LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 February 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

4 . The Levin Dramatic Society members are now practically perfect in their parts for tho farcical cornedv "Jnlms Ratio's Hone.vm.ooii Troubles." and also for the performance of the balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet."' Great pains are being taken with the fancy costumes and scenery necessary for this performance, and a fine nitrht should ensure a h\<x house on ne\t Wednesday, the 22nd. at the Town Hall Levin.

A correspondent writes: "Very much inconvenience is- .caused to farmers and; millers in Koputaroa bv reason of the Post Office being closed on Wednesday afternoons. There is always business to be done, but or some unaccountable reason our local office is dosed. So far as T know this Is the only one that is not open on Wednesday afternoons in the North Island, and it would Jjo a great convenience if it followed tho practice observed throughout the dominion."

Mr_Clement L. Wragge, who is now in Levin, takes exception to the cabled ■comments of a Sydney Minister regarding Jf r Wrack's forecast of n "/alling-ofT in the 7-ain-fallof Austraha." Mr Wragge remarked to a representative oT Tho llorowhenua Chronicle that the. criticism of the clergyman aiient the drought forecast.' which embraced the period ending 1915-and which referred not only to Australia but to the southern hemisphere general-!-7^c Wns Ollt of P' a;ce aml <Jr course," commented Mr Wragge, "the warning applied equally to _« C w Zealand, parts of which are already sufforing from drought."

"How to smoke cigarettes" is a question which the London Eveiiin.o.Standard is discussing and most people seem to have solved wrongly. I , or most people smoke cigarettes'lit some tune or other, either as a matter of courtesy or protection. You don t smell the other man's Turkish when you are inhaling your own Egyptian—whioli is really"the same fchuig. Eut there are vory fewpeople who know how to smoke a, cigarette without making a. moss of it. It is like the artistic eatin.o- of an orange. There is no- occasion"!™the long cigarette-holder, nor vet for the soppy end of the cigarette and ■roe stain upon the mouth. The. ordinary English smoker has a. wa'terv end to his cigarette. The Spaniard turns his lips and the cigarette never touches the mucous membrane Tins is the way to smoke a cigarette.

. rh© " Court idler," as lie is known in the cities, is a personality iisunly foreign to judicial life in Oamarn (-says the Mail), but there are occasions when a case pmvos sufficiently interesting to attract an audience. In connection with the Supreme I Oonrt proceedings the other day a rmml.er of business men whose" interest in tJie proceedings was not more than an idle curiosity in the welfare of the accused had a surprise sprung upon them that shouM, teach them that there are harder thinge m life than "dodging * jnry*' It happened like this: Two criminal cases wore already before the Court when a third one was called. There were not snffirint of the summoned .inrors names loft in tilie box to em T?aneM a jury to hear the third case and the Court exercised its probative of "drawing'' f rom the PuWicm the Court, with the result that six who had not been summoned as jurors were called on to serve much .to their embarrassment." The incident was one that is unique in the liistorji of Supreme Court procedure m Oamaru. ~ Purchasers of fruit should visit to| saletanSaturday First. S Mr? 11 reasonable prices.— I

A verdict in favour qf the newspaper was returned in. the libel cas© if Massey y. The New Zealand Times— hearing of which was concluded: at Wellington yesterday.

Wanganui Garrieon Band won tho quickstep competition, at Palmerston yesterday. Waihi was second and West port third. Wellington came almost at the bottom. Shannon Presbyterian Ladies' Guild is making big preparations for the horticultural show to be held in the Druids' Hall on the 3rd and- 4th proximo. An advertisement giving details will appear in to-morrow s Chronicle. A cheque, payable to bearer, was picked up in the circus ring last nigh I- by a circus employee named 17/Manhaiia. a Maori. With commendable honesty and. promptness of aietion ho immediately sought out Constable liongbottom—the time was midnight—-and gave the cheque into his charge. Tt bears' the name of a Shannon drawer. Mrs Howley, who was concerned in the trap accident which caused serious injuries to Mrs'Val Hitchings, of Levin, is now recovered from the slinking she received. Mrs Hitehings is progressing slowly but satisfactorily. Both ladies desire lo express their thanks to Messrs Blackburn and McCoiinell, who rendered them first aid and displayed a. general resourcefulness and n kindliness which was highly commendable. When tho Matatna. was ready to lenvo Port Chalmers last Saturday afternoon a In fly and gentleman ran breathlessly down the wharf from the train to see the second engineer. That ofiVer camo on the wharf, walking a. few paces to meet his friends. "Pull up the gangway," ■called the captain from the bridge. The quartermaster" pointed out the second engineer on the wharf as a cause for a few minutes' delay. ff Pull in that gangway," again came the order, in tones that eonld not bo disobeyed. The gangway was pulled in, the lines east off, and the engineer was left behind. He proceeded north by train to rejoin his vessel.

Some strain was recently imposed on the erodulity of citv readers of this journal (says the Auckland Star) hv a country correspondent's "story" of a calf horn with its mother's ear-marks. A Lin ton farmer is determined to "see that and go one better." to judge from the following:-" Linton Farmer" writes: Sir. a.s to calves with birthmarks. T noticed In the Press last week a par about a cow having three "alves all born with their mother's ear-mark, and of another farmer who bad a bull calf born with a ring in his nose. T had a heifer calf born on Now Year's Day with a leg-ropo on. The calf seems strong, and if she does not kick the leg-rope off T ■siliall have it exhibited at the Linton sports this month." Next!

An exceedingly close game, contested keenly but in the best of sporting spirit, took place at Otaki vestordnv afternoon between a team of bowlers from Levin Club and the rink of Ot-aki players which has held the Kinniburgh Feathers against all-comers for some months nast. The rinks were as follow:- -

Otnki: A. Satherley, J. G. Stevens, T O'Rovko find Bvron Brown (skin). Levin: W. TT. Wilson. W. Palmer. 0. P. Brown and J. Pollock (skip) Tt was a ma toll of quickly varying aspects, am] though Otaki got a useful load in ilio later heads, their opponents liad a winning chance up to the roll of tlio last howl. A feature of tlie <rame was the fast and accurate driving oF Byron Brown, which on three separate, occasions marie "dead heads" out of heads in which Levin _ was lviiisr throe shots in, three again, and on one Occasion four. Omre, however, he failed, and Levin scored a quintette. Wilson and Pollock played especially well for Levin. At the tea adjournment the scores -\y<>vo practically level, and when onlv one head remained for nlavimr Otnki was two to the good. Poilnr-lr's fmal ehanco was a. verv difficult one—of trailing the jack from an awkward an<?le, which wn.s iH'"es.«itnt-ed by a front howl-- nud he failed after a good attempt. Three noints more M-ant to' Otaki. and the finnl score read: Otaki 23, Levin 18. Both teams expressed a desire to have one more tusslo, and it is lively that the third set-to will he a|v ranged for a. Wednesday early in Maroh. The Otaki men are going across to 'FoN-ton next Monday, to nlay a game for the Mnnmwatu Ferns against the local holders.