LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 January 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

ihe Horowhenua Chronicle will not be published l on Friday next, Welling, ton Anniversary Day. A regimen tal camp of the Wellington .Sixth Mounted It-egimcnt will be held in Levin early in April. -Tlie camp will bo pitched on th« racecourse. On Friday, Anniversary Day, a team (tliieo links) oi bowlers from Palinerston .North will visit Lovm to play the

local iiiou. The Levin bowling green is in good' order and some first-class games should result. A parade of the Leviu detachment of tho Sixth Mounted Regiment wa* Jield in Win yesterday, Major A.shwortli, of Palmereton North, being in command. The men were- put through a course of musketry instruction on the- rifle range. (lettins, officer commanding in Levin district, was present at the parade. A committee meeting ol the Levin Tenuis Club was hold on Tuesday evening- There was a rair attendance. It was decided to make arrangements lor holding a, county tournament during the Easter holidays when teams from Sbannou, Manakau, Otaki, Foxton and Levin will take part. Several new members were elected. The death of Mr John Harris McCaw at the age of 80 is reported from Tauranga. where ho had'been lor 50 years. Deceased was a Maori war reteran. Recently reference was made to the number of recruits who failed to i-e----port themselves when called up by the Defence Department after putting -tit - names down for service. The exi--to which this is practised can Ce judged by the fact that of 81 men who registered as willing to serve. 57 failed to put in an appearance when called upoii last week.— Manawatu Standard.

Much needed repairs are now being carried out on the Foxton wharf. Eltham Dairy Company lias received a cable from London stating that a consignment of butter salted and misalted realised 145s per cwt, and cheese 81s per cut. The market is firm. ]n each instance the price- was a record. Members of the staff of the \i-rreless, station are tho only inhbaitants 01 Macquarrie Island. Since 1912, when the station was established by t!i Mawson expedition daily messages 1:. been received by the Commonwealth meteorologist, and they are of the greatest value in defining weather conditions. To-m'orrow on the Levin Park Domain a cricket match will take place between a team of Druids from Palmerston and a local team of Druids. The local men will be selected from following players: Broughton, Simpwin, Judd, Cutlield, Young, Pringle, Sloan,.Sandman, Rainsdcn, Field, JSiitcher, Dixon, McDermott, Long'bottoni and Howe. Oα Sunday, in the Levin Public Gardens the Levin Brass Band will give tho first concert of the season. The following is the programme:—"lnvercargill" (quickstep), "Cross :\ikl Crown" (selection); "Starlight" (sacred march), "Glory Hymn." (sacred selection), "Lead Kindly Light," "Jerusalem," "I will be True to Thet , , ,, (sacred march) "Shadow of the Cross" (sacred selection), "Bonnie Jeaiiniv Gray" (grand march). Tho Wellington Cup yesterday was wou by Pavlova, with Indigo second and Fair .Rosamond third. The time taken to complete the mile auili a hall was 2mins 32sees., which is two-fiths of a second better than 'the iSw Zealand record. Tho Telegraph Handicap was won by Hoy, Bimeter second aim Master Achilles third. The Levin trained horse Tangihau ran second to Gold Sou It in the Ituapehu Handicap. "This man has been taking advantage of the Mortgages Extension Act,' said Mr F. E. Ward, in the Magistrate's Court yesterday fn applying for the immediate execution of a judgment for £14 7s and costs against a resident of Jjeriu. "He has paid no ren I," he added, "and refuses to discharge his obligations." Mr M. Luckie, appearing lor the judgment, dobtor, said that a cheque, was coming to hand that day. Tho case was nothing out oi l the ordinary, and there »as no need for execution. Mr Ward ''The case is not out ol the ordinary, but the man certainly is." Mr A. in i,i . ,i • , ♦ ... ~ .

W. Jjlair thou niterpo.sccf, stating that Jit* was interested in a case against tlie same defendant for a considerably larger aiiioiiint. .€72 lS.s 'id. and lie too proposed to ask for immediate execution. "The position." he continued, ''is this: either this amount must be paid or we desire to take lurther proceedings for putting an end to the present unsatisfactory .state of 'affairs. Every possible step has been adopted by the defendant to take advantage of all the means lie can to live at the expense of his creditors, without making any attempt to pay tliem." Mr lilair also stated that the total amount involved against the debtoi* includingrent, was about £2000—"a most intolerable position." as he termed it. I3y consent, an order for immediate execution wa.s granted in each case, such order to lie in the office until .he following morning, pending settlement.— N.Z. Times.