LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 December 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A mooting of the vestry and guarantors of church property met in •St. Mary's schoolroom, Levin, on i Wednesday evening last. The treasurer reported that the sum of £60 was in lia.iid, including an amount of some ten pounds raised by a sale of work. The remainder of the £60 was collected from members of the congregation. With this sum the mortgage of £100 upon the sdhioolrooni is being paid off to-day. The balance of £40. by consent of the guarantors,, is to be temporarily added to the overdraft at the Bank of New Zealand. Tt is hoped to wipe •off this remainder of the mortgage bv the end of the financial yearMarch 31st. The collectors will continue to receive amounts towards this object until that date. The Wansranui show resulted in a profit of £300. One Mastei'ton settler has clipped 1411) of wool a niece from his stud Lincoln ewes this year. A corporate Communion of the Church of England Men's Society will he celebrated in St. Mary's, Levin, on Sunday morning next, after the 11 o'clock service. Mr T. Bevaru senior, of Manakau, whose health has been precarious for a long time past, is now reported' to be improving. Wellington Free Lance states that the joker of the season has turned up in the festive citizen who advertised last week. "Party that lost purse containing £5 10s need worry no longer. It has been found." The owner of the five-ten as still madly chasing round for a clue.

A new by-law has been adopted by the Wellington City Council. It is >as follows: "No person shall .smoke or expectorate in any auction mart in the city, or in any premises where fruit and foodstuffs are sold by auction."'

To-night at the. Century Hall, Levin, t/h© cantata, Star' of Bethlehem " will be rendered under the of Mr J. W. Bayfieß The cantata is in aid of the Methodist Oliurch, and begins at 8 o'clock prompt. All who appreciate good music and' well sung should make a point of attending to-night.

"I think the lot of the average man is much more pleasant and happy in Australia than in England, " said a returned Colonist at the close of an interview. "I am quite sure of this—that any maai coming to New Zealand and getting over the first three or four years, will never settle in England l again from choice."

It you want to • know whether wharf labourers should meet on Saturday afternoons ask Mr F. Reyling, secretary of the Trades Hall. He would not yea 'or nay, because he is a discreet man. But what a jamboree some wharfies had! They met to discuss business, but they soon set to arguing, and then, failing to agree, • hammered on© another. It was an all-round scrap. One man held the door, and wouldn't let anyone lout. Then, all started fighting. Reason gave way to fists. The word, then the blow; sometimes the word came after the blow. Hit anybody, hit anything, but hit hard. The water was turned on, and there was a pretty mess. There was a beautiful light afterwards down by the dock, and it didn't end there, for on Monday the argument was resumed ,a.nd so was the lon the Te Aro reclamation, where the twoup schools meet for mutual improvement. So nothing was done, nothing came of the meeting but sore heads.—Wellington Freelance. Arsenate of lead for the oodlin mtoth pest; fungicide for blight, scale and all fungous diseases of fruit trees and vegetables; also Hellobore and Qishurst Compound are obtainable from 0. 8. KeedwellV Pharmacy, Oxford street. — Advt. Leather goods. handbagß, etc., as presents for ladies are always acceptable. See J. W. Thompson's stock before purchasing elsewhere. —Advt."