LOCAL and GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 May 1914, Page 2

LOCAL and GENERAL

Floods on (lie roads between Foxton and Shannon have been causing inconvenience iliis week. Heavy rains on (lie hills between Shannon and Woodville have raised tlio rivers, and in many places tliey have flooded the flat country. No serious damage is reported. The team to represent LevinWanderers against -Shannon on Saturday next will be selected from the following: .Kerris, L. McDonald, N. Winiata, Boyal, H. McDonald, T. McDonald/ T. Close, Lower, Bartholomew, W. I Winiata, -T. T ) uti. ITilson, Hutchins. 17. Munro, I Jose, Hannan, P. Arnott and 1? yd or. Tho Horowhciiua l{ef"Os As-

sociation will hold a goner;l meting at 8 o'clock on Saturla,- evening. Details arc advt -used r n page The Boys' Deparlnient of the Y.M.C.A. will meet at the association's rooms, Queen street, at T o'clock this evening. Messrs Pringle and Haste have made a start with the commencement of the shop to be erected for Mr T. Broome, of Weraroa, on the corner former!v occupied bv Su 'ainson and Bevan's building. "While working a' Bartholomew's sawmill, Mr L. Woods slipped from a log ;) nd fell a distance of five or six feet on to another log. As a result lie will have to lay up for a few days.

There are men," said Mr .Massoy, Vwho buy land and sit ii<rhf relying on (lie industry of others to increase their valuer. [ sa v plainly thai I am li'oiiil: to put a stop fo it. I wiini 11 > see the land occupied and used. If men buy land Jor speeiilat ive purposes Ihev will be made io pay for the luxurv."

Iwo volumes added Io !;Ovin Public Library to-day are id' historical interest. The tirsl volume of " llisforiea I I'ecords of New Zealand" by Mr llobcrt MeXab, is 0110 of the books, and the other (by the same author) is "The Old Whalinir Days." Amongst the • urrenl mai>azines m :he libraryis the March number of "The Hound Table." a quarter] v review "!' 11l' 1 politi.s of the British Umpire.

AAhy onduro cold foot those frosty nights. A 'Bungalow" slono font warmer will last a lifetime, and costs only Is (»d. Also the new season's supply of hot water bags just to Luiud iu all sizes nt 0. S. Kw<l wo I!'-? Pharmacy . Adrt.

An important business meeting of the Levin Social Democratic Party is summoned for Thursday night, at 8 o'clock, in the Oddfellows Hall. All members and friends of the movement are particularly requested to attend. The Drill Sergeant : "The bullet of our new rifles will go through twenty inches* of solid wood. Kemember that, you blockheads "Life." A few minutes after 11 o'clock last night a shed at the back of an unoccupied shop m Queen street was found to be on iire. It was extinguished with a few buckets of water. This is the third fin> thai has broken out in the vicinity in the past few weeks. For the parade of cadets before Colonel Ohaytor at the drill hall last, evening there was a good muster of Companies 50 and 5 k Company 54 from the Boys' Training Farm was led by their band. Major G. M. Burlinson and Lieutenants Hilson and 0Donohue were in command.