Local and General.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 April 1913, Page 2

Local and General.

Tlic main roll for Levin Hoiough has 'liooii completed by Mr V. W. Goldsmith. Town Clerk, niul it is now in tho printer's bands Copies .should be available by tbe middle of next week. Its .size is about the average of previous borough rolls in Levin. It comprises 100.'} burgesses' uatries. A box oi' merchandise weighing about sixty pounds, brought from Christeniiroh io Levin this week by a Chrislehurch lorwarding company, was delivered on |).nyiuent of 7s 3d. iSonie people bonder why .so litt-l? trade is-done Ijetviven tho~Noi'th Island and the South. l?evised district valuation rolls foj the• Tolvuniiani J)istriet of Horowhenua County may lie seen at the offices of the rformvhenua County Council. Lovin. Objections to valuation must be made not later than tho 22nd instant.

All informant who claimed to know (lie facts of the reent collision between Mr ITorro'bin, senior, and Mr Wininta told The Chronicle that both parties were driving without lights. Evidently tliis information was incorrect. Mr H. Jlorrobin writes us:—"Sir,—As it is an unlawful practice to drive a. vehicle without lights, after dark, in justice to. ami on behalf of my father, 1 wish you (>o contradict your statement in yesterday's issue that neither party had lights. My father certainly had lights; the other party, of course, I cannot .answer for. P.S.: Don't you think that it would be wiser to authenticate such a report as the one in question before rushing to press?" Wo accept the reproof of the postscript, and hope Mr H. Horrobin will never have the task of having to doubly verify the various items that hcach n daily newspaper —and get them printed without delay.

Statutory notice of the annual meetings of houeeholdore to elect school committees throughout Wellington Education District is given to-day "by the Wellington Education Board. In Mr Leger'e statement aa to the positions gained by his birds in the i sectional prize lists at Papanux tests a slip of the pen made it appear (in one division) that they gained a second prize where a third one was won by them.

It is likely that the Manawatu Hunt Club wll bo stronger tHan ever

in tliis district ths season. Already sportsmen who intend hunting hut have no suitable horse aro on the look-out for them and those who have horses are getting them prepared by schooling and feeding thorn. A small boy flt the Petonc school (writes the Chronicle) was one of the class instructed to -write an essay on "what bo did during the' holidays." He wrote ae follows: "1 spent my holidays with my uncle on his farm. Ho milks 11 cowe, 200 j sheep, three dogs ami 17 bullock." Good boy. He evidently noticed a lot. There is an excellent programme of pictures prepared for the King's Theatre this afternoon and evening. Three first-class scenic films are included, together with two "exclusive" dramatic subjects from the American Biograph Company. Salubrious, a steeplechaser, owned by Mr Ruihi Karauti, of Ohau, and trained by Mr F. Cnrmont, of Levin, bad the mieforttino to fall and break his leg while competing in the Hack and Hunters' Steeplechase at Wellington on Saturday. He was not long up and consequently was short of condition, yet lie was running woll when it happened.

Counterfeit coin are in circulation in and around DunediH, whore a euburTiau storekeeper -was tendered a good imitation of a florin in payment of some goods purchased, by a casual customer. Unfortunately ho did not discover he had been duped until too late.

The Hevaii Cup—won by Levin Cricket Club—is to be formally handed over next Wednesday, nt tlie social gathering and dance to be held in the King's Theatre by the club. Trophies presented to the club 'by Major Burlinson and Mr 1). Matheson, respectively, are to bo handed to the winners at tho same time and place .

flev. A. C. Randerson will preach morning and evening at the Preebyt<Tian Chursh on .Sunday. His subject .at night will oo ; "Hindrances and Hinderers." The choir will render the anthem "What are These?"

A meeting was held last night in the Levin Hotel to form vi LevinWandorers junior team. There was n good attendance of likely players, ft was decided to put a team in the field this year. The election of officers (apart from those of the «enior club) resulted in J. Rose. T. Tnohy. and the field captain being made the selection committee; delegate to the union. H. McDonald; inanagnient committee. J. Procter. J. Arcus and M. Winiata.

A recent sad happening at Foxton was obliquely recalled by Mr H. 11. Gardener when addressing the Minister for Public Health at Wellington on Thursday as a member of the deputation re hospital matters. Mr Gardener said he hoped the deputation might be spared tho ordeal inflicted upon a deputation which had interviewed another Minister upon another sußjoct. In the ease in question the Minister got tip after two hours , discussion, and immediately gave his decision. Tliie was hardly right.

Dr Bevan, diseuesing tho question of populating the Northern Territory, remarked at Adelaide last week that interesting possibilities had arisen ol a large settlement by Welshmen. He ■>ai<l that they had existed for runny years in Patagonia (South America). lOxcellont work had been done there, but the relations of the Welshmen witli the Patagonian authorities had become- irksome; The Welshmen were therefore looking out for some suitablo -place to which they might transfer their fortunes. A commissioner representing the Welshmen, I)r Bevan added, lately visited the Northern Territory, and published a most interesting report of his investigations. Aβ these men had the means and wide experience, and had proved admirable settlers, a little generous and far-sighted etateinanship might result in transferring a considerable body of theso disturbed colonists to a land which was crying aloucl for men, Dr Beran also referred to the dress of the Territory inhabitants. He was struck by the rather fine appearance of tho dress of both men and women.