The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1913. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 August 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1913. LOCAL & GENERAL.

People who pay their rates aixl such others who frequent the council chambers will be astonished io see Ihe changes lately effected in the Leviji Chambers. Messrs Harvey and Co., the contractors, iuv completing the work fo-dny. The outer walls are unaltered in appearance, save for a new dress of paint, bill ihe interior of the build-

in" , has boon entirely rearranged. On (he left hand, as the public enter by the main door, fhoy will find the Town Clerk sitting in re- ! eejpt of customs, behind a walled and raisable window thai prevents open in."toss afforded to all callers in Hie old days. Riyht opposite, and similarly circumstanced, the County Clerk will stand ready for all business calls upon him, and hard by the County Engineer will be found amongst sectional plans and roadmen's reports and such .lUicr records as air appropriate to his office. A meetinir room for (lie councils has been iffied up in style, with horseshoe table and presidential ho.v-head. Behind this chamber is the mayor's room, where he will be accessible lo any eiji/en hnviii" , business re(|uirin»' his al iention or advice. Tli<! Federal-Holder lined Devon wen! ashore on Hie rocks at Pcnhiitow Heads, Wellington, at -S.M on Monday ni.yht. A storm was ra.yiiijH', and she broke up fast. I he death occurred this morniiitf of .Mrs Tinslev. relict of the liilr Ivev. \V. Tinslev.

A si" , n (ha( sj>iino- i s becoming well advanced is scon in the fact dial many people in this district have I heir potatoes Tor the , season already planted. Included amongst lliis i)umber is .MY I!, (Jraham, oi (Gladstone mad. H ( . I,j, s planted several acres of potatoes. The tubers he has planted are "Million Maker, - ' a variety (hat has not been grown extensively in this district. Mrdrahani lor some years past has worked for Messrs "Burrows, of Feilding, who developed the Noli them Star variety of polal<), but Mr Cirahain says thai as a Itlighl-pronf potato he ])refers Million Maker over anv othei kind.

Asked to account for "fn'e high price at present ruling for all classes of stock, a South laranaki farnici' who watches the markets all over the Island informed a Feilding Star representative that the exceedingly good winter had kept the country Hush in feed, consequently I here was little trouble to find suitable grazing and so prices wej'e maintained. The wool market at present is practically the same as some time past, so a drop in the price of sheep could no! he anticipated. (lood breeding ewes were eagerly sought after, and our informant knew of two clients who were yesterday motored into (he country to inspect lines of breeding ewes as those in ilie pens at (he weekly sate were not the class of animal sought after. All over the Island there were marked evidences of an early spring. Touching "" flu , daii'yjng industry, our, representative, was informed that, considering the present comparatively pessimistic outlook for buffer factories, a number of Tarauaki factories which have dual plants intend reverting to the manufacture of cheese.this season. ''Perhaps it is not wise to place too much credence on. forecasts, bill one notices that fins .season the butter manufacturing companies are not being besieged with offers (o sell their outputs and this fact can surely be taken as strong evidence that those who should be in flic best position to forecast the (one of the market, are not sanguine regarding the coming season for butter," stated our informant, who concluded his short talk by stating that _ the outputs from cheese factories -were being eagerly sought after by the representatives of the Home firms.

The. full awards for tlie -Boys' Training , Farm, Levin, g-iven in the Sunday Schools Examinations for 7913, were as follow:—Training- "Farm, Levin--Arthur CJloalce 67, Frederick Sharon 59, Hug-hie "Richie OS, Albert BouriiTillp 55, T?eg-inald Thorhurn 47, William Couch ninn, Benjamin Barroh, ffarold Biihli eh eh 45, La wren cp Virkers 44, Leo-Prohyn 4-i, Fred. Martyn 41.