LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 April 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Zealand. Shipping Company's steamer Oiaki loaded at Timaru :i record unitt;»ii car.eo, taking lor London 70.-11 ft I'ri'/.iM! carn record i'(ir i-lio port :md probably I'.ii' tlit' doniiiiion. A special iiifetiiilc oi' tin- niejnIcrs of Hi" liorowhenua Countv Council will he held on April 2-'s. when tin* members of the Levin Ti; rouij;li Council will attend. and tli 1 <|lit 1 . 1 -1 ioii of tlio sand drifts on lb.. IToki;, will bo considered. .Maoris iiiii<! ■ have (plaint ideas ol billiard 111: i rkcrs. evidently t!lill]<in 11:i>y ,'iro walking; banks. One .d;irl-:-li; ,: n'd native. Li'oinu I>y the sobri<lll't of "M strolled into a s-.loon in C'i lewn :i few days 1 »ii■ -k and played a which In* 10 t. He calmly presented the marker with •>. chcine for (."200 with insti notions ta ''lake Is Od out o! that!" ]>111 1 i 1 the course of an interest - i::adt'i-!"" to the firemen of the Ci liornr the Government 11 ■ - insper.t.r (Captain Iluii;o) s])ii);r a' ut tlie " ". ■' ity foi' (nolucss. an i in pressed <:i i*ie men Ihe .area! e.-ed of !•' nl'l.-r their appliances. In connection with work •it tires he Hd si ress on tin point tint. tin wiit 'r sb mid he directed on the barnim; mat "rial Iran a close as water .sprinkled en only served to intensify the f:re. George Stockman, a riverside Ik>;itmaii, 'of Paris, who has several nied.als for life snvin<r, was walkinp; home hy the h:inks of the swollen Seine one nitrlit :i lew Weeks apo. when he suddenly heard cries of "I am drowning! Il.el])!" Seeing a dark mass floatiii.ee on the water, he threw off his coat and plunged in. When he reached the object Ihe found it was only a sack of shaving. When he readied the river bank acaiu lie found that thieves had rifled his pockets ;iud stolen a gold presentation watch and twenty-five shillings. Particulars of the open in.u: evidence in the enquiry into the re cent harbour collision at Vvcllino;ton were printed in yesterday's "Chronicle."' A later telegram gives tlio following evidence, of Can tain Williams. of the Cobar : Lb_rht v of the Duchess turned alternately iiTeen and red before the collision. (This ii" "nt that the Duchess wa c not liohlii'"; on a <d ranht c('av»"-\ Ue .showed the red liahif. all the time. He n 'ave the order " I'"" ".peed astern" about a. minute b"I'ore tlie collision 1"k plac". Ib "truck on ain of -ha deirrees. The vessel then bewail to leak i" the forepeak .and e'" ine rem. s lie decided In bead) the vessel. This was accomplished successfully, nil' l the passengers were landed safely. Tt was the duty of 41:e Duchess to {rive way. A seaman took charge of tlie wheel not lono; before tlio collision.

Dr. Mackenzie, who a fortnight ago was telegraphucl for to attend I)r. Stephenson, of Dunedin, has now returned to Levin, and has resinned his practice. Dr. Mackenzie accomplished the object of his visit, and left Dr. Stephenson on the liiii;Ji road to convalescence. Fritzi Scheff, tho comic opera , singer, stopped one of Mrs 10. Hani- t man's passenger trains in the heart . ol : tho Arizona Desert, while she ' took a liath. Tho tnihi was run- 1 ning fast, and rooking a good deal so that when Miss Scheff .attempted ( to take her morning ablution the w.nter seemed likely to hit the ceil ing of her private car. This was too much. The conductor was notified. and stopped his train on tho first, sidinig. lie telegraphed to the despntchcr that he would have to have new running orders, ms Miss Scheff insisted 011 remaining there until her hath was finished. The order was complied with as Miss. Scheff was paying for the train. At eight o'clock Inst- evening -a cyclist was seen racing along the muddy roads of Levin excitedly exclaiming "fire!" At the fire station he dismounted, vigorously pulled the hell, and the firemen and police immediately appeared on the scene. Humour spTead that, the new "Werama Tost Office was in flames, and the inhabitants turned out in large numbers and made towards the station end of the town. "When the brigade, had proceeded .at the "double" about 300 yards, the. intelligence came that the "fire was out." and so. for a second time within a few weeks "the man with the ladder and hose" returned amid the L'nod-humoured banter of the .spectators. It appears that the cause of the alarm was a small quantity of chaff that was being destroyed at the Weraroa sawmills. Spenkintr at the luncheon at Baled utlia on Thursday last, reports the Dunedin Star. Lord I'lunket said: "1 wish to express my thanks for the trouble you have taken to make niv so agreeable. The. last time I was here you gave me a violent snow-storm. But one has to be prepared for all sorts of experiences on >a tour of this sort. I remember that when in Nelson 011 one occasion we had risen from dinner, and h-nd gone out in a garden to smoke a cigarette, when from the darkness and the bushes emerged « man cloaked about the head, his arms folded" -after the fashion of a tr'x'cdiau. Stalkiii't up to me he said in a hollow voice: "Are you an Irishman and a landlord?" T replied: "I am an Irishman, nnd T was n landlord;" and then he wliisnered. "Tt mav be interesting to you to know that mv father shot one of the first landlords in Treland." Then disappears!. However, ill j 1 rr« have eve'-vwhore eome out we!! for me. Th« kindness shown to men" the King's representative, and the, r.art* to leave no doubt as to tTio character of the r mentions, is obviously but an echo of is in the pronle's 1 hearts ■ fVn'i'rh {Vs loyal daniiohn." INFiiy he you have a cow suffering with sore teats, which won't heal up. " K,arbol "is a dairy salve which will work wonders in that direction. "\Yl">;i yon are in town get: a shilling tin from 0. S. Keedwell's I'liarniacy, and try it.... 22