LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 December 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Bishop of London's address to the Church Congress appears on page 4, also the Wycliffes Preachers' prtxtest. Rev. D. C. Bates' weather foreoast states that present indications are for unsettled and cloudy weatiher with rain in all parts of "the country.. Strong northerly winds are probable generally and a falling barometer everywhere for a low .pressure area likely to pass in the South during the next 48 hours. A Hastings pastry cook hit upon a novel idea to advertise f<j a boy His window was dressed with very tempting-looking Christmas cakes On Thursday morning he put a card in the midst of the cases with t!he Wowing inscription: "Wu;\-»1 a boy." Needless to say in the afternoon the post was filled with tiie card withdrawn.

On Boxing Day, Mr Park, if Levin, was driving a party up the [ Ohau river, and' at a narrow place on the roadi 'he tlhought it best for all to get out and walk for fear of accident. He took t!he horse by the bridle, and was leading it when something caused it to pull back and on© wheel going over the bank the horse and trap followed. It was a- rather steep declivity, but • the sides were covered with shrubs and young trees, and in the descent the horse and vehicle were and held fast. The splashboard and a shaft were broken, and tJhe horse somewhat injured, but when all was got upon the road again there was a thankful feeling that nothing worse bad happened.

The fact that Cuba sent King George a coronation gif -, i» the shape of 10,000 of the finest Cuban cigars, valued at about i'LOOw, which works out at ab-mt '8s a smoke ,reminds one th:«l the !ai> ITing Edward was a connoisseur uf cigars. _ Shortly before hi* death 1 His Majesty placed an orVr with a New York firm of tobacoo hrolvfjs for 500 cigars, wliich covi no ]«=.<? than £750. Frequently King Edward paid £750 for a tiiMSi- d cigars, and the margin of profit, even at that unprecedented price, was exceedingly small. As a matter of fact, the cigars took three months tojraake, each lev' passing through the hands of t«vo 'Selectors," and it required the examination of thousands of leaves to obtain those that were uniform in ooflour and size, and fre*. from large veins. "When the * were finished the workmen recei/v 1 ?s for each cigar. u ore I'ight incthes in length, and, at the thickest part, tone inch in d'A<.

On the Hauraki Plains, in the Thames Valley, near Auckland, the Government have put down five artesian wells to depths of from 300 ft to 600 ft. A splendid supply of water has been met with .in each case, the flow rising several feet above the surface, and yielding from 4000 gallons up to 115,200 gallons per day. But, says the Herald, the water is warm stoda-water, ami the people who first drink at the crystal flow usually get a taste 'that makes , them look thoughtful for a while. As a matter of fact, although ths water can be ranked ns a first class corrective rn cases of rheumatism or Madder troubles it is not a pleasant beverage; and tho settlers have not yet cultivated a taste for it, so they depend on rain. Stock seem to like the drink even "unadulterated' and thrive on it, and .thereseems - a likelihood now" that the district is carrying .so manv cows that milk and soda-water will become the general product of these newly-reclaimed fertile plains.

i Exhaustive investigation of the 3, °f the production" of wool in , Australia, New Zealand, and the Argentine Republic !has been mad© 1 by agents of the American Tariff i Board preparatory to the making [ of ite report to the United States ■ next December ,on tihe rer vision of the duties on raw and manufactured wool. It is regarded ' >as certain that the Board will recommend reduced! duties, and Prem- ■ dent Taft, since his veto of illconsidered reductions passed last summer, hias many times announced ® suggestions to Congress will fte based' upon tlhe recommendations of vtlhe Tariff Board. The object in ascertaining the cost of production abroad is that the American duties may be fixed at a figuTe that will at least cover the difference in the ctost there and in foreign oonntries. The results of the Board's investigations in ArgentinOj Australia', and New, Zealand have not been made public; neither ihaa the Board had anything to say about Its methods lof . conducting the investigations. : . We reoomend Eoslyn suits cjr style Vend lasting wear;; from all clothiers from 32b 6d. — Advt. The. time has now come to spray forCodlin Moth. I have just got in the new Beason's stock of Areen-: ate of Lead, in lib., 21b. 51b.,- and 101b. jam. P. 0. Remington, l%e Pharmacy, Levin,

Wife deserters in California will in future, under a new law, be made to olean the streets.

According to reports frtom Millthorpe, New South "Wales, a peculiar malady « showing itself among the horses of the district—a type of madness. Hhc animals affected career madly wound and appear to have a desire to scale the walls of buildings, etc. It is thought that the trouble is caused by sunstroke.

General Booth recently suggested that if, when he was dead, his friends wanted to erect a monument to his memory it should take the form of a huge stone collectingbox, so that when liis friends came from far and near to ditop a tear and offer a prayer over his grave they could at the same time drop a few sovereigns into the collecting-box. The General referred to the fact th'at his eyesight was now so _ had tliat he could not discern, a single person in his audience. He was glad, however, that he had been able to talk as usual to thousands, though he bad not been able to see tilvem.

The Director of Labour in New •South Wales, in his annual report, draws attention in a striking manner to the unreliability of many Of tlio complaints which are heard from various sources of the ' inability of men to obtain employment of any nature or kind. He states that during the vear under review the 1824 men who rcffistorecl themselves as out bf work, and requiring employment. were specially written to offering them work, in nearly all eases the work thov vero accustomed to or wished to obtain. Of th^e. 1123—over fili nor cent. — made no response whatever. "Tt snr>ni<; iyi"vo<l?lV!p " sivn Mr fVhoV. "that such should be the case, and the matter i= w-v-HW of more than pppsinrr cop^iderati"'!

A Killarney telegram reports that Sir Morgan O'Conrie' 1 , a I.P and Deputy-Lieutenant, was in■jired in a road affray nea Mi!!Jowtj, Kerry, recently. While driving in m. motor-oar wit 1 ? another gentleman and a driver .Mr Morgan met a redding party in a procession of iwintinw-enrs snmo 13 o^ - 14 in number. Ho pulled un and, stopped tltr engine to allow tTio party to f All tlu> cars pa«&-d «afe!v except one, which came into co!!:s----loi" with tno motorcar. r>f the party, it is alleged, then jnnrned off the oar and attacked Sir Morgan with sticks and' a. portion of' tlie Tron stop of the jr.iniin*

A word of atlvicp >n.s to hu-v r;iti:less destroyers of public property 'should "be treated when caught red.Wnded. Tvas given y the Vhvor of Auckland (Mr 0. J. P■ •■ 1 -to a gathering; of school childr. ! Tie inked the hoys to a-ssist liim ir>

preventing the beauty of the park from being disfigured by larrikins. "!f any of yon hoys,'" said 'fin 1 other hoys destroying t r"r-s <ir ruling up shrubs in Fo ;.,vU vui the' Mayor's pernio >i to hit them with hoth fists between the eyes. Tf yon say 'we will not a!V>w anybody to destroy our property, and we will make an ex-ample of anybody who does,' you will stop this start of thing quicker than nil the policemen in Auckland.

Yiolet shampoo powders provide a most cotoling and refreshing wasfli' for the scaln, besides beino; a most effective cheanser of the hair. Is 9d box. or 3d each, from 0. S. Koedwell's Pharmacy. —Advt.