LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 September 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A party of twelve Patagonian settlers are inquiring for land in Queensland. A branch of the Fanners' Union has been formed at Manurewa, in the Auckland district. Forty-three French blue-jackets arrived by the Maheno from Sydney at Auckland on Sunday. They will leave by the first steamer for Tahiti, where they will be drafted on to one of the French warships. It is understood by the Otaki Mail that a start will lie made with the re-construction of the Otaki railway station in a few days—probably at the end of this week. A considerable portion of the necessary timber has been on the site for a week or so. .Nothing definite is known, apparently, as to whether the refreshment rooms will be reerected at Otaki or shifted to Levin, but it is presumed that they will lie re-built at Otaki.

At Oban, on a recent fine day, .Moses told Matahcrere, another native. to sboot. a hare. Like any normal Maori. Mataherere accepted the invitation to- participate in sport. ft was owing to the fact that a constable was near by that these facts were ventilated in the S.M. Court, at Levin this morning, for the shooting of the hare on the date of the shooting was an offence against the game laws. Mateherere told the bench this morning that he saw the constable before he fired at the hare; lie fired because he was not aware that he was doing anything wrong. Mr Thomson, N.M., aorepledi defendant's statement. and inflicted the minimum penalty of L' 2, and costs 12s. His "Worship remarked that if Moses told Mateberere to shoot. Mioses should assist Mnteherere to pay the penalty.

Intimation Mas made in court today by Mr Hlenkhorn. counsel for plaintiff, that tho cniniinal proceedings instituted by Oetavia Fosclla against Inmost John August would be abandoned, Mrs Fosella Inning decided, to proceed by civil process. The case for alleged false pretences brought against the same delendant by Neils Andrew Anderson also was called on, Mr Parkappearing for plaintiff. August did not appear, and. the magistrate, after listening to an explanation that accused was resident in the far north, adjourned the case for one month, and intimated that if August did not attend then a warrant would be issued for his arrest unless the plaintiff then intimated his desire not to proceed with the case.

At a social gathering of the Friendly Societies and the Fire Brigade of Levin held at the Dnuids' Hall on Tuesday evening, the opportunity was taken of making the presentation of a euchre shield to the Oddfellows, who had won the rul/ber in the recent contest. The games among the various societies have proceeded right through the winter and have been of an interesting nature. The Alavor (Mr B. H. Gardener) in presenting the shield to Brother Astridge, of the Oddfellows, said that he had very great pleasure in doing so, not only in an official capacity, but also as a member of a friendly society. These friendly contests helped the work of the different societies, and this was very satisfactory as they were all workinu in the interests ol humanity. lie congratulated the Oddfellows on winning the trophy this year, and trusted that next season some other society would be fortunate enough to win the trophy. Bro. Astridge briefly replied, and concurred with the Mayor that such contests were of a most beneficial nature to the fostering of friendly feelings. During the evening a very pleasant time was passed, Mr Kearslev supplving the music, assisted by Bro. Scott (violin).

Xecessity lor care mid precaution imposed upon all milk vendors was made evident by a ease hoard in the Levin Stipendiary .Magistrate's Court this morning. when Charles Hotter was charged with having sold milk deficient in fat and solids. Evidence was given by Morgan D'Hrieii. 'health inspector, that milk taken by bim from defendant's cans on l!)th .July was below the Health Department standard, both in regard to fat and to solids one per cent, in each division. Defendant admitted that the analysis was cono"t. hut said he could not a'-count for the weakness. Mo had boon selling milk in Levin f< r 18} years, and had had no previous trouble. Many of his customers had boon swpnlie-d bv him foi many years past and ho had had 110 complaints. At this time of the voar the milk was of poorer quality than at other seasons. The milk he wa.s selling on 10th July was inartlv 'from his own cows and pa.rtly milk purchased from a rocristored dairy. Could not say if the milk <was mixed. Inspector O'Brien <lenosed that ho had taken the samples in consequence of a '•omplaint receive:!. Tn delivering judgment Mr Thomson, S.M., said all milk vendors should be careful to have tboir milk tested fiom time to time. Tt Mas a serious matter to 'he selling milk below proof, and the law permitted the infliction of a fine up to CoO. Tn the present case liis Worship would lie lenient and a fine of £1 would be inflicted, with costs (is). Mr Rlonkhorn appeared for the defence. Yaldares Entertainers paid their eagerly expected visit to Levin yesterday, and a large and highlv appreciative house at the Town' Hall extended to them a most cordial welcome. .Alter some of the perioi mances that have been gTfen within recent months, last night's proceedings were a pleasant change. It, was admitted on all sides that the programme was one of the best over siibmited to a Levin audience; and while at times the house was completely mystified by acts of juggling, at other times it was convulsed with laughter at comic sketches. One of the best turns of the evening was .Keggiardo, tbe famous cannon ball juggler. Keg giardo Mas absolutely inimitable Tn a no\el find daring performance of light and 'heavy juggling, while his two tianted dogs were extremely tricky and caused roars of laiHiter especially when one of the animals attired in a skirt, waltzed on to the stage and danced to the Merry "Widow." Iteggiardo also went through a clever feat of swallowing swords. The Varno Sisters !1 »<1 James litus in the dancing sketch "Stop, look and listen," provoked roars of laughter, while Miss Diamond Hart proved herself to be a dashing .sobrette and dancer. She met with a cordial welcome. Fred, j'oley, as a high-class magician and illusionist, was cxtrfu'nely dover, and made a big hit as a ventriloquist. Zotnoni verv largely added to the success of the performance as a ventriloquist, and. greatly tickled the risible faculties of the audience. The star attraction.

however, were the Valdares themselves. They performed a series ol cycling tricks with remarkable dexterity. Their items were applauded again and again. Thr, company is to be congratulated on its up-to-date and. diversified prodrome and the way in whicih the different items were received testified to its popularity.

Pure milk and prompt delivery are the,need and desire of nil householders. F. o'Conn ell, who has taken over the Levin milk run of Mr P. .T. Mellor, is determined to maintain the good reputation of the la/te proprietor in these regards. Milk, cream, butter, and «ggs suppliod—Advfc.

Miss Fcllingham, of the Manakau public school, lias been granted leave of absence by the Wellington Education Board.

Inspectors Bakewell and Tennant, of the Wellington Education Board, completed their examination of the Levin public schools to-day. The various public schools of Wellington Education District close for the spring vacation to-morrow.

Judgment by default of defendants was entered for plaintiffs in the Levin S.M. Court, to-day, by Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., in the ,I'ollow in peases: K. C. Remington v. E. 11. Russell, !•< 1 os, costs CI •'l* (id; John Kobboll v. Kopo. C 2 !)s (kl, costs IDs; official liquidator of Hudson and .Marriott, Ltd., v. Toti Ifoani, C 3 Ms 2d, costs 17s; same v. Tom Xepia, C'i '.is, costs CI. 13s iid ; Basil R. Gardener v. Poni Hakarah, C 77 l!)s (id. costs C! lis.

At the Century Hall, T -evin, last evening an interesting debate on naval matters took" place between the local members of the Literan and Debating Society of the and Shannon. There was a (airly large audience, and the proceedings were of an interesting nature. Mr Robertson, of PalinoMon North, acted as judge. Mr Parker moved a resolution to the effect that it is impossible foi Great Britain to maintain the twoPower standard. lie quoted facts and figures in support of'his contention. and laid stress on the social conditions of England. Liberals anil Conservatives both agreed that provision must lie made for the poorer classes of people, and to do this would be impossible if the twoPower standard had to be mainowing to the enormous taxation it would involve. He compared the difference of the revenue earning power of Great Britain and her colonies with that of Germanv and the United States, and said that that revenue was entirelv in favour of the latter countries.' Mr Harvey, for Levin, quoted figures in regard to (.lie cost ol armaments and delivered, at short notice, a (dearly reasoned speech. Mr Neil, also spoke in similar strains. For Shannon. Mr Gunning maintained that the British Navy' should be 1(. per cent, stronger as a fighting unit than any two other possible Vent Powers. Mr Selby also spoke, while Mr Gibh supported the remarks of the two last speakers. At the close, the judge congratulated those whr> had taken part in t!:'e debate on the knowledge thev had displayed on the subject, and adjudged Shannon the winners bv points to 271. Ho placed the individual sneakers as follows :

Shannon: Gibb 85. S'elbv 80. Gunning 72; Levin: Parker 81. Harvey T't, Neill 13. Eor combination: Shannon -If). Levin 12. Levin did not have the opportunii v to replv. and in this they foe] thai Shannon had a considerable advantage.