LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 September 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The annual meeting of the Horowlienna Boatinu; Club will bo held this evejving in tlhe Oddfollmvs' Iln-11, Levin.

A man who some years ago had a fortune left him of £7(5,000, appeared before a meeting of his creditors in Invoroargill last week.

A traveller in India attributes hi-s immunity from fever and sunstroke dining lire years to having tho linings of liis hats and caps made of yellow material.

A mooting of the committee, foi:niod after Wednesday evening's meeting, in connection with the development of the district will be held this evening at the Council offices, Oxford street, at 8 o'clock.

Levin Rifle Club will bold a practice shoot on the Queen street range to-morrow afternoon. Tho distances will 1)0 ")()() and: 000 yards. A good muster is desirable, in view of inter-club matches next month.

The. Hteeploohase wbiclh the JTorowhonua members of tho Manawatu Hunt were endeavouring to arrange to tako place at Manakau, on Wednesday aftorliooii. 21st inst., has been postponed ponding 11)0 granting of permission from tho Minister of Internal Affairs.

■J n time, to eonie, remarks an Tsnglisli writer, tho only servants who will "live in" will be housekeepers and powdered footmen : the other domestics will be specialists, who will oikirgo s'o much a visit to dust the china, peel the potatoes, or take the drgs for a walk.

A suggestion bv Mr AY. H. Field that there should 'bo systematic inspection of State soonrilies for the purpose of preventing th-oir depreciation by .spread of noxious woods and other forms of neglect js receiving consideration .by the Government, but t'lie .Minister states states that he is advised by his department that noxious weeds are not extending so fast a.s ns indicated by the question.

■Mr Edward Douglas Bell, youngest son of Mr John Bell, of Chris toll u roh, was married at Levin, on Wednesday afternon, to ■Miss Mal>ol Constance Newport, youngest daughter of Mr H. Nowport, of Kawiu .road, Levin. The happy couple will take up their residence at Taihape.

Tt is evident!v a misnomer to call Ohineinuri a "dry" district, as (die quantity nf li/juor forwarded into that No-license district fo'r tho yea? ended June 30th of the present year was as under :Ale and stout, :U),-I9OJ gallons: brandy, 89 gallons; whisky. 2oP>l. gallons; wine. Jill gallons; niiscellanoous, G! nralloiis Total, 33.038 gallons. Tin's is a

pretty good record for a Xo-Liocnso area and shows that considerable business has been added to Mxe trade of the suppliers.

The Marlborongii Press reports an unusual accident that oocun-ed the other day on the Blackball timber mill's railway lino. Tt appears that the driver of ttho company's locomotive, who was accompanied 'by his wife, was thrown off the engine through a jerk occasioned ■by tho couplings giving way. He called to his wife to ahnit o'if steam and apply the brake, but she. apparently misunderstood him, and jumped 'off. The engine continued merrily on, gathering momentum on the downhill grade, until it reached the end of fhc line and shot over the end of the wharf.

Mr J. Barnott. of Tiro Tiro road, who had the misfortune, to break a leg some weeks ago. is staying at Mr \V. K. Harnott's residence , in king's drive, Levin. He is making satisfactory progress -towards recovery, and hopes at an early date to leave for a holiday at Siiverstream. Through .his ' accident Mr Barnott has not boon able to attend to his planting, but as soon as he returns he hopes to make considerable developments. He told a Chronicle reporter that he was very pleased to road t'hi.'- the Mayor had taken tlio initiative in the matter <,| local developments, but until he was well he personally proIchymUo say little. On the" question ul Iniit growing, he waso.ntlli.usI'.islic -m praise ~!' tlio local soil and conditions, and statorl that 'he had put in 100 Iroos this .season. j| 0 incidentally mentioned th;it vegetable growing was very difficult "in that part of Levin. IJ O ~0 , ,1 d no t clohne tlie reason, but ho attributes it to the operations of a Jly from the H'orowlieiiua. lake. Last year he put _in 2000 cabbages and 2000 ■•aiiliflc/.vers. and all' Hint remained ivere two plants. They had been :!'."stroved by fly. This is an interesting point, and may have afP'.'te;! other fruit and.' vegetable growers m the district in a similar vay, airl their observations would it , prolitnble mi the matter.

The sacred concert at the Presbyterian Church, Levin, last evennig ])roved an unqualified success trom every point of view. Tine church was packed to overflowing, in so much that extra accommodation had to bo provided. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on -Ml , H. K. Keys, the leader of th» Hioir, and the cilioir in genera 1 for the excellence of tlio. programme, and the audience wove loud in then praise of the vocal and instrumental portion of the proceedings .Mr Keys, in opening the pracoodiii"-s apologised for the n'bsoiK'C of Mr Gibb, of Summon, and for others who ww incapacitated from atthrough the epidemic of inUuonua. The following was the programme:--- A nthoni, "I Will I? v Vlw( a" (,|,oir: Piaiwf'H'to duet M.r.s C. C. Nation and Mks M. Prou.se; song, "Only Tired,' -Miss Natkins; rocitntioj], "Pravoi am] Potatoes." Mr H. E. K OV s • violin solo (oncorod), Miss I-Wd • song Miss Little; song, "Dream oi araAso" Mr Smith; antfem, Dnu-hor of Zion," choir; song ftodced in the Cradle of tlVe Deep " Mr Shn.w; quartette, "God the father of Us All," Mrs T Bovine, Miss Pringle, Mr D. Anderson, and Mr. A.' James: song, Nearer My to Thee," Miss Meryl Homing.ton : song, " The Tbiere' T. (one, • o Tlhe Lmk Divino" ; song, «.\ n chored,>'Mr D. Anderson P anthem, bod be Jlcreifnl," choir \ happy rendering of the Nationa Anthem concluded this part of Hip Proceedings. Sub.so n uontlv, Mi Kps «„ hohalfofthor.Wrtl.a.ikcHl all who had contributed to the success of tho evening Mrs Mi o or free use ,;! pi nno . Ml . pw , ■wlio lad come at silmrt notice to rontnbute. and tho accompanist, ilio last-named woro: Miss M Tl?>™ SSiV^ci 0 - °- S Herd Miss Slraw. with Mrs Dovi ,r officiating at the or-in. Mr O Cameron, on behalf of tho sossioi nnd managors, thanked *e cl f r? efforts wlncli ho said would be r ninterml assistance to tho welfare «f the church. Altogether tlo ooncort was one of the best that has been given in Lovin

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Mr A. Coy, of Shannon, envstliat he has never had anything O 3 for cough, ami oolfc and whooW Cough Cure. Ho always has some at hand m cnao any of the famijy gel bad, and throe or four doses usually aro sufficient. It can be Shannon; Mr.A. W. Roberta, TokoTi U L° r Remington, at la fid and 2s fid per bottle.-4dvt obtained from Mr W. H; Gunning

The saorod concert given in the Presbyterian Church last night by the dhoir is to be the forerunner of two other efforts by the same performers. The second one, to be held on October 19th, will consist of vocal and instrumentaj items as a setting k> a lecture by the Rev. A. Doull, of Palmorston North. The third concert will be give" \ n con . liection witJli the celebl'ation of the Lev-iii Presbyterian Church Anniversary, which in Ices place in November.

John .Smith had worked for the corporation for forty-odd years, and decided to retire". The' company, in consideration of iliis long and faithful service, arranged to give him a monetary recognition. Tim superintendent of the woiiks. a German and an extra good mechanic, was asked to , present it. He was advised to use a little sentiment in making the presentation speech, and this is the way he did it:—"John, you liaff work' for the company over forty years?" — "Yos."—."You are going to re-tire?"_"Yes."-"Von! "They a f a so glad of it that thev a.sked me to hand you this twenty pounds."

With the advent of spring, Mose who are interested in thoir front giirdens are doing their 'best to 11 inke them look a "thing bon.util'lil" for the summer. Tn ICiiif's drive Mr "W. E. Barnctt has a vei-y nice front, and among the filing's ho is growing are the double polyanthus, and the variegated leafed daphne. The house is enclosed on the east side with tHw? English laurel, as Mr Barnett i.s a'great believer in the beauties of English foliage. Mr Barnett is a. great admirer of roses. Ho has several specimens in his gardens, and one of them he has hitherto failed to

determine, tlio name of. From his <loscriptioii to a. Cln-onicle reporter, it would apiioar to lip what i.s known in tlip Old; Country as the York and Lancaster. This i.s a <rreat favourite anions certain classes, and was In r.ir-oly cultivated l>v i'h<o la to Venerable T)pan Hole. Dean of Rochester, and also bv thp Rev. .Tolin Ed-

wards. of Baddiley parish. Oliosliiro n cousin to Lord TToupjliton, tlu then Earl of Crowe.

An advance slieet culled from the New Zealand Official Year Book for 1010, now in course of propa ration, states that among the New Zealand horn population of European descent there is evidence of less drunkenness than amonce persons who haA'o comp from abroad. At the ppiisus of 19015. out of the total population of New Zealand over 15

years of agp, f>5.75 per cent, wore found to havp bppii horn ihere;w]iilo thp proportion of thp convictions fo) drunkennes of Now Zealand horn Europeans to the total convictions was in the year 1909 about 22 per cent. only. Repeated charges ajrain.st thp same person are included in the totals shown ahovp, and it is estimated that the number of distinct persons brought before the

CYmrt for iliis offence was not more than 70 per pont. of thp total diaries. Forty-three ppr cent, of the persons charged in 1000 ,hml convictions previously a gainst thpin for drunkenness in either that or prpvions years.

Tropppdinrrs brought by the Xe- , Zealand Educational Tn'stituto i

Illve form of an originating summons, asking the court to determine certain questions rolatintr to thp_ powers of AVan'ranni Edu-caf-ion Board. \v<?ro dealt with in a judgment _ i'i'-en by Mr J-ust-iee-Ohannian in the Supreme Court, at

TTis Honour, in a'iviii"- remarked that the fjueMion was put to t.hc court )'ol at the instance of parents but of the Educational Institute. This body might be taken to represent teachers whose salaries dopoiirlorl upon the status of the school, and also were cnusponentlv interested in tbe number of cliil-d-ren attpudiMir it. Sdiup time since the Wanrjnnui .Idlncn tion lionrd nas.«erl a resolution to iho efTect- that children who had noi P"«sed Standard T. should not ho allowed io ntinnd the YYamranui Dist-rict, Ilirrh School. Tlie Educational TnslJtufp soncrbt \n havo this rpsoluiion travprsed. Justicr f'hapjnan's judgment was «niv, m . ir . ised as follows: "The l';,|,ncation Hoard lias power, by resolution, or general instruciions, or other proper measure, to rpquirp or insist that, no children below Siandard TT shall bo allowed to attend w be received at a district high school within its district"