The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18. LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 December 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18. LOCAL & GENERAL

Li their second match against jNurtJieni Districts, the JN'ow Zealand team won by an innings ana 1G runs. The deafJi occurred at Shannon early (his morning from pneumonia, of the elder daughter of Air and Mrs W. Tickers. The little sufferer had been painfully ill lor several days and death must have been a welcome release. The late .Mr J. 11. Choate was one of America's ablest ambassadors. Once when staying at a country house an att'ected talkative lady was passing him an egg, when suddenly she let it fall. "Uh, dear, dear Mr Clioate, I've dropped an egg. Whatever shall I. do?" "Do!" replied Choate, with an impassive expression. "Why, .just start cackling, madam!" The Kings Theatre proprietary will give three consecuiive displays of pictures this week. Tonight (Thursday) the principal film will be "The Secret Cupboard," and on Friday evening will be shown the classical film of "Cleopatra," which is fSOOD feet in length. .Reports the Grey Star:- The Mayor of IJiuianga, Mr 11. Coppersmith, who is a .Justice of the .Peace and also, by virtue of his office, a special constable, put in some soap box oratory on the Quay 011 Saturday evening. Addresses were also given by Messrs Armstrong, O'Brien ami others. The names of several citizens were announced with, derision, and a definite pronouncement made that the port would not be allowed to be opened until the strike was settled so they said. A vestry meeting was held in tjie vestry of St. John the Baptist's Church, Ohau, on Wednesday evening. Messrs Jvebbell and Ulsen, churchwardens, and Messrs Mudgway. Shoargold and Thorley were present. 'Hie Vicar took the chair. Owing to the withdrawal of the "grant in aid" by tlie Diocese from the parochial district of Levin and Ohau, the vestry decided to increase their contribution by i'or this -year towards the assessment. The church, wardens were authorised to have the church painted and repaired before the end of the summer. A short discussion ensued about the insurance, and it was finally decided to increase the insurance on the church and furniture. It is stated that a farmer in Otago, a few days after the passing into law this session of the Government's Land Bill, sold his interest in his leasehold farm at a net profit of £[•'!()( J. That, means that the value of the new Bill to the leaseholders was. at least .£IOOO, allowing £:i(.)U as the value of the .improvements. The man who purchased the leasehold has the option of converting it into freehold at the original value plus the present worth of the difference between the original value and the present value, which means that, supposing the original value to be i'l2 per acre and the present value i'l.ti per acre, he can acquire the freehold for £.1.2 per acre, plus a sum of money that will amount to 4'4 if invested at 1 per cent compound interest until the termination of the lease. The suggestion that the new Bill makes it possible for leaseholders to acquire the freehold at the original vahie has been repudiated by members of the Government party: but a little calculation based on the above facts will show that the difference between the original cost and the present value is slight to be negligible.-—Oam-aru Mail.

The Levin Retailers' Association have an advertisement in our columns, which it is desirous that the public should read. The storekeepers of Levin and Weraroa have decided to close for Christmas Day, and the two following' days, and ask their customers to make their purchases beforehand. "The spirit which can profit out of adversity is the Englishman's characteristic. Some Palmerston urchins possess this characteristic in a marked degree. A tribe of them each afternoon make the Pitt street subway their playground, but yesterday it was flooded a foot deep. So they got out their home-made hand carts, and offered to pull ladies through the water at Id per trip. All yesterday afternoon they carried on a thriving trade, and there wore 110 calamities.--Times. go Obrisbrms presents for the men folk. Why not an "Autostrop'' Safety Razor? Its sure to please. Tu handsome nickel case complete with 12 blades and strop. Price, 25* each from C. S. Keedwell, Dispensing Chemist. —Advt.