Late Local News.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 March 1914, Page 3

Late Local News.

Levin branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society will hold its annual meeting on Monday night, at Keedwell's pharmacy, Oxford Street. A block of land in.Sydney which was sold for £1000 four years ago is reported to have again changed ownership. This time the price was £80,000. A cable message has been received in Wellington stating that the San Francisco authorities refused to allow the landing of the recent shipment of 500 cases of jNTew Zealand peaches for the reason that an unidentified grub was discovered. THo fruit is being forwarded to Vancouver. A young man with an impediment in his speech was ejaculating unintelligibly at last night's political meeting in Levin. Finally he drew from the member for the , district a statement that "as a rule he could deal with interje-c----torfi without difficulty, but he was somewhat nonplussed when he did feel sure whether "iie was listening to an eruption or an interruption !" This sally evoked general laughter. A local farmer who Las a high opinion of his ability to purchase stock at his own price got a shock at a recent sale. He met a

friend at the yards and advised him (the- friend) to let him do his buying for him, and took his friend along to show him a calf he had just bought to prove his keenness at bargaining. Ho told his friend that he got it dirt cheap for 32s 6d. The little son of the former owner was sitting on the fence , nearby, and overheard him. "Gee whiz!" he exclaimed, "if yer 'ad seen father this mornin , yer could 'ave 'ad it for fifteen hob!" An individual with a head full of nonsense, and a portable engine with a full head of steam, nearly caused a serious accident at theQueen street crossing yesterday. Whenever a vehicle approached the crossing the above individual blew a shrill blast ou the whistle of the engine, and the surprised driver would pull up suddenly and wait for the supposed train to pass. A burst of laughter would discover the joke to him. One of those "had" was returning when he again heard a whistle. Thinking it was a repetition of the idiotic game , he did not stop, and was within a few feet of the line when the up Auckland , express dashed by. It was an extremely narrow escape. He , expressed his opinion of the matter to the two or three people around the portable engine in warm terms—so warm that the perverted sense of humour withered away at once and the sfonm pressure in the boiler we7it up ten pounds.