LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 February 1914, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

J lenders for carrying out the J duties of caretaker to Leviu pubs lie gardens are being invited" by £ the Levin Dorough Council. The k list of duties and all other partic- . ulars may be had on application * to the Town Clerk. J Writing- from Huntly on ALonJ day, the New Zealand' Herald's l correspondent states: .Friday was fc pay day at the mines the second : since the strike was broken. The » total paid out as wages was a litl tie over £2,700, a sum which not \ only shows a considerable increase j on the first pay, but also proves . that more men are being employ- » ed. * A Levin cricketer . writ, s us, I regarding last Saturday's an me I against Shannon, that "a word of » praise must be accordul ihe Levin men for their smartness in ihe field; no chances were lossed, and no runs given away. Th" «rjre sheet shows that seven out-of the ten batsmen were :;au;.';ht, one run out and only two cleaned bowled. Levin have a( last shown their irue colours, ami it is to be hoped they will keep them (any way) til] iie.xt Saturday when they journey to Foxton." The Chronicle lias been asked to reprint (he paragraph which forms the subject of Mr 11. bishop's letter on Wcraroa. The paragraph runs:—-"Time was wJien the residents of Wcraroa had dreams of it being a magnificent city, with Levin as a mere suburb, to find which one would have jo search the map with a magnifying glass. .1 fie dream may yet come true, but how- far from realisation was shown by-the question of a stranger who sloped off one of the trains yesterday afternoon. _ He stood in the street for a while, gazing around iii a bewildered sort of way. and finally asked of a passer-by "Where is (he town about here''*' An accident betel Master Tom. j Clark while he and some other boys were playing beyond the lake. They had a pistol with them, and one amongst them tired if off. The bullet rebounded from a stone or some other hard substance, and a flattened portion of it struck young Chirk dose lo the eye, inflicting painful injuries. To-night (Tuesday; js the time of the .Male Choir Concert in ihe Century Hall, Kevin. My many this is acclaimed as Ihe musical event of the year. Mr ,1. \\ . llayfield is to be complimented on the efficient man ncr lie has piloted the choir through all the rough I and treacherous passages that are met with in glee singing. The program in e this evening will be opened with that stirring and ( melodious part song, "Comrades in Arms." Wage war on the flies and use the Protector sticky fly-catcher, which you can hang up out of the j way. Fresh stocks of these are I obtainable from C. ft. Keedwell's ; Pharmacy. Price, 2d each or 7 ! for one shilling. —Advt. j The famous Roslyn writing j pads .obtainable from all stationers and storekeepers at Od and h | each, Advt. '