The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 April 1910, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I'crmis.sioii to hold weekly Scripture classes, alter school hours, has been granted by the Shannon School Committee to the representatives of the evangelical churches of Shannon. It is the intention of the local representatives of the churches to circularise parents on the matter at a very early (late.

At tho Commercial and Farmers' Club, last evening, Mr J. C. Burnt*, who is leaving lor Wellington this uvek to take up his duties at the Mount Cook school, w.as entertained l).y a mini her of friends to a. social evening. Mr J. C. Craig occupied the clini r and, in proposing tho health of the guest, alluded in feli-

cilous terms t'> his many good qualities. Messrs McTntyre and Chaplin .-also spoke, and the guest's health was drunk with musical honours. • Mr Minis made a happy reply.

A correspondent, "The Comet," writes to "The Chronicle" to say it is sti'ii-r.ge that after all the exLr rtations to the church people to "be trno to the trust committed to them the church people did not provß true." The total number of .votes polled by the Bi!ble-in-Schools ticket, he says, was only 410; "giving an average for each of the four ■denominations, men and women, for each candidate, of 19!" He goes on to say that these figures show the bulk of the church-goers to have been better advised than their leaders AVere.

The raeo.hor.se King Tvy has had a remarkable record on the West Coast, having had seven starts and seven wins, and in every case, although additional weight' was added for each event, won with the greatest ease. At Nelson, before, coming to t);e coast, the horso was not regarded with much favour. He was offered to :i Westport resident for £15, but the latter stated he would add -a few pounds flml l)iiy a better horse. He added the few pounds and bought what he considered a better borse, but has not yet had a win with it. When King Try arrived at Westport, he was offered, with two Westport engagements to a local resident for £00, but declined. Tt was finally bought at Greymouth after the first dav's races for half the stake if it won the second day. King Try won, and also the next three races in which it competed, making its total winnings for the seasons' races between £250 and £300,

Advices received from Auckland state that fourteen now branches of si tho Fanners' Union 'have been form- b ed in the Auckland province since t« tho New Year. • 0 Sir George Clifford, according to e a cablegram sent from Sydney yesterday, has .purchased tho blood v stallion San Francisco. The price e is not stated. t For the past week the members ' of tho Levin Bowling Cliilb have I been busy carrying out improvements on tho green. The plot has < already been top-dressed, and stops , ] are being taken to grass the existing paths. There are now sixteen .students in wool-classing at Ararata and eleven at ILaweni, says an exchange. More are expected at both centres. So far there have not been sufficient fleeces on hand at Hawera, and contributions of these would bo thankfully received. Some opinions lmvo been expressed that as a sequel to the magistrate's finding against the firm of Boiwron Brothers, Ghristehurch, in the income tax cases recently heard in the Ch Hatch u rob Stipendiary Magistrate's Court, the Hon. G. J. Smith, a member of the firm, will resign his seat in tho Legislative Council. The New Zealand Farmers' Distributing Company, Ltd., of "Wellington, inserts an announcement elsewhere to the effect that in future it will have a representative on the Const, making Levin his headquarters, and r-eccnln.rlv visiting all ports of the district. Settlers and others will therefore be submitted samples and quotations of tbo progressive City firm, and thus bo saved, the expense of visiting Wellington. A social and dance was held in the Druids' Hall, Levin, last evening. It was arranged by Messrs Leslie Nation and C. Howe, who acted as M.'sC, nnd to their efforts much of a successful evening was due. The floor was in excellent condition for dancing, and a capital programme of music Mas provided by Mr J. Kearsley. The hope was expressed by the gathering that other such evenings would ho 'held during tlio winter. Local "plumbers have been kept very busy in connection with the high pressure water system. Mt R. Carriithers, manager for Mr C. H. Williams, says his firm has enough work in this particular direction to keep it going all through the winter. At the present time there is a shortage of pipes at Wellington, and consequently tho work has lagged a little, but be expects a consignment will arrive within a few days. .A largo order for hose lias been given out, as many of the houses are laying on half-inch hoses for watering lawns and gardens. The much-abused sparrow found a champion in Mr A. A. Smith at a meeting of the Mackenzie County Council recently. Mr Smith said that the little owls scared all the sparrows from his (the Tvimbell) district, but he would be worse off without tho sparrows than with them. Tlie sparrows did an incalculable amount of good in devouring tho seeds of weeds, and but for them the boi-flv nuisance would become intolerable. Mr Rutherford p.ii'l tint if they killeil the sparrows Miey would bo overrun with caterpillars. By the prompt, action of the Levin Kile "liiigade last evening, under tho command of Captain Jones, what might have resulted in. a serious conlhgraLiou was happily averted. Travellers sitting in tho parlour of the Levin Iktel suddenly became aware of the fact that tho room was becoming enveloped in .smoke, and on proceeding out of doors it was noticed the chimney was on lire. The alarm was given, and the brigade members, with commendable promptitude, were soon on the scene. By means of a long ladder they succeeded in. reaching I the rcof. and fit once commenced to throw down the chimney a number of wet packs. This action extinguished the flames, and but for the matter of a considerable discoiourati( n of the mantelpiece in tho parlour, no tangible damage was apparently done. At a meeting of the North Canterbury Executive ot the New Zealand Farmers' Union, the president ' (Air Richard Evans), who has been for years a. prominent figure in the Sew Zealand Fanners' Union, remarked that a tremendous number of meti wore ci.iiiing to New Zealand at present who were bona lide- colonists and anxious to go on the ; land, although they had never been used to farming. Mr Eva.ns referred to the satisfactory report of the Southland. I'nion on the young immigrants that had come to them recently. Ho was satisfied that these people would make good colonists. Many of them were naval and military men, and although - they knew nothing of farming, they were eager to learn, and were of the right character. It was agreed ; th.iit thy Southland branch be a.skcvl to favour the North Canterbury branch at a later date with the result of their experiment. Mrs M. A. Dement, one of Nelson's early and most respected .sot- '" tiers, pa.ssed away on the evening of 1 Friday last- (says the "Colonist."/ , Tho late Mrs Dement, who was a native of Dorsetshire, was nva-rrie:! " in 1829, and after residing with hei husband for some time at .Jersey, one (if the Channel Islands, they ,l came to Adelaide, remaining there about three years. They afterwards ;' .sailed for Nelson, arriving here in i tro brig Louisa, in April, ISW. Tin , s Itto Mr Win. D.'iimnt, who prede t> cei'se'l his wil'o by some yeais. x\w d well known and. respected in Nelson ] as a. master bricklayer and builder, d and resided in Hardy street for 0 over -10 years, on the .site now occu- - pied by fhu Wakefiidd buildings. I- The late Mrs Dement possessed a ti .strong personality, and was held in li the highest esteem and regard by 1 many families, to whom she had endeared herself by her many kindnesses and motherliness. The associations of the old house in Hardy y street were so strong that on its de- :" molition there were many who felt 0 that something of their own had 0 been taken away, and that the old 't , order of things was passing. Since 'f that time tl" , late Mrs Dement res sided in. /-ltrii street until, her '- death. !•> ISS9 Mr and Mrs Der lnent celeb .'.tt'd their diamond wedr ding, the o •■': sion heinp. considered a s great event. The celebration was lV largely altendcl. Later in life, e ~<•■■•„,. i\f r Denreiit's death, a roinark- '■ r'llc and unique family photograph was taken, repre'entiiu'; fivo gener{l ations of the family. The late k Mrs Dement was then a great-great-n' £-• rand-mother nv.'l the representa]i tives were nil on the female side, hl . each bein.'v ••». da lighter to the fifth ;ifc line. Tbo Lite Mrs Dement leaves g "a larse e'li'i'jer of descendants. The ;. r-irivin? , dai'/rhters are Mrs Stal[S l-«rd. r-f "V<; lc,r m : Mrs W. Grnnt, nnd ir Mrs S. Lα" , ). of CollinQ-wrwl; Mis<? d "PemtMit: suvl Mr C. H. Dement, of :r Welli'i.?t'-n. Thorj r.ro also 37 Is r'-andchil'lien. If) great-crnndchil-a ?.■::?. twj great-great-grand-a children. j" Nob-::i E. Heath, of Bristol ' rtreet, desires to be- kept in con-r.f-aut mcmriy by tha liwJeeriien of ; ~ Iliis W.t.: rlro by rv.y hnnr.rhd'ler ~ who may require parcels or goods ' fliifLvl '-or r\- : ••,;*:;•,!,-hed. He is t^n telephone 40, and he guarantees to ' rfctend nroriUit.lv and carefully to 1 , n, iy orders placed with him. Rin.<r ; hi:ri tin. r'-'-iilurc shifting is his '" speciality.—Advt,

A Tokio cablegram, of yesterday, states that a Russo-Japanese Society has been formed in Harbin, Manchuria, to promote a rapprochement between the two nations and to study each other's social and economic life. I understand that you and Private Perkins were calm and collected when the oxplnsion occurred at tho powder magazine Private Pat: Well, sir, 1 was calm, but poor Perkins was collected. The exact amount which will be duo to the Xe-w Zealand Income Tax Department under the judgment given against tho Christchurch firm of Bowron Brothers, this week, is a matter of considerable speculation. During the hearing it came out that Mr Tver.s bad suggested to Mr Mod'lin, the accountant employed by Messrs Bowron Bros., that'tho defendants should pay €10,000 exclusive of their liability in respect to tlio £108,000 alleged to be a bad debt owing the firm by Messrs Bowron Bros., of London. Captain Simpson, lately of the Pericles, has no more sincere sym» pathisers in his misfortune than the poultry fanciers of the Commonwealth (says a Sydney writer). From his first command to Australia, on an Aberdeen liner till his last one, every voyage, whether of the old Australasian, Moravian, Thermopylae!, or other steamer, was responsible for additions of prize poultry to this an 4 other States. Ten, fifteen, twenty or more years ago from Jif'ty to over a hundred fowls and pigeons arrived by almost every steamer under his command, all _of which assisted in bringing the (prize stock of this country to its present high position. The last importations under the captain's charge were on the ill-fated Pericles, and consisted of a trio of Brown Leghorns, from the yards of Mr Keys, of Scotland. At Clyde Quay school, Wellington, on Wednesday night, a school committee favourable to Bible reading in school hours was elected. The election was preceded by a • long discussion. Before the election of the .Bible-iu-Schools Committee was announced and the rejection of the old school committee members was established, the head master of the school (Mr W. T. Grundy) had a word to say. He said he would, be only too pleased to welcome to the school any worker in the cause of religion so far as the law allowed, but he was not prepared to allow any one to come into tho school and give religious instruction. Thirty-two years ago he was a denominational master in Birmingham, and he was ; quite well aware of the condition of the school in which he taught. "I am perfectly certain," _he added, ■ "that the moral condition of the ; children of the Clyde Quay School will compare favourably with the moral condition of other schools. 1 When you are prepared to «menc 1 the existing Act I will be prepared ', to carry out any condition which may ho imposed. If you wish it 1 * will be prepared to resign, but at |, present I am not prepared to allow my staff to give any religious in--1 struction. If it is to be given it ' must be- given by those outside." Ho " concluded by stating that he would : always do his best for the school. j Kitchen garden work is somewhat , limited in variety at this sowing. ' At the present very little sowing or planting can be undertaken. Sowing cabbage and cauliflower for spring 1 plantings should be finished early. '" iiettuce may be sown in a sheltered ■ position or in a garden frame, under - which a. very early spring supply of " lettuce heads may bo brought on. " Those who have self-sown lettuce 1 advanced enough for transplanting ' .should enrich a. piece of ground in " a warm spot and set out plants ' which will give an early supply of - lieads for spring salading. Auts iiinii sown onions may require thin--1 ning; this should bo done early, and 1 I'hrise which are thinned out may - hit transplanted; these, if carefully '' planted, will make vigorous growth, :> ;ii fact will grow better than those '" which are not transplanted. While - the weather remains dry and warm, l ' autumn sown crops such as lettuce, - spinach, onions, turnips should be ■ lined between; this will stimulate '- growth and strengthen the constitution. Celery which has been, attacked by green or black fly should .. lie syringed with very hot water (as I ''ot as it is possible, to bear the baud i) in); this will help to destroy these e pests, which are very prevalent this ; _ season. •' A tragedy almost without parallel ■' is rep;irie:l from tho province of ■ (Jalicia. A Polish emigrant named e Pizeii'ikow.ski returned to his home n in the village of Zielony after ten ■ years' absence in America. His ' parents did not recognise him im- " mediately, so Przenikmvski pretendII i'd to be an intimate friend of their t son's. He asked for a night's lodg- ■ ing. Tho old couple gladly con'l rented to keep him for a night, and I' plied him with questions. Przeni- >' kowski told them that their son had I prospered in Americo. and .said that •I he himself had ,££2so in his poeket■l book, the result of his sa vines. Afv ter he retired for the night the old '" couple decided to kill him and steal the money. They strangled him in |. lmd, and then went through his . papers. They were horror-stricken ,|' 'o fiin:l a passport bearing their own ) nnme. and alter examining other i, 'lricunicnts and certain marks on the i body of the dead man, they discover- ,, »d that they had killed their son. ~ Overwhelmed with remorse, Przeiiiv Imwski's aj'cd father wrote a. letter ';. informing the authorities of the civ k '•umstance-s. and then lie and, hi t; n wife hinsel themselves. Their bo'l- !• ics were found ri>\t morning by » ... '.eiM'ant •■.tip, ,l !' ,, '' , !'-! from a bemm ii , >• Hm living room. " Wainui Forest Reserve, near i'arapaiaumu, is one of the areas, !l ' under control of the Wellington Ac- •- dimatisutici-n Society, wherein im- '• ported game must not be killed. Oii;1 ly hares and quail may be killed in II those parts of tlio district which are . v not exempted. The latest Govern- '■ nient Gazette gives particulars of 1- the boundaries of the Wellington '- District. They aro as follow:— .v All that area, in the- Wellington -- Land District bounded towards the 't north-west and north generally by d the counties of Wanganui, Waimard inn and East Taupo from the mouth ' e of the Wangaelm river to the Ban--3" gitikei river; thenco towards the ' r east generally by the county of 3 ' Ilawkc's Bay and the summit of the 1~ Buahine range to the FeildJng and a District Acclimatisation District, as ls described in the .New Zealand Gaz- -' ette No. 38, -Ith May, 1899; thence f " towards the south-west, south-east h and north-east generally by that '"■ <listrict liiiul the counties of Dannec virke, Woodville and Weber to the k~ sea at the mouth of the Waimata *- river; and thence again towards the ~< south-east, -south, and West gener•h ally by the sea, to the Wangaehu?s river aforesaid; including adjacent '« islands (excepting Kapiti). The 1" aforesaid area comprises the councl ties of Hutt, Makara, Mastorton, - Featherston, Mauriceville, Akitio, y l Horowhenua, Kairanga and Kangi't tikei, and parts of the counties of 1- Mnnawatu and Oroua, together with '- the boroughs of Carterton, Foxton, Groytown, Karori, Levin, Lower -i Hutt, Marton, Masterton, Melrose, , Onslow, Palmerston North, Pahia- [ tua, Petone, City of Wellington,, ,j. Eastbourne, Miramar and Taihape. ' ,s W. H. Gallichan, carrier, of Tjevin n is prepared to do carrying of everj ° description, at bed-rock prices. Fur 0 j nitnre is my speciality. Orders left r { at Bradley's Stables will receive my ;s j prompt attention. Satisfaction gu a r anteed, —A dvti

Licenses to shoot game, under tlio restricted conditions imposed by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society for the forthcoming restricted season, may be obtained at all the .principal post offices in the "Wellington society's district. The fee, fixed by Statute, is £1 per license. Only hares and Califomian quail may bo shot this season, and. no licenses to sell game will be issued. A correspondent who, must bo a lineal descendant of "Hip Van Winkle" writes to the editor of "The Chronicle", asking for h. detailed history of the. appearances of Halley's comet. If ho turns to Tuesday's issue :of "Tho Chronicle," on page 4, dis will fiiui a long and interesting article, from the pen of itr Henry B. France, of Levin, Riving full 'details of the various appearances of the comet and tho historical events contemporaneous therewith. Frederick Lockhart Boss, a Scottish baronet, is seeking letters patent, in Xew Zealand, for improvements in bullets. His ".specifications" are as follow:—"My invention relates to bullets for firearms, and has for its object the product-urn of a sharp-nosed bullet that will readily open out upon striking the body of an animal, and thoreupoiv produce an explosive or mushrooming effect, and will at the same- time? be not liable to have its point distorted during transportation or while in the magazine. To these ends my invention consists in a sharp-nosed bullet provided with a. cavity, and a, shell or tube filling said cavity, with a point, coming under the classification of what is known as a sharp-pointed bullet." "Zander McSplothamstrew," tho quaint writer who illuminates tho Stewart Island. Oyster Gazette with bis pearls of wisdom, remarks in the close season edition of his journal that it is generally conceded in these days that for a business to bo successful a business man must advertise. The time has gone by, ho says, when the world was small enough to hunt out your shop for a particular article. People want tho goods, and they don't care who soils them, so long as they get the right goods at the right price. The fact '•s, there are so many good things in the world nowadays that you must advertise to let people know you have a good thing and that you pro"lnim it to be the best of all good things. Tf yon advertise long enough and boldly enough, people will take it for granted that yours ; s the best, but all the advertisino: in the world will not give sustaine , * sales to an article which is not what it pretends to be. Cables recently published in the "Chronicle" indicate the acrimony that prevails in political circles at Home, and politicians of the most retiring nature in ordinary times are now denouncing one another with unbridled license. Hut it is questionable whether the polemical warfare to-day is quite as personal •is it was in the days of the late Lord Beaeonsfield. On one occasion he denounced Under-Secrctaries •is "coarse, vulgar and ill-bred," and then bringing in another antagonist he went on to say:—"From a Chan•ellor of the Exchequer to an Un-ler-Secretary of State was fi descent from the sublime to the ridiculous, though the sublime was, on this oc'•nsion rather ridiculous, and tho ridiculous rather trashv. Bow he became Chancellor of the Exchequer ind how the Government, to which he belonged became a Government it would'be difficult to tell. Like 'lies in the amber, one wondered ':ow the devil they got there." Two instances of oversight have come to the editorial notice to-day. One is the case of a. correspondent who sent in his letter under a penname, and without the addition of his real name and address, for the editor's information only, as a guarantee of good faith. Such remisness debars all such letters froin publication in- "The Chronicle." Another oversight on the part of ~.ome correspondents is to. post us sealed letters bearing only a halfpenny stamp. "We have to pay a fine of one penny before we can obtain delivery of any letters posted without .sufficient stamps on them. When letters contain commercial Wipers only, or nothing beyond matter sent in for publication in a newspaper, they will be carried by the Post Office for a half-pennv -tamp "if the flm> of the envelope is left open." All "closed" letters ire subject to a minimum charge of •me penny. A pine Soap is necessary for a. rood complexion. A soap to bo pure, need not be high priced. Suprenia. Superfatted Skin Soap is a high-class product, delightfully refreshing for the bath or the. toilet. Price, f)d a tablet, or 2s a box, from C. S. Keedwell's Pharmacy.—Advt.