LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 September 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The directors of the Rongokokako Co-operative- Cheese Company have prepared the following report for presentation to the shareholders: "The amount available for distribution is £1312 Os 2d It is

proposed to pay a bonus of 2.', d., making a total payment of ll|d ' which will absorb £1179 10s od ; to pay a divident of 0 per cent. £'55 lLs_ld; to write off de])reciation, C/o: and to envry forward £1 12s Bd. Each pound of butter-fat yielded O.Olb. of cheese: highest' test 0.0; lowest test, 3.1."

George Barrett was charged at the Levin Court House to-dav before tlie Mayor and Mr H. J. 'Richards. J.P's., witli being n disorderly person. Detective Casscll.s stated that accused, who pleaded guilty, was one 0 f n a ni] <r „[ ''spielers" who had conic "lplroni Wellington for the races. Ho

was put off the course vesterchr several times and came back an-aiii He had been convicted at Wa'nga nui at the last race meeting, whoi he received a month's imprison nient., Accused pleaded for ; chance, but the bench considering that he had already had a chance •sent In m to prison for Hire; months.

At the Presbyterian morrow forenoon (he quarterly communion will be dispensed. A Prosbytorial Commission consistino of Rev. J. White Levin, and Rev Budd, Keildin/;, will visit the Maori Mission ficM. in tlie Taupo district on Monday next. Mr White expectsto be away from Levin for a Iwtnight. and the services at the Levin Presbyterian Church will heconducted by the Rev. W. J. Cowan, of Wellington, on Sunday lHli instant. The choir of the'church arc preparing for .-, concert to bo hold about the middle of JWp„i----w. further notice of which will be given.

r» •' i; - ,; Lcvi,! S p > formerly n Uiri.stchureh, rceentlv sent the' fol lowing letter to the "Press" f r „„ Winchester, England :— Strollinc past a butcher's shop Inst nio-],t ] observed a notice posted up prom nipiitl.v tlierein, of which the ae oompanying is a copy. Thinkim die retail prices of Sow Zealanr produce m the provinces may in (crest snue of y:»nr readers | 1, ( .„ to send it. (Enclosure) : *"|»,.[,.,," ! S nV' , P ,T C lamb legs Od, .shoulders Sri., loins 7d tarWt.s ;>.J<], hindquarters "Jd, ' foreinnrte.s 6d/' X.».-.,\ " hntehe. fissured me that his ciistomors prc-ci-rerl Canterbury lamb, as, po.r.sonilly I do.

Lecturing | )P f„ ro lnp Cremation Society in .Sydney Dr Aevry Hareonrt said that, lo'OO yeai's ago cremation was very much in voo-uo. Lrns containing ashes were still ■being discovered. ft was, therefore, apparent that the method of disposing of the dead bv burial was a retrograde .step. The subject wns_rnf.ilor gruesome, but if it wore •roahsofl how many pno.pl,. wore bur led alive the subject of cremation would become more congenial. Collins had been opened, arid bodies found turned completely over .rhis showed that burial had taken place before life was extinct, and the > bodies had been twisted bv fruitless efforts to escape

When the next census is beino taken it is more than likely thai citizens of the Commonwealth will be asked, "Are you a total abstainer?" fenys tho Svdnoy Morning Herald). The deputation which recently saw tho Minister for Home Affairs (Mr O'Mallcy) on the subject was not unanimous roo-ardin" tho export terms of the proposed ouestion. The Statistician (Mi Kmbbs) suggested something like this, l)r> you habitually use intoxicants as a beverage " Mr O'Mal lev is of opinio,, that most people will without hesitation say "Yes" T\ 11 *? "Are von" a total abstainer?"

Speaking to a New Zealand Herald ■representative with reference to the Parliamentary returns showing the quantities of liquor sent into the no-license areas of Grcv Lvnn and Ohinemuri during the yea mott secretary of the Auckland Provmcial Xo-license Council. 5 at the Customs returns showed Wi.it /ealanders during the year ended December 31. 1008\>onsnmed 10} gallons of in toxica Sbouor per head of the p Op X& '•«e legal consumption i„ Gtov Ti.vnn, under no-license for the 3 year was M pilous, whirS, w k ed out at less than one-half ga 1 ~ per head, whilc Ohinemuri Wa] ' consumed a little over 2} oSn«ns per head-a reduction of about?? anci ,)2o per cent fo» Grey Lynn.

That >se!son is .becoming n (trout | fnnt-fir.wms district is evidenced [ on all hands. snyg t]lG Xfl , m a recent ,ssno. Only to-day m airing the spnenn t i * ~|; "i.» cover ,v, Ibe a ] )out 500 ncrp "%; n enn easily be seen the stride.; that Jie being made in the industry , tis province. J„ many direction ntherto unoccupied land is hS brought ,„to bearing, and all the time the many young trees already

First acceptances for the New Zealand Cup closed last night. Fifty-one horses still are left" in the event. A temporary transfer of the Weraroa license to Mrs Pliggins from Mr Higgins was granted at Otaki yesterday by the Otaki District Licensing Committee. The application of Mr Pacey foi a license for an hotel at Wimble--don was adjourned yesterday by the bench on the application of tlio police until September 22nd. Informations have been laid by Detective Cassells against several men for having played in Levin the illegal game kiiowii as "two up." The cases will be heard towards the end of the current month. Reds for latecomers were absolutely unobtainable in T/ovin yesterday evening. Some visitors who came up by the afternoon train tried vainly at all (he hotels and hoardinghouses for -iccommodation. The best offers they secured was a chance to pass the night on a settee in front of a fire, but without blankets.

A most interesting undertaking has recently been completed in Denmark the building of a vessel modelled on the lines of Noah's Ark, as described in Genesis. The vessel is 30ft long, sft wide, and ,3ft aeep, these measurements' being onetenth of those given in the Bible. When launched the tiny vessel proved quite seaworthy.

The troubles that harass lawyers who try to get valid leases of Maori lands for their clients is shown bv the fact that in a small block of land at Kaiapoi," only fifteen acres in area, sixty-two owners have been discovered, ami the end of the list is not reached; yet, as some of these have died and their shares in the land split up, by succession orders to other Maoris. One of the sixtytwo owners claims on the one hundred and forty-fourth of a share, another on the one thousand one hundred and fifty-second, and another on the two thousand three hundred and fourth.

It appears that the Rev. A. .13. Lilliiigston (who is to conduct the Anglican -Mission at Levin) is rector of Holy Trinity Hull, Lincolnshire,' England, and that his father is of London. Mis Lilliiigston has also come out with her husband. Jn a letter to the vicar of St. Mary's the niissioner writes:—"J. am much looking forward to my time -with yon. lam very anxious to go out and see the Roys' Training Kami, and address the hows.' By all means retain that (i.e. the men's; service on your programme, and also arrange a short service daily ' lor men in the dinner hour, if it can he done. I'lense ask your people to pray and work: to work and pray: and do all they can to make our few days together full ot blessing and help." '