LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 July 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dr. Nwman, late mayor of Wellington, was |„ Levin yesterday. He had stayed the night at Koputa-roa. The> hearing, of the slamfer case, tor the 26th pros. The Rev. H. D. Perryman, «, format the Century Hall to-morrow. floik the ground in the unused portions of the PublicCemeterv- £L good grass Offers -are now asked 5L Jl "**.*<» crop portion oflhegmimd as wil 'be seen in an advertisement in this issue. Sale post cards-Levin views us ll L 3d rT d **"««<! to 2 and w4St.; nly at ™°«.

An official return shows that 2900 miniature rifle chubs have been established in Great Britain, with a total membership of more than 300,000. The sale of the Gear estate by Messrs Abraham and AVilliams is to take .place on September 6th, at Otaki Twii Hall, and no: at Levin Town Tall as was auen'mc d in yesterday's Chronicle. An Irishman at a i'ai>- got poked in the eye with a .<-,;;(•'■•. and took proceedings against the offender. Magistrate : "Come, now. you don't believe he meant lo put your eye oat?" "Faith, yt.u're right this time." -:;id Pat. "I'c i- I believe he. tried to put it farther in." Though the definite figures are not yet available, it is computed that when the Rarmaids' Pcgister is completed it \v!lj coniain the names of about one thuusnid women. Between ninety and 100 applications for registration have yet to be finally dealt with, but it i- believed that the » - i-gi«ter will be ready for iSMie before the end of the month. When Sir J;r e- Carrol was at Timaru. last week, he made a little speech at a social gathering, in the course of which he asked for indul-' genre on the ground that he had b"e.n down south, where be bad, f<rind the !,!n.i.ntahi aii' :\ little too ■strong for him. theref::' , e he was not in very g::;..! form. The Chri.stchureh icip. i'-. ma■.'■■• '"inoentain air" lead '•moimtaiii dt-w." and Sir James asked I'o rthe mistake to be corrected. j n f|-o ~,...v-a 0 f 0 "onversation with a Waii-.i !•:>!■■■'. Daily Times represeni.it ive a well-known Masterton farmer stated that tea made from hutewai was an exeellont reined v for scour in young calves, he having tried it with sueeesss. The process he adopts is to boil some hutewai in wafer and mix it with the milk whieb is given to the valves in (he ordinary coin - -;;- cf feeding. Me_ stales tint h.> Iri> found it an unfailing remedy.

Either the demon of mischief must have been paying a visit to the- rompo-iug room of a certain Masterte'i newspaper the other day, or (be keowle ■■<? of natural .history in the "front office" is conspicuous i;v its abse -c >. Thai species of the landrail known m naturalists— and others- as the Xutornis Mantelli. figured in a local as "the mml.-.eieas mantel." A short time ago, the same vav.ct exprso.sed. sur-piv-e at one el it-; contempoi'arie.s f-eeii - , to "the Angel of IVntli." whieb leads its to doubt whether the above egregious error was due to the plavful romp, after all. A Masterto.u srltler. who has just returned from a visit to various parts <-|' line Wairarapa. informed a \\ a ire, rape 0 iiiv Tinus representative that hutewai was spreading at an alarming rte in some parts' of 'he district. In one locality a certain farm w! ieli ha', a few years ag'i. be .a free from hutewai ' had c;w several paddock-, in wbicb the pest was uV-iriV.'iog. Hutewai begins to >ec! just after shearing time, and ewes and lambs that aro drazing in a paddock in which it is growin '■ pi-k i! _!■» with fl.eir fleeces; and ' M'l : ''■■ ■'■' ; ede 1 considera'dv in velee. F.a, i; .c,s would be wed! .M\is. ', l r > -aid. to (u'tber grub ' 't the o- t i-: !• - '•',, .! ;s m(L( f ( ()v k-eomg ,!uvp in prior to shearing, c- t- refrain from putting them in ■■:•!.-'. ; -cp s- .r,v. l''ie:hi!-c> leiie-r: Dear Lance. Considering t!:,- high price of butter at t ! '- i:ia ■>;<■■ lime. I have come te, tin; con-elusion thai if, "is not an utter impossibility for a man to live in Wellington on .30s a week. To prove t ,- e tr"fh of this contention, I sub::uit. the- • -V, .y\ ng °f my la-I .••■lek's expenditure:--Beer, 1.7s li ' : u - ifc\ !,,.,,,•, 2s (id; instalment dm S!i dve-prare's works, os: rent (paid ■: xf week), nil: but'•ber and grocer deiid. next week), ! 'i'' : bivdn, id : mission-, Is 0d ; -one tr-i bruit palish. Id: a little more b'"v. 'i ! : cji n itv, 2d ; tobacco. ! H: t"f d. •'!';- .! ■■. Acldincr „ p i.| H> total. I i[::d that during las't week I ran int odebf to the extent of Id. That will be easily remedied ; next week 1 will cut the wife's beer down fo 8s Sd. -Yours. Willing Worker.

A loading supporter ol' the ()p----position, who is working assiduously lor Mr M.oncktnn, stated yesterday that it was liis opinion that Mr Monckton would i>vt in for Otaki electorate even if he did not make one .speech. "It is not Mr Kicld," lie said, "that people are dissatisfied with. It is tlio Government. If Mr Kield was an oppositionist lie u'-ould <rn in with flying colours." The speaker in questioi'i intimated that as soon as Mr Kiold had addressed the electors. Mr Massey "•mild be on the scenes, and reply. Me ox-pressed satisfaction that "Sir •lames Carroll was to visit the constituency. "AYc shall want to put sn-nio questions to him a limit the 1-vikl policy of the Government, and also the Raci'iitr ('oiiiniissioiie.rs' report." A well-known doctor protests in (|iMto unineasiired terms at the hothouse atmosphere in which lie considers that many hahies of the present day are roared. Some mothers he consider:. '. ; ■ - ..., their children as if tli .■' ■■■ ■ ~r!,l was soino- | !> ''"' <>»e l-:- - :n- :-m- day, fanned •>..' gentle st:Tiii\:.v.: breeze, and int.rrupted only l;y punctual meals <>!_ patent f..(! \! ifl's. Mollv-cod-ol'.'i'r and >:' ; c'!ti"ic feed in e; with cir.d'ullv wo.ked out diets 'in fractions of (unices will produce what he sti-iinati-c-s a sort of spurious IrVlh. I?:'t!le-l'-e'ins. lie snvs, decidedly spoil,-, the good ldoks of a baby, the indiarubher mouthpiece disorganising the muscles of the f:i"e by developing some of them ah'-firmaHy. The Hank returns for the June qnarter (remarks the Trade Review) dis-dose a :ihstn.it:a 1 excess of deposits over advances, approximately equal to the excess shown in the M"rc!i i|i::; t?r. As compared with a year however, this excess is con.siderahi;,- less, to the Tarn;c <n\iwth of a 'cmcr; since then, this growth lii'i'iij-: C-J.'i-0.-iSZ, while the

increase in deposits is some £,'BOO,OOO. 'These movements are largely attributable to the heavy increase in the. scale of importations, coupled with a decline in exports. The trad© returns to 30th Juno are not yt p-rbls'-'l. biit we gather from interim information given by the Department that the twelvemonth's total of experts will lie about one and 51 half millions less than the previous twelvemonth, while imparts are almost certain to show a much increased total. However, as we •have pointed out before, there is still a good balance in favour of the community, and the total of exports is a very satisfactory one. Tiro supply of money continues sufficient for all legitimate requirements, and lending rates are fa.irlv easy. " Nip-a-Cold Tablets'," as their name signifies, cut a cold short in a. day. Easy to take, being cho-colate-coated. They are far more convenient tlipn mixtures. In bottles, one shilling each, from C. S. Keedwell's Pharmacy.—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. T am pleased to say that it has cured me in one day, and I cannot praise it sufficiently.—J am, yours truly, T. A. Harris, Durham Street. Price Is 6d and 2s 6d<per bottjle. F. C. Remington, Chemist, Levin. ( ' -AfdVfc. J

The fortnightly servico at Werarowi will bo held'on Sunday evening, 30th July, instead of to-morrow evening. Mr J. Keai-sley's band will bo in attendance to-night at the Skating Rink. There will be a. .rehearsal of the grand march, which is to take place on Wednesday next, on Moncliay night. The sale of work in connection with the Girls' Friendly Society will lie held in St. Mary's schoolroom, Levin, on the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, August 9th. There will be music and other attractions in the evening. J. C. Williamson, Ltd., has secured the Australian rights of Franz Lehar's latest work, "The Count of Luxembourg." The inaugural performance of this nuuisical comedy ae Daly's Theatre. London, was a most pronounced success. "The Merry Widow" was said, to he the only other piece of the sort with which it could lie compared.

Tn nn article on "Who to Marry," girls arc warned that the greatest mistake is to lose one's head over a. "beauty man." The assumption is that beauty turns out to be a 'boast. Rut "beauty men" have always the consolation of thinking that the man avlio eoukl write on "Who to Marry" may be no greater authority on matrimony than he is on grammar. The Rev. H. G. Posher, vicar of Palinerston North, will address all men interested in the Qhurch of England Men's Society, on Wednesday evening, August 2nd, at St. Mary's schoolroom, Levin, at 7.30 p.m. The meeting has been postponed from next Wednesday, as previously announced, on account of other attractions. The Rev. D. C. Bates' weather forecast states that present indications arc for rain in all parts of the country. Easterly and northerly winds, strong to gale, will probably prevail. The bnrometeric pressure is very unsteady. A temporary rise in the north is likely to be succeeded by a further fall, while a. fall in the south will precede a steady rise and southerly winds and cold weather will follow for several davs.

As a sequel to the discussion at the Levin Lake Domain Board regarding the advisableness of lowering the level of Horowhenua Lake, a communication from the Minister of Lands has reached Major nurlinson, chairman of the hoard. The letter states that the matter .is now being considered by the Lands Department, and that as soon as the legal position is definitely ascertained, and other preliminaries .settled, a further communication on the subject will'be sent to the board. Mr H. B. Trving has found something to learn in Australia. He is making a study of a new branch of cant—of the "crook" slang--the language and idiom of the Australian thieves. His text books are the slang dictionaries compiled by Professor Morris, of Melbourne "University, and Cornelius Low, an expoliceman. Morris. Mr Irving says, has made a scientific study of criminological philology, but the oxpoliceman's book is not sufficiently Australian, containing as it does many words that are to be found in the lexicons of English cant. In reporting on the hemp industry in the Journal of tllve Department of Agriculture, Mr W. H. Ferris, chief grader, states that "it is regrettable to see the manner in which flax is allowed to be cut in many swamps. The. flax is cut right down to the butt. As a consequence, the resulting fibre is badly stained ; noh only this, but the crown of the flax plant, being left exposed to the weather, esp-eially to frosts, its 'future development is retarded, if. indeed, a year's growth i?- Dotal together lost. ft is pleasing to report, however, that many .millers exercise due supervision over the cutting operation's, and see to it that the leaf is cut well from the butt. The result justifies this case many

times over. . . . The outlook for millers is more encouraging than it has been for some time. There is a stronger enquiry from oversea buyers, and the tone of the market lias decidedly improved." According to the reports of two engineers, sent to Pamama by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to make investigations, the canal will be completed before January 1. IM-I, but will not be opened ' for business until a year later. The ivason assigned for this is that it has b'jen found that the grade fixed for the sides of Calebra Cut is too steep and it will take a year for the bills to slide down to their own weight until a practicable slope has been attained. There remain but 22.0(10.000 cubic yards of material to be excavated in Calebra. Cut. As H1.000.000 cubic yards were taken out last year. Hi months should be ample for the completion of this work. Engineers who have inspected tlie formation of the ground in the Calebra Cut and witnessed the difficulties encountered from the slides are unanimous in the opinion that a sea-level canal, involving a cut 85ft. deeper than that now beiu<r made would have been nraetically impossible. There was a record attendance' for this season at the Junior Department of the local Y.M C.A. last night, when the talk was given by Mr D. S. Mackenzie on "Tips for Success," the speaker quoting many pithy American wise sayings to prove his varied points. * The superintendent, Mr J. W. Gibson,

was in Jiis usual place. Master A. Gray contributed a lengthy recitation in good style. Sister' Moody Moll having kindly judged tlbe coinpetition essays, a round of applause greeted each prizo winner, who were as follows:—!. "Over the Tararuas." by G. Walton; 2. "Glimpsesof London," by A. Gray ; 3. "Reading," by I).. Laing. Masters Corson. Pringle and Herd also received commendation for their praiseworthy efforts—the one on "Thrift" being the more original one. ft has been well remarked that the Board of Management at present has the best committee ever yet appointed for this special work and their regularity with that of the instructors, is most praiseworthy. Says the Dunedin Evening Star: - Housewives who are complaining about the price of butter may lie to some extent consoled by <the assurance of a gentleman wno knows all the particulars of the New Zealand dairying industry, and is intimately acquainted with profits and looses, that the high price now asked for butter is the outcome of natural causes. The cows are starved in the autumn, owing to the drought, and the stock are •exhausted, whilst very little is being made. "We are referring to fresh butter. There is any amount of good salt butter in the country at reasonable values, but the people will not eat it. Our informant declares with

positiveness that there is no ring in the. south. Up Wellington way a ring is in existence, hut there is no stock to control, so that the ring is as much floored as ever.vbo.cly else. But the present tightness of the butter market is not likely to last. For this cheering information wo are indebted to Mr J. R. Scott, secretary of the South Island Dairy Association, who says that up north the cows are coming in earlier than usual, and that by the end' of this month the people around Palmerston North and other districts will bpi making plenty of butter, so that there is no reason to hope for a fall in price by August. Mr Scott adds that winter dairying is becoming less and less payable for the arduous work. , -