LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 July 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

From the Prime Minister's office, under -date of. 16th July, Mr Field, .M.1 , , for -this electorate, has roceiived the letter, over Sir Joseph Ward's signature:— "Dear Sir, —I am in receipt of your letter of the -jt.il July, in which yon urge that Native land in the Levin district in excess of that required for the use of Xativo owners should he acquired for dose settlement. In reply, 1 .h-ave read tho reprcsentatiotis you have made regarding the and thank you for oonilminicflting the same to me."

A ralile from Sydney say.s that tlic Wainnra and tl»o Kai'par'a have arrived. It is interesting to -learn that mi mails lor the United Kingdom wore lost ill tlie wreck of the Pericles in March last. A mooting of tho Lovin Borough Council will lie held t-li.i.s evening;. The chief business will he the striking of tlio rate. A cable received from London today .says that tlio Queen has been dented an .honorary member of tlio Royal British and Colonial Society of Artiste. Public meetings and church congregations in various parts of the Dominion have parsed further resolutions on the. subject of tlio .wambling evil. By an error admission to the Bazaar in connection with' S. Mary's Church, Levin, on Friday and Saturday next, was advertised at Is, whereas the charge will be Gd only for adults, and 3d for children. I mil diirooted by the Council to thank y«:i for your letter of lGth ulto., with reference to- the Longburn bridge (writes the elo.rk of the Kairanga County Council to Mr Field, .Al.i\), ami to inform you that the matter will receive the Council's consideration.

The country between Kopntaro.i and Shannon i.s inundated with wnter and in n.any places it lies five and six feet deep. Tho heavy rain on Thursday still further added to the floods, and the w.ater on Saturday w -.l* only a few inches from tho railline, ihe road from Koputaroa to Shannon being entirely submerged.

Preparatory arrangements aro in full swing for the " Winter Garden Fete," with snow effects, to he held in the Druids' Hall. Shannon, next Friday and Saturday, July : and 2:i, on behalf of the renovation scheme fo; , Ihe Methodist church. Various repairs and improvements of tho premie's are necessary, ami nroceedings hiive commenced,'while this fete, with iini(|iie attractions, is expected to I).' successful in promoting tho scheme.

I Commenting upon the fnwslr lor the Parliamentary Handicap, at Trontham. in which the Levin trained horse Sir 'Frisco ran third, the Von- Zenbiul Times, says :— Sir 'Frisco would have about won hn.rl he been rirWen any sort of a finish at .all, and rarely Ikis Hatch beon scon to le?s advantage. Mrs iMooro's liorso cave Bollin and Merrre Zealand about four lengths' start in the straight, and trot -to within n .short length of thorn.

There was repetition, last nigibit., at the "Weniroa Church services, of stono throwing upon the roof of the buihliug in which the services were being hold. This stone-tibmw-m<: has been iroinir on every Sunday evening for a loner time pasfc.. As a iwiilt■ of inquirie.s and investigations, the church authorities have ascertained the names of the offenders, ■nn 'J thevo .'!!•(> to bo handed to |[K« nnliVo. with n view to pivventin.f n,nv re-urronee of fhf- (rouble.

Four estates will lie opeiud .sloif,ly for closer settlement. The Uuapura K-ettlemoiut will, .says an exchange, bo open for selection on August Kith, the ballot wll ial.-e place jit Ashburton on Kith: examination of applicants, at Christclrnv'b on Ansrnst 18th, ni;d at As' , burton on August K)th. Tlk- I{i !:j puna .seWlemrait, contains 1100 acres subdivided into 11 allotments. Cl-ui Xo. 2 (acquired from Mrs will l>e open for selection on August 23rd. The ballot and examination will take -place at Tennika on August 2oth. There are 40(5 acres, subdivided into six aJlntmeiirs. For Kohika Xo 2, r>Bl acres .subdivided into four .allotments, the In Met and examination will take nb.cp nt rr; "':!ni nit Au<rust 2(Hh. The Hornby .settlement, containing 2.S nll-ofcmon-ts of abnut three acre.s e.ach. intended for workmen's homes, wiil be opi n for selrction on August 2nd. Water will be hid on to cadi of theve «pr-ti'ons. Tho ballot and eximinatirHi will be l<eld at ITornJiy on August 3nd.

f ''yellow peril" is worrying so-me oi' the .Levin people- considerably (writes 'the Freelance, Wellington). Ono oi' them writes to thoiooai paper in much alarm about tho Chiue-so grocers, I'ru ileitis, and gardeners. Tlierw n.j'e over a, liiiiKlred Ciiinese in Otaki already, and they liav-e mm , deflciiided upon iievin. "Tho hist addition to the borough is a Chinese laundry man," .says this ant-i-Johii corrwpoivdient. ' "For years this town has been ablo to su-nort a few decent laundry women of our own flesh and blood. Sometimes poor widows wiith largo families to support have bad to rely on the wash-tub and iron to make .a sustenance for tbomsi'lvo.s, and keen their children from w^nt, starvation, and mistvy. And. u-Jint-<!r> w-.-finrl? A youi'g, nble-hodied Ohinani.iia pr.-io'-iciillv t-king tho bread out O'f their mouths Only r , , IVw ''-'y.s ng,-) 1 saw a uhite. w'o;:mvh v.it , ' a ■bimdlo under her arm going nito tl'is Chnw f-hno with her washing. A irl T saw qnf+o a number of socalled rv-sue-.-ta-bl-o pooplo uviVi-;: t!»oir purchases in the Oliiiuso fruit aid groccify shops. Tf these people r-ilv V-p,- t- 7 -.- , T -,.-..%, ,n...f. ~-^,,p passp'l, 1 fe"l nmh* cerHi'n they would fed ash,unod of their verv exis'v. ,>." Ti.-t L:-;-:ii man α-i "lit to "".-I u . r '.,], <rir S'-itm-d.-iv »,icrlit vp<rp,+,n,i,,) A fruit «:::■■;• r:re !:: '.-n ;■.■:::l Uij;;a;,:::;:wl, pik! "■■■>• M.<-'- Glared youths going f'l , their week I v wasliine. His cup !, ....... v . r . I(T ~u . ~„ rvc ,. q fl ._ '• Xolira 1 -" 1 ■> 1-r-H'K'l s;bnt ,n refresh - -" ■■'■■•■• ] : I- T) ; :r fllK ] Raw«-"i's H-iw , .— ■:■>(] --ArT-t. Pr^-r 1 n.t l -rdars is nlmoat ns important ns enre in ei.i'rvi'-i- thpin rri. V, Ah of df-sira.lile >- , dtp <sf,iul{Afl bv Nelson IT. v n e a.th, of Bristol /'I *~,,,•-" ,W. ous sample rooms kept. Whenever I rmo'l runvibino: shift-P' l . nny ' train mot, ring him up. Telephone I 45.—Advt, '

Mr J. G. Stevens, on behalf of Wiremu Puihi, allied at .tfoo S.M. Court on 'Friday "last for an old ago pension. Tho old follow, who was present, lias some 25 acres a.t. Himitangi, valued at £100, ami for which lie receives only 225, per year, the l>i'fl'l>o.rty being leased at this low rental. "Hilly," who is a halfcaste, living with He-ni Kipa, when questioned by Mr G. H. Harper, stated he was born, at Waiiganuii, and was «i fair age when lie went to reside in the Manawntu district. Ho ("onsidei-ed liitnself grown- .ip wlien l)aptisod, and states this ceremony was -performed by Bishop H ,d----field. It w<is doubtful, however, if tin's .statement is correct, it shown by tho (books that tl'o P v". Taylor was tlve officiating ministi , - Tin's person,ngo Billy says ho vonnjj>. ber.s, as ho was .acting as locum tonens for Bishop Hadiieid. He fuithor states he was baptised at >Joutoa, but \\-i\n not born blind, U'ii.g rendered sightless by a pors.i ) wiwZ name tho unfortunate m.ia lreiilioned. Tho Magistrate had no doi , !it that Billy's ago was Go years, Aiid had no ibe.sitation in iq a pension of £10 ipoi' yoar, th-.> n-.i?H-y to be paid over to Mr T. Rivch. '- Mail.