LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 April 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Registrar at Levin (Air AY. ('. Nation) during the iter ended .'ll st March, issued eleven marriage certificates, and registered births and live deaths. An exceptionally interesting article on the possibilities of Unrnu'henua Lake as a- yachting report, written by a local enthusiast, appears in to-day's issue of " The Chronicle." A man of weak intellect:, .name! John Sweeney, was committed by Justices Gardener and Ueminglrn to a mental asylum yesterday afternoon. The man was inoffensive and an imbecile in intellect, but athere was no other place to which he could be- committed he was sent to AYellington. An American cynic who is ungallant enough to be a milium mi re remarks that many a woman who professes to be absorbed in Browning doesn't know enough about properly browning the humble but succulent, pork chop for her husband's breakfast to h'urt anybody. Intimation has been given bv Mr Thome, of Levin, that he will accept the secretaryship of the. IToro-whenn-i Hookey Association. This decisi /n aul nmatiealjy installs in office the Levin commit tin* cloole:! at last week's mooting of the Association : Messrs AA\ H. Wilson. 1). S. Mackenzie. J. 10. Dean. Horn Karauti. and C. AYilson. Air Fraser, of Xikau Grange. Ashurst, has shown the "Manawatu Times" a sprav of yellow flowering rata gathered from one of these rare trees on his estate on the M.ok'iu river. It is said that there are only three of the yellow flowering arta trees in New Zealand. The Wellington Golf Club is about to t;• v an experiment in connection with its greens during the coming winter. A number of sheep are to be put (it for a month or two pi ev ions to the top dre«sinir. and the result is being awaited with great interest. Mr .). Roberf-on. who is shortly leaving the district, was present at the AVen'vn Training Kami Sunday school on Sunday. and was warmly thanked by the .superintendent for I be in ]>■:' bps 1 in ihe i:i ti'ot,ion dui'ine; ni* sojourn in Levin. Mr "O has ti<k.>-< clr rge r f f'o Sunday . r -;•];ool singfor e •"!•!'• iv,'e Speaking of racing in tlie Manrilius ('■' ays the London Sportsman), a visitor says a few prol'esit "n 1 jockc s are resident in Mauritius • -no l' 1 ; 'nchni'Mi. two or three lOn";lishino'i, a"d the same number of Creoles. Tbe I-ai'rlMi jockey; are said to have been "'.earned off" in J he colonies from which tliev came, a"1 Creole jockeys are addicted to Ir'.'k. "nd liavo v.ume tin "s to be kept under lock and kev on the eve of <a race mealing. Th re is a tir.od deal of foul ridioe-. aul Ihe ■: -.V :-r> of I 1;- AI.T.C. lnr. e. recently T.-:[H, iwo small kiosk« on ' he fa I' of the course, f each of which oi oflieial watches th" rising. The jockeys are fre.iuontlv fined, -nnrl warned off. but th re are r -"> few of them they ar 1 generally foi-'iveu before the next i rata' mectioe-, o*hervi"e the'-.- w.-.nb! be no one who could ride the weight. Of gentlemen rider: tin-re is 'io lack. The fir- t is-au; of "The AYaitemata Post." Auckland, was published on Thursday last. If is a, weekly newspaper of four long pages, ;jnd thirty-two columns, designed to "give greater opportunities for tie' ventilation of local matters than can lie allowed by the more important city organs." The new organ's | platform is comprehensive. T!r iirst, of six planks is "the selection of a spot on this side of Waiteinala harbour for Ihe starting point of the North bland Alain Trunk" railway." while the fourth plank is "to gel the :lil impost for bureau eeniitrntication with Auckland removed." The paper is excellently printed, and also well written. Tho mo.sf striking item in the whole paper is a condemnation of Captain Knyvett's .action, by a correspondent ol the paper. The correspondent regrets the rhodonmntade that is being indulged in by certain Auckland agitators, and suggests that; tho last thing earnest men can do is to per suade ox-Captain Knyvett la apologise for "his unwarranted r.'l'o.i and the language in which his conplaints were couched." Air Hamish Stuart, who is the Rugby football authority of the "Daily Chronicle" has aroused tho AVelslimen to great Avrntii. A leu days.ago he had an article on Welsh Rugby and methods, in which lie said that when in Wales during the Christmas holidays,_ he saw enough of AYelsh (dub football to justify the statement that the game in Wales had degenerated into as gross a libel on the real Rugby >ns the purist ever visioned in a nightmare. Various correspondents consider the charges as utterly uncalled for. An old Swansea boy says: "How we in AVales used to fear the English forwards in the old days! What a terror Sandy was when on the rush! The little Welshman was unmercifully handled then. We then thought our opponents played very rough football —also that they were too intent, upon playing to win! Xo Hamish Stuart lamented for Wales. We took our lickings — and starter! thinking. hi time we built up a style of back play which often atoned for weakness forward. And gradually we asserted ourselves in the pack. The English eight.were matched and beaten—and. now this vear those one-time rough Scotch forwards were routed." Under instructions from tho bailiff, Hudson and Marriott. Ltd., will sell on Saturday a. 2J-h.p. Aerial motor bicycle, without re-serve.---Ad vt. The noted "C" Tea is only obtainable at Gibson's.—Advt. For bargains in furniture, fruit mnd produce visit the 'Mart on Saturday, April 16, at 2.0 p.m.—Advt.

General Booth, of tlio Salvation Army, celebrated bis 81st birthday Inst Sund ay. The following are additional entries for Messrs Dalegty and Co.'s Levin stock sale, •to be held on Friday: 20 2-year heifers; 10 firstclass weaners. A cablegram received from London to-day says that Lady Dudley Ims recovered sufficiently to go out of doors. She hopes soon to bo aide to sail for Australia. To avoid clashing with the Manawatu races, the bicycle road race that was fixed for to-morrow, lias been postponed until Wednesday, 20th April. Tn the meantime, additional entries may lie made. These will with the secretary. Mr J. A. Mtiir. a.t. Weraroa. on Saturday evening .at 8 o'clock. Au old resident of F<\alhorstoji, Mr James Swift, died at the residence of Mrs W.alker on Thursday evening. Deceased, who was 80 venrs of age, came to Xew Zealand in the sailing ship Strnthuava, thirty-six years ago. .and has resided in Feathorston practically ever since. The Putt I?nt''hery have again securer! ,tlv contract for Ihe supply for twelve months of all meat, required at ihe Hoys'"Training Farm. Warn it/) . The contr.net; provides for prime ox beef and wether mutton being -'implied. This firm have b.'rii tie.' confr.ii-tors each year since the nn'"!i!i'r of the farm. Reports Wero current recently thvt Australian' butter boxes were beine' liought up : in London and refilled with margarine, which was sold as Australian produce. From the latest mail advices _it appeal's that, no definite information of such misuse has been obtained. A solicitor was, however, still making invest igations. The John Robertson v. J. W. and .1. A. Tliomnson. which revnlied in tile, plaintiff getting dam"•res l'«ir the full amount, and which t lie Thompson appealed a'.'ainsi. has been settled. "We underhand that Messrs Thompson hav paid the full amount of the neualty. and in return have- secured a release from the covenant. Tic death occurred on the 1-1 th February HI enter's Agency slates), at the criminal lunatic asylum at Florentine, of Giovanni P.assanante. au internationalist, who .attempt, ad the life of the late_ King Humbert, of Ttalv on ]<th November. 1878. Pasanante. who was age'l was condemned to death, but the sentence was afterwards enmmuted to one of imprisonment for life. Y.andab' have been hacking the pawa shell eves out of the carvings in the Maori house in the Wellington Mu-'oum. and also cutting the Woodwork with pocket-knives. As a result the house has been locked, ned can only be viewed after .application to the caretaker. 'Ihe moa which is olnihed largely with kiwi feathers, has come under the eye «V the depredators, In this case {•lie victors to the- museum apparently tbeufht. tliev were stealing -t I,e |'..athe''s of an actual moa. Tn the Auckland Museum, the Maori house lias suffered much more severely than Wellington' The curP . :vr iha l been found ..line" t impossible to keen nawa • i,,.1l , rllin sa ;e cf the large --\ 1 * • 1 1 i 1 '. Tfuw is your horse looking? Ts ]iji; e-at dec 1 ; and srlossy? Ts ho full of life and action? Or is his l air si iff and dirty looking? A -■-» eft v't a V-Her tonic as ri,,,,? A. good condition powder will tone up his digestion and a pp.d i i >>. -'ive a gl: . s to his r.r.at, I'.-l lj;.- 1 .) e;ic.-c -I o l>i<? action. Try a packet from 0. S. Kecdwell's T], r r;.. P v. Tf M-i'l last a lons A.dvt. 20 1111 !-■ u -nd Marri.it, Ltd.. will ~.11 a n-i :;aleant of furni•line, ,'rail a;d o-'ie-e at the M■• rt on -ir 'ay i'.cx! . Advt, \V. ;h:i n. c" ri 'r. ofT.evift )m do cMrrviug of even :-a : ... J.. ' >• p i. es. Fiir " " Orders hft . p o . • e. 'a • - :p eive mv .-• ■ :a a! tenf i'ii. Satisfaction .i. A.f'vt. I', {'.ell is a "ri n'l <£aine. but .. .. a 1 when it . ■!•>•>-■ !•> re-!lcing FnotbaTi Punch we ..... (i. , . i,. , ' ~ i • , Send an •••' >■ 1 -i "■alien jar io i)e:in ;":d i; I/..... A dvt.