LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 July 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlio special meeting of the Levin .Borough Council to-monw wi'll be invested with more than ordinary importance, as the question of the municipal leases in Oxford street, Chamberlain .street, .and Bath street will be considered. An interest]'up; debate i.s anticipated. Yostenln,v the Mayor (Mr B. R. Gardener) was busy preparing -n scheme on the subject to place before the Council. A representative of The Chronicle. interviewed Mr Proctor (chairman of Jt.he Ho'rowhenna Rugby Union) yesterday with reference to the criticisms that have been passed upon the Union bv corresiwn dents in the Chmnicle. The reporter put •a number of questions to him. but he said he preferred to leave the matter til! tin's o venule's meeting of lie TTni.c'l. Mr Cnote expressed similar views. From Mr A. Has well, secretary of the managers of tlie Levin Pms-. bvterian Church, the following letter to t.lie of The Chronicle i« to band —"T have much pleasure in informing yen that the follnwimr motion was carried nnanimouslv at n mriptinrr of ppesion iand mnnnyevs nf Levin Preshvterian Church. M dthis evening. 'That this meetinn wishes nro.st erwlfollv to itbnnk tbe mamrrer of The Horowb»i-v>,n n'imnifin far 'bis kindness in >advertfsipnr t.lip "linreli scrWcpK from weds f n week, fvpo of c-hn rnro.' _ Your* faithfullv. A. E. Haswell." Are there many obsolete carriages in use on the New Zolaand railways similar in coiiistnicition to some of

til* oaniagos whic,h woro so badly smashed in the recent 'railway disaster near Melbourne? is a question that- some people are asking just a'fc present (says t/lie Evening News.) As far as oane be ascertained thw aro some of this oLiss of rolling-stock s'tiill in use, 'although it is never it. eluded i.n tlio making up of express trains. .At holiday times, however, these out-of-date carriages are use>d. ■and .is the risk from accident i* gr,waiter, perhaps, when tlio trafTiie is •heaviest, it swms that it would lie a wise tlii.no: if tliev wore relegated tlie serapheap.

Tt may he imagined by the majority of people that cold '.storage is a comparatively modern method of preserving animal matter. That it is so in regard to the present np-1 od'site methods of preservation is undoubted. Speaking at St. .Limes' Hall. Sydney, last week. Professor D,avid reform] to it he Teeent discoveries of mastodon remains in Siberia, pointing out that the bodies of these huge 1 twists were intact. The flesh was .so perfectly preserved by encasement in ice that the Eskimo tlog-.s who.n. hard prussed by hunger Actually at<v the leathery' tissue. The fact that those Inure bodies had .suffered no disintegration showed tint mature had provided a svstein of enld storage to which modern methods conhl net "be compared. A figure in white .attracted the attenion of a polieem.au at Eninore, near Sydney, about 11.30 the otlver Sunday night (says the Sydney forming Herald). It was .a" lady, , <and the saw th,at she was walk.inu in bcr sloe]). TTe ]incT heard it was best not to disturb sleep-walkers, .and so riuiotl.v followed. She was in front of St. George's Hall, when a tram rattled past and she awoke. With a startled semam tho lady rushed aimlessly across King street, apparently for the first 'time realising how hard the "•ooden blocks wcro on her In re feet. Slit; \\i\H slnyod hv ono of lier own 'ex. who suoeeo'Vd in qin'otailing lier. The. policeman borrowed a dciak from ,a trmmvnv eemW-tor. Mid. with this on. tbi' ladv was taken ■? hio.r home, lived nt Miarriokirill-«. I'alf a mil", .awnv. vet her ah-

s ?nw Imrl not notiwl. The Wanganui Hospital Board last week had something approaching a fit (.says the H-erakl) oil hearing a letter read from .the Health Department conc fi niii<r precautious to Ik> takem by workmen engaged in building the additions to the infoc-.tious diseases hospital. Elaborate directions wore given as to the cloUk's ;to be worn 'I)v the men, and the niaiiiner of ('.hanging them, also as to how the men were to lie (liwin felted by spraying.. The Department said it did not want to raise a .scare, but the precautions stated wore absolutely necassa-ry to prevent the oarryiinff away of infection. When ho had recovered. li.is bronbh. the chairman (Mr Kitohie) raised his by no means imsignifica.nlt bulk alolit, and, after romark ing tlin.t there was no epidemic in Wiairganui. and if the building requii',e.d flie.in.feotin.fr the Department ought to do it. ia(Tried, wither.iiiigly. "A piiece of downright, teeitotal humbug! The Department is goinfr to spnav a man as if he were a tree!"

Stories—trim and otherwise—of tin,! experiences of pt<isons crossing the flooded roads to Sli-tnitnn nut] lare many, but this one has been given to the Manawatu Herald (Koxton) as Imiii" _ absolutely correct. A visitor from A\ ellington was anxious to gat from A [out on to catch tho train at Shannon and approached several of ;tii« fanners with tilw> inquest that- they should drire him ovor the floodod portion of tlio road. The water on the road a/t ithis time was vory deep-in fact it was dangei ous for a. vehicle to 'attempt to cross—and 'the wouldbe traveller met inth many refusals before n kindhearted settlor agreed to make the ?',i •?,n i ' in - ° :,rt sot -ready awl the \\ ellnngtonian and Iris benefactor, together with members of the hitter's family, took,their seas. Ihe horse took to the water like a duck and all wenit. well until thev got through about, half-way when thoy got off the track. The wat— at this point was very deep, and thJ" I '"' ,°5 the rushing torrent caused cait to roll like a ship in a heavy sea. J Ims was a new oxparVnw for » lan from the "windy citv " -ul Iws face iv.hs a rftiidy as hs'look S n f l'" an IVnter to tiio right of him water to the -loft of him, water 1,1 fronlf. of him, and a'prater behind him. Visions of a wateiv grave confronted him wher ever .b« looW. ! (Cllu "tter were : "Docs'-an vone know how to -rav? n.,„ ' rnwvP" ,w xi. : U ' ni anyone

prayr- A f; this s t, a(r n S agniin struck the rond and nil n-s well, the man from Welling,, hcu* m* ■ gw t sigh C f r.o.l'ff a, ]." b !!f r J od the tr.i'ii. ~ A pearl worth £6000 hns |, oftn found in Australia, at Perth H towl been rented th.it this is themost valuable pearl over found in Australasia ; but this is a -nistak.j. y , P , en , rl of val-.ic is the perfect bootnnlwr who gives flll customers sound 1c.1th.3- | and perfect workmanship fc mod' erate prices. Arc you 'ooking fc,r such a man? If yon tt.a. your ! •task is an Arduous 'ona Hv nay j of experiment., you should «m'vp a I trial to Fred Pink, the ue/ji l:,or- J maker. If you do this, you r, ay , find your pearl first dive. •Advt

"It would bo a good thing if this credit system wer,e done uaway wiitJi, and a list published every month of those in arrears," remarked Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M., during tho hiowr.ing of a judgment summons case in Auckland. The ladies of Olinu, and those gentlemen of 'the township who have set good examples to the unnKiu-riod men, are combining to give a dance on the 18th August, in the Oban Tnstitu'tf. A committee meeting is to be 'hold next- week to complete arrangements for the event, which is likoly to eclipse iho .success of all si miliar functions tha.t have been held locally.

The Apiti Dairy Company have a creclilb (balance of £000 on the year's working, a.ud inU\nd paying a. bonus of i<l per llj for butter-fat to suppliers.-— Star. Illio following team will represent the Jlovers Hockoy Club, k> play against Pflhui, at Manakiau, ito-innr-inmv: Howe, Cutlield, AI lon, Pottit, Smart, Cappin, "Walton, Arnold, Thorne, Tuohy, and Laurie. Mr F. Pest, of Gladstone road, has purchased from Messrs Hitchings, Hankins and Go., Ltd., local agents , for the Dominion Pressure Milking machine, a -l-buekct plant, which will be installed immrtli.a(ely. The local agents have been very busy dunning the past few weeks with the Dominion machine, and several installations aire to be made in this diis'trict ill readiness for the coming season. Messrs Hitchings, TTankins and Co., Ltd.. report having made a private sale of Mr J. Curtis's farm iait Manakau, and it will therefore be withdrawn from auction. This will not intivrlero with the. sale of purebred Mock, etc., which will he hold to-morrow, alt Alaliaknn, as per advertisement. The local Presbyterian Church ohoir has lately adopted a new anthem book—"Congregational Antb- [ ems"- which is apparently much satisfaction. The 'elwur rognets the prospect, of losing 'Mr P. Anderson, one of their prominent members, this week. who is leaving with Mr Anderson for the TTawko's Pay district. 11l the shop of Mr A. L. Williams, baker and_ confectioner, of Oxford street. Levin, there is to bo seen as good an example of the confectioner's art as one could wish for. Tt is a werld,ing cake make for the weddni- of Mr P. G. Pen lon, of Ohau. The cake vi.sMs in throe tiers .surmounted bv 'Mo orthodox vase of (lowers, mi'l -th" confect'onerv ribbons and adornments are excellently done -u-ith an intemi'tv of whitenoes .that nivnl? tflC p ro .c,M,,t. l,n"oihtnf .lie lii'jhcr ritri's beyond Levin. Some of the inihabitanita of A karoo, (writes a LytteHon Times crorespondent) have developed a penchant lor Naming sea birds. The doven of the birds js Pomne.v, a fine king penguin, which has been a well-known resident tor some years past, 'is now immortalised on post-cards. Quite a '] <K ' k <: f wwills have been tamed nun iLsen jls pardon and

nm\ :i iiim» s|)c!c*imt*it of the wuiwledng nmatroK.s may lie sc.cn calniy perched on ;t raised ne.st in ;i »;arden. _ At ;i special ineutiim; of tin- pari.sh--10 iters of St .Alinry's. Levin, held Inst iV VIJ " 1 "R 111 flnirc-li-i'oom, Mr A. \ . Winchester move:! tint. Me vestry of St. .Unry's. Levin, hereby wishes to place on record 'its vi'.rv hearty thank.s 'to nil those who, cMror indirectly. n.^si.st^rl ,i,t the Clinroh Bazaar. Dr. Kennedy secoirflod, ,nid specially emphasised the self-sacrifice of the' Indies, •who for two wet flays remained at their stalb at, intic.il personal inconvenience. The motion was unanimously agreed to. ' "

Die usual lortniglit.lv meeting of t'lJtf local HeoJia.bite 'lent, .No. ijO was lie-Id last there being a repro.senta tivo JJu.siiie.ss ot a routine nature was transacted, iuul forit-spujidonee from tin l . .Disltrict .Secretary was dealt with. A new set ol ritual bunks was lil use loi the Jirst time, members ad.mitti.ni>; tliem to he a decided advance on the old ones. Owinjf (o the removal ot Bio. 1 1 . I]<iasi to Gishorne, Hro. Harvey was elected t;> the office "f deputy ruler. Jsro. G. R. Williams was elected lln ,and <riiarlian. Bros. ]\ AY. Goldsmith and 11. h. Keys were re-elected treiasur< , r and secretary respectively. The Y'"c.ar of St. .Mary's, Levin (the. .Kov. S. G. Compton, AI.A.), last evening presided over ,a special meeting of parishiom'rs in the church -choolroom. when the question of juldjlions and iinpenveiiH'-iits to the H\M W-JiS d-ISC'lhSSetl. Auhmh-J tlin.se present were the of the overdraft on the schoolroom, Dr. Kennedy, JI essrs Beecher, Butt and h<l»elt'Dii, as we.ll as ('he memhei's of tlie vestry. ATi- A. V. AYinchesfer submitted plans of the promised additions to the vic.aranv, and these were outlined on .a blackboard. The scheme of extension, it was explained, would cost C7~>. A smaller scheme would cost, CoO. The •rnnni.ii.tnrs expressed their wMHnguess to be responsible for n further liability of £21, and the whole scheme of extension was ultimately decided U])D-n. This includes two extra _ bedrooms. and a bathroom, in addition to the convers-ion of two small rooms into ano larire one. The whole_ of the lean-to ,nt. the back of Ibe viearaire is to be replaced bv an

'irWiiion exti'mli'iy; 1 lio whole width nl the lion.sf. Tlio 11i <jrli water pressure! system has lwen laid on, .and ollior improvements arc to he f-rf:-:-!-Ho as to make flic vicarage a itiiHle and (■•■onvtMniiMit iTsiddire. DuriiHr flit' meetim.:. 'Mm* vicar o\nrwsr.rl his hnrtv ihanics !o f.h,> mynnfors fi.r the-ir ]>tu**iire their willinfrp.(>cs to inerease .|.hn liability. TTe a!s;> ,^-:ited '.Vil.s exreediimlv gratified with t.li-n i"n.«ll Li.s nf flic bazaar, and wnl'-sillv thanked all those who had pa.riie.ijiatcd in it.