LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 March 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

e . Afr .lames Bonnie, architect, and .Mr Illingworlh, contractor, of Die firm oi' -Meyers and Illingworth, wove in Levin yesterday, making arrangements for a start with the 'building of tlie Carnegie library, Oxford street. A number of Levin residents were successful-in gaining; prizes at the Horticultural Show at Otaki yesterday. full report of the proceedings appears elsewhere:' A rink of Levin bowlers went to Otaki yesterday afternoon to play a matcfh for the Manawatu Ferns, which still are held by Otaki. Levin's representatives were "Wils'oii, Reading, Roe and Han kins, while Otaki',s men were Thomson, St. George, Farmer and Ferguson. The visitors 'began well, and'the hoard -showed Levin 4, Otaki nil 011 the fourth head, and 6 to 5 in Levin's favour on the 7th, but thereafter the Otaki eolts galloped hard, and the final record was Otaki 30, Levin 10. According to a Dargaville correspondent of the New Zealand Herald the depression in the kauri gum market shows no signs -of passing away, and a number of diggers are -leaving the district in search of fresh employment. It !has been stated that the production has fallen away of late to the, extent of some ?-o0 tons- per. month, but this is not borne out iby the export returns. The Austrian diggers, who (have been holding for a rise, are now placing a' large quantity of .gum 011 the marand this should cause a falling off in the price during the next fewmonths. A meeting of West Coast sawmillers bins decided, owing to the increase of -wharfage mow imposed 'bv tlis Greymouth Harbour Board oil all timber exported price o.b. lines representing about one-fifth of the total 'output, should he increased: 3d per 100 feet. Great indignation was expressed by millers present at the action of the "Harbour Board in placing, this furtlher handicap on the timber industry, more especially in view of the fact that at" the meeting at winch this increase has been decided upon, the Harbour Board had seen fit to make a present of £1000 to_ till© purchasers of the Brunner mines, by way of a rebate on the coal royalty. Tt_ was also pointed out tiiat it was impossible to raise the price 011 contracts made for a considerable time, and, therefore, the charge imposed had to c-ome out of tire pocket of the sawmiller,"

Mr Maurice Cohen of North, who is a candidate loi election to the Wellington Ilarbom Board, has an advertisement on the matter in to-day's Chronicle.

"Unsettled and .showery conditions are probable at times especially m the far north and on the \\ est Coast and .southernmost districts of the South Island," says the Rev. D. 0. Bates.

Says the Hawcra Star One ■thousand sheep were said to Inne disorganised iihe tlawera. market. So that outsiders may not tucreby !)(> under a misapprehension as to the possibilities of the district as a sheep producer, it may be mentioned that by a printer's error one thousand should Ivave rend one hundred thousand.

A Pahiatua housewife had a peculiar experience the other afternoon. She was busy making jam when a bio - swarm of bees evidently think' ing they had a sweet thing on, took up residence in the kitchen, and foi ;i time ju*ulo iiinftors very 1 ivol \ - Burned sulphur was eventually hrought into requisition, and tlie bees were then swept of!' the rang" m shovelfuls.

Mr Stanley"" Pole, of the clerical stall" of Abraham and Williams, wtho bas hecn in ill-health for some time, croos to England in lompany with Mr J. V. Oliver, in order to recuperate. The Standard, I'almerston, reports that on Saturday evening Uie inembers of the Working Men s Club throne;!!! their president (Mr A. M.ahf>n), presented' Mr Oliver with a purse of sovereigns. r ! lie latter's health was drunk, and all joined m wishing him bon voyage. I'rom the boarders at his residence Air Oliver received a silver-mounted umbrella, suitablv inscribed.

Aft or much heralding from over seas. the American production of Clianticlfor, Edmund Kostand's groat poetic idyll of tlio barnyard, came an awful cropper. Charles l< roliman spoilt, more Minn 100.000 dollars on iho production, and' placod >liis favourite star, Miss Maude Adams, in the title role. That was liis fatal error: for. while Miss Adams is an artist of wonderful fascination and ability in womanly and girlish roles, and wa.s completely successful as Barrio's Voter Pan. she failod utterly to realise Mio posibilitie of tlie great row,tor. It was the most dismal theatrical failure in America within the past decade.

Last niglit wo closed the ballot of Chronicle readers respecting tlio merits 'of Queen '-tree I ', west gardens, .and the allocat ion of the special prize given by Mr X. Ivirkcaldio for award in this manner. Only,four house',holders wore favoured in the ballot, and two won out well nliead of tlio others. As the judge's award will not be available'until after to-morrow. 31st. March, we bave decided to keep the ror.nlt of the public ballot secret until such limes as Mr Taylor's .judgment is available for publication. Tt may be found that the judge and the public, will vary in their views: and in that case it will bo bet ter (in our opinion, at least) to imvo tlio two records published simultaneously.

Tt is seldom that woman '''tramp" is seen on the roads in Now Zealand. Accord in.r<; to the Ago. a woman, carrying a good-six,l'd swag, arrived in Mnstorton from south the other day. She stated that she had walk, ed from a Lower Valley station, and was looking for a position as cook. She eortainlv f'r-crves to get it.

'Pile numerator who has been taking the Maori census oil the I'lait Coast report"; ('says the .Mastortoii News) that there is an increase in the tribes, and the general conditions are much improved. A good di'al of land i r - under ; ultivation, and there are numerous herds of cattle and flocks of -i'leep. The .Maoris generally are a u'reat deal better off. and are paying more a I tent ion to the I iilhig of the sail.

A dairy factory supplier frankly and openly confessed at a meeting held on Saturday that he watered his milk. In giving his reason lie said that he always weighed hi- milk before sending it to the factory with scales which w. re absolutely true, but he found that the factory manager credited him with less than his own scales had recorded. To put' thing-- straight he always added llv following day sufficient water to make up the different e be! ween his record and the fa clary manager's. Asked how he weighed the milk he said tihnt he weighed each bucket as it came Imm the cow. This method members did not seem to think reliable. Ha worn Star.

On his return io Sydney from abroad a few days ago the Hon. Dugald Thornton, a well knwn Australia.!! politician, related an incident that oeenrrcd in the Dominion "Parliament House at Ottawa, where ho remarked, it might be expected that knowledge of the Empire should exist. "An intelligent elderly attendant had shown me throu^li/'

Mr Thomson said. "Ho evidently concluded from some remarks of mine that 1 knew something of the inside of Parliaments. On my leaving he asked me, 'Ait- you a member of the British Columbian Parliament?' T replied, 'Xo ; 1 come from .Australia.' He became thoughtful and at last said, doubtfully. f.A>>stralia ; isn't it under the Fnited States flag?' AA hep 1 told him it was as much or more British than Canada, and about c.s large, he muttered. 'Oh. f didn't know. T thought if belonged to the Fnited States. 1 T retired crestfallen."

Several .Auckland dentists, in speaking to n Herald reporter regarding Mr Ell's statement that he had been informed that the greater part ol some dentists 1 business was the "whitening of women's teeth, "blackened through smoking, no doubt when playing bridge." agreed t.' nt the statement was "exaggerated." One dentist said that it was on very rare ceasions that a female came io him for attention with her teeth in such a condition, though he knew that smoking among ladies was fairly prevalent. !colli would only be blackened, ho .''aid, after smoking had been nic'ibvcd in constantly and be.'n ily. and the effcts of inch indulgence. particularly in ladies, would he decidedly injurious. T+ was his opinion the allegedstatement of a Kadieg dentist to Mr F-ll_ was absurd. The practice of whitening ladies' teeth after they had been b'aokened by smoking would not form o per cent of the business of a leading dentist in Xew Zealand, and that was an opinion held bv otiher prominent dentists with whom he had conferred on the subject. ,