The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY SATURDAY. JULY 9, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 July 1910, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY SATURDAY. JULY 9, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two more letters regarding tin? '!i!irury siitt» have emu: l to haii:( todiiy. T'lioy will be published iu .Mi')ii:l-iy'.s "Chronicle." .Melbourne's .xei.sinosni.ph observai.n'.v, 1.-i.xt iiiVrht, showed a se.rios of ".•irlii tremors extending over ;in hour. I'owelka was declared .sin habitual criisiiin.'il, yesterday, by the Court of Appeal. Captain Jones, who poi.'-oned Mrs Webster at the Auckland .Meiitd AsyliMii, yesterday, and .afterwards committed suicide, was l)f>ni in Wales, an 1 came to .W'W ZeakiiKl ■from South Africa, ivhore he was fanning in partnership with Liond Terry. .\lik Webster was a sister of Lionel Terry. The (|iie.stioii (:f the Strata r w.i----2011 was (lii.scu.ssi\'l at a cii" the ITorowhwiiia CVviin-ty Council'to''iay. wlren .\fr P. W. Geld.sinith (the Town Clerk) tr.nuwniit.f:-:T tho MUrwing rcpoliLtions -passed hy the Levin IJorouo-Ji Coiuril:—(].) '"Tlwi.t this oouneil rr-gi-ets tlie action of the Horr.'wliemia. County C.Ww.il in i<rli'Orhi'j; thi! pi-otosi.s oi this council ve .£!ie damage clone by the Sh'akar wan;o!i and resj)pctTulfy asks t'li.nit hodv to reeoiiisider the matter." (2) "That tho County Coum-rl bo a.«k■od to ffive iiistrueiians in tlie driver of the Straker to drive all over the metalled road, and lint ke.P,p •in one rut."—Cr. Prouvo said tliWt. \o pointed out tlin.t at the Bn,rouah Council iiioetino: bo defeiwlrrl the Tic-tinn of the Cn-mitv Cniumil. and said ho considered, tho Council bad just as much riybit to ask the TWnuidi Council to repair the Hnkio ReaHi road ,ns to ,ask ifibjs CaiMidii to nect'ipit liability lo keen the roads ; n Cr. H. J. Hiolinrds said +ihat tlie damasre done bv the -Strakor was very liittlo. He was snrprisod ,i/t the. Ho-roujjli Council askiiKff them lo do. .a.nything at all. Quoen street had benefited by the use of tho Straker. The Borough Council -itself had done hundreds "of pounds' 'worth of ckmnnjo to the roads, especially to GLadstoiio road. He nddecl, that it would be far better to ho over tho whole mad instead of in cue rut, and ha hoped that tho driver would receive instructions to ihn'i effect. Tbe County Engineer remarked that the rut was .not made by tho Stoker, but by ordinary traffic. Cr. Richards moved: "That in re,plv to the oommunicaltion from tho .Borough Council re damage caused by the Straker wa<?on 'on the bo'rongii streets: Ist Tl)is Council rogrets ifo'wb it can.irot. accept any responsibility fowa.rds repairing the. said .streets unless t!io_ Boroirtrli Council nccept a simnlar liability in regard to cl.nanflge done to county road.s bv boroucrb traffic : 2nd. That the Council will pncle'avouii , to min.un.isw any dia.mage. by instrnctinc tbe driver to j - un over as inuch of the road as Bnsand not ker>.r> in one rut." Cr (Proiilso sefon(l«d Mie re.sdlu'tions, l.vliich ivtM'o adopted.

(Jr. Stephenson, of Shannon, has just returned to the district after an onjo.vavble trip to the thermal regions. Ho says lie prefers Levin even to the beauties of tlinlt locality. Public interest in itho proposed selection of Levin's library site is increasing. Two more 'letters from correspondents resident in tlio town a/ppear on page I of to-day's "Olironicle." Mr A. Co.v wrote lo die Jbirowheiiua County Council to-day stating thai he jvould rcturii the conncil's limber as soon as lie. was able to procure some from the sawmills. -This was noted, and it was decided t osond certain correspondence to a complainant in (lie matter. At the Levin saleyard.s yesterday. Messrs Dalgnty a.ncl Co. offered for sale a lamb donalted by Mr Uri.scov, the proceeds of which Jire to bo _ given to the funds of the coining .Anglican bazaar. It was sold seven 'times, so that a handsome sum will be handed over lo the church authorities. Mr Percy Davie.s, advance man -ager, has arriv-ed in Levin, land is making preliminary Jirrangemenifs for the Koyal King Pictures, .submitting Wednesday. July 12 it'lie picture of the moment: The Funeral of tlio late King Edward ; unlimited repertoire of world's best number. Asylums seem conducive to longevity, and a cablegram from Melbourne ,th'is morning, affords one more case in proof. It rccords the death of William liar,wood, an 111 mate of Hallarat Asylum, at the age of one hundred and seven years, liarwood w,'is one of the early surveyors of Australia. At the Lovin Borough Council oflicc.s yesterday, Mr I'. Stewart presided over a meeting of the Domain Hoard. Those present wore: Messrs A reus and H. and .J. Prouse. Mr Stewart reported that some of the trees which had only been planted two years were I I feet high. Tlio domain would kwmii be *a very valuable block of timber. It was decided to carry out a number of improvements provided tho finances will allow it.

At to-day's meet ing of tint Momwlieniia C-ouuty Council, tht> clerk (o the (.'oiinly Council wrole a.skiiirj; lo be supplied with niformatioiT as lo I bo respeci ive nre-i.s •and, capital a.ik'l uniiiiproved valu-es ml' itho sections or parts of seel ions which tliß potitioiM'.rs askcl to lie included in. tint council's boundaries. The nialtt-r cropped up at a previous meeting of ihe Horowhe-ii-iia. County Cou.ncil. whe.n a |ielition Ti'as presented from a number r:f residents inskinlc for norHon <?f .seme per'.i'ions. incliidirj; Scott's road, to be in.rornon.tefl iii the bnund'iries of Kairaima Coinitv Council.

-•■Or. Venn w:ik I'erine.sted to ?.{■>// ;Mic informiHnn he h.ns in his po^si". , sion to tlie k'airaiiL'.T Coiinc-il.

A committee meeting of ihe Levin Amateur Dra.mnlfic Society wa.s held ln*t eveniup; in Mr Viiillips' Byko. when there was a <rood .attendance of iiieml>er.s, yir Uwjji Tin}) heinc in the chair. The meotinq; was princip.Tllv called for t.ho purpose of consider!no; the Cnniicn'nl position of the s(K'irjy. The tnkin<rs nt. the perfcrinan ■(« of "Greed, of Gold" amounted to CIS I;Ts. mid <he aceniuiits for payment, totalled. ClB Ms ( M, leaving a cre'lit of :!d. On n vote of the meet ing it was decided to publish the expei\«is ns fo1lfw«: Cn.rt'iii'r. IDs: scrip copvinir jui'l hire of pmns.. C"2 ISs 0d : ))rii!.!ii"i' a»d ndverHsinn , , p."i: c-fpivrv Co: tinil)-'!-. a« Gd: hall. CI l'i'ino. 10s: bill nvi 'tvvK. !_■■».-■■: v.l'i, shmen Is. 2n<.: ~S\y fCeedwell. i7c ; 'Id. ft \v\< de-He:! h> nut r-n "Orre'i of G(,!d" a 1 Otjiki »l .-in eirlv d.if.... The n->xl item U> b>. put "11 will l>e ■• c::n)c- 1 v . lo be <.-. 1..-I ■] bv Mr PI-iHi,pc-. A vnlo c,f <l.o n ] c , i": itbe ch;iir +.li-.i meetinu-.

At to-day's meeting of the Tioro-whenu-a Ctiun.ty Council ,1 letter was rece-ivrrl iVo;n t.h:>. Wnnnon Land and fta.wmiliino; Co.. Wellington. ackliowleilgino: recciiit of the council's Icitteiyof Mny l!)(h, in which Hie council .«ent. a cfi.py of n rcpon't subby the i>imiiv»e.r on the .subject ()•)' a proposed road h> vjv? access to properties owned, by (he Sinnirn.il La-n-1 and Pawmilliuo; Co.. nnd oth«>r petitiowrs. " Tin" petitioners." the leliier explnin-rd. " WQiild be dad to have n enpv cf tlw estimato ii::r7.n by the engineer of the prohablo cost of forming the 1J- miles of hor.se track aslcecf for fls .soon _.as lie hms carried out the instructions aiven him hy the council en nth April." This ww note'l

Residents of Shannon ])resenteda, peitiltion to-day to tho Honwhenua County Council on the subject of the condition of Tokoniaru ' \ T .alley road. It was signed by Messrs 11. Laiubei-t, Georiio Hee, '.J. \Y. H;,tchelar, 0. 1 , . I'edersen. V. A. .Staples, R. Stamps (by his attorney S. Kinkcaldie), and .Alary Hoots of Krfih Hros). Th<> petitioners described !the road jis lieinu; in a disgraceful state. The petitioners alleged that the Sh.iiman Land .ami Timber Co. was, to blame for this. As they felt they were quite helpless in the matter nnhax they received the kindly interveiution rf the council, t.hey :I .sked the council to see tha.t t:Jve comp.nny made- at lea<l .some rrasnn.ible effor.t to complv with the conditions of their agreement .under which they n-.Tpwl "sneli benefit. The -peltitioiiprs sua;o;est"ri that the eomipany be eoiiiiielled oitlver to se<-ure.ly ballast the roadway or loiver tho rails and sleepers so that they might re.st flu.sh with the level of the road, .and tfihus a.llmv ordinary hoiw and foot traffic, to be carried on without danger or incmive.mie.neo through .the district, whereas at present it was quite impossible OAV.ing to the shock ins; state of the roadway. The petitioners vho ex])rewed the h(op L . t], a t the timber yard might be mover] to another position. Mr La.inlbert-also forwai'ded letters received by hint from tradespeople on the matter. — Or. \enn: Something will have h> be done. T ,h;ive a resolution on the matter, and I bo,<r to move it as folows: "fl) That the Tokomanu Valley complaint 'bo left wilth the inspector, and the councillors for the riding, flnd that if the trannray is allowed to remain a letter of indemnity must bo given by the Milliurr Co.to tho coiinnl, nml -tho clerk advise the mill inninrujrtM- and principal pe-titioners when the counciTs |-epresenta,tives will visit the local<it.V."_ Or. Venn said thai, the rniwl was in a. most dnngfrous cmrlntion 'Some day ui!i!f.«.'.s some iiltei'altioii is mado some one will bronk his nek. and then tho person would enmo 'm the council for rVunnges. Tf it were po«,;i)lo to avcid <'losins; the mill thev must endeavour to do Ko . as .soin'f 30 mon were now cmploverl in"'it. The County Engineer siiid that tlu gradient was so s'feep that the ballast cot nil worked. aw.ay. The resolution wiis seconded by Or. Step'lonson .arrl to.

Remember 11. H. Moore, of "Wemro.i. whenovft! , von vequiro fo-lm , - cnniV.i-.'.s c-oo'l'3, writing pai>er, s-hnol r"qii'iVi+«!!. or fnncy articles. There i<: fl. bifr .stock of ffnods en cried in tbo ljuv'iic-;-:;. TTivirrlressing ."lid fi'i'arinnr /. c .-. e j,, fir.st-fbiss '"" stvle. p, )O ri i,;n;«v.i ; n f| rst . ( .i :nes or . <W. avniln.ble for patrons.—Adrt.

Mr A. Cγ,v. "f Sh.itir.on, says that bf> hns TiPT- Pr Inri n'lvtTinrr Rf) rrnorl for coughs n'v] rolr , ': nnd Kimopin.e rnnn-'i n<; T?PlT>infftni-!'<; T.i*r(ttf>nVo Cn\mh On re. Hβ nhrnvs has some rf, I*r>n--i. ;■! nnv of tlio frniily r°-i V)a<l. aiul t.Tiroo or four dose." i -c inr;]lv :irp sn"ii'iVnt. Tt ran he rV,ninwl from Mr W. H. Gunni"?. lr r \. "W. Rolwts. Toko-maru:-or F. C. Remington, L'evin, nt Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle.- -Adrt

By -advertisement in to-day's " Chronicle," consumers of gas 'in Levin nro reniiriidcd that Monday nexit i.s (he last day upon which diiscount will be allowed npoii ga.s consumed up to the time, of the rendering' of the last accounts. The Government's new Defence Act Amendment creates ;i. right oi ■a.ppeal from the decision of mii lif jmv court. l ; if the punishment has been dismissal, and extends to twentylive tilie age of compulsory service. .Mr I?. McDonald, of Meatherlea. notifies ilie public that all trespassers (Mi, his run with or without dogs or Willis, will be piTsemted. Same so-called sportsmen have been, showing (heir quality by shooting ueek-old lambs on the property, and dogs have harried the ewes to a very serious extent. The if.- nines uf British Sovereigns are miicli below those of foreign rulers. The Czar, says the Oomiimion, is the owner of vast; estates, which are beh.-ved to yield him <111 annual revenue ot a>l)!)ut two millions. The German Emperor hj'.s ail income o.f l'770,00l) from Prussia, and C 130.000 f 1 ion) the German Empire, but lie was compelled to announce to the Prussian Landtag in ]008. that his revenue was insufficient. The Austrian Emperor receives .£780.000, the King of Kal.v CGU.OOO. and. the King of Spain £'380,000. The Crown Suits Act Amendment and the Defunct! Act Amendment Mills were brought down to the Mouse of Representatives last night by Governor's Message. Mi* Massey said he .hoped that when the Crown Suits Amendinient Bill was before the House provision would, be made to allow private persons to sue the Crown for damages .and thus vemovo grievances caused by The Act. Sir Joseph Ward sa.id it, was necessary that: the CroAvn slunild be protected from the greed of ill f!i\ kluals. The Hill would .allow of wises being brought. into Court under nr.r>p"r safeguards i.o t.lie Crown. The Mills were read a first lime.

!i;\"i;11tly .Mr Ki-ld. \l.l\, n.skcl I 111- .Minis (.IT (if MillcS. U'llf't ll(T til!' fjovorninrmt prpnst! In jrive effrrt to 1.1 i,' i'('/-(iiiiincn(! j ,itions; for allntr-ation "onf.-tiincl in tlie reports of the I'nlilif Petitions M to V, Comniill in; hist s' ssion on t in- of tlio Nr w '/i'.'iliiihl Farmers' Co-o-prntivo Dis:t ril>ll{il1lt; Company. F.iiiti.t. : n.iul, if so, wlit-n ? If not so. what, ot her ,'iolion flic Oovcriinii'iif pnijifiscs 1o t i],i< for tlin relief of ibis roimnny [Nol'-. 'I'll!' i-'ontempifit"'] removal of tlio S;ti!11• '••<);11 il"|xit to r i vrx "'to nil I h" t.f do is'i no> to tliis eom]nmv. a\' 11o ~i! lens!.? of the premises ■Ifl'ect ('.•] will expire at ,'in cnrly •1 ife.] ,\ replv lias lifi'M r/ircn Hiaf tlie Ooventtn-in,t ]ii-( ),-;si s jo submit li'ri-latiinn to I'mrli:iniciH l>y wliicli provision will ln< mrule flo meet;. <!i» "as" of this eompnnv. or nnv other •:;>'iM)!ii>v. liiivin-'i; n .lli"X!"l evicvnnc'S it, . II lIH ■ 111181 Bill HI 11l l>