LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 January 1914, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Hisses M<Kegg, who have μ-ivcu up their business in Feilding, loft to-day for Levin.—Star. To-morrow's >c -vices in the Century Hall will be conducted in the morning by y< v '.['. G. A r incent and in the evening by llev. F. T. Harris. Tlie subject for the evening Avill be: "Our Sin-bear-ing Saviour." A Freelance paragraph runs:- — "Spending a holiday at Seatoun, ALr George Henderson, headteacher at Ohau, a.id own brother of Mr Austin Henderson, of the Railways, poet, eugeuist, athlete, philologist, and friend of man. Brother George is an enthusiost of his underpaid profession, and a great advocate of the Maori race. He says he finds that Maori boys learn more quickly than white boys and μ-ejierally seem to profit more by their lessons." Mr W. Hughes, manager of the Levin Branch of the Hunk of Australasia, is back from his holiday jaunt !<> New South Wales. 'Mr Seliars, of Masterton, who has been relieving office.), at Levin during Mr Hughes's absence, left Levin yesterday for Wellington, en route for his next post. A Manchester merchant, who was supposed to be a millionaire, died suddenly intestate and apparently penniless. There were certain inieninse sums noted in his diary and "in till," but there was nothing in ihe shape of a till either in the house or in his counting house. So all his goods, including his library, were sold to keep his family from starvation. Weeks after the sale tlie lawyer who had superintended it, went to the bookseller who had bought the books, and. under the pretext that his wife in a pious lit had takeiMo religious reading asked the price of an old copy 0.l ••'l'liliston's Sermons," which he got for a shilling to lind Ihe pages interleaved wilh banknotes of fabulous value! Particular people prefer Nyafs Face Cream this hot weather for .removing tan, sunburn, and freckle/ It leaves the skin soft and pliable and is not greasy. Why not take a jar to the beach with you, for you are sure to need it? Price Is (id jar from C. S. Keedwell, Dispensing Chemist.Advt. "Sew Books. "Tlie Headquarter Wecruit," Hicham Dentin: "Mrs IVatl's Patient," C. Linnln : "The Road of Living- Men," W. L. Comfort; "The Business of Life," R. W. Chambers; "The Southerner," Thos. Dixon ; "The Broken Halo," Florence Barclay: "The Surest Bond," Eftie Rowlands: "Tin; PnupefS of Potman Square," I. A. U\ Wylie. Thompson's* Levin.—Adyt.

As a result of the systematic nulling that has been going on for some years past, comparatively little disease is to be found among the dairy herds of Masterton and the Wairarapa (according to the Age)- A i ew cases of niaminitis have been discovered, but the beasts have been isolated, and will be destroyed or otherwise disposed of. ■ . The tally on the cash register a> an indication of the state of trade has been superseded during the past few days. The Borough Council employees are at present tarring , and sanding* the footpaths, and the amount of sand to be swept put of the shops is taken by the shopkeepers as a pretty sure guide to the number of customers during the day. One individual who had probably been refused credit for a bag of sugarmade the cryptic remark that he supposed the sanding would be a good thing for the grocers. Shannon's lead in the matter of a home players' pairs tourney for Anniversary Day (22nd January) has found favour in Levin. In the past it has been the practice of several Levin players to make the trip to Shannon and participate in the Anniversary Day Open L'airs Tournament, but as the Shannon fixture is to be purely a local one this year the Levin bowlers are staying at home and participating in a scratch pairs tourney to be played on Levin green between all local pairs that may be mutually' arranged. Play is to begin at 1U a.m., and in addition to the pairs matches there will be a rink contest between representative teams of the Terrace End (Palmerston) Bowling Club and Levin Club respectively. Last week a member of the Argus stall' had a long conversation with a big buyer of pigs in Taranaki, who stated that for years back the outlook was remarkably good, and farmers were sending in pretty good stuff. The bacon factories paid pretty good prices then ; and farmers generally were doing very well with this branch of farm work. Now, the last few years things have gone back and this is not ' satisfactory to the buyer or the breeder. The system of feeding was also far from what was desired. Before going to the weighing pen the Berkshire is filled up with whey and the weight is not really there whilst the'shrinkage in the whey fed pigs is remarkable. Some firms are offering 5.U1 a lb for pigs., and should get the very best at that figure, but until Mr Earmei will crowd a little more corn and a little less whey into the Tarnworth carcase things will continue as they are.