LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 October 1913, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

On page 4 to-day appear articles entitled "Motoring and Cycling Notes/ 7 and "A Proposed Testimonial.''

Horowhenua County roads are in excellent order just now. The county engineer, in giving this information, remarked that good weather was the best road maker any county could have. The g fading work on the roads is beillpushed oil steadily, the southermost riding being practically finished. On Monday morning' the grader was taken down to Te iloro, whence it will be worked northward along the main road, and in about three weeks' time from, present date the pressing needs of the whole of the county will have been attended to.

Levin District High School en- j cket team is desirous of arranging matches with any Wednesday 1 team, and the secretary (Mr Hard- | ing) will be pleased to hear from J any intending challengers. A Beach road. Levin, needs to bfl put in better order; and to exp<B dite this good work a meeting (H citizens is to be held evening (Thursday) in the Ilall, Levin, to discuss, the finan-l cial aspects of the ease. When a constable has occasion to make an arrest he is often the subject of hostile attention from a crowd, but the reverse was the lot of Constable Borland when arresting a man in Quay street, Auckland. The man showed fight, and some of his companions wanted to go to his-assistance, but were prevented from doing so by three civilians, who hustled them away. An officer in charge of about 40 territorials also instructed his men (hat if anyone interfered with the constable they were immediately to assist him.' After a struggle the constable secured his man. It is generally understood that the old settlers of Levin are not celebrating their annual reunion, but the Foresters wish it to be understood that their anniversary is to be celebrated on Friday, October ttrd. This Order's anniversary function is one of the. oilerestablished in Levin, and is always looked f-nward to with pl?asuie by thi' young and old folk alike.' The committee has everv tiling in h> nd, and guarantee that the floor wil 1 be in splendid order. jU>'oo<! or<i;C!tra has been engag ed. and the catering is in capilde harms. A. new point in golf obtruded ilself on the Dannevirke links the other day. It concerned two ladies. One, having finished her game, proceeded across the links to participate in afternoon tea. As she walked she bent her head in meditative mood counting her score. She crossed the line of another ladv who pulled a shot and sent the ball on a mission to cover -'50 yards. The lady \\;lio was 1 walking felt something strike her head. The lady who had hit looked alarmed. A laugh followed, and the lady who had been hit shook her head to shake the hall out of Her hat. Nothing was dislodged, and she looked on the ground. The ball was not there. She put her hand to her headgear to search there and found the ball stuck on her hatpin! The Levin District High School Cricket Club held its annual u'cneral meeting (erdav afternoon, Mr A. I. Harding presiding. The. balance-sheet showed a credit of £ I lis. and this, with a good supply of material, forms a good basis tor this vear's operations. Officers were 'elected as follow: Captain. 11. Barliam: vice-caplain, I. Burkina n: secretary and hvasurerML foregoing officers and Mr Tt. was resolved thaMhe subsj^H October, with an invitation jHK \ m iiritg 1 " 0 opinions on the feasibility (Ti ; a Saturday wholeWliday, to longer working hours during the week y" was a question asked a number of business men by a reporter yesterday. the ans\vors all emphasised the \olunie of Saturday's trade. A leading draper called Saturday "Mothers Day,'' because, owing to the fact that the schools were closed, parents could take their children shopping or ronld leave babies al home in the charge of elder sisters or brothers. A prominent grocer, in recording his disapproval of any such scheme, said more people came into his shop during the three or four hours of Saturday than during the eight or nine hours of other days. Another business man referred to important eorrespondbnee which could not wait for two days, and added, "I'm very much at raid that f week-ends' will have lo remain the monopoly of the independent man and the member of Parliament."—Christchurch Evening News. New potatoes for the Ist October! This excellent result has been obtained in Levin by Mr L. S. Lancaster, who planted a patch with the Dalmene Acme variety on Ist June, and dug some this morning. He secured a goodly il umber ol: really \\'ell- i GTO'\vii and | clean-skinned kidney potrrtoes, going seven to the pound. If ' s noteworthy Hint the potatoes were grown in the open, and were nc\ci covered in any way: they grew in a sheltered corner on the north side of the hill bv Mr-Lancaster's house. The tubers arc on view to-day in the windows of Messrs D. Smart and Co., land agents, Levin.

In view of the recent controversy as to the destruction of opossums in New Zealand, it is interesting to note that the Victorian Government is strictly enforcing the law against the killing of the little animals during the close season in that State, heavy penalties being inflicted on offenders. At the Korong Vale (Victoria) Police Court last week Walter Beggs was proceeded against by John Henry Tlowson, an inspector under the Game Act, on two charges of having unlawfully killed .1.00 opossums, and 00 opossums on the Loddon, near hVrnihurst, dining the close season. The Bench inflicted a fine of £•'!, with £25 damages, the value of the native game destroyed, with £0 5s lid costs, in default six weeks' imprisonment, on the first charge; and a fine of £2, with £15 added, the value of the native game, in default four weeks' imprisonment, on the second charge. The hearing of a charge against Angus Beggs of having aided and abetted his brother in the destruction of (he opossums was adjourned. l*'or Chronic Chest Complaint? Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, s (id, 2s (id. Advt.

extend duties; yqHHp^^^H tal life, and and your easiest way of betteriiig] yourselves is to make Britain better. Assert your .rights by defending your honour,as Britishers and your liberties as citizens of the Km p ire." LABOUR TROUBLES. The Admiralty states that ill future the dockyard officials will settle minor disputes. 11l larger disputes the financial secretary will meet the men's represent;)? tives, whose wages and travelling ex ]ieuses will be paid. They may be accompanied by trade union ' leaders not employed 111 tile dockyards. The Adiniralty refuses to appoint a.Conciliation Board. DAIRYING INDUSTRY. London, Sept. 21). , Mr Collins has invited the Hon. Thin. Mackenzie and the other Agents-General, tlic British Committee, a representative of the Irish Agricultural Organisati m Society, the British Dairy Farmers' Association, and the National Dairy Association of New Zealand, to confer regarding margari inc. especially concerning proposals with reference to [the prohibition of colouring requiring shopkeepers to have separate conipart- ' meats or counters forils sale, and increasing penalties! for selling margarine as butter.