Second Edition.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 August 1910, Page 3

Second Edition.

For the period Ist to 15111 .Tulv, 1010. 10.018 skins value.l at .C2JB2; 80 tons tallow valued at I'll!)!, and 7131 lis wool valued al CI 720 were passed through the Customs at Oainani for export.

"What does Conservative stand lor?" asked Mr I']. 11. Taylor, member for Thames, on Wednesday. •'lt. stands for privilege," lie went on. " It stands for class! Anil what does advanced Liberalism "iiid. for? - ' '"Messed humbug," interjected Mr Massey. and what should have been the climax of M Taylor's oratory wa.s lost in laughter.

Mr J. Phillips lias just landed the latest model of tliu F.N. motor bicycle. It contains great improvements on tile old model. Anyone wishing to get an ideal motor cycle

is recommended by Mr Phillips t.o inspect this machine. It will bo exhibited in his shop window on Saturday next.

Generally tilio agricultural outlook of the district is bright. In .some pan's tlie ground is still somewhat dry, hut there has been throughout th:> .-'ea»'i:n so far a want of that cliniati" severity which is so disastrous to stock. \\ inter crops are corning nway well, the braird being healthy and promising. A few very early lambs have made their appearance. but. ccii.siilcriug that there must yet" be some heavy frosts, they wdl require special cure if they arc. to survive.—Oamaru .Mail.

Ilea rug was resumed in the Stipendiarv Magistrate's Court, Levin, this morning, in the ease brought by Reri Nicholson, as chairman of the Otnki Maori Council, against George Stevenson, a billiard saloon proprietor in the native settlement it Ivopiitaroa for having failed to fake out a. license for such premises Irom the Maori Council. .Mr Harper endeavoured to show by minute books that tho by-laws under which a line of ClL' 10s had been inflicted upon defendant, had been legally made, but after hearing Mr iialdwin. counsel for defendant. .Mr Thomson, S.M., entered a nonsuit, on the ground that the by-law had not been proved in court.

A line ol' C.'S lor having .supplied I!f|hoi' to ;in intoxicated man. was Snfiicted upon John Joseph Dunn at the St ipendia.ry .Magistrate's Court this nionrng. .Mr A. D. Thomson presiding. The police evidence, given I»v Constable Baggrie, wa> to_ thi' effect tkat defendant twice obtained liijiior innn a Levin la n dla dy and carried it away. Tinla n; I lady, becoming suspicions, followed i)mm into the billiard room, and there saw him giving the drink to an intoxicated man. It was a !:;"t, added Constable Baggijie that the same man was robbed ol a sum of money later in the night, though of course witness could not say whet her it was because of the drink given to thonmn that he lost his money. Dunn's account of the affair was that he was asked by the old man -who had tumbled down in the back yard and hurt himself— to get him a drink from the bar. A good report as to Dunn's industry was given by the police. Dunn asked for time in which to pay the fine, as lie had been in only casual employment of late. An order for payment at the rate of 10 per week was made.

Several negligent parents and Mr Dineen, truant; inspector to the Welligton Education Heard, were belore the Stipendiary Magistrate (.Mr A. D. Thomson) at the Levin Magistrate's Court fo-da,y. Various stories we-ne told and varying- fines were inflicted. .John Smith, who h id been twice fined, for similar neglect on previous occasions, was today lined more substantially than previously the fine and costs totaling 17s, and on a. second charge he was fined. 10s and costs 7s. Walter Ryder was fined l 2s and 12s costs, and Walter Langley 2s and 12s costs. A second charge against Walter Langley wa dismissed, after defendant had gone into tili.e box alid sworn that the child referred to was fourteen years old in May last, and not in July last as shown on the school register.

The Mastertou Ago informs its readers that already there are over 200 Chinese at Otaki, and that they are daily increasing: further, that they aro also oil tho increase in Levin.' \Ap n, F ,s (1 ' : this, the Otaki A[ai 1 remarks that "if the Age sought its i n for in ation from a reliable source it would ascertain that Chinamen are becoming scarcer and scarcer in Otaki as the years roll on, and that at the present time very tew Celestials are here. As for Levin a Chinaman is scarcely seen." Tho evplanation of the matter is that the Massterton Ago based its statement on the assertions made by a correspondent of The Horowhenua Chronicle—for whose assertions this papei' accepts no responsibility.

At .a meeting of the Southland Union on Tuesday J. Rid land--(Star), an "All Black," was suspgifded from playing until Juno 1011, the accusation against liini being thatf ho had struck another player. The Official Liquidator in the estate of Hudson, .Marriott and Co., Ltd., has accepted the 'tender of Jlesws Biilliin:wi Brothers, of Tnihape. for the butchery business, known as the .Butt Butchery, formerly run •by the firm. Messrs Biilliman Brothers will take possession and conduct tlu» business from to-morrow morning. The Education Board tease aml the stables and pig yards are the only assets in the lin dsn n, Marriott and Co. estate remaining to be disposed of.