LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 May 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Excellent views of the total eelips'o of ithe sun wero obtained in. Tasmania yesterday. All those who "trip tho light fantastic toe" are reminded of -Unsocial and dance to lie held in thy Town Hall to-night by the Horowhonuo, Boating Club. A lecture- on "The llritish Navy" is to be delivered by Mr Cecil Palmer, of Wellington, in tho Century Hall, Levin, this evening, under the auspices of tho Y.M.C.A. A meeting of tho Levin Church Council will be held on Thursday evening to consider what steps should be taken in connection witl) a service on the day of tho King's funeral. The Levin .Methodist Christian Endeavour Society me-t at the .Methodist Church Inst, evening. Tho gathering was well attended, about thirty being present. It was presided over by .Mr .J. W. Gibson. The Uev. T. I , '. Jones delivered the first of a series of JSiblo studies, entitled, " Hooks of the Old Testament." Tho visit of the Wellington Amateur Dramatic Company to Levin has been indefinitely postponed, as a considerable number of its members have joined Mr Montgomery's Company, who ha.s just started touring. Mr Montgomery's Company will ,however, pay Levin, a visit. Arrangements for the cake and apron fair, to be held in Levin next week, are moving along in good step, and the ladies of the Presbyterian congregation, arc determined to make the function a notable one. An excellent concert is promised for tho occasion, and the full programme will be set out in tho advertising columns of the "Chronicle." "What a beautiful sight it is, Mrs Hates, to seo your two little boys always together!" tho summer boarder exclaimed, in an ecstasy, on the approach of Tommy and Hobby .Hates, hand in hand. * "Such brotherly lovo is as rare as it is exquisite." Mrs Jsates nooded in pleasant assent. "! tell Ezry," she said, "that they're as insepVble as a pair o' pants." A short time ago the proprietor of Phillips "JJyko," Levin, bought a consignment of "Governor" lamps. The "Governor" has been, specially made in England for New Zealand. All its parts are easily accessible, and it does not feel tho effects of a rough road. Its lens is half an inch thick. Mr Phillips has almost "sold out" and ha.s another consignment on order. Tho keen touch of old Jack Frost's hand has been laid upon many districts in tho South Island during tho past week, says a southern correspondent. Fifteen degrees of frost was registered in Ashburton at the beginning of last week, and tho temperature at many other places could not have been much less. Also there is little doubt that it was lower still in partsjudging by appearances—though it did not happen 'to bo actually recorded. Archdeacon Fancoiirt visited Levin yesterday, ior the purpose of meeting the churchwardens and leading laymen of the district, to arrange the preliminaries for tho .approaching "Mission of Help." A goodly muster of men assembled in St. Mary's churchroom, including ithe vicars of Otaki and Parnparauniii, the Revs. Cocil Smith and J. E. Jones, with navan of their re» presentative laymen. Tho Archdeacon, in his opening re-marks, referred to the visit of the forerunners of the mission, and said what si. disappointment iit had been to | learn from them tho impossibility ol | attempting to carry out our original programme. This was to try and reach every centre, if possible, throughout the diocese. Tho forerunners, however, -advise.... concentrating their forces, and this meniit leaving out tha smaller crMitn><;. To overcome this difficulty, the Risliop (Dr. "Wallis), the Rev.' -. U. S>otii and himself had decided tc rnb!.< for an additional missionor, and t'>:i' he should bo solely at tho disposal ;;f th'is diocese, to visit thoso placo?which would otherwise ha v<? been left untouched. Th:> Arch(l(*n:\'n enlarged upon tho methods suggested for reaching tho church people who neglected to attend divine vrorfhip. nnd upon the value of nrnver, individual and collective. Tho cost cf t!:a additional nuVsioner was estimated at £200, and somo £70 lad so far been promised. He hoped the rem-:iiiu'pr would soon be forthcoming. Tl"'. Rev. R. G. Conipton 'nentioned that ki donation of I.os had i>:? ,, riven him for fiii pnrpose, an fl 'iver C 3 was added in the room. .\i'chd»a"or> c l 'sed tlio meotino; with the- Bimic:!-!:!;, n, and aftevwnriV s nv ved Ijefcters similar to tho following arrive daily:— Sbannnn. April 11. IDIO Mr F. 0. Tr-minaton, "f.erin,Pofir .<"'»•. —PI ".n.qn Roiwl Tf>e t\V(, bottles of Remington's Liquoric l Oiito n* once, and nliliVr.— Yours, otc. . Price, Is 6d and 2s M per bottle.

A flaxmill at Foxton is reported as having been destroyed by firo last night. The mill was the ono which stood on tli'e riverbnnk on the south side of Foxton. On behalf of the Horowhenua Referees' Association, Mr F. J. -Merson waited on the Hoiwhemia Rugby Union Inst night <nnd contradicted a statement nade ait the nnnii'iil mooting of the union as to tho association having granted membership to people, who used their nienvbei'ship simply to escape liability to pay for admission. He said that this was an absolutely unfounded statement. There were only two or thi'e-e- members, out of t,!i!> thirty comprised in the .association, who wore not active referees; there were five out of the seven members of tlio Rugby Union management committee, who wore also members of tho association, and a. Large proportion of the remainder j i.f tile association's members were connected wilth the local football flubs and bad join'cd the Referees' Association simply to .assist its finnneps with tlieir contributions at a time when tbo Rugby Union was fno poor to make, any monetary j "•rant to the Referees' Association. Vs a matter of fact, onlvtwo referees .amongst the whole thirty had their ndmission tickets to 'ti'ilchcs without having'carried the <i-i>!e|l(< in on" or more matches. Mr Morson's explanations were regarded ■•<= a sntisfsH'torv refiit.nl ion of tho tint hnd been made. Oik , oi tlie most unmistakable proofs of '~hi> insufficiency of tlk existing New Zealand cable arrangements with Great .Britain is afforded by. the present dearth of general cable news. \> lienever any ono outstanding event transpires, New Zealand is left in ignorance of the other stirring events in tin. , , world's history which continue to cccur from day to day. At the fullness of the information- .sent as to the King's death nobody will cavil, but it may be said fairly that it is an inept state of administration which apparently grudges the spending of the extra, money necessary to give ; the contributing newspapers of the Tress Association a ro-inprehensive class of news at all times. "Whenever there is anything condemnatory of the "Press Association printed some of the executive members of that bodv wax wroth, 'ind asserts that it gives Xew Zealand an excellent service. This week there are specific instances of hoAV iits service is proving the reverse of excellent, and there is a «rood ohnnce for the executive to 'rive an explanation of why thi c state of affairs is allowed invariablv '■'■i obtain whenever iny single event deserves fuller treatment than tin , ■v.'diimry. The world's cabled news should not he treated as if it was ■i textile commodity for sale at strictly lineal measurements. Amateur photographers with their knotty little, problems to .solve cannot do butter than bring them along to Mr C. S. Kcedwell, who will gladly give them thy benefit of his many years , experience of this fascinating hobby. Complete stocks of material always on hand.—Advt.