LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 May 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The transit of the comet does not seem to have been anything of a spectacle. A large sun-spot in the centre of the sun's disc deceived many local astronomers. It was unusually large, and was visible to 'the naked eye, through smoked glass. The telescope showed it to he a very extensive group of sun spots. Some observers fancied there was a peculiar steely haze in the atmosphere during the afternoon, but this was probably tin* effedb of gazing at the sun.

A budget of local sporting note by " Minorn" will .appear in Monday's "Chronicle." Tlie disqualification of a South Canterbury player until the end oil' 1910, for having used abusive language towards «, referee, has been confirmed by the New Zealand Rugby Union. We regret to learn that Mrs mother of Or. Stophenson, passed away at Palmeirston on Thursday. Mr Stephenson has tinsincere condolences of his numerous friends in his irreparable loss. A club, to be known as the Mannwatu Trotting Club, has been formed a't Palmerston North, and it ha.'been deeidod to approach the local A. and P. Association for permission to race on the showgrounds. Mi T. Jewel] lias been appointed score tary pro tem. The fkg which the Maoris sent to the service at Levin yesterday, a,no which bore the word "Him," wa? presented to them by Lord Onslow, a former Governor of the dominion. Huia is the name of one of Lord Onslow's sons, and was given him by the natives.

It is tlie indention of the Horowhonua Boating Club to bold their next social on Tuesday, 31st May. The alterationi of the day from Wednesday to Tuesday is made so that the social will not clash with tlie Ohan Bachelors' Ball, which is to take plapo on Juno 1. As a result of a visit ito tlie Weraroa Experimental State Farm Levin, Mr J. C. Wright, of .Matopu, purchased a young Shorthorn hull, Baron Cornwall, by Royal Cornwall 21st (imp.) Tho dam. S'weet Briar, besides being a prize taker, is a heavy yielder. Her sea son's yield on tibe farm is 11,-1791b: of milk and -12(ilbs lmtitw fait. Tin bull is to 'mate with the celebrate;' Diamond's stock.

Mr W. H. Field, M.P., was unable to lie present at yesterday'." eswvioe a't Levin, but he' wrote tin following letter to Mr B. R. Gardoner (the mayor):—"T fear that it will be impossible for me to take part in your memorial service tomorrow much as T should like to. 1 trust that it will be a fine day. when T feel sure the people of Levin will assemble in lai-ge numbers to do .honour to our late lamented and revered king. Will you kindly say how much I regret not boinp present on such an occasion? 1 will, of course, represent ItJlio electorate in the memorial proceedings in the eitv."

The funeral of the late Kootu to Hiwi took place yesterday afternoon at the Kuku cemetery, and was witnessed by large crowds of sympathisers. The cortege proceeded from the Maori meeting house to the cemetery. The deceased, who died at the early age of 24, was a keen supporter of Rugby and the Hui Mai Football Club, of which he was a member, will grea.tly feel the loss of .their late comrade. The club, which was represented by Messrs Meßain and Ned Bovan, and practically the whole of the senior and junior teams, sent a cross, tastefully decorated with the chili's colours, with an inscription in Maori attached, After the funeral 'the mourners and friends gathered at the meeting house, where, according to the Maori custom, a feast was partaken of. Amongst other tokens of sympathy sent 'to the tnwzi were maori mats from Mr J). Prosst»r, of Porirua. and wreaths from Mrs Wilson and Messrs Pink, Herlev; also an artificial one from Mr Langley.

A most entertaining and somewhat instructive debate on the .topic "Are Women More Economical Thau Men?" was held in Levin on Thursday evening. Tho occasion was .the second evening of the V.M.C.AfI isession for 1 ( J1U, and the affirmative on tho momentous question was taken by Mrs P. Amis. She contended that woman's habit of staying up .till midnight or thereabouts hi order that sho might mend her children's clothes and her own, and also those of her husband;, her contrivances to make her old hats seem as good as new and her old dresses to appear equal to those of the latest fashion, all went (ft show her superiority to man as an economist. Even the cheap sales were a tribute to this part of her nature, for they were a proof tha't tho drapers recognised the need for appealing to her econoiuiica] side; "but whoever heard of a. tobacconist's cheap sale?" Mrs A,rcus concluded admidst laughter. Mr I'. \\ r . Goldsmith followed with asservemtions that man had been the inoro economical in all ages. As 'two examples of woman's "gr«at extravagance he spoke of Cleopatra's action when she dissolved pearls in vinegar and drank tihe decoction; also of tho Spanish lady who as late as this week ordered her dead husband's yacht to be destroyed &o thivl no onta else mlghlt r.)ss it. Quite a number of speakers contributed pleasant speeches and occasions? papers to the dtiba"/', and when all had been said thr* vote of tflie meeting est/ablished the fact rthfllt a great .preponderance of opinion supported the view that woman was the more economical.

Get your needs supplied by It. xx. Moore, (tobacconist and hairdresser, of Wernrm. Ho keeps only the 'host quality of tobacco, and his stock is always fresh. Stationery requisites toilet .accessories, pipes, cigars, and billiard tables are all to bo found) on his premises,—Advt,

It is very noticeable how farms change owners in a few years (says a correspondent of the Southland Times). On the Aparima. Estate, which 28 years ago was sold by Itibe Land Agency, only one of the original buyers remain.

As New Zealand's new Governor, Lord Islington, will not arrive in the dominion till the opening day of the Mana.watu Winter Show, the idea of asking him to open the Show •has been abandoned, and the Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister for Agriculture, will be asked to perform tho 'ceromonv.

"Don't you know that you have a reputation for reckless driving?" asked counsel of the plaintiff, a motorist, in an action heard in the Magistrate's Court, Christohurch. "Tf you moan tibat I don't let the grass grow under my feet, that is so," was tho reply. "A man cannot keep fifteen youngsters and let the grass grow under his feet."

Tn connection with tiho movement for separating Wanganui, Palmerston, iMasterton. and Napier districts, from the Wellington Industrial District in connection with Arbitration Court Awards, the Wairarnpa Employers' Association has resolved to co-operate with the W'anganui ApsoHaition to hring about such separation as soon as possible.-—Daily News, Carterton.

Maids who work at home, or those who work for their daily bread elsewhere, will obtain fh. "Eanzoma Cream " a superior article for the toilet. Tho daily use of this cream will cure all roughness and redness of the skin. Obtainable only from C. S. Keedwell's Pharmacy, in jars, at Is 6d eacli.—Advt.