LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 July 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Record Miles of eras have been made in Levin, dm ring tho month of J line. The installation of rras motors, which ;ire inereasinn; in local favour, has helped ninterially to tliis trood result for the l>oroiifrl"i authorities. Mr Wright. M.P., intends to raise the ojiestion of I Weil lea \s punishment in (lie House, and lias yiven notice to jisk tilio .Minister for Justice whether he approves of s<. severe a sentence. At Manakau. last Wednesday, tihe m.arriao;e too kphce of Mr Leslie li. Atkins, of to Miss Helen MeCloland, of Otaki. The bride was e;iven a.way by .Mr A. K. Anderson, her i)r<VWi!e,r-in-laAv. The honeymoon is bein<r, spent at ..aiv <ianui.

TV Hormvhonua hockey representaliives are "WieHlingto-n re-present ativos next Saturday, an "Wellington for the .shield. ' X.exf Wednesday there will 'be a Xoirth of Horowhennia v. South of TJorowhenua, match at Levin. The XontiV team will he picked from the Levin rm.d Rovers XL's, and the Mannk.au forwards, and the South team will he picked from Otaki, ]?ahui, ami the ."Uamakau hacks.

A northern contemporary thus admonishes a gentleman" who sought to punish the. editor by stopping The paper: "After yon get angry"p d stop your paper just poke your fnger in waiter, pull it out, and l< ok for tlhe hole. Then you will kn i\\ how sadly you are missed. A man who thinks his paper ran not thiivo without his support ought to go off and stay awhile. "When he comet, hack half his friends will not know he was gone, .and the other half will not care a cent, whifethe world at kirge keeps no account of his move ments. Yon will find tilings that you ea:nnot (indorse in every paper. Even the Bible lis rather - i'aiu. and it (hits soHLe hard licks. Tf y.\\ «•> e to get imatl .and burn your Bihlo the hundreds of presses would still go on printing it, and when vou stop your pnppr and call the edit'ol names it is still published, and, what is mere, you will read i't on the sly." A correspondent writes: —"To show how easily a fire may oceni "iid bu.ru down a house and' its origin he (»;!.s'!uoiided in mystery, I may state that I was reading last evening in fr<::>.t of the fireplace in my sitting room, seated in a wicker en.iKarmchaiir wKiii a si;-l't c million, at mv back, ;ind noticing that the log o'n the (ire, a damp one, was not burning brightly or throwing out am\ heat, I threw f.-.\o or three matdiß, beneath it and then went out of tin room for a .short (time. On my return I noticed a red spot in the centre of the cushion, and foumd the ond of the match in it with a hoh abont Wie size of half a crown, in It'lle cushion smouldering and a. portion, of the chair oharred. A tahle with a lighted lamp on it wan close, against the chair, and if T had not returned so as I did. there is no saying v. V,t the c.r;i■; •.■riuences might have h;-m. Mr,!.-.!: Don't tthrow mat;-:-,; under a log amd then le.-. - t-'ie r<.::m.

An instjir. 3 of thrift and energy th- o .*- w'M btir co].v : ng leen.tlv r.-iv" b .'ore the Land Board, savs t-L-i Sydney T> ••■.]•.' IVletrraifi. ' Oiie ol the aippl'::.-.Tit-3 IVr a selection was a lacl botw! :i eighteen, and ninet( m years rl' rge. ft was .shewn in c .:dence flat while working as firm iaibor.u.- the applicant had sr.ved suffic : -u!: m'oney to buy farm h irses costing in the aggregate >-1 1 ,- ■a -d Mr:- he still had, £ n > <<v?) in hrnd. During the harvest time he r :'eLc,.l_ .']ss ptir week and his keop for eVrng f i'.el::rs:s in a shipper, \v\i\v pi-.?"iiiT>7 he 2.~5. -'id for the rest of the year 20s and keg/]). A m "n 1 -?" 'if the Board remarked that if the Premie- w-M'ld V"-n a iv port (i tlii..; (ase circulatedi in Englr.'id, '-?sr: t;i -'d b : . Lss difficult* iv. senuving desifahle A-onnrr m *i V c ,f t'e fawn '.-,: a •;•;•; -\ .3 , n .s immig ani ; 's.

"T-> -ir.J. P , with an L. under-n-vitsh" stands for "Dean awl Rnrc.in. T-vin." lrvniunctiirers of that invigorating drink Tonic Ginger Ale. Send your or/ ders along to Devon street.—AdvC

A meeting of tlie Levin Borough Ooun.ci'l will bo held on Monday. A special order in connection with the water works by-law will be made, a.nd if time permits the question of a. library site will be discussed. A curious example of forgotfulness came to light *at the annual meeting, of a West Australian mining company, the Golden Horsesih'oe .held in .London last month. The accounts showed that the unchumed diividonds amounted to a sum oi C J 3,968! I Human nature is a funny thing. / When Powelka, or I.Viweilia, m whatever (his name is, was out of gaol, the populace of Palmerston hunted him with guns. Now, they are agitating for a remission of las sentence. IVrlmps they're anxious to have another jrot-shot at him.-— Auckland Observer.

A ]i;i l't.v of ]\lain urn spiortsinen paid a visit to <f he fT<»tl 1 f>] >e liu.sli last wt-ek (says tho Ensign) in of M*ild pirj.s, and were rewarded for their tirouible by onptnr-in-ff a. fine hoar, wlno.li tunned the .srale ait 2.321b dii-essed weight. The hide weighed 4211), aind tilic head 2211) Tho sportsmen report that wild pips are fairly numerous. Jt is believed tliiat dairying in the TNflimrapa is going to he a more important industry in the near future than it lis at tho present time. Particularly in South Wnirara.pa does dairying giro promise of making groat headway. According to 'tho Wiairarapa Ago a number o! farmers in South Wairampa havo ailixvulv sold their sheep a>ml purchased cnu'.s for tho coming season. Ono_ far mo r experts l to have a lie.rtl of 500 cows.

The South Canterbury Charitable Aid Hoard has signified its willngness to accept the terms (of the Ota go Hoard in respect of the use of the iii.ew sanatorium for consumptives at Halmerstoo, for patients in its district. This moans that the Pal-mers-ton _ Sanatorium will form a. central institution for South Canterbury, Otago and Southland.— Christchurch Evening News. The Ohineniuri and AVaihou Rivers Silting Commission is now busily fc'ng.'i.ged in tbe preparation, of its report, an extension of time having been granted for one month tlo July Kith. Over ninety witnesses wvve examined, says nn exchange, and nearly one hundred exhibits \vere

handed in. Tlie variety of these exhibits was marvellous, ranging from photographs to old iron, the latter being_ worn through the passage of tailing and slimes.

The question of the Levin Borough leases is now being investigated by the Mayor. The leases "lire these of the Gravel Reserve i'n Oxford street, and they come undei the Council for the first time on March 11th, 1911. They were held by the Horowhenna Council, who leased them to .another party, and they have been sub-lciased ' since. The matter is a very complicated one, and the Council has to devise a scheme to deal with the question.

Mr J.as. Eastwood, of Rorirua. who w.as en a visit to his d,au<ditei\ Mrs Mexted, of .Monmouth street Keildiing, died suddenly on Monday might. He had been out speodin'o the evening with a friend, and hid enjoyed himself heartily. Returning home, he suddenly collapsed and succumbed within .a few minutes. H-v-it failuie was the can.-'- nf death. T'lic rennains were taken to Rorirua for interment. Mr Eastwood was 7! vcars of .a<re, and had been 17 years in .\'ew Zealand.

Air Donald Robertson, secretary of the Post .and Telegraph Dopartnient. has received .advice from hi.s •son (an ex-Rhodes Scholar, a.nd now a professor of the riiiiversitv oil Rangoon), stating that he was'now enjoying tlie hr.it season vacation, at Maymo, in tire hills, which is to Rangoon as Simla is to Calcutta. .Mr Robertson owns to having picked up a working knowledge'"of ihc Burmese language, though, all the teaching is in English, the university being a most cosmopolitan institution.

Speaking at i\ wiiii-private VWr (>f ln ' s ])i " o])U ' :it t,,u ' Conm-fss Mull. General Booth told tliein f/ha.-,. lie had been persuaded to rest by a generous offer from a wealthy lady who 'had promise;] CSOOO to 'bis pet schemes if be would only "Lake ft easy" for a time. lie had done bi.s best to keep Hi,, compact, and Imped the lady would be sr> well pleased witb liim (bat slie would make the C-"pnO into CIO.OOO wben be bad finished ln'.s bolidiav.

A meeting of tire supphWs ol Messrs Nathan's butter factory iv.as held iat Makino this week, whim the price to be paid for butter-fat. ne::t year was fully discussed. The man agenient of the factory decided, lo pay next season on the same a.s the Buiniythorpe Co-operative and the Ballance Dairy Companies. 'I Ik average bcuu.s paid by these two coin panics is a'l.sn to be paid to the suppliers. A,s brvth _ these companies pay out cxsupplier.s are rpiite satisfied wiVh the arrangements.

_ At the meeting of the Wairarapa South County Council on Katurd-ay morning Mr 11. H. Welters, county clerk, stat-d that the Government intended to .raduce tin, inimber of counties in New Zealand, a.nd nmke one county for the d,;strict frorm Cape Pall'i.ser to Woodville. Mr Perry, ehairmain of the council, siiid it w.as no doiiht a gr.od idea to reduce tlbe number of conntics, but he awls of opinion ih:d it would be an unwise step to merrr the Wairarapa and h'ort y.Mile Bus/ 1 , .into e/ne county, as the country wa: of different formation, and require"] sopa r.-i te ma nageinen t. - AVai ra ra pa Ago.

At iih:> conference ef delegates oi ii.stricf, i\l!-.ilirr ~|„|) l; j,| ~,,; Thursday .Mr I!. S. Alum!i-ijii m.-ii-:i::nw! the matter of the, clubs supporting agricultural and p.i:-itara.j ■w-oci-.tiru'x as the Racing Club Jiiid [.'one. .m:d tire folhwm.ii; rewiliitio.ll was passed: "That it be a i'c:-miiiiM.|u!':nt.i<;ii to tin- clubs represented mt this meeting to devote annually a si km to" create prizes .at A. and 1\ .shows for the encouragement of tlio hree;! of Yvhl horses suitable fur re-mounts." riia l''e.iM ; .n,o; ami W:in.<r,anuii delegates mentioned that their clubs allowed the loeal A. and ?. associations the use «C tire Ricfv-niirsAS without charge.

.A .short discussion on the s.vstajii U'l .taxation look plac; l at the Fji rulers' IT 11:nn liiee'tinjr .n,t Eketaibmia last week. Ifr MathesrHi. poi 11 4 ;eT« out that .taxation of land, on the . niniproved value was not yot tv> I nion s policy, thono'h favoured in Wellington.. For Ta.mnaki was dead a<?ainst this, .ant] it would he advisaihle to see flint the Eketahuna remit was hroughit hefm« the Colonial Conference. Mr Bn'drjc tliougM taxation should he on. the ■iiiiiiiimproved value .so long as the land 'ttix and income tax were levied in the present manner. Tt had herw said taxation, on the unimproved value was the thin end of the wedw for sinjrlo tax, hint lih could not seo it. Single tax could he levied on the capital value insit as well as it could he levied on the unimproved value. I Prompt a.tte-wtiom to ordiers i.'i almost ias importa nt as care ill carrying them out. 'Vsimihle eharac'tensthieK hv Nie;lson H. Heath, of BriVjtf-l j^rcet. ATI trains mot. Oinmotions sample rooms kept. Whoneveii >•"011 .need anything shifted, or anj ] train mot. ring him nip. Teleph-oiK 52.—Advit, ,

Mr Adam Armstrong, am old resident of the Wairarapa, -died ill Wellington -yesterday. A nian named Price was' killed during « (ju trrel in a hotel bar at Auckland last night. The hack of the. Lauderdfeile has now broken in half. The cargo o'l timber is awash, and the skylight is split. An old man who came up to Levin from Alaiiiakau was set upon by thieves and robber! of over I'M. He. had upwards (if CSO in his possession, but the thieves failed to find s:miu< sovereigns which were in an out-of-the-way pocket. I\l n.iiial\inu residents nii'o advised tli:it the Levin Dramatic Company is not visiting their township. Those of thciin who desire to see the 1 performance of "Greed of Gold," by the company are rocotn.mendod io visit Levin next Wednesday evenintc. or to go to Otaki on a later dci'ite, which will be advertised in dm, course. Til the printed estimates of the. Levin Ho rough Council, the omission oif a printer's rule made it appear itl'.nt all interest on loans was to be p:iiid cut of general nates. This was misleading. The interest on the £18.000 loan' for waterworks is paid out of the water rate, and the .special rate which is collected foil' iui.tero«t purposes. Mr A. T. Thompson, father of .Mi J. AY. Thompson, of Levin, diied this iiioniiiiiji', in AYt-1 Houston, a.<j;ed SO. The deceased gentleman was a ven r/ld colonist, ;:md io lii.s earlier days he was a prominent figuiro in Marlborough politics. Amongst lilie official positi«iius which he heldi was that of .Mayor of I'ictoJi. He was in Levin during its earliest diays, and several of its pioneer buildings were put up by him. I'rouse Hrothers' sawmill at AY crania is

amongst the number. Doail.h w-ns tliipt* to :i heart trouble. The trend of politics in the Old Country is .succinctly stated by a prraminciiit Yorkshire journalist in ii!i>e course ol' a loiter to « I'niend in Xapier. "\Ye are full of politics here," he writes, "and 'before many years luive passed it is pretty certain we shall have a much different constitution. Personally, thioiish n Tariff Reformer fluid a Tory, T thimk our hereditary principle',has 1 i>atl its day, and must go. We must have a Second Cli-amilmr on a different basis to the present lloii.se of Lords."

In sentencing a racecourse "guessvr" at the Asliburtoin, Magistrate's Court to one month's imprison.ineiiii for the theft of a totalisaltor ticket, the chairman of the lioneJi (Mr H. Davis) said : "It is a matter 10-i much regret that racing, as a siport, should become sullied by a band of social parasites, who make a practice of attending the whole of fhe race-meetings for the purpose of conspiring to 'take down' uninitiated .and crediiilous persons by tricks of confidence. The sole ohject oJ this class of men is to obtain, money without work, and judging by thle manner in which the greater number of them dross they eviden'ly maii:np;e to accomplish their ends."

A reni.arkable outbreak of /ire occurred yesterday afternoon at Mir X. Barratt's Byko. at Leviin. Among the ii'iany articles in his shop window were some bicycle lamps, and the glass front ot one was leift open to show the interior of the lump. A passer-by happened to stop and inspect the slock, when Jie was surprised to see the green baize of a -hell' burning, and ohseir inspection •I'lowcd that the rays of 'lihe sun hud passed through the glass .and set f he material on fire. He iivfornied Mr Birratt and it was n mutual surprise to find that on a day when Mie sun's rays were anythiing bu/l. powerful, compared to this day's beat, enough could be focuissod to burn liKifv'iial like green baize. This incident shows again how simpb.v a fire may originate and be involved in mvsterv.

The matter of having placed on (be Kurow line, one of tlbe railway motors which the GoveriMiicint am introducing for experimenital purposes is not going to be lost sight of. The steps already taken (.says an exchange) in regard to the matter by the OfiiiMiiitt.fi; of the Chamber of Coii)ii](#e were mentioned 1 in the report .submitted at the .animal nicotine ytwlenkiy. and the importiaiiice al' semefthing lming done to case the, '•nngestion oiii that line was furhhoi emphasised by members. It wn.s stated _ that. it wot that tlhe "xpensive luxury of >a motor oar provided, si way out of the difficulty, (he local isfock 'and station a trends would be under the necessity of being aiway from Damani for two iidgihts and a ■hiv in order to attend the weekly stork .sab' <at Dunfroon, so inconvenieiiif is the prevent run mill"; of + ke 1 na in.