The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 May 1910, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On Wednesday night next the Morowhenua lionting Cliiib are holda social and dance, in the To mi Hall. During the evening the trophies won in the various competitions ol' the past season will bo presented by the .Mayor, Mr H. R. Gardener. Seven houses are in course of erection by the local firm of G. K. Douglas, Ltd., and as they aro all in Levin they afford proof of the .substantial progress that still is being made by this borough. Two of tliem are .approaching completion; one being a residence for Mr T. Joilman, and the other one for Mr Thorne.

The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) in the course of his speech at Winton last evening, said that early next spring half a million acres of native lands would be under survey for settlement purposes. In ten years the Government had dealt with aiv area of 1,47(>,20() .acres 'of native land for settlement.

Sir Joseph Ward, .addressing his constituents last evening, at Winton, said that in consequence of the greatly improved position in the public finances and still better prospects for the present year, there was now no need for future retrenchment. There had been a nett saving of C 98,978 made last year owing to retrenchment in five Departments, though owing to increase of business in two or three Departments an increased expenditure had to be made of £110,000.

An announcement made this week by the President of the Wellington Philosophical Society was to the effect that the sum subscribed, for the memorial fund to the late Sir James Hector had reached an amount sufficient to enable it to lie applied to some purpose from which practical benefit to science would accrue. The committee in charge of the fund had not yet made its decision known, but the announcement of a satisfactory scheme for the utilisation of the money is anticipated at an early date.

Not infrequently there are sent to us samples of manufactured goods, vegetable freaks, etc. The bulk of these, however, are in the nature of patent medicines, which we effectively use to .tone down the exuberant spirits of the office boy. Today we have 'been singularly fortunate, and have' received a jewel casket, filled with excellent chocolates. This comes from Messrs Cadibury Brothers, and is a sample of the free gift they are making to users of their Bournville_ cocoa. The office boy is of opinion .that he is not quite fairly treated. He gets the medicine, and thinks the sweets should be his too. Some day he may siit in the editorial chair himself, and pass on the pihysic, while he masticates the sweets.

A bachelor's dance is boin- arranged in Oban. It will take place in the local institution. Mr J. Walsh is the convener of tho gathering.

Denmark, Sweden, and Holland have joined with Britain, France, and Germany, in recognising the load mark of vessels. Ait international standard for fixing the load line has been taken towards abolishing the conditions under which, for the sake of gain, ships and the lives of (those they carry were in constant peril.

Several Pleasant Point farmers spoken to recently were practically unanimous in the opinion tlnnfc a shortage of oats would this season cause some concern .and high prices in South Canterbury (says the "Timaru Herald.") One man said that it was an utter impossibility to buy rats at 2s per bushel, more than the quoted market value, and ho calculated that, the price would not take, long to rise to 2s fid, as nearly every grower was holding off. Farmers had, with some lack of foresight, gone in generally for wheat, and left oats severely alone.

The Leeds correspondent of the Mercantile Gazette of New Zealand writes:—The demand for New Zealand mutton is increasing very steadily throughout, the manufacturing districts where it is held in the highest, possible favour and esteem. The present prices of English beef, mutton and bacon are simply prohibitive, and were it not for the excellent supplies you send us hundreds of thousands of working class would have to become vegetarians, for the simple reason that they could not afford to buy meat. We want more and more New Zealand mutton.

A well known .school inspector, who collects child stories as others amass curios in precious stones (Sir Henry Lucy relates in the Sydney '''Morning Herald), tolls mo a tale that seems too good to bo true. It relates to the exercise of a boy of twelve who was instructed to set forth in writing his views on the constitution of tho human body. Here is the result. "The human body is made up of the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. The head contains the brains, when there is any. The thorax contains tho heart, lungs and diafram. The abdomen contains the bowels, of which there are five, a, e . i. o, u, and sometimes w and. y." To this "The- Chronicle" would add that if Sir Henry Luev's memory was onlv half as long as his letters he would remember having heard this storv scoffed at. on account of its "chestnut flavour," during his long vanished boyhood. Lord Kitchener's recommendations were, said Sir Joseph Ward at Winton, to be adopted, providing for .compulsory training up to the wage of 25. The scheme was expected to cost £350,000, or at the outside C 100,000 a year. ft was, ho said, proposed to introduce. "The National Annuities Bill" to make provision for accident or sickness to workers,'and an annuity after sixty. In the quarter ended March one person in every five in the dominion made a savings bank deposit, and altogether banked 02,535,000. Parliament would be a.skcd to pass an anti-trust law. Wireless telegraph proposals were being considered, and the system might be working within twelve months. The railway revenue for th" year showed <111 increase of C320.2(i4. and an earning power of C 3 15s 7d per cent. Prison reforms wore to be undertaken. He was gratified to report phenomenal increase in exports--no lc°s than Gf.175.273 over the preceding year. Import values for the year (total C15.302.08l -an excess of exports over imports of CO. 128,135. School committees' finances were to be placed on a better footing.

Subtlety of sarcasm was shown in a will proved in 1830, wherein ;i wilV was left I'oOO, hu : t was only to enjoy it nfter her death in order thai ".she may lie hnriod .suitably as my widow." For elaborate sarcasm, however (.says the "Glebe") the pain must bo awarded to the will of .an American miser which was proved in 1888. After a preamble seltiiH' forth the way in which his *elitiv?s who had formerly shunned him, lisited him when they found he a? ■about to die. and expressed a v.ish for some trinket as a remembrance of their beloved relation, the testator went on to bequeath to hnth-jhr o .and nephews and nieces and ec,.isiu. ; various parts of his anatomy. IV one ho left his right hand and. arm to another his left hand an.l arm. to others respectively his cars, nrse dims, legs and so on. A c-dicil dated two davs later than the r,ii<? in;■ 1 will kindly remembered a sister in-law bv the befiuest of his liver To comvilete the <?rim humour of. t.h< thine;, he left a doctor one tin i.-r>nf' dollars for the purpose of dissr'iin • the'bodv, while the rest of the. went to public charities.

Hinau is a New Zealand timber, the qualities of which are not sufficiently known. Experts recognise, it as excellent for standing exposure to wind, wet, and all weathers, but- at the present rate of burning and clearing it is not likely to last very much longer. Mr Char let Tandy, coachbuilder, of Wellington, writes to the "Post," speaking ver,\ highly of .the timber, which is use:' a good deal in coachbuihling. Hi: recommends its employment 101 wood-blocking, where its enduring qualities would be specially advantageous. He records having lateh worked some hinau that must hav< been felled fully fifty years ago, am' finding it perfectly sound and good. He expresses astonishment that saw millers and timber merchants do not see the payabilities of the wood unblocking the streets, and considers with the proposals before tho Ci l :,- Council to wood-block Custoniho.ise quay, .enterprising millers should put their tenders in for hinau blowing. He thinks the City Council would entertain favourably an rp pnrtunity to use a local timber, which at present is largely going up in smoke.

The following interesting paragraph regarding the death of an old woman with 253 descendants, som< of whom are in New Zealand, appears in the Lowestoft Journal ol .March 12:—"Mrs Fiances Cook'.' (late of Southacre) has recently passed away at Oswick, at the age of 00. Rhe claimed t ohnve 283 descendants, four of whom belong to the fifth generation. For the pa'l 19 .veers she ha? live! with Ikt daughter, Mrs Clreef, of Oswick. She had two other damrhtrrs living in Norfolk, one in Lancashire, and one in New Zealand ; also three son*; living at Saffron "Walden. in South. WnlK, i\r'! Zealand. She w.-.r. left i widow 3?» years ngo. he* lmsbnnd being a gamekeener for maw years in the employ of the lute- Mi Andrew [A vii' m'iil', of Narford Hall a daughter of whom kindly a'lowed the old 1 p'l v n pension of 5s P"" week for 34 vears. until she bec-mo enfi+lvMl t- 1?r» State old age pension. wa" grandmother to Mrs W(.s+ wood, <f Hi.- "Westwood. famii'v ' •front* N< v 7 ; aland, who visited (his coil-try I"" 4 - year with five if their fir dy. One of the sons named V- 'ltd. ngrd 12 vr.rs w^inrhatl . nr l or- of tliei>" 'laiis:li!'" r s l?iKr, 17£ st. \n e.-!i ; - 1 i+.o 1 ' was bold at iCing"' 1 nm \ ~T r: -• i -[.][' r plnc-s 'a t it' irev " "'-nilnr to tho following arrive dnily:— fllm" r >nn, April 11. 1910 ¥■• F. 0 P.;-"ingten, Levin,f ! v.. -T>l/>OPT cnnfl me t'v-o bottles of Remington's Limiori e rtonrrli o 4 f. PTt r 7 Yours, etc. ———. Price, Is Gd and 2s 6d per bottle.

Messrs Judd, Howell, Skerman, Tompsi'tt, Jones, Meads and Rollo have been olected members of tho Road Board for Otaki-Manakau district. A telegram from Palmerston North to-day says:—His Excellency the Governor passed a. quiet night, but has not made quite the samo progress as in the previous few days. Seidlitz powders are an old-time remedy, bulb like many other old things, they possess a great many virtues. To be good they must be fresh, and 1 have just received a J special supply packed in tin ibox.es and wrapped in tinfoil. Price, Is box, from C. S. Kcedwell, Dispensing Chemist.--Advt.