The Chronicle PUBLISHED DATLY LEVIN. TUESDAY, MAY 10 1914. LOCAL and GENERaL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 May 1914, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DATLY LEVIN. TUESDAY, MAY 10 1914. LOCAL and GENERaL

«—. Heavy rain lias' fallen in Hawke's Bay and Napier reports that the weather is very bad. Four inches have fallen in 40 hours. At Tutira station nine inches fell in the same time.

A question which has been worrying the Levin Cadets for the past few weeks and causing much loss of sleep was finally settled yesterday at the parade in Palmerston North, when Cadet J. Hose was announced as the winner of the Godley Cup.

The Levin Borough Council received an' intimation from the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board stating that the Board was prepared to allow Mr Benjamin S. Reed and Mr John H. Cowdrey, sanitary inspectors, to act in a similar capacity again this year at £10 per annum. The Council accepted the offer.

Tlie Levin Borough Council .is about to commence the knotting of hog-nets to catch the \ motor variety. At last night's meeting, on the motion of Councillor France, seconded by Councillor Prouse, it carried a resolution: "That the streets committee be empowered to take steps with a view to prevent motorists exceeding the speed limit." An application to the Levin Borough Council was received at its meeting last night from \Mr Peier Allen asking that the water race now running through his property be diverted to the road. The matter was referred to the streets committee and the road overseer. The tenant of a dilapidated building on one of the Borough Council's reserves is desirous of having a verandah erected thereto, and asked he council to do so —offering to pay interest on the cost of same. On the motion of the Mayor the council decided at its meeting last evening to hold thp matter over.

The Levin Cadets took part in the sham fight at Palmerston North yesterday. After dinner at the show grounds they were marched out in company with cadets from otlier districts to the number of about 1200, three miles into the Fitzherbert hills, the scene of the battle. At the conclusion of- operations they were reviewed by General Sir lan Hamilton, who expressed himself pleased with what he saw apart from tactical mistakes. Major G. M. Burlinson and Lieuts. Hilson and O'Donohue were in command of the Levin contingent.

A letter was received at last night's meeting of Levin Borough Council from, the Town Clerk of the Palincrslon North Borough stating that a meeting will be held at Palmorston Borough Chambers on Thursday, 4th June, to consider the construction of a road and bridge to connect Longburn with Tokomaru and asking the Council to appoint one or two delegates to attend to come to some decision as to the advisableness of interviewing the Minister on the- matter. U was left tn the Mayor and Councillor Lancaster to attend when attending the conference regarding the Foxton wharves. Laconic Hemes ! It was mentioned by the mayor of Levin at a meeting of Levin Borough Council last night that a deputation to the Minister for Railways had addressed that gentleman for two-and-a-half hours on the subject of Foxton Wharf, and the great need for the Government reducing its selling price for the wharf. "Would you believe it, gentlemen," concluded Mr Gardener, "all Mr Herries said a( the end of nil the speeches was 'Gentlemen, the Railway Department's selling price is £28.000!"' A cynic at last night's meeting of the- borough council suq-trested , that possibly the Minister for "Railways did not get n chance tn squeeze in his laconic speech earlier!