The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 May 1910, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tor securliur t(. ->h.annon subscribers a m<,re pi-onvpt and regular delivery of " i nv Chronicle " Juive !hc j ii coinple.iexl, and m and (il'tiM- Ist June next .Mi.s.s Duii'ckley. news and bcok.si'ller, of Shannon, will be in sole :."]|jirgo of .salt's ai'/l deliveries. Subscribers who have been rercivino; (l:r "Chronicle" direct from this office or in. any other lnn.nnw will in future have the paper delivered l, v .Miss Dunckley's runners, and all [UTfimits for tin; ivew.spa.p:T.s will be payable to her weekly. Accounts for newspapers 'that 'hitherto haw been supplied by a rnniier employed by tili'is office will be senl fliit iit the end of the present jiionUi. mid these may be paid eit.her In Mks On nek ley—whose receipt will be a sufficient, discharge- or by cheque.or powtal iiioto sent direvt to the " (.'hrouicle." Tnvitation holders nva rominded that the .next Moating Club social will be held on Tne.sdav eveniiifi; next, May 31st. in the Druids' llall. Ohau is to he merry nex-t Wednesday, June l.st, whem the bachelors will <rivo their annual ball. Ruses are to leavo Levin alt about iMO o clock, ("illinif a-t \\'eraro.->, and a return will be 4iia<lo at a suitable hour. All arrangements for the hall are coniplete, nml Mr J. Kearsloy has been to supply the music. Sh A. L. William.s. of LsvMi, will do the caicrino;. 'inv, com/!n;i.ttee is niakiiifr n! , enertretic preparation, it beiiiff intended to niiike the occasion .", ro-oi-d on'o in ill I respects. The folJowino; figiirfts oonc.eni.in.o--we.]llnßtonnßton supnlied by the Customs Department showing the f|iianlfcity mid raliie of the princiipa] prodiuit's parsed t,hrou.£?li the Customs for oxport Iroin the Uth to tihe loth-of May have just hoen recoiverl:Rutter €994; chee.se, £9,01(3; frozen beel, £4,381; frozen .ninlton, £1584/; frozen .lamb. C 18.909; liemn £13 991. Tho total principal £rl ducts (exports) for the half month at May this yvnr was G799 ffli asainat £1,9;j3,18(i for .... ' j,,]] moiitii of May; 1909. Hemp graded for export during the'month «f April amomirted to 14,528 I)a,les, of wliich 37.05 per Dont. was "good fair" and 52.85 ner Rent "fair" grade. The lar K e*t joivtriWtors «-er C : Wollhigtaii, 4763 bales; Auckland, 3751; Foxton 3623; Bluff, loik graded .amounted m 4515 hales Chiefly second grade. There wore J7 -bales of flax and. 158 bales of xw cofidemiiod, <

Jersey cattle, which are in exclusive possession of their native island, arc gaining steadily in favour in America as well as in England. Recently MO head were shipped to America after undergoing the tuberculin 'test at Sit. Helier. Several laige consignments were exported earlier, the aggregate despatched to the United States this year already anion lilting io nearly .-<OO head. An instance of '(lie voracity <■ ieels was discovered bv a. resident of Uiiiiitaroa recently (s-av.s (he ])annev.i'rke News). In a little creek hramching "If the Tamaki river Ire caught an eel aliout >11 lis in weight, which, on being cut open, was found to contain a trout, nin>e inches in length. A ijiicer accident is reported! to have happened to -Mrs Monii, a Maori woman living al Oanvastown, the other jifternoon, says the Marlborough Press. A pig jrot under the bouse and ..Mrs llenii, in stooping to drive it tint lei. her pipe. I'nll f.'ii a sitv dynamite cap. which exploded and blew two. fingers oft' one of her hands. Mr 0. I<]. T'.nrfholnmew, of t!:e firm of Hi-yan.f. and May, who is at present in \ew Zealand, states that *be (M.n«uin])t ion of matches is, o-i the whole. increasing lirirelv, in spite of the advent of electric lighting. The increase is mainly due to the enermons increase in cigarette smoking. New Zealand him! .Australia use more matches ner head of population than any other country in the world. This is af trihirtahlc to the fact that a large piTcentag" of the people lead an outdoor life, and that there is ,i larger _pn.porii.-n of men than women in these countries.

■ \ Washington despatch .slate."- , . tlKii Speaker Cannon has received the following letter from Cleveland. Ohio: "Our beaux, cannot, marry we girls because all foods and clothing is ten hi'ih. What rood is us trirls if we do not. have "\VJiy don't you make Congress provide liiniihand.s for u.s? Yon will <lo the country more good by seeing that nil the young people were married : we would not need any Congress or President. This world would then ho a paradise. We must Have hunbauds. Get them for u.s."

LetterLrrams. which permit the transmission of 50 words by teloarapli for Is Id. have proved on:■ of tlio mast popular innovations in America in remit ye;ir,s\ 'Hie Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies, which have a monopoly of the telegraph facilities of tinIT niter] K'hitns, report that they li:i\'e boon inundated ivit.li business under the new arrangement. Lettergrams ciin otilv be sent at rn'rrht. 7'lreii with additional clerks a.n du tv. it lui.s been impossible 'to cop;' wii'h the t'! , omov l oux rush of busi ?) • I,;:st evcM'titi; at flie Levin Y..M. f'.A. there \vn< a crowded atten''aiioe in I lie -Junior Department. A. C'arson and ['. .1 <iiiprovided recitations. and Mr Morrdl pave an interest in*:; readin'f. T'lie snnerintee dent f.\!r J. W. Gibson') pave an ■address on "Diligent Observations," which was demons;rated in a prao itical manner afterwards in e.imV "'ame. Tl:" successful boys were]'. "\\alfop and d. Mdntyre, wbo tied for first place anrl L. Bennett se (••and. At this season of tbe year, wlien everyone is liable more or less to sufl'-v witli eleippo-l haii'V:, sueli remedy as " lseii Z pvv) Cream" will be found invaluable. Oldeinabl" only from C. S. Keedwoll's Pbar npey in jars. Is fid e,aoli.~ Advt.