LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 April 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is shite;! by a fanner in the Waiivirapa district that the Algerian oats have not suffered so nmcli from the ravages of caterpillars this season as some of the other varieties. Asked a.s to the reason, ho gave it .as his opinion that it was because Hit' straw was harder and more solid than nuiiny of the other straws. Preliminary arrangements for the opening of the winter sessions of the Y.M.C.A. Debating Society •ire to lie discussed at a meeting or the executive that has been 'arranged for the beginning of next week. Spe-ial effort* ire to lie made to lrp'e Jin interesting syllahns prepared, and it is anticipated tint the highly successful debates of previous years will he equalled during th.e session <if 1010. An exhibit of ten newly developed apples was made at this week's Levin Horticultural Society's Show by Mr 11. V. Newport. of Kawhiu road. Levin. They were produced through crossing .Jonathan seed and Washington pollen. Golden Hus.sot .seed and Jonathan pollen. Jonathan seed -'id S'unrcr Pippin poll'n. Stunner Pippin seel and Jonathan pollen. ;ind Golden Russet s"i'il and S'nrmcr 'Pippin pollen. Mr Newp< rt is to be ceogratulMtod on the. exc lien e af his exhibits which were mneli admii';" 1 . Councillor John Smith, of "Wellington Citv. brown as a berrv and sprightly as a lambkin, was in Levin ye-.tcrlay afternoon, bavin /. eon .•• down from the North bvmr,tr:r car. In eoinpanv with his fwo sum-'. KiuVrf .and Leotard,'end Mrs Hubert S "ith, he has Lorn making a I nir through the ' 7 i<=tri'l, and Manawat'i --'d TTorowheniia counties. Th" rrrty mndp a 1 slii'./t stav with Mr ioavics. at Koputar a. and will go on to AVi>llin«Hon in a dav or two's fin! 1 . The spl midid weather of the last week !'••<! Ind;; (1 to make Ibe ouii"": peculiarly eojovable. .Vt the Court on Tin'.-slay, in „„■ case, l.e\in i'or-oii-!i C'tilliit-iI v. Titos. Tuoliy, claim for rates o • ! 1(1 per c.eti. \u -ually aim.anting t! C ' i"•• ! I, the dci'om!ant slated that lie always uii,\rsti'. I that the 10 per cent, pem.liv con!' onlv be claimed "alter" ii;e :jl.- : Mai' :.. be ha! . If, r.d to pay the rat e •:t the P-'tlt March, but they l"'d lean declined, became- he hail refused to pay the penalty demanded. The Magistral" told ci'l'e;:.!a;it he had nia;!e a mistake, and gone judgiii"jit for the nil! anion,;L cl.-ti lu-tl. with costs os. The law on the matter is that six months after the demand for rates litis been made, and they become rrairci able, the i(! per cent, penalty i.s added, and practically becomes pari of the rate. An Knglish amateur, writing to the in .vspapurs. .says: "Artist must be a very good man if he is to lee. i! I'ao'c't Harry, who is (ptite the prettiest sculler I have ever seen. Loosely built, a,nd light for It is size, he s nils with extraordinary grace and ease. So even are his iiioiv!iii':MtH,( ae ! : i equally is his work applied, that he scarcely looks to be mare than paddling, even when he is m-Ving Ims-. most desperate spurts. iiis style is strongly re-Diiiiis'-iMit of Me V. S. Kelly V. a:: 1. iike the bitter's, his pace is as good at the end of a as it i.s at the beginning, and the Imime r the course the better he likes it. ! saw him coin four lengths on a man. wdio was. by no means rowed out, between the top of Han ad's wharf and Hammersmith Uridine, in the Bridge to Bridge ir.audiean last verirr lo'.ibshmen may hope with some confidence that he will return the first Homo champion of the world for over 30 years." Sehg Hrodetsky, the young London Ka.st-i'iid 'luivsian Jew, of humble origin, who caused .such ji stir in educational circles tw'i years ■ago by being bracketed Senior Wrangler at Cambridge, has won another notable success at the I'nirer.sity. It was announced last month that he had secured the Isaac Newton scholarship, tenable for three years, tho emolument of which is ,£2OO per annum. Hrodetsky thus adds another to hi.s lout; list of scholarships. Ho alreadv holds the Marmaduke Levitt (C 10), the Anthony Death (CliO). the Fishmongers' Company's (L'oO), a Trinity minor C(i0), and .a Trinity major ( £100). Several of these have two years to run yet. Hrodei.sky's home is in a small thoroughfare opposite the Assembly Hall in "the 'Mile-end road. His father, an exilefrom Ivussia, came to England with his family almost penniless twenty years ago, and hi.s (lever son, thanks to the advantages offered by England's free education system, h-as proved himself worthy of the hospitality which Great Britain extended to alien exiles. At 1?. H. Moore's, "Woraroa, you may buy the new brand of cigar- - ettes ("Popular"); also any .stationery you may require. The tobacco, pipes and cigars sold at Moore's are all first-class, and the billiard tables are kept in the best of condition. Come in and play fifty-up to-night.—Advt. W. H. Gallichan, carrier, of Levin is prepared to do carrying of everj description, at bed-rock prices. Fur nitnre is my speciality. Orders left at Bradley's Stables will receive- my prompt attention. Satisfaction guaranteed,—Advt.

MrW. 11. Field, M.P., is paying a visit to Levin to-day. He was at the Government Experiment Farm this morning. A slight shock, of earthquake was felt in Levin during the small hours of this morning. '■> The successful tenderer for the ( i supply of groceries for the Boys' |j Training Farm is Mr T. Broome, t , •f Weraroa. V The piano' used at the ITorticii!- h tuial Society's Show was kindly n lent by Harvey and Co., Levin, re- h ' presentativos of the Dresduii Piano i Company. r Harvest Festival meetings will be held this wei'k-eiid by the Salva- ' linn Army in Levin. Brigadier c floldnway will have command. On ( Sunday, Monday and Tuesday spe- I cial programmes of music ami song • will be gone, through, and on Tues- ) day night the boys from the Wera- ! roa Trailing Farm will contribute ' the whole programme. ' i An increase of .£SOOO, as compar- ( rd with the corresponding six • months of last year, is announced by the Farmers' Distributing Co. for tho half-year ended 31st March last. Details as to further extensions of business appear in the company's weekly report, which will lie printed in next Mondavi "Chronicle." Mrs A. W. Birss. who is leaving Levin to take up her residence in 1 Stratford, yesterday entertained ] :\ number of guests at afternoon tea, daintily arranged at Mr Williams' tea rooms. A largo number of pj:>plo assembled to say farewell ' to our popular resident, one and all ] expressing regret at losing her from their circle, and heartily wishing her every success in he-r new surroundings. Through an unusual rush we ( are unable to publish a note of the arrangements, but will do so in ' Monday's issue. ' Complaints about deterioration in ! the bulk and quality of the apple crop have been numerous in the < llorowhenua County this year, but it is satisfactory to know that there arc still some wonderfully fine growths. An illustration of this i may lie seen in "The Chronicle" ' ollice to-day. where the front counter is partly covered by a giant apple brought in by Mr Saxon, of Kerern, from his orchard. It is fourteen inches in circumference. A Tokomaru subscriber to "The Chronicle" called in yesterday to relate how his neighbour was cast in a substantial penalty for not having paid, hi? County Council rates before the last day of grace elapsed. A warning to ratepayers was advertised in "The Chronicle" at the time, but lhe TokoJiiaru victim happened to be a subscriber to the "Noose Heel and Dimes," or a paper of some sr.ch name, in which he found everything dealt with fully except the local matters which peculiarly interest him. The result was that he forgot to pay his rate l ;, and the penalty of £3, which he incurred, would have sufficed to pay his subscription to "The Chronicle" for nearlv two years and a half. This paragraph may be not without interest in llorowhenua County. "It is time that Canterbury set abeut a camp.lien against codlin moth (says the Christchurch Press). During the last few years the moth has spread practically all over the province. rep:.rls ga'irg to show that wry IV w districts are free from it. Seme parts of Chri-t----chuivh are <::!! clean, but St. Albans and Papnnui are infested wiih it, ;i.ud it is al-a abundant in parts of Una-art >'i :"'d Op" >'"'. Some of the orchards in the harbour bays aiv !>•• !ly : fected, so that ill so'e.e instances fullv -■im-sixt'i of, Hie cr. p is useless for the market, and tin's ■''•■•■ pi- the fe-t that e~"eful measures were tak'en to destroy He moth throughout the season. But far this prcbahlv ! ':;t ■"> per cent ;f tin' fi nil uvnl I have been lit to lil -k. Ti: • tvlal I;:.; this., year : hraug'ioui {'■ "1. i'hury from this cjii'se mii.'t he very (anisidorahle, and it will became !ua.'i..r nub as !':■•-;(.;. - :.. :il " .selves of all payable means of keeping tlrir '. -.ivVt 1 '; !'■■"• I'"''') the '•■-Hi. It j;« ~..,1,.^-c; i , ihh-.l; ,-J Vew Zealand | 1,......j,,:■,,>■ a fa ii< -i-vp- -i '--it count "V j v :) lolug as Carpocapsa Poinnnella, !fi -d'-" Hds very small moth a j \ erv I .'i ir name, is allowed to ra «"- j,,,;, f', ( , „,...l,ar.K," Disgusted with your toothbrush? Da the bristles come ra:t, or is its shape inconvenient? Some brushes have ma excuse, f.-.r being used by anyone, and perhaps you. have, been unlucky enough to get one of this ; ki:vl. Our "Hygie.v.ic" brusbes are a treat to use. and always re- ! .vain fi.m. C. S. Keedwell, Dispensing Chemist, Levin.- Advt. 1!)