LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 August 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i - Kern competition was experienced ; at iho Levin pnuinl. yestoidayj when i iin aged horse, "with ;i knee" (said i to have In , en developed at polo), was [auctioned by .Mi A. Mu.sgrove, tin , . , ! pouudkeepor. A cautious townsman ! from ayoiit the Tweed set the com- ! petition going with a bid of six 'shillings, but the blioy from over the water promptly raised liim to ton. Thou by sixpenny increases i the- olfers rose till £1 10s was reached. At this stage ;i well-known baker dropped out of the running. :1t was said that he once owned the horse and knew his paces; but evidently he know the nag's limitations also. After eight further rises of sixpence a time had been made by : various bidders, the competitors j cried enough, and the horse was ■ knocked down to the bidder of tl 1 Is—a representative of' Mrs -I. j Mudgw.ay. ! Part II of the Xew Zealand Year Book—containing statistical details of maiiiifactories and works, local ; governing; bodies, licensing, local ; j option, etc'—is to Ikuxl from tlio Government Statistician. These sheets are full of useful and interestj ing information. The Maoris of the Bay of Islands have erected nearly 100 miles of • telephone connecting up remote vil--1 lages with tiro chief centres of the , district. In this matter they have - , followed the lead of the Waiapu East Coast Natives, who were the j pioneers of the Maori-owned telej phone system of the dominion. I At the first annual meeting of the Eketahuna Cow-testing Association, Mr W. Elliott stated that probably over 1000 cows wonl<l be available this yckir. "We can look forward to the time when cows will he soild on their tests," he said. "This will be a very big benefit to timfarmer, who is compelled; to go to , the market to make up his herd, and will ensure good prices to the far- ! iner who had good cows for sale." A-serious firo in which two of the Levin Borough Council's employees —Messrs T. Tyson and J Chambers —narrowly escaped with their lives occurred at the camping ground at the tumiel at the head works of the water supply. Tho men retired to rest shortly after nine o'clock on Monday evening when, apparently, everything was safe. About two o'clock they wore awakened by smoke and flames' and found that the galley was more than three parts destroyed. The tent in which they wore sleeping was in llames, and without a second's hesitation they plunged through the flames, leaving clothes and food behind 'iiem. Both men got their feet badly burned. Tyson had a considerable portion of his hair destroyed, while Chambers' trousers were completely spoiled. portions of them being burned right through. A quantity of provisions wns burnt. Chambers said he had been in a fire brigade and knew what a fire meant, but be had lrer-er had to fight the flames as on that occasion. The men. met with continued bad luck, as in crossing a stream an accident occurred to tho trap, a shaft was broken, and the horse fell .heavily into the water. They dragged tho animal out when they were up to their middles in water ._ Subsequently the men came to Levin.. ,

In view of tlio Levin-Hui Mai ' football mwatcli at Manakau on batimlnv the Levin club will nolcl a, practice matcfo on Thursday ofter--110011, on tlio Recreation Ground. Tlio ftov. D. C. Bates' forecast tolegi-apliod from Wellington, states that'present indications are for unsettled and cloudy weather, es'pwially in the south and west,_ a;n<l a glass, particularly in tlve. southern districts. Advices from Wellington this morning state- that Pawelka, is still at liberty. A systematic search is Ireii iff continued.'but Police-Tnsnee-tor Ellison wisely refuses to malce 'pii'blie any details of the disposition. The Hill text of -bli-o report of Mr A. V. Burnard. Palmerston North. on the recent elocution competitions at Levin, lias been handed to The Chronicle-. Tt will be printed in tomorrow's issue. The monthly nveetino: of the St. Mary's Communicants , -Guild. Levin, will meet in the schoolroom on Thursday evening. \.hv 31sfc in«t.. at 7.."i0 p.m. .Subject: "The Origin of the Holy Communion." A cordial invitr.tion is extended to all Church members. Mr .T. R. Macdonold has left for Christehmv'h for the stock sales at Acklinii+on. He ha?, sent a. consignment of 500 sheep for this snle. To-d'fiy he is shipning -10 fat bullocks: and 000 additional sheep for the followir.g Wednesday's sale. 'Hie Ladies' Sewing Guild- of St. Miry's, Levin. M'ill hold their monthly mooting on Friday next, in the schoolroom, at 2.30 p.m. Tt was decided at a former meeting that this should tike the form of a gift tea, the-■ members bepv asked, to contribute imte.rials to the same. In addition to the report of the [speech delivered at Shannon by Mr Ell, ALP., our Shamioi! correspondent sends us two items of social interest, as follows :-Great sympathy was felt for 'Mr and Mr Tom Gardiner in their -:id bereavement in the death of their infant child.— Shannon is happily very free- from pilferers, but the visitor to Paddy Gill's green oats is promised, a. warm time, if he comes 40 or 50 times more. Final arrangements for next Wednesday's bull) sihow were mado at a meeting of the Levin Horticultural Society which took place last night. Mr Richard Pronse presided. «nd there was a large attendance of members. It was resolved that Mr J. Ivenrsley he ■engaged to supply musical selections during the evening, i Tt was further resolved that Mrs \V. jM. Clark and Mr P. W. Goldsmith ibe asked to 'arrange a. small programme of-vocnl and recitative items to be given on ih<? evening of the sihow. Mesdames S. Parsons and G. V r Brown were appointed class stewards for cut blooms. As cbss stewards f<m , the decorative classes JMrsd.'imos W. M. f'kirk and H. E. Lndjro worn appointed. Tho M;a.vor (Mr B. T\. OiM-leneri is h> be asked to open the show. Nelson has a generous benefactor in Mr Tilteinas Cawthorn (says tlio ".Mar I borough lOxpress , '). ' ,Somo I yeai's ago lie presented a Sundav 1 School to Tui Toi \'alley. Ho made I a valuable presentation to the <Nelj son and donated £500 to j the Nelson Institute. He subse|i|uenU.v ofl'i red to defray the cost of I carrying on tho improvement schemeI for the Chi-.reh liill steps in eoniiecition with the Albert Pitt memorial ! fund. He gave 1500 to the buildJ ing of tilie Scliool of Mjisie, and lent • C2OOO to the school at a nominal ! rate of iiiicrcst. Indood, 'but for his assistance tho School of Music ! could never h:w,- be-e.ll juilt at all. 'Quite recently he donated another CSOH to the same in.»iitiitioji, and ; has promised thrco further dona- ! tions, each of the same amount, at i half-yearly intervals, so that, tho 111idebtness of the school in about a

j year's time will ho eomnlotolv exIn addition u," (he ' forego in a" he lias ordered for the ; School of Mn.?ie. a magnificent jat a cost of about "C20!"!0. Altoi jiollior, ifr Cawtliorn's benefactions :to Xolsoii are alnvost unprecedented i in tlip way of .spontaneoiis liberality .so fill , as \ew Zealand is concerned.

J '"Xii d.Milit there has boon, cliuiji-j; 'the ])!ist twelve- or eighteen months,' Ia- surplus of hiisiiK v-: i.;<>■,, ;,i th' , .- town, , ' rotnarWd. M.r W. M. Clark to a, Chronicle reporter yesterday, j there are niaiiy who* are cniiij plaining bitterly of bad times. But jthere is no real., cause fen- J),..,, ifiinmm. Taking [\u> drapery and (clothing !.!i.-iiM>-s. so far a.s I ain cwiicomi.hJ, I fi;:;! the volume of business tin's year, as compared with last iyoar, is slightly hotter. With t!i<> l winter over, .aml with the- prosnects !of an early spring, I have no hosi- [ tation in saying that the 'hnsiiiosx j men of Levin will inn] that it will ,bo a prosperous season." It was i pleasing to noto. lie added, that j there wove a very solid lot ol' now , residents arriving in th> <li\strie,(. |an;l thaf. ereynl ~!:! resideiits. ' M'lio had left Levin to find better fields. ];ad returned, and stated that in tlieir travels tliey could i not find a climate or a district more ; eoiirronial and pleasant to live in \"\t is true." added Mr Clark! "that we liave many people saying j that with tilve mnnocr of empty j,chops in Levin the mn-st lie in jfi had way. Hut tin's is the experience of all progressive townsliips, and .especially when a Lariro amount of public money is expended. The spending of this monov naturally hrinps into a town a larp;e nunihe'r 'of workmen so n lcm<:r employment, j The- Iniildiiio- specula tor Imilds shops ; and inconvenient houses, which are I let aftor the expenditure of puhlie J inoney. Those men later on j for other (|unrtors. Rettor and I more substantial houses are heino; erected, and ihis shells nermnnenco."

A Little Liver Pil! composed of vegetable injerodients is just the pill to relieve indigestion, constipation, etc.. and have n beneficial effect upon the stomach. Ttottles of 40 for K from C. fi. Keodwell's Pharmacy, Oxford street.—Advt.