LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 September 1913, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

\\ lien I lie Levin Foresters ;u|vertise 1 heir 2 ; ird Anniversary, it makes (ine think' of the aye and development of the town. They are this year celebral in»- it on the •)rd Oetoher by a "social" in the Kind's Theatre. j)aueiny will eonmienee at M o'clock, and pictures will be shown at intervals. The annual general meeting; oi' the Levin Lawn Tennis Club will be held in -Mr A. L. Williams' Tea Rooms on .Friday. Otli September, 1 !)!•'!, at S p.m. An extraordinary vacancy in the Ilorowhenua ('oiintii Council caused by (he death of ('oiincillor Skeriuan is to be tilled this month. .Nominations i'or the office (dose at Levin, on Tuesday, J(Jih September, with the County ! Clerk (Mr Jl. I']. Lodyo) and tlie election will be held on Monday, 22nd September. | A Chicago lawyer lias been convinced by experience ilini the best ! office-boys are those with red hair, the brighter the bet tor. lie wants an office boy just now. and in his advertisemoni for one he stipui lutes that the applicant must have red hair. "I have always been keen for (he red-haired office boys," said the lawyer. "I'p to the aye of adolescence I find them livelier, more adaptable, more willing. They are good-nat ured. 'I'liey have bet tor digest ions. They are. more alert." A serviceable pocket telephone is the latest innovation of the 11 tiiigarian I'osls and Telegraphs Administrat ion. The appliance weighs only 1.21) grammes, is jio bigger than a card-case, and can be had by anyone on pavilion I, of the price of K) ordinary telephone conversations, which cost a penny each. The pocket telephone \s adapted for insertion in a wall plug:, either in a private house, on street walls, or in a lamp-post, etc. When the used has finished his conversation he simply removes the telephone from the pluir and puts it back in his pocket.

A record price for fat sheep was paid at the Richmond saleyards on Wednesday, when Messrs E. E. Traslc and E. W. Eairley purchaser a line of prime heavy wethers fattened by Mr H. Patton, of Hope, at -T!s each. On Sunday next, Mr L. Johnston, of Palmerston North, will preach in Levin at the Church of Christ. Mr Johnston has a wellestablished reputation as a speaker on the claims of the Churches of Christ and their right to an existence as a separate organisation amongst the religious bodies of i to-day. The services will be held in the Good Templars' Hall, Queen street, both morning and evening. A iireman off one of the boats in Wellington was endeavouring to persuade a mate, who had been in the sun, to go back to the ship, llis mate had other intentions, and wanted to lie down anywhere, and lie left alone. An interested crowd gathered round and proffered advice. The crowd grew, and a policeman edged into the crowd. ."What's the .'matter?" asked the policeman. "Notbin's the matter," said the fireman; "only these blokes round here ain't seen a man with smallpox before.'" The crowd suddenly melted away and the constable remembered he had another engagement .—Petone Chronicle. IN CHILDHOOD'S HAPPY DAYS the beneficial effects of Ton king's Linseed Emulsion are truly remarkable. Keep a bottle of (his remedy handy, and when (lie youngsters exhibn their first sings of whooping cough, croup, sore throat, or similar juvenile ailments, you'll find rapid relief in the proven remedy Tonking's Linseed Emulsion, Is (id, 2s (id, 4s (id, all chemists and stores. Advt.