LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 April 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. All interested in starting argolf club «■ meeting is to ho called' for this purpose next Tuesday. There a"c tvo or three places within easy disbe lnKl out, and in a couple of years time Levin should' be able to boast if J aving one of the best links in the Ho desire to seo the movement prosSf r J l ?/ Kl th ° meetin g' »o«ce icle W J api V ear in t]l « ChronIt was stated; at BnWin recently almost to the day of his death.

A first offender was fined 10s. at Lovin Police Court to-dny for insobriety. Mr B. K. Gardener (the Mayor) was the sitting J.-P. The roller-skating season has opened at the Otaki Town HallI. The rink will be open at regular intervals during the winter months. ■ An election will be held shortly to fill three vacancies on the Otaln Road Board. The three retiring members this year are Wardens Tompsitt, Hollo and Meads. "You may think I am a liar," a lobtor told'a .solicitor at the Shore- / ditch County Court (in north-east London). "I know I may think so; what I am trying to find out is, Are you?" was the reply. Dairying properties are in demand in this district, and prices are firm. Tt is reported that up to £.i 0 an acre is being asked and given for land to be used solely for dairying purposes.—Feilding Star. \n old Levin footballer says that he* would like to see at the annual meeting of the Rugby Union three selectors for rep. teams appointed The district, he says, is too large for .one man. "I would like," he writes, "to soo Bob Smith represent Levm, Meßnin Manalcau. and H. Nicholson, Otaki." The quarterly returns of the Registrar for Births,'Marriaees and Deaths at Lovin show that death has remov-ed-eight persons from our midst, sis of whom were adults, during the quarter ended 31st March. The number of births registered was 27. and marriage, certificates issued 6. Only one fish was caught in a charity angling match at Gorleston, in which 74 persons too part. It was booked on the line oF a competitor who was absent temporarily, and was landed by another angler. Forty prizes wore offered in connection with the match, which was declared off. The popular idea that c.ocoanuts arc the staple food of the Pacific Islands was entirely dissipated in a lecture at' Christchureh by Bishop Wilson. Ho said: "The- yam is the liread and staff oflife of the natives.. Cocoanuts are regarded as starvation food, and not, as many suppose, the principal article of diet for the natives." The body of a Maori girl, who was recently drowned in the Wairoa river at Frnsertowii, Hawke's Bay, has not yet been recovered, althougi , over 20 Maoris have noon diving l'or it. They report having seen what thev call a "tnniwha" in the river, and suggest that the body will never be found. It is supposed that they saw a shark. Recent intelligence, from C.Macla is to the effect that tTie imm;gr<: tion tide is setting strongly toward* the western prairies. New .ma: on the Pence river are being subdivided into free farms for settlers, n-nrl ere eagerly snapped up. A hatch of "10.000 was expected from Eng'-md in one week. Thev are a. fine type of men. and nro the advance gua'd of many more. Professor Arthur Keith, conserva toi of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, decived in a lecture at the college at the cm] February that the age. of -riodtvn man had been totally underestimate , in the past. He estimated the age of a human skull found in Kent in 1888 at 187.000 years. One.tiling very noticeable in connection witli the-health of the Maoris gathered at Papnwai is the; large number who are suffering from ast-ii-ma and other chest complaints. One old Maori, who hailed from 'oho north, informed a Wairarapa Dain Times representative that fully 25 per cent of the natives present had asthma or .some other pulmonary ailment. A mother applied or a maintenance order against her two sons at the Auckland Magistrate's Court a fe.v days ago. One of the defendants, explained that he objected to pay because his mother could live with her married daughter if she chose. "Why don't you go and live wit 1 ! your'dsiughter?" asked Mr Kettle. "Because," answered witness, "1 think mothers and married daughters are best apart." "Yes," responded the magistrate, "they say it is 'better so." "The-past half year has been one of the best Auckland has ever exp;'ii-ence-cl," said a well known financial authority to a reporter, "and the whole financial year has been a \ cry good one. Trade is sound, and , the outlook is distinctly good." The impression which existed in the South that Auckland was in the throes of .a land boom was not justified. Athough there was a large area if suburban land on the market, it .\--a.s not being bought, by small .sp >culntors. The purchasers in the ttr-ru-in ajority of cases, he said, were people who 'bought sections on which ,to build houses, for themselves. There was a time in the early .history of Xpw Zaland when it was quite a common thing to .see a. woman in charge of a team of horses ploughing in the fields, and actually assisting at harvest work. The pioneer women of Canterbury still work hard enough—perhaps too hard-but times have changed, and to-day it a very uncommon thing to see a woman engaged in any work outside her own household duties. There are exceptions, however, for the other day a young woman in charge of a team of horses drawing a load of chaff arrived in Ashburton from one of the outlying districts, writes the local journal. She was a pleasant-looking girl, but appeared to be quite accustomed to her work, which could not have been better done by an experienced man. The chairman of tho Taranaki County Council remarked at Monday's meeting (the News--, reports') that it was impossible at the present, time to compel persons to place a number or identification mark on their motor cars. Last Septembei the Government issued regulations which provided, inter alia, "that every registering authority on mak ing application to the Hon. Minister of Internal Affairs will have identification marks or numbers assigned to them." The Council had made application on three 'occasions, but had received no reply since the 4th November, when they were informed that the identification marks were complete. Members were of opinion that a serious position might arise in case of accident, and it was resolved to ask Mr Okey, ALP., to bring tho position under the notice, of the Minister of Internal Affairs. Just why it is that all Taranaki does not join moro heartily in commemorating the red letter days of Taranaki we do not feel able to explain (says the Hawera Star). I? it the fact is that the duty, or perhaps we ought to say the honour, asmi-'y falls exclusively -on New Plymouth Taranaki, as we now know it, is the development of the last twenty-five or thirty years. In the antecedent days of native troubles and war there had, indeed, been some little feeling between this part of the district and the New Plymouth end, the resuifc, we dare say. of misunderstandings. But those old days have long ago passed. The petty misunderstandings and the causes of them have been forgotten ; and, on the one hand the people of the southern end are proud 1 to feel themselves associated with the stirring history of Taranaki while on tho other we cannot doubt that the people of the mother-town, especially those who belong to the hand of "early- settlers, must have some pride in contemplating the present day Taranaki, whose wealth outstrips anything which the most optimistic of the pioneers saw in their \ visions of what might he.

Phenomenally high tides are being experienced along tho coast at. present. Deer seem to fairly plentiful on the Manngaralds this season (says the Carterton News). A sportsman went out on. Saturday mormns for 2* hours and secured one ten and two twelves, all of them fair heads. An Auckland , Magistrate gave a young man who apeared as judgment debtor some sound! advice. ' 'Don't hail"- about doing nothing," said his Worship, "Tako off your coat, roll up your sleeves, and be energetic. The congregations are increasing at the- Levin Presbyterian Church, especially those at the evening services. Mr Randereon is an eloquent and convincing preacher, and his expositions of the Scriptures are listened to with great attention. A local fisherman states that despite repeated warnings, undersized flounders are being caught and marketed, says the Manawatu Herald. He also stated that the refuse from the mills is seriously hampering fishermen as the nets get filled with the vegetation and cause endless trouble. Something new in aeroplanes has been invented by a Japanese nobleman named Baron Tga. The inventor has taken the dragon-fly as his model, and has constructed two sets of wings which can be made to flap at the will of the operator. It is claimed, that this arrangement will enable the aeroplane to maintain its position in the air without moving. Mrs William Brooker, formerly of Whangaroi and now of Russel, has the power to divine the presence of coal .seams, and several of the "tests" have proved , her claims to be justified. Lately Mrs Brooker has located' seams in several places in the Bay of Islands district. - ITokianga Times. The Loyin-Greatfprd railway scheme is still a burning question in Levin, and a public meeting is to be convened to further discuss the subject to-night. This is a. matter which should now 'be receiving the attention of our Chamber of Commerce if we could , only got some one to resuscitate it.—Manawatu Herald. Bicycle thieves aro again in evidence in Levin. Last evening a resident left his machine outside. Mr Hugh Hall's business establishment, and some "sneak thief" kindly decamped with it. Tho matter lias ■been placed in the hands of the police. - The resident whose cycle is missing was compelled to tramp home on foot a distance of something over a mile. Details aro being completed for the Catholic bazaar, which opens in the Levin Town Hall on Easter Saturday. The' mem'bers of the Church arc working indefatigably to make the function a complete, success, and there is every reason to believe that there will be a very big demand for tickets. Functions .arranged by tho Catholics are always looked forward to with pleasurable anticipation by the residents of the locality. A third agricultural college 's projected in Victoria. A scheme has'boon submitted , for selling the 'and now held by the Council of Agiidiitural Education—lss,ooo acres, returning £9182 per annum, thus securing" a return of £29,000 a. year, the money to be invested in agricultural education, part of it to bo dovoted to the institution in question. The Noxious Weeds and Rabbits .Inspectors had a field day amongst ■the Catlins settlers on Wednesday (says tho Clutha Leader), and kept Mr Bartholomew busily engaged fov three hours. There were 19 charges and fines ranging from 10s to 40.s and costs were inflicted in each case, the total of tho fines amounting to £10 10s. The courtroom was crowded during the afternoon. The Free Lance remarks us follows: Lady Islington believes in i;itional costumes when in the country So say the Wairarapa people, who used to see her making her ivr.y around in a very sensible rig. Aiul the report goes that when who wn; out shooting in the neighbourhood of Feathorston, not so very long apr<, she was so neatly and suitably attired that a passing' farmer took n,er ror a boy, and wanted to knwv wiio the "sporting kid" wasl A quiet and pretty wedding was solemnised on Wednesday morning by the Rev. A. 0. Rander.son, when Mr Bertram Francis, third son of Mr and Mrs E. Spencer, of Shannon, was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Violet May, second daughter of Mr and Mrs Ambler, of Kent .street, Levin. The bride look, ed charming in a dress of croineoolino trimmed with silk all-over insertion and 'bead trimmings. She also wore a bridal veil and orange •blossoms and carried a shower bouquet. She was attended by Miss H. Ambler as bridesmaid, who wore a dress of cre-mo silk crepolino trimmed with bands and buttons of creme satin with biscuit straw hat. trimmed with lace. She also wore a gold neck chain the gift of tho 'bridegroom and) carried a bouquet. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr E. Spencer as 'best man. After tho ceremony the party and guests were entertained at a wedding breakfast, and later the happy couple left by the Napier express on route for Auckland for the honeymoon. The bride's travelling dress was green twoed costume with hat to match.