The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15M 1914. LOCAL and GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 April 1914, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15M 1914. LOCAL and GENERAL.

Editor: You nuisf remember tluil poetry i.s ;i gjl'l. The pool: it is: you ciui'i sell it nowadays. Al Manakau, this cvcniii"-, the annual general of t]io ILorowhenua l!ui>'l).v I'nion will be held. Delegates from Shannon, rj'oxton, Levin, Manakaii and Otaki will be present. A New Zealand record for six furlongs was established by the racehorse Chainiilla vosiorday. at ('lirisicliurch, when winning , the Xurscry Handicap. The of a mile was done in Imin II 4-lscc. .From Shannon: "Public Library. Shannon. April 14th, 1914. The Manager. Tlorowlicnua Chroniele, Levin.' Dear Sir, The Committee desire to ih;ink you for sending- the Chronicle daily for the past twelve months, and to assure you that it is highly appreciated and hope you can continue same. Yours faith fully, C. TL (-jardinev. Hon. SerrHnrv."

A sensaiionaJ arrest was effected l»y the police ai IJokitika shortly after midnight, on Sunday when tho police arrested a we 11-dressed man who had spent three or four days in Iho town under the name of "Win. J. Dominic. On sear- ( hin<4 - Fh's effects the police found as they had suspected that "Dominic" was .Tohn Crisp, (lie defaulting, solicitor, whom they have been looking , for for some time past. He was lakeu before the court and remanded to Dunedin on the 20th ilist. He was charged with forging names to a deed ofmortg-age and thereby obtaining , the some of £1000. After seven days of violent storms and heavy seas on ;he iront (writes the Domunn v sp , i - ia, (•( rrespondent) the resi Iμ =; '' Krlcitilci wear a discous L ,r e l"k and an intense feeling , of depression prevails. The town pi.s'-i's :» forlorn and dismal appearance. Hiig-c bi-eakers are hammering , the reai- of the business premises to pieces. The sea made serious inroads along the beach and only 1"> feet separates it at high water mark from ihe street. The residents are dismantling , buildings in order to save them from ihe ravages of the sea. Only the shell of the wrecked premises of Mackfy and Sons' building remain. The.front shop of the big drapery establishment remain, and during the noon tide yesterday (lie spray dashed into the shop and the waves scoured underneath ihe building. Parties of men are at present- constructing barriers of posts and sand bag's. Supplies of liquid paraffin are still obtainable from C. S. Keedwell's Pharmacy, Oxford-street. and further supplies are duo verv shortly. ' Ad.