Local and General.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 May 1913, Page 2

Local and General.

Levin Domain Hoard met on Eriray afternoon the in embers present being Messrs Peter Stewart (in the chair). W. G. Adkin, James Prouse, M. Eosella. E. 0. Smith, and G. P. Brown. Leave of absence was granted to Mr R. I'roiise .who is tabsent in Xelson. The chairman reported that the board had a credit of £16 lis in the bank. It was resolved that the board notify the Government that it proposes to again lease the area, of some ,'33 acres of the Levin Domain Board, of which the present lease stands in the name of E. A. Hewitt: held by X. Kirkcaldie. Tho proposition is that, the land shall bo leased for a term of (say) ton years subject to tho reservations in favoui of sports bodies, racing clubs, etc. The existing lease, which expires in 'September, 1913, stipulates that sports bodies, etc., have the right to outer such grounds on not more than six days per annum. Tenders for the area are to be called for in due course, and the area of eight acres forming the park proper is to be kept out of the lea.se for full enjoyment of the public, and the moneys derived from tlie lease used for maintenance and upkeep of tho park. Latest cablegrams from London state that New Zealand butler, salted and iinsalterl. is 112s to ILls per cwt.; the market is quio't.

"The Xeedof the Hour" will again furnish a theme for Rev. A. C. Randerson, at the Pre.sbyterian Church on Sunday evening. The address will be the second of the series undei that title, tlie subject being "Christ the Saviour of the Sceptic."

The initial meeting of the Lovin Young Women's Improvement Society, held on Thursday evening, was a most successful gathering. Forty young women aiu-iiur-d, ,%.id thv.y ap pea rod to enjoy the proceedings thoroughly. .Musical items were sung and played, and a short address was delivered by Airs Gardener. The. Society is to meet every Thursday evening in .St. Mary's Anglican schoolroom. In Monday's Chronicle will appeal a report on the "send off" given by Koputaroa residents to their populni schoolmaster last night, in the Koputaroa schoolroom. Mr Clark has been deservedly popular during his long occupancy of the headmastership. and the fact was attested by the number of presentations made to him last night.

"I don't think there will be more than lualf a dozen men in our party standing for the three-fifths majority at next election!'' was a .statement made to the President of tho New Zealand Alliance the other day by a prominent politician. This fact was made public by the Rev. Mr Dawson in his address at Levin on "Wednesday night. He did not intimate whether the politician was a mem her of the Government party or o! the Opposition.

The talk to the boys at the Y.M.C.A. rooms was furnished by Hev. Stealer oil "Idols worshipped by -01110 boys." fI is experiences in Ceylon rivetted tin* closest attention :>f his audience. Mr A. Cork gave •mi excellent reading I'roni David 1 'opperlield. whilst L'Yank Campbell nicely sang a po])idar song. .Regret w as expressed that the hockey match with the Ivoputaroa boys had fallen through, lint a challenge has been accepted to moot the District High School girls iafter liext week's holiday, and Manakati and Shannon havi also been approached I'or coiniup; con tests.

Reports received from secretaries of industrial unions (and published ii. the Labour Journal for this month', give the lolowiug particulars as t<. irnde conditions :Auckland: Al!hough there is a slight improvement in trade it is still dull for brieklav-

els. 'I his is doubtle.ss o\vino; to tin tad that money is tight. and also to the enetion of so many buildings in reinforced concrete. There is. however,, according to the list oi tenders a niiniber of brick buildings <o be erected, which will make the trade brisker. Dunedin iron and brass moulders: Trade has improver! miico last month, all moulders heinr lairly well employed : but none of tie --hops could lie termed exceptionally busy, and it does not look a.s if thN condition will last long. Invorea'gill reports trade to be slack, there being moulders out of work; and prospects do not look very good. I nvercargill bootmakers.—-Trade is husy. and all hands are making I'm 1 ! time, no one being out of employment. AY hen your Tianrts become rough, chapped, and cracked with tho we; and cold, try a few applications o! "Henzoma Cream," and you wil be surprised at the result. It works wonders in a single night. Price Is Gd .jar from C. S. Kecdwcll. Dispensing Chemist.- :\<]vt. A line troin a Southland household : '"We have all bad colds, and cough cure lias been in great demand. I decided to give Tonking's Linseed i'.iiiiilsioi! a trial. After one bottle was no longer a trial, but a standing order lor all ol us. Trusting that the cure will be as beneficial to oilier.-;.'' Tonking's Linseed Kinul•ion. «i|. chemists and stores. Is (id. -s lid. Is (id.- Aclvt.