LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 August 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Nil Admirari "-Yonr verses are witty. They'll shine in the press as soon as you send your real name and address; but really you must not W$$ mo yOU,II Q , "* etn while poor Mary Jones 1, is alleged to have writ em.

A social and dance will he .held in the Druids' Hall this evening under the auspices of .the Horowhei:ua Bloating Club. The application by tho Levin Land Agency and Auctioneering Company for an auctioneer's license for Mr T. A B. Hudson will be considered at a special meeting of the Levin Borough Council to-night. Good business progress is being made by the New Zealand Farmers 1 Co-operative Distributing Company, and it has been found imperative to extend the firm's Wellington business mart b> acquiring an additional tlireo-storoy building. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the follower, cable advice from their London House, under date of 25th inst:— Frozen mutton and lamb: Holders arc firm, thorc is a poor demand, and prices are unchanged. Beef: id per lb lower. Mr Cyril Wilson, late of Levin, has been appointed accountant to the Aew Zealand Farmers' Distributing Company. There- was a largo number of applications put in for tho post. Mr Wilson entered on Ms now duties last Monday. Ho missed the pleasure of home! L'rancois Gellett. who was arrested tor theft in Paris on July Bth, confessed that ilie was an escaped convict, and that his only desire was to .return to the prison he had fool- : ishly deserted some time ago. "My advice to you is to learn to light so as to enable you to protect yourself." said Mr Haseklen, S.M. n<; tho Petone Court to a small boy who said he was forbidden to ftVht'ami you may say that the magistrate told you so," added his Worship.

A tablet has been placed on the exact spot in Mile End road where General Booth stood forty-five yeans a Fi F H . declared tlie great purpose ed: Hero General Booth commenet i ,o)!m cof tlie Sanation , Army, July louo. '

A witness in a civil case in the Supreme Court at Wellington stated that ho never rend the newspapers, •wi- Justice Chapman appeared to be rather surprised at this, hut after asking further questions his surprise increased. "Where were you born?" asked his Honour. " ln Mariboiough— at Blenheim." replied tilt witness. "I'm surprised that Timani's hairdressers last week discussed the proposal to raise the price of haircutting from 6d to Is but the project fell through. The J^ 10 "™ 8 "° *I<>«bt influenced b> trhe fact Wmt an agreement 'by most or the Dunedin hairdressers'to nut up the tariff only lasted fortv-eikt hours. * B

_ There aro said to bo 50,000 boys in America who have wireless installations of their own, and it is claimed that some of these installations are more up-to-date than the official ones. Some of the boys are believed to have sent bogus messages to revenue cutters off the coast, causino them to go on fruitless errands in search of alleged ships in distress bo acute has-this trouble become that legislation for the restraint ol the youthful Marconis is under consideration.

Figures elicited in the course of oviden.ee before the Public Works Committee in Sydney in reference to the proposed hospital for the insane r , • n" ge sllfnv > according to Dr. binclair. that the insane barometer is influenced by tlie adversity p: -prosperity of the individual. During times of financial stress an increase in the number of the insane might, he said, be expected, and the figures reflected to some extent the financial condition of the community.

, A well-known experiment in testing, the value of evidence given by a witness as to the length of time elapsing between one event and another was made in the Auckland Police Court on Tuesday by Mr F. Earl. Taking out his watch, he asked a police sergeant to call out when he thought a minute had elaps ed. On the sergeant calling out that (he thougiht the minute had passed, Mr Earl informed the magistrate that only 19sec had elapsed. Latedinthesame test a constable, who was just a second nearer the mark than the sergeant.

Pure milk and prompt delivery are the need and desire of all householders. F. O'Coraiell, who has taken over the Levin milk run of Mr P. J. Mollor, is determined to maintain the good reputation of the laifce proprietor in these regards. Milk, cream, butter, and eggs supplied.— Advt.

Ladies and Gentlemen.—Ask your local draper or storekeeper, pleasantly and impressively, yet very persistently, for the celebrated high grade Roslyn Clothing, for boys, youths and gentlemen; ask also for Roslyn blankets, Roslyn Bugs, Rosfyn yarns, Roslyn jersoys, Roslyn tweeds, Roslyn worsted' (very higholass for the tailoring trade),'Roslyn socks, stockings, Roslyn bloomers, Roslyn combinations.Roslyn pyjamas, Roslyn heather unshrinkable 'flannel, and heavy twiil. plaidingf delta finish).—Advt.