LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 October 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Prosperity for Levin and district are presaged by the phenomenally good milk yields already experienced. To give a specific instance- wo may say that the Kereru creamery branch of the Levin Dairy Company is receiving three 'hundred gallons per day more than was brought in at this season of 1910. The yields this year have averaged 1300 gallons per day. This increase is accounted for 'by the fact that dairy farmers have taken warning from their last year's unprofitable experiences in the dry spell of January and February, and have guarded against a similar loss by allowing their cows to come earlier to pront, thus securing the sure profit of the early spring, rather than the problematical one of the New Year and subsequent months, which is guaranteed only in moist summers.

The Foxton Herald records that at tli«o Borough Council meeting a councillor objected that the nuisance inspector's report was not couched in sufficiently dignified language. This protest was the result of a sentence in the inspector's report which read: " The forbidden ground next the Masonic Hall is beginning to Ih'um!"

The poultry class at the Hawera Technical School (says the Star) is in a nourishing state, the members taking a very keen interest in the lccturos and the practical work. "Wit'hiin the past few days the class has constructed an up-to-dato poultry run and house, the- work having'been carried out in the students' spare time. This is the first run in the dominion to be constructed. I>y technical students, as it was the first class in the dominion. An incubator house will he erected later on.

I It is state;!, that a curious position I has arisen in regard to the insurance ion a houw which was recently destroyed by fire at Christchuroh. The I policy innm office expired on the day of the fire and a fresh policy, starting on the day of the fire, had been taken out iii another office. The fire oocured at 2.30 p.m., and the fire office states that its cover expired at noon, while the second office states that its cover did not commence tPI 4 o'clock. There is a differencf of 'opinion at present as to which office will bear the loss, or whether either office will have to bear it. b"t it is confidently stated that thte matter will be amicably adjus+fd, The 'rmsition is said to he unique in Oliristchm.reh experience. TV owner of the was naturally under the impression that his risk was secn'relv covered, and the period •α-nrinar whicln there could be.anv posr-ible donibt was extremelv brief . As luck worn Id have it. hk>wever. the fire occurred during that brief period; Yon sho'ild vote for the Government on what ytou believe, but •aoainst it on what you know. Vote for Byron Brown.—Advt.

Reserve yonr order for "G" Tea winch i<? expected to arrive in Noveinl>er.—Adyfc.;- < r \ •;; -, -' v y

Facts and figures regarding No-Li-cense and drunkenness, supplied by the Lovin No-License League, arc advertised, in The Chronicle to-day.

The Lovin Auctioneering Company this week will despatch to the Wellington market 820 dozen egg*. At the corresponding "period ' y pav the firm sent 480" dozen.

A sperm whale captured off Vnnconrer Tsland lias been found to contain 25011* of ambergris, a substance in great dcniaiid for perfumery. At the present market price the find is worth £30,000!

So much papier mache is being used at present for the helmets, shields and aromnr of pageant knightsthat there is a grave danger of our boots costing us more in the near future, says an English writer. They may even have to ho made of leather!

Row I). C. Bails' weather i'ovecast states that present,, indications are for rising easterly and northerly winds, warm r.iul hazy weather to 1)0 followed by increasing cloudiness and a. change in conditions to unsettled weather generally. The glass will probably fnl] steadily everywhere and low in the .South •after about 24 hours.

"I am of opinion that in a few years butter will be very hard to obtain in N T ew Zealand, except at a liigh price,' said Mr D. J. Nathan, of' Wellington, to a AYairnrnpa Daily Times reporter. fr T enn see this stare of affairs com ing plainly enough n.s indications point to the. fact that dairy fnefories will he giving practically all their attention to the manufacture of cluwe."

Hi ere are indieations that the supply of pigs is goinr; to be short. What -effect this will have on prices it is difficult to say. So many people are going in for the dairying indnstiy who require pigs for ordinary purposes that con?oouontlv the supply available for disposal will be short. Moie than thai:-, of course. a good many farmers am keeping tihoir cnlves. which is reducing" the quantitv of available for the market. The ' -ventral health of piss in this dish"'"t is reported to have improved during the past few months, but it is hard to say at present. Andrew Carnc/io. told an audience at Liverpool flint he had "taken to library forming be:'a;r<o his faflvr did it before him. ,, William Cnrnegie'w effort- at libra-.",- founding ire re extremely pin V~i, .-.s compared with tin- work- of his distiu'nisV'd son. Tn IS3S Mr father was a jd'Hrneviiifin in "nunfermliii; 1 . TT( n:i<! two nt'li' r drivers of the sini Mir- nvt. nnd r<vreprT to convey the bo"ks t ;1 -v h-<i\ in iheir respective homes to one house. The combined libraries only fio^ire- 1 out twentv Vfilnmo':. Tp-> pioneers were joined bv other weavers, .and they n.crreed to ta\- t.hei'velv'.s to the extent of a few pence per month, and from this fn'id nnrel'H-e new books. The little institution ulti'tin'clv blossorped into hho nnnfermline Tradesmen's Li'iiary

Politics won 1 hotly di?ciiß-.'orl in F/evin yesterday by men, whose of these problems, jurifcin.!: r by wh-nb tbev were savin.'- , ", was decidedly Tniited. Tlie claims of the various can'lidnto.> were discussed, and er/'i! ;:"];>■ ° of five shillin;is wa-s In id. o.>c m-'ii laid five shiliinps th-t M<- li'iold would top the poll .a.ir: 1 Ihat Mr ir.'.noktnn AVonld be at tho 'lmiioMi. The other mail',? fiyo shilli'ifs was laid that Mr Monoktmi v/ould el,"fi-ed and that Mr Fir-l'T wd'ild 1- —f-ah'd in the second ballot. A workintnnan who was present, snH: A'-orkinn;-mnn who votes rrr."!'ipi this Govornmenfc is nT'kiiitL , ■' bbiude.: , . We're ffoltinn; donblr- tbn wai'es we were whci thore v:os m> Lihrr::! ment in power, and the c,f livin.G; has not ii'cro'i-'.fi finy-ibine; like in proporlinn to tlir , riso in wa;iT"."

The Prohibition campaign is being pushed forward with energy, and ia.st evening 11 j u Ccniury J Jail was crowded to listen to an addresa by Airs Barton, cx-_eouucillor of Glasgow. .Mr T. G. Vincent presided, and was sujiported by the ilev. T. 1 ,1 . -Jones. .\l.rs Barton, who.se address was intursporsed with numerous interesting anecdotes, dealt at length witii the licensing question, aiiid urged :;il Lho-« j)resent tu help on the cause because, she said, they would require all their abilities to defeat tho enemy. They must rally round and overthrow tho drink traffic. J'hey won. , determined to carry out their intentions and to aoliiievo victory. Their work wa.s decidedly growing. In Manakau yesterday they had a line meeting, and the children from the school all came in .and she sent a message to all the parents :" Drink \v.as tire greatest menace to the welfare of tho home.'' In Xew Zealand and in Glasgow it- wa.s a menace to health. That duy in ftlmnnon she. had formed a branch ol" the W.C.T. U. There m Levin, v.ith splendid assistance o[ sensible, enthusiastic. patriotic New mon and women, they had a splendid meeting, ■and those persons Avert! going to get out and fight for the great cause, determined that tho bars should be closed. They had courairo and Avent forward. Mrs .Barton's a f !dns,s was listened to with groat attention, there wore no intorjcclions. kind tho meeting wa.s an unqualified success.

The local experience (says an Iμveroargill paper; has been that people show «■ goo-cl deal of ignorance- or indifference in the filling up of claims for enrolment, thereby causing registrars in different electorates unnecessary trouble, and delaying claimants' enrolment until the necessary enquiries are made. At the Magistrate's Court the I'ogistnir of Electors for Tnverea.!■■.•ill proceeded against a retired seafaring man who had made his claim for enrolment the su'bjeet of a joke, thus making false and misleading declarations, which cost him 30s and a lecture from tlio bench. The Crown solicitor (Mr W. Mac.ilister) m,;, 1 that he v.'i's instrnck'd not in press for n heavy flno. Tlio r'<>feti'';mt bid admitted his wroug-dfiiig iimd njirtlogised to tlio registrar, infc just about this time some two or throe thousand claims for enrolment wove being received hy that ofliM'i], nnd to bo ■botheired -oy such claims as tho defendjint hiad filed was at least annoying. The defendant's c'airn staled that the last electoral district he had resided in was "Tlxavo'.i'. 1 ' liis flddress on that roll "Bluff Press." find his present address the "Rixfathom mark." The ease had ooen brought as a warning to ot-bors Mint their claim:? must be propr-rly filled in and declared a-uthoris-pd persons. '.Ihe magistrftrf; said that as a fin a not a.sked for* the defendant would be convicted and or.dered to pay costs fth) and solicitc/v's fee (£1 Is.) If any further cases of the kind eam-e before him., he would deal severely with them, p.p. it was of the utmost inip-irt'inco to tV> country that the 'electovol should, bo corrc'-tlv compiled.

Post, Time?, Dominion, nnd the world's leading -newspapers at Thompson's, Levin.—Advt Hnve you seen the new "Pa-nd;i.n Hat" for working; men? Jiist # tlre ■hat to worn , for haymaking,, lojrginjrup, or general farm work. They are an improvement on the old "Island Hat," being strong p/nd pliable, having a broad brim with a good leather strap Imckle around crown. Clark's have been fortunate in securing a goodrinnntitv, 18 doz- I en, from the makers ot a low prif«e, and, as ns'ial, intoncl to share the hnrcrain with our customers. Try tone! We are offering them for the very low price of,9d and Is each. "'' *":-".-. V" ""'- J . J, '."-\. r *.r j ■ } - ■

A Parliamentary paper to h» n 4r*°* day shows that during 1911-18 New Zealand Government debentures amounting to £2,360,491 will mature. As most of them bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent., a considerable saving in interest Should bo effected when re-issues are made.

Mr Massey, says a writer in theOamaru Mail, says the Government nas'iio policy, "but what is his? Has ho any beyond freehold on terms that he could not get the House to adopt were he in power to-morrow and an elective Legislative Council. wihicil» would simply moan a double election and the return of men no better than those we have. Mr Maesi<y is personally a good fellow, but as" a lender he is devoid tof two essentials—the power of initiative and the broad grasp that ought to chnrnctcriso a leader of a great party. He bickers too much over trifles, and by that very attitude the lessens his ninna. not only in tilve House but in ithe country. ' To tell an M.P. a-s he did the other day that he "had not the brains to make a good "Road Board member" is entirely beneath! tihe dignity of a man wlio stands out for reformation in politics and uurity 'of administration. Tt would be bad form in an ordinary menVber; in a lea ,l or it is inexcusable.

How is your horse looking? Doesn t ho require a- good tons juet now? A nacket of "Condition Powder' , will make a heap of difference to his appearance and put fresh life into him. Tn one pound packets at two shillings from C. S. Keedwell's P'narmacw- Advt.