The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 January 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

j The iioiowheiiua Chronicle will not be published' on Friday next, AVelling- : ion Anniversary Day. i 'J'iio liuroiigh Council last evening planted tiic liorewhenua Druids' Lodge | liit' use o! the Levin Park Domain for i a cricket match 011 the 22nd inst. ! iiio Levin Borough Council lias lixed 1 the dog tax io"r the present year, ISJIS, j at lUs per head (reducible to 5s if paid beiure the 12th -March next), except lor dogs kept exclusively lor the purpose of hording or driving sri-op or cattle; lor such dogs the tax shall ho i>d per head. In Italy 185 earthquake shocks have been recorded since the iirst disaster a tew days ago. A mountain (Mount i'izzodeto) 6000 feet high, lias been rent in two and the gap can be seen for miles. Sixty houses were destroyed in 30 seconds. Fifty thousand ou-1-'liers are engaged ill rescue work. The necessity of an ambulance stretcher being kept at the Fire Brigade . aiion, for the purpose of removing i be sick or injured people was stressed at last night's meeting of the Levin Jiorougli Council by Councillor Parker, lie moved that one be obtained and kept at the lire station. This was agreed to. The question of stock oil roads within the borough was brought up at last night's meeting of the Council by a motion moved by Councillor Lancaster, and seconded by the Mayor /that the borough ranger be instructed not to impound stock lroni the borough roads (with the exception of that portion of Oxford-street extending from Exeterstreet to Beach-road) between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. from Jan"'■"'v 20th to February "10th, 1915, inclusive Councillor Mack inzie said thai he opposed the, matter at the la' At. meeting and would oppose it again. He would not mind sheep, but he objected to horses and cattle being allowed in the street. They damaged the footpaths and water-races. Councillor France remarked that the footpaths that would not stand a oow walking over them were badly laid down. The grass was getting too long. Other Councillors agreed, and also stated that all should have some of the grass instead of a few as at present. It was remarked that Councillor iDenvpsey who had voted against the proposal last time, had expressed himself as now being in favour of it. The motion was carried, only Councillor Mackenzie voting against it. At the Levin S.M. Court, Robert Elliott who was found dru.nk in Oxfordstret on Saturday eevening was fined 10s. Mr F. C. Remington, J.P., was | on the Bench. | On Monday evening Mr F. O. Ret- | Let- and Mr J. .Johnson, on behalf of the Horowheuua A. and P. Society, visited the Experimental Farm, Weraroa, t and selected the paddock for the cows | entered for the butter-fat competition | a t the forthcoming show. The one selected is close to the milking shed, and has a splendid bed of feed—clover f and ryegrass. The cows will be on the farm four days before the competition is commenced in order that they may got used to their new surroundings. Our readers will note that Mr. W. M. Clark's -12nd half yearly sale starts t< • morrow. These sales are waited: :>r by all those keen buyers >n + lifis 'lis trict that can recognise a genuine bargains in the soft goods line. There is only one reason why a Horowhenu.i resident sends outside Levin for drap cry and that is because he (or sh.>) does not know that Clark's can give you as big, if not bigger, bargains than the outside store. A Melbourne cable states that Colonel Petheridgo. Secretary for defence, has been formally appointed Administrator of German New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville, and adjacent islands lately in German possession. The colonel has been Permanent Head and Secretary to the Commonwealth Department of Defence since March. 1910. He was at one time a Commander in the Commonwealth Naval Forces.

Masterton bakers havo raised the price of bread to lid the 41b loaf if booked' and lOd cash. The Timaru Herald roports that a •farmer at Fairlie has refused £40 an acre for his potato crop. It is notified in last week's Gazette that the kea, or mountain parrot, hawks, of all species, and various species of shags are not to be deemed protected. L'or the quarter ended December 31st, 1914, eight applicutio is ior old age pensions wore granted at tile Levin S.M. Oourt. Une application was refused. The tender of J. Plotter and Son at ,L'J lis (id for painting at the cemetery was accepted by the Levin Borough Council at its meeting last evening. The Methodist Sunday School at Levin will hold; the annual picnic at Mr Laing's farm, near ihakara's Reserve. Coaches will convey the children and their friends. Tiie rabbit pest in some districts in the Dominion has decidedly decreased, and in otheiss it has almost entirely disappeared'. The Department of Agriculture reports that in much of the high country- where rabbits were at one time very nunieruiis, and a source of infestation to the lower country, there are now scarcely any to be seen. This reduction is attributable mainly to the action of the natural enemy. In the Waitaki district, for instance, the pest is now scarcely noticeable. "In parts of the South Island," the report continues, ''there are districts where the pest is not being reduced in the manner it should. The lack of conscientious effort is attributable in a great measure to the practice there i.s in vogue of trapping rabbits for sale. Many person look only to the immediate returns, and shut their eyes to the fact that the sheep-carrying capacity of the land is reduced out of all proportion to the money received., When these people come to realise that the outlay involved in destroying rabbits would be many times compensated for by the profit from the additional .sheep which the land would be able to carry, improvement- may ho looked for." At last evening's meeting of the Levin Borough Oouncil Councillor Fosella, referring to the recent drowning accident at the Hokio Beach, said that charts giving instructions in the case of the apparently drowned should be obtained and kept in the cottages at the beach. Danger posts, pointing out the dangerous spots -on tlie beach should also be erected. He moved that the Town Clerk be instructed to procure copies and distribute them among the cottages on the beach. Other Councillors considered the idea a very good one. Councillor Mackenzie said that the danger at the beach was that strangers knew, nothing about it at 'all. At low water, places which looked inviting were really danger spots. A notioe should be put up warning people of the danger at low tide. He moved "That the Horowhenua County Council be written to asking it to request the owners and 'lesses of the cottages at Hokio bo, place placards m the cottages cautioning people that it is dangerous to bathe on the beach at low tide." He also considered that as tile revenue from the municipal baths was so little they could be thrown open to the public and then everyone could learn to swirn. The best way would be to compel everyone to learn. The Mayor considered it best to begin with the children, but there,was little or no enthusiasm in Levin in connection with swimming. Both motions were agreed to. A Canterbury trooper writing to in., father in Christchuroh, indicates triat he and hib mates had a good time at Colombo. He says.—"The party J was with went in rickshaws to the nim--ket. The price of a rickshaw is li Gd oer hour, and the coolie trots all thf time. It was great tot see one of our chaps weighing thirteen stone being pulled about by a coolie übout seven stone. Everywhere we went the natives ran alongside us tryi lg to seli goods. They would start to sel' t.s three packets of cigarettes 'or a shilling. and finish by selling fo'i- or five packets for a shilling. Loig "ott u singlets were offered for 2s and :>s >.U per pair, audi your could coiid atr.nys beat them down to 1 Is per pail. tr e same as we pay 2s Cd or Ts <xl for in Cliristchurcli. Cigars were en jap, too. from Is to 3s for a box of liftv, and '2s to 4s 6d for 100. l'ruit was ven cheap, too, and you can guess we plenty, as the heat is awf.il in the tropics. 1 shall be glad when we ar out of it. When Syd-nv came alongside of uis at Colombo. ifter sinking the Emden, you woull not know she had been in action. Sot a scratch on her; only there (vis no pa til on her guns. 'They looked as if they had been red hot. ... I am so;y 1 cannot tell you much about <m - trip. All io,nr letters are read and censored to ensure our safety."-