LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 April 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Levin i,s growing steadily, and several new residences are being erected. Another business place will .shortly be built on the railway reserve. The Wellington municipal tramway profits for the ye.nr ended 31st lliii-fli last tola I Cfil2;i. Advo- \ cates of municipal control of such | undertakings are jubilant over this j result. . I There are some very h'no eat-tle at the present lime in tint pound, which, if not claimed before April _.'ird, should make a handsome return to the (redit of Hie borough funds. After a protracted spell of allround slackness of trade business people of Wellington somewhat generally announce a considerable improvement. This optimistic oik 1 is quite refreshing to tlto casual vi.si--Inr to the Empire City. According to Mr D. C. Ralvs, the Government meteorologist, Hie lovely autumn weather experienced on this coast during the past is to he replaced during the next 21 hours by strong northerly winds and a decided change. Nol ideation appears in last week's Government Gazette that one rood of land in Devon street. Levin, it". open for lease by public tender. for n terms of seven years. Tender.' \\iitli the Gnnirris.WHiier of ('rown Lands, on 27th April. The council of the Xnriheni Bowling Association met at Wellington on Kfi'lav night. The I'alriierston Club asked for an interpreafalion of rule 17. conceniiiiii the banner and shield '''open door" policy now bei"<r in operation. The rule, slates that the banner goes to the dub scoring irosl wins. !t was decided fhat owiiiii Iri th<> r,;!nnfion of the "open door" policy, rii'e 17 h:id become iuo]ievative. :ir- :} steps would be taken In alter it. * l'owelka l)4is alai'iued I'almerston. iMiturnlly enough. 11, is r: , - coi'ded in this morning's " Manawatu Times" that all the gas Ihvl>!> were lit through the town la.'l night, and kept coing all niiiht on account of ihe Powelka ]icril. and ninny p(\irat.e rrsidents lit tlieii , grounds. Strangely enough in several of the liouses in the surroiindfl block ■ within which a dangerous criminal was sujiposed to b: , at large, the inmates put out their lights and went clamly to sleep. At Saturday's meeting of tlio riorowlieiiua ('oiinty Council a lettei, was Teec-ived from .Mr W. I- , . Kield. .M.1 , ., stating that a road to connect the .Mill Drain mac! (now complete) and Ihe Njrarar road would be an .advantage to set tier;:. Tie understood .Mr Campion would idve Imll'-a-chain and he would do likewise. The natives interested might also give land. The Council would recollect that he bore tin; entire burden--a very heavy one of the cost of the litigation which result':! in the Xgnrar road being declared a public road. Xo action was taken in the matter pending a communication from Mr Campion. Included in the last edition of rules (,!' the !■•;!:."!• :>f !'',: kev :: I".- i"o be I'diind lilt- , following all eraiions: ■ Penalty bully: During ju'iiahy bully all i r ! i;'r p'ivei.-; must lie outside the li-'v.ds liiie. not si ril;i!iu circle a.s f;:i mer!.,. !f ti.e l>,iil hits oiiiside circle, then i.r: ; iu.'iry bully on 'J.'iyc's line. It 1 , .:.-. .|lVu'.!:-r hitv it behind 'j;<::\\ line, then ]ienalty luiHv taken c>. , ; , i'.isiii: of co ; if he hits ! ill thn-n.di ".■:;:!, t!i n a go.-.i is si-',red. Penalty corner: ('■•: ,:uot be taNen at a !. / di'-la nee tl?:i nten yards from fbe i'r/\) nv.'s: for.aerly 'i\.'- vai i'.'xii,::<Mn i>) , iL-e: \Vlii>-tl:> h.rl !■> blow mm -;.y----pir.tion ol fnii" '-', lit*t '•#-»■ "•junc w:\n in iiroLii ,"s or not. New rule s:t:-:es '/ a j :..-!!;.• b.dly ire be- :i given. ! i;: l .' i!i,i>! i; ,t i.-.' ciiied until the bul!y :- (i:;i hed. Is tall fescue a good fodder or .] weed r Swine discussion on th:.: (|iie.stion took ph.ee on Saturd.'.-.' aft :• :; when the Levin Far.uers' I' •'■••! lir;>:!;•]< was uiectiiiu'. .Mr Perry complained Uia! the. gi , ! , :--' was t,:ikin.T |ioy ession ol Irrd" ;:! :ii': the A!:-e.''.- «':■■!! line. .Mr.lames Prouse, w!i . ha 1, made study of givi«s- ■<::.".w\w<:. ga. j his opinion thai, on poor , r ':i' IV.- lie v: a '• ■■>: f • landowners', though on ri'h lands il was likelv to take (dmi'ge, ,-iiid kill off thoilier gras.-'-.--'. On mouiilain top-, for instance, it is an excellent grass. Th , inatt'.'i , w°s .•: , :n!ii!e:l un by anoth.'i, fai , ! , !"! , in t''f» words that "auv ])laut cut of its place is a we.'il." A hungry-looking, raw-bonerl C'anasii.'in, who is at present holidavtotning the ('o;::inion. is making an ellort to establish a re|)iilation as ,i gourniaiid. lie was a passenger to V.'elliii'rton on Thursday evening, and declared to i'ellow-passengeis that in no town he visited in the dominion could he lind -an hotel w':::]\' lie could g<-t a satisfactory nn'i>!. in a A'oicc which was heard all tlirough the carriage. Ho fold the following story of hi,': previr.'U l ' visi'. to Wellington. "bailing to les"j ■ i n:y appel.iie alter disp .sing of :'",d paying f. , ! , twome.il.s atlhe h(.te|, I rep.'.'ited the do.se at a cafe, ai: ] c.'e.ii iben was .:ible i ■■ easily niaiii]);'.lfite the allov/ancp 1 got at Ji t'iird (iiii-ing-rooin." Ther ■ was general sileufe in the (•■inhere for same minutes .after this tale, and a bilious expression was risible on the fares of most of tin , pasf;":ig.-ir. for the rest of th; , journey. Complaint about stock Kent by rail was made by Mr 'Wilson at the local Farmers' I'liion meeting last Saturday. Mr Wilson f.aid thai the. present jinsition was that the whole of the tnilh'c from the N'orth Island was being .swept on the Mau:iw.!itu line, and in conso(|iience all the local requirements were being hung up wheneviM' there was a rush of work. The speaker referred to several instances in which stock had been trucked for a certain train, but had not been sent on. He instanced a case in which sixty bullocks which ho was training had been kept in the trucks for sixteen hours, n.nd depreciated them by sixteen shillings a bead. Mr 11. \T. Kichards remarked that he frequently had stock kept waiting in trucks for four, five, and six hours after he had trucked them. It was resolved that the government be again approached to provide more trucks nnd facilities for carrying stock on the railway between PalmerstrVi; and "Wellington, and that a deputation representative- of the Levin branch of the Farmers' Union wait on the Minister for Hail ways and give effect to Hie resolution. The personnel of the committee will be fixed up at a later date. Size is not everything in pills, and .a pill to be good need not be big. Some of the- biggest pills to the most worthless now-a-days. I'm a torpid liver and stomach troublesthere is no better or more ncti'-e pill made than the "Special ?iittlo Liver Pills" obtainable from >; S. Keedwell's Pharmacy, Oxford Street. ■ Bottles of forty for one shilling —Advt. ?1 The noted "G" Tea is only obtainable at Gibson's.—Advt. For Influenza, take Woods | Qveat Peppermint Cure. Never fails, Is 6d and 2s 6d. '