The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 19 LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 November 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 19 LOCAL & GENERAL

Articles li(;a(led.'" Every Fanner as Ills Own Ciipilalist. "A Literary Gardener," and "In Parliai.icut," appear on patve -1 10-day.

Letters from Mr 11. Leger am!

■■(Jl)i Ike," respectively, (oucliiuy on ;is[)ccts ol the watei'sidc workers' strike, :iic crowded out of 10-day's C'lii'oiiiide, hut they will nppear to-morrow.

At the I'lxperimenlal lieach road, Levin, to-morrow (Tuesday) morning, a sale oi twenty stud yearling Holstein bulls will be held : also of two stud yearling Shorthorn bulls. Details are <vt oui by advertisement on pag's -J.

On Thursday and Friday next, at 1:2.■■)(), the' I'nliiKWßton' North shops will close on account of the show.

Presentations have be en made Io Mr !). Smart, senior, by the Levin Ladies' Hockey Club nrnl the Levin Men's Hockey Club, respectively. The s'ifts were made 1.0 mark ' Ihe club's appreciation of the many services rendered io ihejn by MY ]). Smart. The ladies' μ-ift was a fountain pen and the men's a sovereign case.

A telegram Io ihe Levin branch of the New Zealand Farmers' I. nion, read at Saturdays meeting, comprised a \va I lima , from th< Commissioner of Police to all i'armei> in (he district. .It advised I hem Io keep a close watch on al I their μ-rain stores, woolsheds, elc.

as incendiarism ini-j-iu be attempied.

Leviu, Us Ik'sl girl, and the dog si rolled, \v;ill<ed, or rode ii» (lie stiilioii yosteiday, io witness the departure of tins specials. Tin rain slonii wliieii threatened for some I line fled noli]) along the mountains, and the south wind eaine goiil !e and cool. Along (lie plat lonii ilie people swarmed. 111:iki11ti" inoveiiieiU diflit-ult ni ;my luiie. and at others impossible. I lie crowd was qutei: here and there liitie knols of people discussed ilie rights and wrongs of (lie whoje (rouble. .Vow ;j lie! auain. as n;ie made his way through tin , throng, seraps of con \ er>a lion le! I on I Ik- e;i r. and the vicious remarks "Hope ihey a'l gel shot," or "They all want .-•hoot in.y ' wei c all 100 I reouoiit ; sii'h remarks are ;i hindrance io peaceful setilenienl, no matter which side. The street outside the slalion was crowded with vehicles. The important motor ear rolled round in its pompous way, and the noisy motor bicycle and its silenl relative, ''the ordinary." dodged in and out. As the train drew into the station willi only one carriage, a lot of people were surprised, as they thought it was lirinjrinjr specials from all aloii" , ilie lino. The horses had already lieen trucked, and flie siowaye of saddles aim kit only occupied a few iiiiimles. Ai about j'i.OO p.m. the train steamed out. As it commenced (;o move cheers were μ-ivoii for the spcf'inls by the people on ihe plaifonn. Then takiii" , the best •4'irl on its arm. Levin went home for ioa.

A Shannon correspondent (not the Uhroniele's regular contributor) who writes to us about las! Saturday's happenings, says:"In case your local correspondent was out courting sloe]) I submit enclosed. it was natural for me not to be on the station locally; otherwise J miulit be as an onlooker in a lyumin.Lv raid, whose, plea failed to satisfy an impartial beak; but the Red whisper is of the pig - whistle variety; so what I have set down is true as to happenings. Jhe l'usil?\de sounded like a short, tropical hailstorm, and three cheers were iyivcn before the dear eomrades , pa-arted."

''Vim will never .yel over labour (roubles" said a Levin business man, "until the rank and file ol labour begins to think for it soli'. Labour is led too easily, and led by the irresponsible men at that. Even in Levin an ayilaiion eould be worked up at any time. I'd guarantee (r> μ-o into tbe stroei, mount my soap-box, and work up (he crowd until it cheered me and carried me shoulder hiorh." The Chronicle man at this juncture facetiously asked why the business man did not do so. He replied that he was always afraid of the da\ after to-morrow.