LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 October 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

,* At the Oaidiiold. races on Safurday, Lady .Medallist (an ox-Sow 'Zealand horse) won the Can Mold Cup in record time. ' Mr M. I'Wlla, a candidate for election to the Levin Rorough Council, has an address to the electors in our issue of to-day. His endeavours are to bo made- toi wards economy, progress, independence and impartiality. | The tender for erection of the new church at l"e 1:1 oro for the local Mo- ', thodists has hoen let to Harvey aud 'Co., of Levin, and the work is to be I star tod within a week's time. The i plans for the edifice were drawn by j Mr •)'. Harvey and adopted by the ! Methodist Conference exactly in it-he form submitted--an approval of | which tho designer uat.ur.allv is i pleased. I The Foihling Star reports that i the Feilding Jockey Club discussed :a proposal that Mr .1. ■!. Hammond, ' who is brinline; out a dying madi- ; ine. to make bis lirsfc Might in New Zealand at (he next Easter meeting |of the club. It is agreed that this ■would attract a largo crowd of visitors to the Feibling mooting from ' all parts of New Zealand. Mr | Haniinnnd is io be asked to meet ■ the club to discuss the matter. i, Rohearsa's „< "Tim Open Gale" ; and " W'rii ten in Sand." by the i Levin Dramatic So.rioiy. are going | very sue.-cssi'ulh'. and the various ' perforrneis are aliwdy fe( unite at home in iheir parts, and. as (lie i date of product ion is still over a ; month away, this argues well for ] the perfurimvuces. which will doubij less be a tinge success. I A la.rjrtrard debtor. M - ho \\'as >ucd ■on a judKice'it suiinnoiis at "vWlHimc- ! ton last Friday, received a most I mild application of the laws talons. ! His debt: was C'L"iii. Dr. McArilmr. iS.M., orde:\"d him io pay il ofl' by j weeklv insiabm-nis ol' five sliil!iii'j.s leach. ' 'If he keeps well and in wc.vk ;and shows Tin cause fu-,' in-ceased instalment orders hem?, made a;::ainf i'him, he will his indebti ne.ss shortlv bef.ore the Chri-tiims I season (; f mV. The Shell Picture Company has a : most interesti'im- pro-uramine for foi ni'iht at Shannon, and there should .be a. crowded audience. All the 'latest pictures will be on view. The ! Levin Town Tl.-il! was w«ll-fiilod last by an appreciative . incr. when the cimnany submit tc-d a hiudily interestiii'.; senh-.s of iilins. ''The Outbreak," a stirriu"- storv of cowboy life in the Wild West, ] was the chief feature of i"\\c pro--1 '.muimo. and it. pioved a bio; bit. Tho drama and the comic elements i wore well catered for. There is ino doubt that the Shell Company j has established itself in j popular i'avo :r. nv:l provided the \ ! fdins continue 1 ( » be of the presold | , high standard of evcellenee. future \ ; success is assi;r, .'•, ' j | Mr d. Robinson addressed the j jelec'ois ,)[' Ciaki in the Town Hall I lon Friday ev< nine:. Mr ./ones pre- : j ridod, and the candidate had a very | attentive and appreciative "udieuce. 'He dealt principally with the laud ! question, and crdieNod the 0 ivernJ ment and. Opposition parties in re- { spent to their policies. The Dej fence Act aiso (••muo in for a 'i'o::d | deal of coiuleinnation. if beiii'.v ehai'- ! j acterised as undemocratic. The: ■speaker also contended thai such a | measure should have been submitt- | ed to a referendum of the people be- | fore bei!!-' brought into force. Af [the close a number of questions j were asked and answered. A vote 1 of thanks ro the (aiulidade was proposed by Mr J. (!, Rotter, seconded j liy Mr I). Noble. an amendment ! was- propo-ed h • )} t - (I, Statfen, and seconded by .Mr .1. IT. Levesby. that the candidate be accorded a vote of thanks anil confidence, and the chairman putting if- {n the meeting, the amendment was carried almost unanimously. P.C.R, Pro. ('!. W. Pa ton, brother of Rro. Peter Pafton. of the Levin branch of the Ancient Order of Foresters, has Had. a long and distinguished career with the Order. Ho was initiated a member of the Order in Court Enterprise. No. 30f)(), in July, 1888. The same year he was elected to the podtion of J.IS., and, once in oflice, proved a most energetic member of the Order. After passing through all the chairs in tho Court, his zeal did not lack, as he immediately aspired to Pis- : trict honours, .and was cVctcd DP> i (1897), D.S'.C.R. (180S). and D.C P (1809). I'nfortunaLdy !,e was compelled to resign that -position ■ through business engagements, j Shortlv afterwards lie c-Mne to Tuj. l vereargill, and decided to draw hist; cleirance irom Court Enferpri-e. ■.< and join Court Klw -f the South. | No. ;"iSI2. when he was not long in '. i making his pre-'eii"'< known. Re- ] ■ ing a keen de'hater. 'he oFtcn broir.dit ' the rn.'es in! a re-iuisitio i to '

: knoll v points. He has been e-!o tjctl on thro.- <K-r- si;■!!« t'i Chief Bai>jorfii- ((pv-c •utivc'v in C'diivi Star !nf t':> S::"fl,. —1 ;„ {mo year linr! j t'>e h-«<:.-:<r :>f i ; 'il : ;ifi v. v ~,,,•> I nM iMi'("] ■ r>n>ld !■']'!(■(•:• ;i rri'i"! for wh'ch lr> |v-, s roNqr.Tt'.hM hv thn IM.-f r |,.!- ; F.\'."fll.) il !'. nilfl ]>r<-; f >..fr'(] !••• i'V> j C'"-i!'t v/iili a !i;m-l«-.,o !if..-.[zr/l I pl'n+c- •■■-!.: |. of Mnvrir. <,!.,,•> n rr o '.-7 I signet '-niiv. .At present lio lvojrl.s j the- nation of Thi,s+t to the feint. land is still :n keen n Forester r ,r, ! over. Tt mnv h.-< 'npiitionerl fh.nt ; TVTt Patton. snin'nr, father of Mr 0. i Patton, i-5. iiiinsfif n v-->iy\l>r. r of the I Ol'dpf. • 1 " "iVf 1 ;' "S S(>rf'll ?:":')«, C) 'daughter, and throe .sons-in-law.

A fire in the Otaki store of Messrs Bills, Moore and Carpenter, on Saturday evening, occasioned damage | estimated at'over £100 (to the I stock) and £-10 (to the'building). I Tl. is reported by the Otaki Mail | tlmt another .largo 'block- of land -it ' 'IV I foro, owned \y the Misses Gear ! will bo sub-divided, for sale by pub- | lie auction in February next. ; The envelope system of church (contributions is earnestly reoomj mended to the various churches of j this district by the quarterly nieetling of the Levin-Otaki Methodist f Church. An address to the borough olee- ; tors of Levin from Mr W. Arehij bald, who is a candidate for one of | the existing vacancies on the eounI oil. appears in to-day's Chronicle. j" Progress with economy" is Mr j Arehiba-hl's watchword. | A crowded gathering was seen in I the Salvation Army Barracks, Lo!vin, last night, when Mrs Brigadier ! Glover opened the annual sale of |w.u-k. The Boys' Band from AYeiraroa Training Farm gavo a proi gramnio of instrumental and vocal ■ music, rccitafions. etc. The sale, j was resumed at 2.150 p.m. to-day, jam! will be continued flu's evening. j A variety programme will bo gone i through this evening, and Mrs Gloj voi' will give a lecture on an appro- ! printe subject. Another crowded ' gathering ■« 'anticipated. ] By the swamping of a 'boat on ;Sunday morning at Foxton Heads, lo'iLi'iit person's were drowned. Their j names are .--Agues T. Grove, Rex jE. Grove, J. If. Grove, Emmy Rojborf. Leslie Robert. Douglas Robert ! Florence Arnold and Grace O'Sullij van. The Coroner returned the i following verdict at the inquest ! yesterday : - ■■"■ That (he deceased I came to their death by drowning in j the Manawitu river on October 22, j 1911., accidentally, through misad- ! venture and that he was of opinion j (hat more rare should be exercised : in regulating the number of people jlo he c:irrcd in re.W boats." Still !another disa>ler i* recorded. While ! four men in a motor surf boat were jinking 10 hales of wool out to ! Aleves Richardson's s.s. Fanny, at ; Porangahmi on Saturday the en- ; gine stopp-d. the hoat broached to '.and was swamped in the surf. The i men drowned, were; A, C. Ross. C. | A. Johanson. L. Olson and J. .Tov-gotv-en. Lord Roberts' in.s!ini-l i\'e horror of cats is well known, but a corretI ooe.l .„,' of the Mr if Ml M'Nlienl J-lour!::!! tel's an even more romaik;;;h!e .-dor' - . My wife, he says, "has i'iir-e birth la.tfend firm an absoi lid" !:orr. : r <| .spHer-' in ohildh.vnd I V-t'n le ed t , '•i\'e ri<" to fearful ! sei'enmin'i' !!•« holing until the of- | fending spi't t was removed and at 1 the present dire ihe horror has not ! abated .nt ..II Onlv fwo nitrhfs acn |T "■,"-: :!"s|'!ly ■:'!miinencfl to our hi di room and w;\.~, requested "to find ; the -nhh.r." A «hort search re- ! ve;iled a lario .spider at rest on a i i]<\-k p-i h (-a the wallpaper, and hill the ij!.-,.. that it remained there ! in- wife evidenced this horror oF if. ; T'; .<' ,fh.;|i; by whiell >du> ("11.*; a I'C H | in'colhir spinal thrill, and. (hen a , kind of menial "aura" proclaims i (he m-esence of the spider. The ' test is. so far as T ha l -" in fmir v ( >nrs bo'-n abb' tl I'iroye it. infallible as |T h.i"" never been needlessly smn- | mon"d. and. moreover. <dio can tell

;,'if- n n m ill ;i" nl>>;ilnfoly fl'irk room | ci'i \\'l:i:-1i v:;i\\ it s 'i:t>l>;i 1 il_v crnv.i- ---; in";--ni nnv r:ilo. vliirli of tbo four ; ."itHi'm's it i"; iionrp.'f. Tlor fntfior's : -•■«ff'.r .sMfToro;! frruii n .simihr f:ir>'ill'v Ol'V 111: f if-irlv so vol I dovol- ! oi.orl. If mi iii? hi mo flint, in flio ■A-ot'.-o of ;mv <>t'ior ovptni.aiion. ; flio r>]>onom n n-'n lio ro^nrdod I :-.s :<•' o\lr:i vi!>r>. >.'v vil'o fro- ! '|!!f"''t!',' b'or!lil)'!']v s'lvs fllllt .«110 I no'.sl 11.-ivo "boon :i "fly'' ill :i Pl'o- • v:r>im «f:to <>! oxisfoneo. | I'/rir-' ;iro pioriHfnl just now. and ; flirs sln-owd lioiisokoopor cnr\ onsuro jplonty for wintor n..<--p by prp.seryin"; I tli'Mii' with "Siiiioro." tlio ronpr-ii-jtrntod \vntoralits«. A shilling: tin j !ii:iK'o<; onoiKrh to prosorvo a korospno liMi foil villi no risk. OMninnlilo ! onlv f'om C. S. Krodvoll's Pli.u----j huh'v. Oxford sti'PPt.--Adyt.