LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 November 1913, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

Commercial, strike news, and I lie Church Services for Sunday ne\( appear on page J to-day. A. (ruck of coal came to hand for the gasworks yesterday. This is Ihe second (ruck since the strike started, so that considering the loud complaint from other inland towns Levin is very lucky. The gasworks now have enough coal on hand to last until the end of January. What do you think of the drop in prices at the Auckland wool sales (said a Manawatu Times represeniative to a local farmer. Tne latter replied that: very little importance could be attached to the sale in question as it was early and may have suffered a set-back owing to (he strike, but he was doubtful whether the latter was responsible for the drop. lie was convinced that when the bii^ , sales were entered upon that growers would have no reason to complain of prices obtained.

Two judgment .summonses were determined by Mr I'oynton, S.M., in Levin yesterday. The first was ihat of W. M. ('lark v. (irace I'oyal, Mr Park appearing for Iho judgment debtor. I loyal failed (o answer his name or (o send any explanation oj his noiioppearancc. Re was ordered to pa\ forthwith or go to goal for nine days, but the warrant for his committal will lip in the office as long as he pays instalmenTs of £2 per month. In the ease of Ivess Brothers v. T. A. B. Hudson, the debtor submitted himself for examination by Mr Park. He said he had not had the means to satisfy the judgment since it had been given. Tt was true he had played billiards since then but the "allies had cost him nothing. Tho magistrate made no order.

Shannon bowlers had a club match against Foxton cm Wednesday, the games being played on Shannon green. In the totals +he honours lay with Shannon, by 55 (c, 50. Fox ton won with one rink and lost with two, the Shannon team being given first in each instance: Uoosc, Fargher,-Brom-ley and (running (skip) 15; Bailie Barber, Spring, Healey, Hislop skip) 12. Honsnnni, Jvnowles, Liiid, and Poach (skip) 20; Harvey. Whibly, Nye and Witchell (skin) 19. Bilderbeek, Mitchell, Bull- and G. Stephcnson (ski])) 20, Woods, Green, Bryant and Eimnier (skip) 19.

A Jight occurred ilk Oxford street, Levin, Just Saturday night. The second round in the light was conducted very (juicily— in the S.M. Court yesterday. Patrick Murphy, who had done most of the leading, was fined £-1, while John McGrath was fined 10s for having participated in the disturbance. Two Maoris (lleta llori and Kiugi Hori) who had a brotherly disagreement iu Queen street on Bth. .November, were each fined 5s and costs (9s 6d), and recommended to behave better iu future. Three applications for prohibition orders were granted,

The (leaHi occurred yesterday of Mr Arthur Newman, butcher, of Koputaroa. He got a chill about two weeks ago, on which pleurisy and bronchitis supervened. Laggard debtors who failed to appear in Levin S.M. Court yesterday had judgment given against them. The list is as follows:— C. S. Keedwell v. E. S. Skejji. , £2 12s Td, costs 10s; W. M. CLmc v. Ernest S. Skoen, £8 3s 9<l, costs £1 -'5s 6(1; E. C. Hodp-ini v. F. G. Smith, £18 ss, cods 11 .lOsflr old country woman slipped :i' • a sii'uirhau .Irug si or ,, and i.id on the counter a pr-Mc lption for a mixture containing- two decigrammes of morphia. The druggist exercised the utmost care in weighing the dangerous drug. "What a shame!' , she cried. "Don't- be so stingy; it's for an orphan girl."