Late Local News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 January 1914, Page 3

Late Local News

« Bicycle thieves are at present operating hi Levin, and people should keep a close watch on their machines and not leave them lying about. During the past week or so several machines have disappeared. One or two have been found badly damaged, the tyres being- cut or removed and the frame and wheels battered, the bump of destructiveness being apparently well developed in the miscreants. When the police lay hands on them—as they assuredly will—i< is hoped the Couri will let the full weight of the law drop on them from the greatest possible height.

Entries for llorowhenua A. and evening with the secretary (Mr J). R. Gardener) at his office in the. Borough Council Chambers. Work at the State coalmines, Greymouth, is to start on Monday next. The Huntly coalmines strikers are to res\ime forthwith. The Rev. H. T. Stealey was called to Foxton yesterdaj , , where, in the absence of the Rev. Mr Woodward, Vicar of Foxton, he read the burial sendee over the infant child of Mr G. Walls.

A Levin medico was seen, lastFriday, advancing, on his abode while in possession oi a Scotch bun. For information of Sassenachs, it is explained that a Scotch bun is composed of spices, currants, raisins, peel, eggs, sugar, and other rich goods, bound together with an irreducible minimum of flour. A Scotch bun, in short, is of so extremely rich a nature that the quality of the parson's plum pudding (noticed in a recent Chronicle) fades to insignificance by comparison. As the physician had not been seen for the few days since Friday it was suspected he was healinghimself, but yesterday he was seen in close-conference with the vicar exactly opposite_the Chronicle Office and evidently convalescent. On viewing this admirable conjunction of tho second and third estates, a member of the fourth estate quietly sought his sanctum and set down these fads for print.

A visit to Auckland on urgent political business is being- made by Mr Robertson, .M.P. He left for Wellington this morning , and goes up to Auckland by to-night's express train.

While breakiug-in a horso at the Levin saleyards yesterday, Mr J. W. Scott had the misfortune to be drag'g-ed and injured. The horse unexpectedly thus dragging the rope out of Mr Scott's hands. A "'bite" of the rope caught one of Mr Scott's legs, and he was dragged over the stones. He sustained painful injuries, (hough no bones were broken.

At lust 'Tluj>£er Bill" Martin's twelve years' old one-hour Australian track record of 01. miles 1-1-20 yards has been beaten, the successful rider being C. Wilson, oi" Newcastle (N.S.W.) The newfigures are ; J4 miles 2U-j yards, and were established on the Newcastle track lieing motor cycle pace. Considering the track, Wilson's performance is a good one. The first five miles were covered in <S minutes S(J seconds; ten miles in IT minutes 45 seconds; twenty miles in o5 minutes 27 seconds, and twenty-five miles iu 44 minutes 10 seconds. The twenty and twenty-five miles figures were both new Australian records. The English record is.< 45 miles 210 yards, by T. Hull, in TJOG, whilst P. Guignard holds the world's best, his mileage being (i; 5 miles 255 yards.