LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 July 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Levin exhibitors at the last Pa 1 - merstoti Show are complaining about tine remissness of th>-> M."-:vi\\..t i .■*. and P. authorities in returning e .- hibits. It is now between time and four weeks *inc? t!i? show w- s held, and more than ample time for returns of exhibits has gone by.

Cr. Hannan. at Monday's nice - ing of the Levin Borough Council unconsciously gave an exhibition of latent wit. " Cr. Proiise," he exclaimed, "says he's about the largest ratepayer in the borough. But this policy (the baths) is driving the ratepayers out. He is driving "them all cut I There'll only he a few of us left at the last, and? then Cr. Prouse. will bo by himself!"

At the Druids' Hall, on Tuesday, an excellent programme lias 'been arranged by Mr W. H. Galliohan, who is holding, his usual euchre tournament. A dance is to follow, and play will commence .at 8 p.m. .sharp, in order to give ample time for "tripping the light fantastic." As ■usual refreshments will be served.

There is material for romance in an incident which has occurred! at Marseilles in a little oafe kept by a young woman noted for .her beaaity and goodness of heart. The cafe is close to the harbour, and is frequented by sailors, who gave the name of "'Mother Made"' to the landlady. The young woman hndl to deal with the roughest saiJormen, but Jier kindness to her customers was her best protection. When they had no money she fed them and kept them well supplied with tobacco. Tho sailors never imposed on her kindness, and always paid up when they received their wages. One day a stranger of unkempt appearance entered the ca.fe. "Mother Marie" immediately saw to his requirements. After getting a. hearty meal he was asked % the landlady whether he would smoke a cigar. His reply was that he had not the money for a. oigar, nor even for tihe meal he luad eaten. "Never mind," said the landlady, "have a cigiir a.ll the same." A few weeks afterwards a well-dressed mam appeared in the cafe and ordered food. "Mother Marie" glanced at him and recognised the stranger who had nlot paid for a cirainnstanioe which she had forgotten The elegant gentleman told "Mother Marie" that he had heard, of her kindness to rough, sailormen, and (hfiid resolved to put it to ii e i est- He foi " ld tl,at ne was all tdiat the sailors had represented iher to be, and he added that lie had returned to the oafe in order to improve his acquaintance -with her. Hβ was a count and a large manufacturer, and lie asked ".Mother Marie 'to •■become his wife. ' Thle sailors' friend" consented, and now the little cafe on the harbour -lias a, new tenant. Cinderella will require tp take a back seat. " -'RutiV Slom. ,'tivi. i r«j?i"_ *~" -'

We regret to state that MrsHassnll wife of Mr P. Ha.ssn.ll, was tsvken seriously ill -at tho residence ot her father, 'Mr H. Newport, of Kawiu road. She was conveyed, to Otaki Hospital, where she underwon fc an operation. Though still seriously ill, wo understand that the patient" is progressing slowly. Sir Edgar Vincent suggested an export duty on works of art at the meeting of tiho National Art Collection Fund. Pictures leaving Great Britain for America in an ordinary year were worth between £1,000,000 and £2.000,000, so that Vith a 10 per cent, duty yielding £100,000 to €200,000 several great pictures could bo purchased.

Following the banning of harem skirts at Coronation functions, a hint has been circulated among West-End dressmakers that "hobibles" are to lie barred from the royal enclosure at Ascot, Apropos thiese decrees, the New York Herald thinks it is idle to speak of the decline of monarchy when a mere king can make hi nisei I' the arbiter of feminine fashions.

On Monday next live annual congregational meeting of the Presbytcrfaii Church takes place, Reports will bo presented, and the Rev. A. C. Sanderson, M.A. will preside. An excellent programme, of voea] and instrumental .music has been arranged, and refreshments will be provided. Since Mr Sanderson's appointment, tho congregations have increased, and the Church is showing all the signs of becoming an increased power for good in the district.

Not long ago much interest was awakened in England by the discovery of ii prehistoric lake village near Glastonbury. Tho dwellings were placed on mounds of clay raised above, the level of tlvo water. The framework of a primitive loom was found, under one mound, and tho u'uinber of broken hone needles and bone splinters discovered in,another mound led the explorers to think that it may have been the site of an ancient needle factory. Very few human bones have boon discovered., but among the interesting finds is a bine, glass bead, with a waving draw lino running nroinnrl. it. One of themounds contains three hundred tons of clay, all of wliicli must luivo been dug from the .surrounding hills, and carried, to tho spot in iboats.

Residents of Cambridge street express qualified satisfaction at the discussion at tt© Borough. Gtofncil with regard to carrying out improvements in connection with l the culverts in that and Devon street. At the same time they maintain that the matter is of such pressing importance to them that there must be no delay. If tho Railway Department refuse to bear any portion of the cost, they say it is the bonnden diuty of the council to carry wit the improvements itself forthwith. Ff appearances are to he. taken as a criterion there is little sign of another deluge, though as a cautious resident of Cambridge street yesterday observed "You never can tell what's going to take place. AYo don't want our houses swamped out again, a;nd our furniture damaged through water."

It is satisfactory to know there is every prospect of the. County Ccun-c-.i 1 aitid tho Levin .Borough Coiiiiieil eomin.j: to a joint arrangement in the matter of the appointment of a ranger. Of course, the difficulty in the past has largely bociii a. monetary one, but alter the Mayor's the Borough Council on Monday evening some arrangement will no doubt be made whereby the ranger shall he adequately remunerated for his services. For some time past stock have been wa.udori'lg about the roads in such numbers i'.s to cause serious inconvenience to lied'ostrians and cyclists especially, hi the words of a local official they •have been "like stock-yards." However that may be. there now .s-e-eins every possibility of an all-round improvement being affected.

Cr. U. Prouse, at Monday's meet-jn-g of Levin Bnrou.gih Council raised the finest ion ot' tin l extension of Uw l'oot])ath at Weraroa, from where it now stops to the railway station. Many pedestrians had to go on the other side, and subsequently cross over some-timos when the roads wore in a very bad condition. J-Je had had several complaints about the question, and he siMjgestod that the footpath be continued to the station. The Mayor said that the matter had come before the council, but nothing had' .been done in tho matter. It certainly would be Jfeu.seful improvement, and the coft should be n mere bagatelle. Within recent ■months Levin Council has considerably improved the roadways, and the suggestion of Cr. Pron.se is one that mi slit be profitably acted upon.

Mother a remarkable, instance of the ferocity with which ;i dog will light for its life, was given the. "other day. Mr 11. P. Ariist was down the Ashbiirtoi) liver, accompanied by his little fox terrier, on a. shagshooting expedition. He .shot two shags, both of which fell into the water, and wero towed ashoro by the little dog. A third shot wounded a .shag, and a desperate struggle took place bet ween the dog and tho bird, Twice* the terrier grasped the bird, which struggled free, and when ho was making"another attempt to secure it the shag grasped the dog's i.pso in its powerful beak «nd both disappeared beneath tho water, and: wero carried under a large willow tree by the current. The s'hag managed to come up again, but tho plucky dwg became entangled in the roots of the tree .and was drowned. The terrier was an exceptionally daring minimal, though of only a convenient size for .Mr Arnst to carry o.n his back in a game-bag when lio set out, on his .motor-bicycle, for a day's shooting. It had on several occasions overcome, wounded .swans, and. a shag was usually no trouble fo.r it to bring ashore.— Mail.

The Official History o) the War of the. Rebellion or Civil War in the Unitodi States, issued by the Government of that country, at a cost of about i'o'oo,ooo, broke all records. Of tin's sum, £230,858 lias been pnid for printing and lnn.cli.n-t;, the remainder being expended! for salaries, rait, stationery, and other expenses, and for the'p'irchaKo of private records. Tt consists of 112 volumes. Another costly work is the "Book of Wealth," the production of Mr Hubert Bancroft, of Chicago. Tt.. consists Of ten parts, bound in rich, old-gold armure silk. Each is illustrated with ten watercolours, etchings and photogravures. These, are original drawings bv emU nent artists. Only four Iwnndred copies of the work were printed. The first 150 sold at £500 each, and the remaining 250 at £200 a. cor>y. It is e'stimate-1 that Mr Bancroft spent at least £50,000 before a line 'of the hook was written. Messrs .Maine, of Trams, brought out in 1895 a most expensive work. "The Life of Christ," a reproduction in colourphotography of tiro body dolonrdrawincr of James Tiscot. The selling price of copies, Xo.s 1 to 20, is £200 <a copy, and of No.s 21 to ICJOO, £60. The advertisement, consisting of one specimen colouredl plate amid some sketches in 'blade and white, was £2 8s a copy.

There's nothing like leather for wear, and no hoots can better a pair that are purchased from Pink; tlhey're the real "hunky dink;" so place vour next order with Fred!, For day todl by honest hard workers, or night use in polka mazurkas, the boots that Pink sells are .as , as good bells—byC-rivals "hje'U > never

Referring to the rumour tliat Sir Joseph Ward is to eventually take tho High Commissionership, thbHawera paper remarks that "A cynical man once- said ho never believed in political rumour—until it was contradicted."

Among tlie passengers by the Tonga raro were 14 'boys sent out under thie auspices of the Central Unemployed League, I/omlon. They were sent to Mr R. Allen, of Tnveroargill, who has procured billets for them with Southland farmers.

A correspondent of the Auckland. Education Board, in a recent letter containing an application for repairs to a school building, concluded by expressing a, fervent hope, "And may God add His blessing on each one of tlie Education Board." Tho ref|iiieet was accorded to with! unusual promptitude.

Thursday's Ota go Daily Times says that rumours that are current at the present time credit the GoveiMiinient with the determinaition" to make additional appoint monks to tho Legislative- Council, some of which will he of such extraordinary character as will distinctly fortify 'the popular objection to the system that is in vogue of nominating to tho Legislative Council.

Another good muster of players was seen at the Levin euchre tour-. iKunent last night, when ladies and gentlemen's prizes were played for. The men's prize was won by Mr \Y. Harding, who was successful in a •previous touniameinifc also. t'lril. Tu'ohy won the ladies 'prize, while Miss Blows secured the booby ■jji'izp. In the com petition for the. mem's booby prize, five players Tvere equal, and after a play-off the prize went tc the £tat-e Farm's renresentative (Mr Wright).

The Kaipara district has been making such naipid l strides ol' lato that it has been decided to establish a well-equ'ipped dairy factory. A company has been formed, which will woi'k under the name of the Kaipara. Co-operative Dairy Factory Company (Ltd.), and. a suitable site, has been purchased in Helensville. South. hi view of the establishing of .such. \\. concern, it is expected that ;i large estate, within a short distance of Helensville, will be out up into lots suitable for dairy farms.

The .senior football match to lie. played on the Levin, reserve next •Saturday between the Hui Mai and Levin-Wanderer Cluhs is of more than ordinary interest. The. Levin c.1u,1) is leading for tbo. championship with one 1-os-;, while Hni Mai is the runner-up witib two losses. Besides matches .between the two teams have always been strenuously fought, and by the ■interest displayed by the players. Saturday's game should prove to be no exception to the rule, (and the match should be one of the best of the season.

A Masterton resident lias learned iby experience that it is not safe to tuirii a black oat from the door. The other evening he found a neighbour's .black feline at Hiis meat safe. He threw a chopper at it. The cat escaped, but the weapon, smashed through the wire-netting of a, poultry yard and killed a prize rooster valued at £2. In returning to his house, he trod on a. nail, which penetrated his foot, and he was horrified to find that a kettle had also nipset and scalded his wife's arms severely.

A serious accident occurred at Warkworth on Thursday. Walter Raymond Grimmer and his brother were driving si mob of sheep to their farm near Almroa > and the roads being very heavy they took nhorse and cart with them, in case some of the stock knocked up. They had picked up one or two animals, sum Walter Grimmer was trying to get -another into the cart, when a gun that was lying in the bottom of the vehicle exploded, and blew his rigjht arm to pieces.

Two bulls were impounded at Palmerston the other day, and one of them, a Holstein. set a'bout to make■history. It charged go-carts, traps, horses, and compelled the ranger to fly several times, once he just escaped through a fence. The bull had only one horn, the other having been knocked off with an axo in self-defence, by a. man the lml.l charged previously. After two huors'excitement, that would have made a great picture show, the perspiring, but still determined ranger got tho beast into durance more or less vile. —Manawatu Times.

During the delivery of General Botha's speech at the Eighty Club luncheon in London a laughable incident accurred. In the course of the luncheon two male suffragettes had to he ejected, one heing hustled l out by the toast-master. General Botha spoke in ."Dutch, niiid his speech was interpreted, sentence by sentence, by .Dr. Bok. After the General Had .spoken his opening sentence, Dr. Bok was proceeding to translate it into English, when he, too ; was 'unceremoniously seized by •till© toast-master, who evidently .scented another suffragist. There were roars of laughter from all parts of the hall, and it was some minutes 'before tho speech could be proceeded with. The toast-anaster was very apologetic, and "prayed for toil thousand pardons."

Tim prevalence of crickets in .such 'largo numbers during the past summer was responsible for a petition from tho settlers on tho Hauraki Plains, which enme I'ofore the Auckland Land Board. The petitioners asked for a. year's remission of rent in consideration of the grevious loss which they had sustained. They stated/ thait the crickets destroyed' grass seed to the value of £750. the area affected lveing 1140 acres. Tho members of the Board expressed sympathy with the settlers in their' loss, but it was pointed out that j other settlers who, anticipating the crickets, sowed.' their seed .at a different time, had escaped. The rofiuest for >a year's remission of rent was considered to foe impracticable, as the Government had spent a large amount in making the sections 'habitable, and would have to spew! more in the near future. The Commissioner remarked that the. renit was regarded as interest, and could not be spa-red, besides which they did not want to make a precedent in such cases. Tt was decided that the prayer of the petitioners .co-uld not be acceded to.—New Zealand Herald.

A youmg woman from the East, who manned a Seattle man, recently had a novel experience when she engaged ■her first Chinese cook. "What's your -name?" she asked, when the preliminaries had been settled. "My name Hong Long Loo," said the Celestial, with much gravity. "And T .am Mrs Harrington Richard Buckingham," said his new emplorey. "T am afraid ■!. shall never he able to remember your name—it's too long. T shiall call you John." "All '" light," returned the Chinese, with a suspicion of a smile. "Your aia.mee too longee, too. I eallo you Charley."

Sale post cards—birthday and greeting cards reduced to prices you can't resist. See the nnnique display at Thompson's, Levin.—Advt.

Levin, July 30, 1909. Mr F. C. Remington, Dear Sir.—Having a very bad cold T obtained a bottle of your Liquorice Cough Cure yesterday and took it according to directions. I am pleased to say that it has cured < me in one day, and I cannot praise it sufficiently.—T am, yours truly, T. A. -Harris, Durih'am Street. Price Is 6d and 2s 6d per bofrfile. i F, >C. Remington,: Chemist, Levin..

Frederick Kernpster, a basketmaker at Dr. Barnardo's Homo m Essex, is said to be tto tallest man in England. He measures 7ft '2? v in. in his stockinged feet, and is only 21 years' of age.

One well-known hi Shannon, but now of other parts, i.s about to contribute « scries of articles to the Horowbenua Chronicle on his latest experiences. The first of the seines —entitled "College Life From the Inside"—will bo published to-mor-row.

Two grey'honinds were killed last week in a ronuirkalvlo manner (says tlie Grey mouth Star)- Messrs Malley (Totara Mat), and l>. Grogan (Greymouth), were exercising their (log's, l r ly and I/'aiiclora, when one espied a. iliare, and immediately chased it, driving it in tlio direction of the other dog, which went to pounce upon the hare as it shot by. However, lit- missed the mark, ;uid caino into violent collision with the other greyhound, so that both dogs hounded several feet in the air, and then fell to the .ground dead, the force of the impact having broken the necks of hoth. Fly find Pandora had! figured in a number of local coursing matches, in which they had put up somo good performances.

"You hear deci'ving tliesetangis as a. waste of time, money, and energy," remarked Father Delac, Maori 'Missioner, to the F.ketahuna Express at Haniua, "lint it should be reniemliered the native reverence and grief is much more, deeply rooted than is that of tire iEiiropean. an<l in no other form couUl this be so genuinely expressed as by a tangi. lam satisfied tho perpetuation of this traditional form of nvcwirning has no ill effect upon tliie native race."

The floods have brought a groat f|iiantity of timber dlown to Foxton. this time, laivd the people are busy carting it in. The ocean beach : « sfciwrn with posts, logs, and toitara. •trees. There liad il)eon something of fuel famine, but this is now at an end, and as it "never rains but it pours," 980 tons of coal have also been 'brought in by tho Waverley, Tainui, Haupiri. Kennedy. Gertio and Queen of the South, during tlie week, and another 100 tons is expected in the Kennedy to-day. The captains anticipate that it/be flwwl waters will leave a. good bar.—Manawatu Tinios.

Malt Extract with Cod Liver Oil is most seasonable just now, and for those lingering coughs it is unequalled. A special lino in lib sciw-eap jars at Is fid each can 'be had from C. R. Keedwell's l'barmacv.—Advt.