LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 October 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On inrjiiiry we learn that satisfactory progress is being made in taking up collections for the presentation to Mr J. S. Fowler, late senior selector to tlic Ifonnvhpnua Ruigby Union. Had news for poultry farmers! Weasels are said to bo infesting Lerin district in large numbers. Oases of depredation -are stated to bo coming common. Tli© Horowhenua Boating Olub avi'll open its season on November Bth. ■Olub members friends will lie invited to bo present, and tfliere will be lijT-ht refreshments. On tOiis occasion ~Mr S. Jivcwster's cup will be presented to Mr "W. R. Burgo by whom it was won last season. At the competitions at Wellintrton yesterday Miss Aland BemingtonVas first in instrumental (violin solo) for oompotitorls over 16 and under 21 years of age. The test piece was Humoresque" (Alfred Hill), three competitors entered the lists

Mr J. Stratford, Government orchard inspector for this district, is busiv visiting tlio various orchards i,, Levin, and expresses hinisolf as feeing very well satisfied with all ;ho has seen up to the present. Mr Stratford has Uiatl a wide evper.eneo of pomology in British Columbia and the United States, nml apart from his official position, his conclu«ions arc most interesting!:. osterdav lie visited a number i>l , Iruitorowers in AYeraroa. In nearly all rases he reports thai: Die trees are in very good condition and carefully looked'after. Ho is favourably impressed with what lie has seen ar the orchard of Mr J. C.Neill. of the Horowhenua. Village Settlement, who, he savs, hns planted some very stood trees.' The .around, too. is in excellent condition. H<> is also favourably impressed with what, he saw at Mr Biackburne's. Mr Newport's, and Mr Butlers. "They .are well-cultivated farms," he remarked. Prospects for crops are hold by Mr Stratford to he very good, and all the trees are showing well. He throws out the hint tUi-afc it would be well for grower,-; to look to spraying for codlin moth, as the time is almost ripe for its application. Mr Stratford, in discussing matters with n Clironicle reporter yesterday, said that there were, 'without' doubt, excellent' prospects for making Levin a good centre for fruit culture. The barometer at. the Levin District High School was very low voslerday. ' At •'> o'clock it stood at 20.1 with a falling tendency. The opening of the Koxton Bowling Olul) took place on Wednesday. There w:<s a. good .attendance, but owing to the unfavourable weather no outside rinks were present. There arc 57-10 iKimcs on the main roll for the Otaki Kleotorato, as against, '101 l on the official Government roll which was printed in .February of this yeai , . Ten thousand brown trout fry were consigned to Levin from the Masterton lish ])onds, and were liberated in the upper reaches of the Ohaii yolerday. A meeting of the' Management Commit h'c of (lie Horowbenua Hu!j;by Tiiion will l>o held on Tuosdav eveiiiiiii nesf at Ihe Chronicle Oliiee. Quail ai'e to be .seen in fairly lai'jre miiii'.K'! , ..--: on Mr J. R. Macdonald's run, Heathei'lea. and on the .seaward side of Ihe llorowhenna Lake. The first of a .series of monthly services will bo held in the schoolroom, Muhiinoa Fast on Sunday evening next by the Vicar of Levin. '■'Woman Jlt r Call and Commission." will lie the subject of the l'l'v. A. C. Randorsoir.s address in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening uexi The many friends of Mr "Archie" MeMiiin. -n Palnierston North, will regret to hear that he is at present in the Groytown llo.spital sufiVrinu: Siiniewhat severely from a neglected cold. It will probably be some considerable time before Mr Me.Minn I will be able to about agnin.— Dominion. Last niiiht marked Hie termination -if the 1011 Self-Denial effort of I the Salvation Army. li> Levin and (district a xit is factory result wa,s achieved. A total .sum of CI OI '-as contributed, which constitutes a new record. Last year's l-ilal nl COT was the hi;Jie?i; n\i to that dale, so the latest record gives the local army oflicei'.s and .soldier.s cause for saiisfaction. Mr C. A. W. Monekton. Refonn candidate for Otaki, spoke at Tnkomaru on W(d'!e,s(!\v night. Ifis speech '.\'.-ss on die ■an'o lines as hi.; Otaki address, and that a goodly j proportion (if the (Mighty odd people j present sy mpa I hi.sr.l wiili the views ! he expoi'iiflcd was shown by the frequency el' the applause. He wn'.s askerl ninny quesi inns, which be .answered to the s'-fining satisfaction lof his audience. The nieetinn- r-les-j ed with the i:sn.:>.l votes which wore carried unanimously. The ManakiMi rorrespoiiile-nt nf the Otnki Mail sa.vs that the only I jarring note struck' at Mr Monckj tiin's meelinir held there on Tuc. , ;- Idav nigh! wms vhen Mr ! ; . Hall (asked whether Mr P.rown had yei I paid the money into court in ,- o

the on so Monokton v. Brown. The candidate niiMverod : So: AFr Bro\vn Ims not pr>i<l. Tl , r|iioMion. iiot. :i political ouo. Iμ,'! not. liavo Ihhmi :is ii like tlio licpiniv'io; of :: jicrsoiialilios." "'liicli so far liavo liy all raiulidaios boon carefully I'solunvo'l. In wiili a Chronicle report.!'i , yesterday, Mr A. J. TTni'dino; soerct , '. ry to (ho late Levin Scull ins: Cluli. nientioiied iliai lie li.ad lizard thai a in Iho IfHVii liad l)foii vory successful in liis efforts to osbvhlisii a new cricket dill), and lie slyly remarked Unit tlii« cluli mi'.:hl; accidently liare Ih-mi (lie cause of the premature burial of the Scnllin.fr Club. ITe understand." tliat no sni'S'-i'ipi ion is r>'<imivd. as :i!l the materia! is in haiu!, and all thai; ix wanted is "men to come aivl slop;." TTndcr tlie cirrnmstance.-: wo should jiul.ee that liy this time the rvoiitleinan onrdit to 'bf l buried to a dei)tli of iwo:h'--oven fret, a!" least in application for membership. Levin Defence Uifle Club will fire next Sal in day for Hie Fresh .hood and Ire Company's Cup. This competition is between iho various rifle clubs of the county (teams ol oijrlit men), each one. firing on atown This season there will he two co'iiipotiiions. one next Saturday and Ihe other on the second Saturday in February. Arrangements for next Saturday's silwiotin.ti were completed at a meeting of the K'hnotino; committee held last night. Tfc was resolved tli.it Mows F. 0. Smitli and T). Musp:rore lie asked to q;o t-o Shamion as check markers and scorers, in aceonlnnee with conditions laid down by the annual ineetin<x of clnl) (!>.eld at Otaki last month. commences at 1 p.m. o.n the Shannon rano-c ;jn. 1 at 12 noon on tlie Levin rana;e. The distanci'e ore 200, 50(1 and 000 yards, Kovon shots perm.'iu .sit o.:u'li ran^e. It is stated that, with the exception of Mr .). McLenvey. all the present- member* of the Coiuity Council will .stand for election. The names of no new candidates are yet j publicly announce:!, an:! the hope is expressed th :t Mr -AieLoavoy will withdraw his contemplated resignation, and allow himself to be nominated. A farmer of broad acres who wa.s in town yesterday, alluded to the matter, and said that Mr ' MeLofivey's services to the locality had heen many and useful, and whoever else came forward would not 'he ahle to :\r ladoquntoly fill, as Mr M.eLe.avoy. the hiatus caused Ky his withdrawal from, the active public life necessarily associated with County Council work. Whatever decision the future may have in store, it is pleasant to know t'liflt there are members of the public who apreciato services performed rrratuitous'v in tiV interests of tlie comimunity .