LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 June 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Attention .is directed to .an advertisemen't by the Levin Tormin.atiii" HiMifling Society regarding an ap" l>™|)ri.itioji, ito he decided bv tender on the 2Sth instant.

Ihe proprietors of "Tonking's Emulsion announce n second word contest , (with, 'ten guintjas in prizc-s) to coinmence an .hum loth. The popularity of tho first contest should ensure an equally largo num- »:■■!• "I e-'trants for the sacoml, and we wo-nlfl advise our readers to ioirn the particulars a.nd forward then , wiird lisd.s.

In our con-t.spoildeuce columns a con.tnbntor cninplains al)on(- the Mimk-rs flf tlio starts that a.re hoino efh'ctcd m foot-ball ii!ntclies. Til" Id.k'r is ii tinifly one. for it is unjli>i)!r.bl«. that in mirl-wiirtrr notliiim lint nn:l vcxn.tirm enn spriiv out n\ !!,,> pmctico of l»«-inninS any field l;it»r than 3 p.m. '

The Ministers" Association of Welliiisitnii, jit its last meeting resol ml 1.0 snul n Imanty invitation t? Dr A\ ilbnr Chnpinnn .and Mr <-Marlon Ah'Xim.'ler to visit Hio donunion an<l cou:!uct a mission in '■''f .Arran«(Miiciitfi nro bwix. JiUMio for ffljn.i!:ir invitntions to bo CV" r-i "" i,! If ,"' lenxVin * oe.nt.ren! i'r Oh;ip:n;m having in.tinia.iiwl tha'i' Ici-nn.l iiivitatioiiH in 0.-icli rase ara rf l f|niri'd.

fa tnis mont.Vs 1 rirtcl KM. strips iif- tnisal off an Auckland o-innM-hrwid jicrihition. The writer ob-sern.R:--"T«-tl:i.v 1 n .,,, omliblv inlon.ier t1,. : ,t there is a movement a»f)»t t.-) ri--ii.:iii!(i this city KnvvettviHe. ] iU l ll:lilt t , )at iiainc would look kinky and picturescpuj on M IL > .-nid the new tmvn, h;,l]; I )llt f mn«t confess 'Miat all this fuss about Knvvott '"■■ikes my hvxl ;1 ,-I, ( >. I k no «-, a.|Kl w! know, nnitljinff about tl.. e underlying f;uts' of the S' SB f' l. a,n «'. vtl " to admit 1 , k fc ox-C«.,,ta.n Knyvott was ««.,>- • . e ofheor, am bas Ikmmi very badlv i : omv,f.:l in 1,, s v ., n i ty . H ■ ».-m; T know, ;h,ave in-UMouKLv w .ron i? «] in bi s r i Khts . r I n't. hon-ovor , s Jlf ,t ft| le p^ nt . J,,e ."'■»»■? 's tliat if a man's real • i ~ m, a P '»w l "-ronps are to be ;;*d. tl,ere is _~ 'fitting ailfl £ first to oxb-aust'eveJT kiLTmS tit b T n,KI le^] Pro--I*fc l)?r(.re l)p ? in,nin S to send youna nrls mtli collecting boxes do 2 fr'cw ami ],a,,s. Tl,e more I hear of ilie Knyvott ncitation, tho less T an. ind.m-1 to believe that tliere f'ii be mmil, .i n the. rrse. Truth i. s ,i chaste t.ioii7lj flaniu. SV mav, n pr> n or : be exMl.itwi nn-ler limelin-H r; +3ie intorest of a sFrealfc cans? ;it to .her back in order Hint rnr. miy μ-pp,) unnn her wounds -to slfl.n bor fnrionp.lv on the lees rml slvmilr!:ers as a means-of .nittrirt-v-.w tlia in+ores.l-. of Hie vnlff.n,T—this is vanity and vexation of . c ;>int.

"y> nml 17.. Vi .;m, n]l T; nnder _ r.-,v—n Ti»vin,» the mmifnp. tirers of thnt invipor.ntmff drinjr "Footbnll Vnnoly" pl<v> +W ■„!}*»- Tonic Ginger Ale. Send your orders along to Devon street.—Adv*fc'.

Rifleman C. Speck, of the Stratford Defence Rifle Club, shooting at the 500 yards range, has made twenty-four consecutive bullseyes in three "shoots," without a sigliMng shot. How is this for a record? asks the Stratford Evening Post.

Beinotte du Canada, the apple for which a new class has been mad© by the Levin Horticulitural Society, in its schedulo for the nexifc Autumn Show, is written of,, in tho latest catalogue, as "one of the most valuable apples for all purposes; a handsome t'ruito.

"lif motheli's persist in giving 'dummies' to their baihios we' Shall have in a few generations a. people of parrot jaws, because the greatest objection ,to the use of 'dummies' is tha'.t {'hey fond to deformity of the upper part of the month," said Dr Bedford at the annual meeting of the Society for the Health of Women and Children at Auckland.

"Tliat's wliat 1 call dragging tho' sport into tho mire," said a delegate a ! t a. recent meeting of the Tennis Assoeiaitiion, when lie was assured , , in answer to a question, that all the balls used at the Nelson tourney had been presented to tho Management Committee by n firm of ball manufacturers, and had tihen been charged up )to tlie Nelson Association.

A meeting of tho 'Rei.'hfl.bite was held in tho Temperance Hall, Levin, on Monday oveiun-g. Past Chief Ruler Rro. F. E. Parker occupied the ruling chair, Bros. Keys. Bol+on _ and McTaggart also assisting. Various matters concerning tilie governing of the tenit were discussed. The. secretary, Bii'o. < Keys, reported one member as receiving assistance. Arrangements ore now complete whereby members may have a choice of medical advice. The local branch lias beeiii initiating several new members lately, and soroe have ibeen transferred to oitiher na.rts. Mr James Cameron, a young member has just taken his depnrturo for Scotland.

A tragedy for which a runaway motoir car is believed to have beeii responsible .occurred on (the main i-'oad a.t Li&keard. Cornwall. A cyclist, passing along the road in the half light, found "the body of a Hyear-old boy lying dead in the road, with liis neck broken. While he and another parsed by were bending over the hotly discussing whatt they should do, a railway packeir named John Toms came nip, struck ■i match, .and looked into the dead hoy's face. ' Tt's ,mv only son!' he said. The boy had gone out to meet his father, who was returniim from Jiiskenrd. It.is believed; he was struck in the back by a passing motor car.

I'util last week's break .in the weather Egmoiit has had a remarkably light covering of snow, considering the time of year. liuleod (states the Hawera Star) many did residents believe (that they have never previously Keen it so clear. The fine weather has permitted of« good deal of work being done, and during tlio autumn the water and drainage sys.tem has been completed, buildings added to, and other improvements enected. The caretaker is "still residing alt the Mountain House, and is likely to be there durin«- the greater part of the winter. In the opinion of Mr F. W. Wilkie, than whom no one knows the mountain better, a winter visit for those who like a lilt-lte novelty.is better than -i summer visit, Thero would be no difficulty in. getting to the house, and. when there visitors would be perfectly comfoii;a;ble. They would get a view which in some' places people, would readily travel hundreds of miles to see.

The deaifih of a very old and highly esteemed ooloniist, George Dentil. J.] , ., took place at Auckland .last Wedivusday. Deceased (reports .the Pa tea Press) arrived alt Wellington in 185G by tlio Hinslings. a.nd started fanning shortly af'ter at the Hutt. and from tliere shifted It'o Wellington, where lie kept t)w Coach and Hcof-vs Hotel for a'bout three years. Ho tihen shifted to Rangitikei in 18G7, whero 'he took to fanning pursuits, and remained there till 1884, whe.n he removed to Wheniimkiira. He was a member of the Pa.tea. County Council for ten yeans, and filled many offices on local bodies. He removed to Wav-ei-ley in 1891, wliere he resided for some time, and removed to Auckland about ni.no years ago. He leaves n widow, ten sons, and three daughters to mourn their lo<ss. Deceased wa.s the second son of George Death, farmer, of- Drinkstone, Suffolk, was bos™ on June 3. 1831. and was educated nt Woolpitt.

\ou wonder what lias been the trouble with Americam cities," said Dr Henry in the course of an adtkcsß to men. in Cliristchurcli. Jliey havo been a disgrace, and characterised by misrule, more than any otfter cities, but you must remember tbait the average man outsulo Uie States knows nothing «Wut it. It all arose out of this problem of aliens. I n a rwent London census it was shown that less than two _ per ccnit 'of the population was toreisn-Wn, but in the United States for the same yoar the thirtvtliree leading cities had ■percental rjviiffincr f rom 30 to 01 who were •pithr-r forcegn-horn or the firrft rfiilflren of fore-ign-born parents. UiittTiimilons politicians used to meet nt the wharves and make them citi!S.»ns beforo «, e y cnsssecl tlio road aiifi tlicn line them up to vote a--(•ordms to the direction of tiliese poi•Jwjiiso Hifcwians. They knew notliHi« about liboft.v and oarerl less Wo got sovent.v-hvo.per cent'of the of the South jof Tn4and ant it was a qucsfcfon what to do «itli .this hottirogoiifMis nuass Tlio w;ondw is not that the AinwiVnn cities have been corrupt, but tb.n/t tlie.se aliens have not damned the whole community Jong a<^."

A paragraph kom "The Live •Mock Journal" pojidts a moml, ami •shows how careful fanners should »»o to get their manures from a source tli.it win be relied- an A miiiiiirc, cheap in priw, may bo the dearest investment a men can wo in lor. An org«iiisati«ei called thetertihsiitiwi Syndicate gat a promnient ajlvcrtisenicnt foi- its product nt tho Stranraer Sheriff Court recently, .but whether ItOiafc adver■tisoiiwnt will do them much good is another matter. The test oa.so «;.')fi a 'shoddy" one, inasmuch as the stuff which t,1, 0 pursuers \ Vt ,re selling as turnip manure was ndmiit-tc-cl by tlie managing director of the •synd.catf. to ,l,e "a by-product from the \orkslnre Woollen Mills; in, othw words, it is wool waste " It wfls guaranteed to coititnin "nitrogen (derived fi-om animal mattfr m tlie host farm for the growth of crops), 3.25 to 3.75 per cent., toBerbluM. w,ith 2 to 2.5 j>er cent, of soluble phosphates, 1 per'rent, of nsoluble phospaiato, and 1.,10 to 1.20 of potash. But the Sheriff found as the re.sult of a l oll g pro" that the stuff was utterly valueless so thdUhe farmer who had been in jkced to.bnv the stuff, was not Z J.v assoilzied from £l le claim for pay- "; 3 e "*f idO of damages for loss of nm «ns lucky to get some compensa-

Mr A. Coy, of Shannon, eaystliat he has never had anything so good for coughs and colds and whoopm* cough as Remington's Liquoriw Cough Cure. He always has some at hand m case any of tho family get bad, and three or four doses usually are sufficient. It oan be obtained from Mr W. H. Gunning, Shannon; Mr A. W. Roberts, TokoF ,- °- Remington, Levin, at la.Gd and 2s 6dper bottle.- -Advt

A Pa-ess Association message from Napier saye that Luvell and Paisano have been scratched 1 for all engagenioii'ts at the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's meeting.

In August next the Rechabito Order will have been in existence seventy-five years. Founded in Sal ford (England) in 1835, the lodge lias grown into a world-wide society, and' its juvenile branch holds the premier position in juvenile- te-mj>er-ance friendly societies of the world , .

In the Education Board's advertisement calling tenders for the 'β-rectioiii of Makerua .school, which appeared in yesterday's " Chronicle," Mr Venn's address was written Make.rua. Tt may be- added, however, that the plans referred to are to be seen at Mr Venn's proper address—Shannon-, no't Makerua.

Mrs E. Groves, wife of the late E. Groves, of Fritz street, Palmerston North, passed away at tho residence of her son-in-law (Mr 11. ' J. Hall, Koputaroa), -early this morning. She leaves a grown-up family of four daughters and two sons. Her husband predeceased her a very few moniths ago.

In the course oj.. a speech at Gravesend, England, General Baden Powell said that sonic Otters from General Gordon during tlie Inst few days of his onmpaiign in Chiron, when -he was alone amongst his native soldiers, had recently .boon un<■enrtliod, and not yet published. One of these contained a m-nip on which the engagements had been marked in red ink, hut. running short of ink, Gordon said he had been obliged to cut bis finger to obtain a coloured fluid to continue tho map.

Excuses various (remarks tli'o Manawatu Stan da r<l) are given by prospective jurors. Tin's lnoniiing two _ deaf nioi. were relieved from serving, and a baker was also given exemption, but Itlie most iinnsn.nl excuse of all was that of a well known local young man, who (Mined exception because ho was abou.t to jret married. "Under those circumstances T'l! excuse you," said liis Honour amid hearty laughter.

A pronii-.a to simkl the Marine Departments tin-edge ito Foxton, to clear out the fairway of the Mnnalvntu river, was made to a Foxton deputation yesterday by the Minister for Marine (Houi. j'. A. Millar). Tn liis capacity us Minister ifor KailWflys, M.r Millar was asked if the depai-ltment would sell the whairf at a reasonable figure, and to tin's hereplied that the price of the wharf would be £23,000. He addedi that none of the railway profit derived from the wharf could be applied to ivny purpose '.except railways or the. extension of the wharf.

■ The weekly meeting of the Christian Endeavour Society was hekl last evening in the Methodist churehrooin. Notwithstanding Iho inclement weather there wa.s an attendance of over twenty. Mr Rawson read an interesting and instructive paper om " Ghn racier" — the value of character; its high moral wonth ; how it is built up day by dav, and how to attain the nolile.st and l)cst, ( were themes ably dwelt upon. .Several speakers took partin the discussion which followed, iufliKlin,jr Meessrs 0. Ransom. W. J. Gibson, D. Braid and the Rev. T. F. Jones. Two active members were elected including the essayWh of the 'evening. Nevt week 'the wiety will on Wednesday for Hie nivniuil ni.eeti.il.". in the Century Hull, when Kev. Mr Heoghwav will nive a lantern ltvturo on the South Sras.

Aii ingenious water .motor, contain tit] In a candle box, hna bwn (swistructed .and (installed % tJlnv young .son of Mr J. W. Scott, of Ijevi.il. Tlio compact litMe engine can be worked by connecting it with Hie water smppjy tap, and it at onw develops a power that would' be quite sufficient to keep a. cream separator in mp.tion, o.i- .to run any y.tlier light macli.in.erv. The motor is also fitted with a .small emery wheel designed for speedily sharpening tools. All in all, the piece of mechanism is a decidedy ingenious and useful production, a.nd the lad is deserving of credit and praise for his cleverness and' resourcefulness.

1 articulais are advertised'in another rohiirai of to-day's " Chronicle" regnrdinjr this ovening's debate iindier niispices of tho Levin, i.JI.C.A. Literary and Debating So"i;e.ty. These delintos, held fort'iijflitl.v, are open to everybody, and there are no admission charges made and no-oolk'ction.s .'taken' up. It is {'lip desire of the committee that all t'!w youth of tho to-ivn sboiild cwne alonK tr> those and it is i.o notice tlint there are •jofld altendancofi nf tlie younirer people. THvo dd)ntos are nndorlin"d for tin's evoning. Mr C. Mnrrell will aflirm tlwit universal suffrns:e is dssirn.blp, nnd 'M"r James Pronso will take the other si<K L'lter in tho evonimr. C. E Mhnw will affirm that "the farming s-ifficientlv ml pu'blic affairs." nii'l in Im's be wi.H J-" opp".scvl bv Mr' H. .Rl.nckburn. vn<l ])i'(K'oedin'T.s will commence n.t "•■lo p.m.

Forty Little Liver Pills for a drilling is a cheap proposition, an.i tiiey are mighty good ones, too. If you haven't had a sample package, call round and get one from C. R. Keediwell's Pharmacy before buying any other pill. For that lire:] fueling in tho morning they ira great.—Advt.