LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 September 1913, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

On page 4 to-day appears the Burnsidc stock report; also articles entitled "Stock Food Formula," "Treatment of Disease," "Could not be a Scot," "Odd Jokes," and the Church Services for next Sunday.

"I understand that there are two rival social sets in this town." "Yes. One set is composed of people who have undegone operations for appendicitis and the others have had the children's adcuoids removed."

A witness in the New Plymouth Supreme Court had an interesting little discussion with Mr Justice Edwards, he having referred to "the old veterans," which led the learned Judge to enquire what "young- veterans" were. The witness was not quite sure, but reiterated that "they are always called 'the old veterans,' your Honour." In telling "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," some people become extremely verbose (says the Stratford Post). Thus the Borough Inspector at thCourt the other morning: "I was on my horse and caught up on defendant. I said, 'Good day.' He said, 'Good day.' " Th'e magistrate : "Oh, get past the civilities and come to the business." Thus Saturday's Is'ew Zealand Herald : An attempt to ring a peai of "Gradshire Triples/' involving a combination of eight bells, involving over live thousand changes, will be fade this afternoon by the bellringers of St. Matthew's Church. The peal will be started at 4.30 o'clock, and will take about three hours to complete. A previous attempt to ring the full peal upon these bells failed, but no! before a North Island record had been established. "Grand- i shire Triples" have only been rung once in the Dominion, and , that was at Christchurch in 1903.

i?ov Chronic Chest Complaints Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. s fid, 2s fid. —Advt. Fred. Pint mends boots, no mutter where you buy 'em; his leather's good and his work— jnst try 'em; bought here or there —Levin or Titnbuctoo—bring 'em along l to Pink to mend for you.— Advt.

Palmerston Elocutionary Competitions were continued yeeterday and last night. Mise Rose Carte, of Manakau, won tlie prize for Ladies' Humorous and m the Men's Dramatic Recital Mr Penn, of Otaki, was bracketed fourth.

A man called at the office of the Hamilton Registrar a few days ago to record the arrival of his heir. The registered particulars show that the man's name was Hamilton, that he was a native of Hamilton in Scotland, that he was married in Hamilton, Victoria, and that the child was born at Hamilton, New Zealand.

The Northern Mail states that the labour problem is an acute one in bush work, North of Auckland. Good bushmen are hard to get. The average skilled bushmen gets £8 a week and found, working 58 hours a week, and paid wet or dry, and even at this price bush managers find it difficult to got good skilled bushmen.

Among the most interesting returns dealing with the subject of population are those showing the excess of birth-rate over deathrate in New Zealand as compared with other countries. New Zealand headed the list with an average increase of 17.82 per 1000 population annually for the last 'five years. Australia followed with 10.43, and Holland took third place witli 14.7(> for the period 1907-11. The lowest point was reached in France where the average increase from 1907 to 1911 was only .40 per 1000.

A local sport who attended the Otaki races (says the Fox ton Herald) was forced to back a winner against his will. He went to the totalisator to get a ticket on \Tv> locally-trained AVaipaku, but instead was given one on Mt. Victoria. All effort to induce the totalisator clerk to change the ticket were unavailing and the investor Avas forced to take the consequences of the mistake made. Tinresult of the race was y win for Mt Victoria, AVaipaku being unplaced and the Foxtonian was made th" richer through the mistake by over a score of sovereigns.

A recent arrival from uie Oil Country, who was in lViustortou last week, stated that he Had been two months in the Dominion, and was astonished to find the prosperity that existed on all hands. He had not been able to discover poverty in any shape or form. "The workers of this country," he said,

are living in a paradise. They may complain about the cost of living, but they all seem to dress well, and they live like fighting cocks. 1 wisli some of those who complain could drop in at the slums of (he larger cities in England, and see what poverty reallv is."

Defendants who defaulted in appearance were ordered to pay their debts in several cases determined at Levin S.M. Court yesterday . The list was as follows: Shannon Meat Company v. Wliiti Papana, £-18 iJs lOd, costs £-'5 7s •'id: M.. J. Suhan v. C. T. Elision, £10 :.',s (id. costs £1 10s (id; Tuiti McDonald v. C. T. Easton, £l"i 2s 6d, costs £1 10s (id. An order was made in a judgment summons case, wherein defendant was absent from the court sitting. Paehana was ordered to pay £24 14s to I. X. Kdhouse or go to prison for 25 days. Another judgment summons was ripe for hearing, but adjourned to 9th October, when it will be disposed of.

An amusing story comes to the Teniuka Leader in connection Avith a fancy dress ball held there. A number of motor cars Avere draAvn up in the park near the hall, and as there Avas no alcove provided to Avhich young and "spoony"' couples could retire betAveen dances they soon discovered that the seat of a motor cat is a comfortable place to sit in and talk sweet nothings. One couple, not quite so fortunate as the others, v>liile rummaging among the rugs of a motor-car for a soft seat, discovered the bare legs of a baby, and on further investigation were surprised to find lavo helpless infants sound asleep. The owners of the pair of sleeping beauties turned up at this juncture, and explained that tliey had hoped that the babies Avould scare aAvay intruding couples.

Evidently the god of Israel Zangwill is a god of peace at any price. Israel writes: —"To safeguard peace we must prepare fo.; war- -I know that maxim; 'it was forged in hell. This wealth of ships and guns inflames the vulgar and makes the very Avar it guards against. The god of war is no.v a, man of business, with vested interests. So much sunk capital, such countless callings, the army, navy, medicine, the church— tr bless and bury—music, engineering, red-tape departments, commissariats, stores, transports, ammunition, coaling-stations, fortifications, cannon foundries, shipyards, arsenals, ranges, drill halls, floating docks, war-loan promoters, military tailors, camp followers, canteens, Avar correspondents, horse breeders, armourers, torpedo-builders, pipeclay and medal vendors, big-drum makers, gold-lace embroiderers, opticians, buglers, tent-makers, bannerweavers, powder-mixers, crutches and cork-limb manufacturers, balloonists, mapists, heliographers, inventors, flying men and diving demons. Beelzebub, and all his 'hosts, avlio, whether in water, earth, or air, among them pocket Avhen trade is brisk a million pounds a AA'eek."

A Southland potato grower has decided to plough several acres in, owing to the unreinunerative prices ruling. He consigned four tons of seed to Auckland a week ago, and netted less than £8 for the lot. a return that does not warrant the employment of labour in digging and lifting. Other growers (says the Southland News) have had similar experience, having been too late with their crops to be able to take advantage of the much higher prices that obtained some months ago.

Mr Charles Page, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, reputed to be worth u £.1,000,000, has adopted 300 child ren, and hopes to increase the number to 1000 before lie dies. He has provided that the bulk of his estate shall go towards aiding poor children, and in maintaining a home which he has built at Sand 'Springs, a suburb of Tulsa. Mr Page (the London Expressways) has built a street car line to the home for the convenience of the children, who are picked up daily from the poor homes of the city. Ho has promised that any boy or girl who completes the course in ihe free school which he conducts at the home, can elect to go free to any college for further education. A "soldiers' social" was held in the Salvation Army Hall, Levin, on Tuesday evening, in connection with launching the local annual self-denial appeal. The matter was taken up in a most enthusiastic ma unci-. The prospects for the coming appeal throughout the dominion appear to be even better than in previous years, and though tin- magnificent "total of £10,000 was realised last year, it is believed that this amount will be eclipsed during the present appeal. During the past twelve months the Salvation Army in New Zealand, under Uommandai: Richards, has made remarkable advances in every department of its work, and the Commissioner cherishes the highest hopes for the future of the army in this country. The dates fixed for tin; •nipeaf this year are Sepember :i-'i;d to October 23rd, inclusive, during which time the officers of Ihe local corps will be glad to receive subscriptions to keep on the social and missionary efforts of the armv.

A mooting* of the executive committee of the Lovm Horticultural Society was held last night, to wind up affairs connected with the hulb show held last week. Mr Marco Eosella presided, and there also were present Mesdames K. Prouse, S. Parsons, W. M. Clark, G. P. Brown, P. W. Goldsmith, Miss Lancaster, and Messrs G. P. Brown and P. D. Wallace (lion, secretary). It was announced that donations of one guinea each towards the prize funds had been received from Mrs Duckworth, Mrs Kebboll, and Mr W. H. Field respectively. Appreciative references were made 11 the donors. The finances of the show were reported to he about evenly balanced by the receipts and expenditure. The door tailings and the entrance fees showed marked improvements by comparison with those yielded hv the bulb show of 1912. The accounts totalling between ,£2O and £•10 were passed for payment. Special mention was made of the services given by the ladies wh ) provided refreshments during the show and thus materially increased the takings.