The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 April 1910, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

['.r.-.YkS Gypsun Morgan, c:f Levin, In irdres.se; , and. tobacconist, ha.s lilt (I ;i petition in bankruptcy. The lirst- meeting nl cred'it.O'fs will lie b/Id :it the c(;;ii , l'-.nii;;i , J Levin, tomorrow, .ut 2 (I'clc'-k. Next .°:itiir;!;iy, 2.kd April, is to Ik; observed .as St. («eorgt?s Day in various Government oilices throughProbably tin; cheapest motor cycle ever .sold anywhere wa.s cUs;>. ;-•.;! of liy auction in Levin l<l st Saturday, under a di.sire.ss warrant. Tlie pric-e was fifty shillings. Another cheap liiii' was a perambulator nl hurfeon .shillings. Fruit was sold at proli table prices (.11 Siiitiir.Aty li.v .Messrs liiidsiii, Manht, ;mi:l (Jo. Locally grown ~ ap|)it'is (noii pariel russets) brought up t'< '2? !>d .per ivse of '20 piMindx. Pie MeMons were quitt /d at prices up t>,, i.ne p;Miny p:>r pound. Cheap lines .sold, included pineapples. ' * Juvenile thieving takes pkee in Levin en occasions. Aw incident iviis reported on Saturday, .when a b:>y of about eight years, who had purloined a pnekot of pcstcmls from '!i shop counter, was c.-uight selling them on the street, at a each. The case was reported to his lr.nther who "reasoned" with him, strop in hand. Mrs I). McKain, of the Levin Village Settlement, has in her pos-fw-.ieii. the regalia and records of tlirs UechaVites Lodge which formerly ev'Ysd in Tjovin. She is quite willing to hand the regnlj.fi „„,( ver"vi!.s over to any body of citizens desirous cf the order Ju Levin or rimy neiglibouriv'g centre' of .population, and by 1-■•]• 'Viire fii- ii^tic: , is published in "The Chronicle." Mr T.pm an old ton reski: l, <°, ropored to h? lost in the vici'iiitv of Mount Holdswonl,, where he has been prospecting for i;ii"'wils (s.iyr. fie Wnira-i-'pa. "Daily News). Donnelly left on the -Ith. and srave ' ■sii'iic'-li'.inj for a veliiole to meet i :' m n+ p, n tli« 1 at an hour which was fixed. Tlip -.'-I m.?n r 7 i'l not put in an r<>p°nrnnc"? nt. tho hour. ■■id a se-itrcli in.the neiuhhourhood rf l- ; -} p.->mn nr~ve.-l A mall party went out at dnybrenk y?sto:-:';i.v :ar,;',ii.-.g r,.;;, 1 . if no trace if. fnund n l'lrcer nnrt.v will jro out + ]:. i=: Dwn.tvlil. Oramellv. 'ho is nearlv 70 yenr.s of ns - ?, mnv 1 --.vp. met with an wl'iV nrrir-nring sr>«cinien.s. The partv failed to find nnv traco of liim and a. la'rger party is going out to-day.

In connection with tlio stickingup of ILr Laybourne on M-onday night, and Mr E. Pratt, a summons has been issued against a. resident of Palmerstou North on a chaago of assault. Tho matter will be yentilated in the Magistrate's Court, We regret to hear that Mr. Harold Abraham, local manager for Messrs Abraham and Williams, has been ooii'lined to his bed for some day»s owing to a l'ather sharp attack of influenza, which still Iki.s him in its grip. Tho remarkable recovery of the dairy industry of Victoria, this season is proved by the fact that the value of tho butter exported for the nine months ending March was C1,:J11,1.'18, against .C7-K5.087 for the corresponding period of tlio previou , - season. Tho unusual speclacle of a wom- , an, with head erect; and well thrown back, and bagpipes tucked under her , 'left arm, struting fllong one of' Sydney's main streets, was witnessed the -other day. She was playing a march for a. number of picnickers, wiK). basket in hand, followed three abreast behind her. During a discussion before the Conciliation Commissioner at Auckland on a fisdiy subject, it wn." mentioned that the trawling industry thereabouts is languishing. One owner of trawlers puts his weekly loss down as between C 25 and C3O. The point that if the ratch was small the market price did not remain the same, as when the catch was big. Whatever tho eircuinstances are, n>h is something of a luxury in Auckland. Tlk' proposed visit of the. Feilding Fruitgrowers' Association representatives to the ..oraroa Experiment Farm has been postponed until next season, in consequence of the following telegram, received from Mr I'ope. of the Agricultural Department: "I have just noticed from the newspaper that your association proposes to visit the Weranwi. Kvperimeiital Farm on the (ith inst. I think it desirable to inform you that it is now quite a mouth tor* late for .seeing the orchard work there to advantage, and the farm staff will be especially busy in connection with the Levin show to be held on that date. I think the association would derive much greater benefit by postponing the visit unlil next season. If. however, the association still thinks tho visit desirable, the staff will render such assistance as they can under tho circumstances." It is only a lew weeks ago (says the Waipukurau Press) that through overcrowding a cattle truck a valuable bull met his death on the railway journey to Waipukurau, and hi.s body had to be removed from tho truck at the local .station. On Tuesday morning a. .similar case ol overcrowding occurred, and had it not been for the action of the .slatiominister, several animals would have lost their lives either by being goied or trampled upon. A truck containing eight head of cat--th\ consisting of three bulls, four c;>ws, and a line young heifer, consigned from Hastings to Wondville, Wire in a terrible condition on arriving at the local station. One of the cows was down, and two ol the bulls were endeavouring to trample her tn death. The other :i::imaK- w sv 'jcin;; goreu by the remaining bull. Mr Bogle, the ~ !:.'l ! , , quickly gave instruc- '. iens for t!:<> tni-k r;i be taken oil' an! th. , i:i' ; 'iiri:;'. •;! a.iimals allowed llvir ii.'ieily. It i< a great pity th.' th. ■■•' r'.-'pniisiblo for sn-'i wanton crueKv coulil not lie brought to b.'is.k. I Tall' th; , worry of hoi'S" cleaning (•'in be i .\Yi \ by lisii'g "B; j n/.oiiia Cr'-a'M " to keep the hands Rot't. ami white. !t is delightful to use, and alr.'-idy i>; a '/!r."t f:;v;;wrif e witli t!: , hi'M-y. I'rici , . Is CM jar. from ('. S. K.,. ]\y ■!!'>; I»!Mr,:ij:;-y..-A(l-,-t.