite for the Christchurch Great Easter Handicap.

The condition of Bath street East is giving rise to some local comment (writes a correspondent), and .several persons have expressed tlie hope that the local authority will do something in the matter. ft is very largely used for traffic, and when a shower of rain has fa Hen, it is almost unlit for pedestrians to use.

Mrs Berryinaii. of the Levin Hotel, has imported a King U.arles Spaniel dog and a bitch from the noted kennels of Mrs Privett, "\\ illesden Green, London, N.A\. Both of these King Charles are in quarantine at Somes Island, a;id will be released in. May. The P ;ir, which cost £'o0 in England, will be entered for the next Wellington Kennel Club Show. The dog is named Ripper and his pedigree includes five championships. The King Cluirlos is one of England's historic breeds and has, during late years, been quite the rage at Home.

Raugiuia, the Maori Chief, who is the Ikmi of Loudon society, has achieved a considerable measure of success in the musical world of the city, writes a special correspondent, from London. Despite being made so much of by society, Raugiuia often tliiniks of his coming return to New Zealand. It is his sole desire to be of some assistance to his people, and ho hopes that as the resiil!; of bis success in England he will be able to do something which will help the Maori in an educational or philanthropic direction. Just what lines his help may take, it is too early yet to

Riflom.an George Halliday, champion marksman of New Zealand, who is vice-president of the Ivarori Rifle Club, was entertained at a banquet by his club mates, in Wellington, a day or two ago. In responding to the toast of his health, the champion replied modestly and briefly, ihankinig all for the manner in which they had drunk his health. He was glad of his win, first, because the championship did not go to Australia, and then because of the club. Rifle-shooting was a good thing, in that it kept a man temperate. No man could do well at the mounds otherwise. Rifle-shooting was absolutely the finest spart. His advice to a young shot was not to worry. "Take the bad luck," said the champion, "with the good. Go down to the mounds determined .to do your best, amd that is the best a man can do." (Hear, hear, and prolonged applause).

A little liver pill, composed of vegetable Ingredients is just the pill to relieve indigestion, constipation, etc., and have a beneficial effect upon the stomach. Bottles of forty for one shilling from C. S. Koedwell's Pharmacy.—Advt. C

The football clubs are meeting now, ami the Referees' Association is getting ready to keep an eye on them. I\ "W. Pink, the boot and shoe provider, is ready for both sets of them, with boots to suit feet of all sizes. Every sections of the people can be suited to perfection at Pink's.—-Advfc.