Local and Genera!.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 April 1913, Page 2

Local and Genera!.

i.art ridges- -a kind of game that lias not been 'pleutifuJ j u tJlis clisliicl lui many years —are becoming Uurly numerous en the sandhills along the coast this year. "Witih fclie.se, and the great amount of other game (such as quail, ducky, and rabbits) that i.s in the district already. Levin and vicinity should become a great limiting ground for shouti.sts. Deer, teo, have been seen lately in tlu: Avenue between Levin and Heaiherlea. Pity the .sorrows of a Ohri.stchurch [ editor. The -News, in its Saturday issue, broken-bear Led ly says; -Those responsible for keeping up our supply of the manuscript of "The Woman Thou Gavest Mo" have Again failed us. Our readers cannot be half as angry about it as we are. Every promise made to us lias been broken. Wo will resume publication directly further manuscript arrives. For Chronic Chest Complaints Vmki'V (J real Peppermint Cure. Is Gd and 2a 6d.

Mr Maurice Cohen, of Pal moreton North, solicits tih© suffrages of the electors in these part# in hi 6 ennditdaturo for a scat on the Wellington Harbour Board. His advertisement appears on page 3.

Levin-Wanderer Football Club's annual social gathering and dance is to bo held in the lown Hall, Levin, ou Thursday next. A good programme of dances has been arranged, and the various preliminary arrangements are well forward.

Last night, a»s two young men were riding from Levin to Heatherlea, they met a man in the Avenue who caught hold ol 0110 of the horses by the bridle and offered to light either the rider or his mate. He Mas in a drunken state. TTe said it the lads did not dismount he would pull them off. A bottle dtopped just then, and as he stooped to pick it up, the riders took the chance to got away—pursued only by the drunkard's bnd languargo.

As the result of some slight clean-ing-out that the Hokio stream has had lately, the surfaco of Horowhenua Lake has fallen at least eighteen inches fjom what it was some time ago. Thifl year nono of the weeds at the outlet have been eleai ed away, as was the olden custom of the Maoris. .Should this be done thoroughly the lake would be lowered to its proper level, and the land surrounding it then ootid be properly drained.

A certain Maori in this district lias iibont a dozen rows of com planted, ami lately a few pigs got into his pardon, and ate a few cobs. Ho warned the owner (a. widow) that ho was going to sue jicr, and lio came into town and saw a lawyer about it. !Tc was advised to do nothing, as Hie damage was only a few shillings' worth. The pigs were shut ! 'l> in <1 yard, and lator on two happened to get ont. Qf course, they went straight hack to the garden, wherenpon the Maori took hie gun nul shot them. They were young •'i&s. and the owner valued them at nbont €4. She said nftonvards <hnt sim would hare been willing P n - V for any damage that the ] ' n<l Tt would have been I'meli manlier of the M.iori if he |'nd driven the pigs hack and find 'flped the widow to make the yard novo secure.

Next to the don.tist, nothing eases n aching tooth like "Stopain," the oothache gum which fills the cavity, tops the decay, and oaseß the pain nstant'y, and easy to apply. Price ne shilling from 0. S. Keedwell, dispensing Chemist Advfc.