Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 January 1913, Page 2

Local and General

-.-4 The Foxton Herald says that it is whispered that Mr J. G. Wilson is to he called to the tipper House The Agricultural Department is now conducting experiments on over two hundred farms in the South Island.

A fonco that was erccted in Mnstertoii half a century ago was pullod down- the other day. The posts, whcli wore of totarn wore as sound sis the day they were put in,

Aii enthusiastic and largo audience assembled at the Century Hall last night, primarily to hear Jlise Thelma Petersen's contralto numbers and to help her on her progress towards perfection, but incidentally to listen to a supporting programme of outstanding merit. All the numbers were well received, and altogether the audience spent a most enjoyable evening. Miss Petersen's voice was acclaimed by good judges as being of wonderful iine timbre, and .her singing of the several songs set down for her proved that she had profited in a marked degree by the training already bestowed upon her.

Stock wandering on the Levin roads on and after to-day will bo impounded. A notice from the Borough Council on the matter appears in another column.

The Methodist Church services in the Century Hall to-morrow will lie conducted by the Rev. T. F. Jones The evening subject will be "The Passing of the Old ; the Coming of the New."

It is oflicially announced by the executive of the New Zealand Federation of Labour that there will be no postponement of the conference wlich is to lake place on January 21st, in Wellington.

Sir liidor Haggard is to meet the other members ol' the .Dominions liuyal Commission at Colombo on February Ist, and to conic with them to New Zealand. He expects to return with the CommhHon to Knglnnd from New Zealand and Australia in July next.

"Carpenter* are in great demand by employers, not only in AYangauui but all up the Main Trunk Line and other parts'of my district, and .1 could place a largo number of competent men in employment at once," said the Labour Department's inspector. Sheep buyers in the Manawatu district liavo been advised not to truck .any sheep after next Tuesday owing to the contemplated striko of the Wellington slaughtermen. A large number ni' sheep and lambs are now being trucked at Palmerston North, Keilding and Longburn.

The programme of pictures at tho King's Theatre this afternoon and evening includes scenic, dramatic, and comic subjects. There will also be a performance at 2.80 o'clock on Monday afternoon next, when tlieproprietary will exhibit a first-class programme, licluding a "star" picture entitled "Sealed Lips."

Mr J'. P. Lowes of Rongomai, recently brought into town some samples of gra>s grown on his property which shows the <.apabilities of the district (says the Eketahuna Express). Cocksfoot, on being measured. was found to be lift Sin in length, froin (sft 1 in. and English rve 6ft Tin.

A tenni.s tournament is to bo played on the Levin Courts on Anniversary Lay Cilhul instant). The programme includes combined doubles, ladies' doubles, and men's doubles. If time permits men's singles will be played also. Mr E. W. J. .Smith is giving a trophy «is a points prize. Some start]in!* revelations are made in the annual report of the British Society lor the Prevention of C'iiiolly Children. The report declares that during the piast year n fewer tluin '1250 children in England, Ireland, and Wales have been killed as a result of ill-treatment During the year complaints regarding cruelty to children numbered upwards of 50,000.

A painful accident befel Mr Wlieller, Tooal manager for Thomson, Lewis and Co.. cordial manufacturers, as lie was bottling aerated waters on day early in this week. A bottle burst, and one of the jagged pieces struck him in the forearm inflicting a lengthy flesh wound. An artery was severed, and Mr Wheller lost so great an amount of blood that he had to be left for some time to lie where he had been surgically attended to. as to move him would have been dangerous. He is still weak from the loss of blood, but was able to go about his duties yesterday and to-dav.

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