The Chronice PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 February 1915, Page 2

The Chronice PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tho Levin Chamber of Commerce elected two new memlters last evening. Mr T. Sherlaw and Mr T. G. Vincent. At a sitting in .Sydney of the Commodities Commission the poultrymen complained that tho pollard supplied lately was badly adulterated with offal, even including sand. Some months ago the Tainnaruniii Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution asking the Government to continue unabated the policy of liberal advances under the Advances to Settlers' Act. A copy of tli© resolution was received by the Levin Chamber of Commerce last night and it was decided to 'iidorse it. A Press Association m<*isag<' from Auckland states that typhoid has broken. out among the Maori soldiers in camp at Avondale. Five men are in the hospital with the disease-, and one. an Orakei native, who had not been inoculated, had died. Almost all the mon have now been inoculated, .and those not yet treated are being attended to immediately. The authorities in consequence, do not regard the out break with alarm.

Seri&us bush fires in the W3bed district (Eastern Wairarapa), resulted in th« destruction of 11 dwelling out of the village of Wniiniro. A howl- | gale at the time blow *>heets i )f iron and other things about, tlireatenitig injury to the residents, who sheltered in the river-bed. One farmer lost all bis buildings and 300 sheep. Ancther, who had just mustered some fat cattle for a buyer's inspection, lost 40 of the number. Tn awther case a farmer, on returning with his 1.450 mastered sheep for shearing had to ride for bis life, and every sheep was destroyed with its wool.

A general reduction has been made m the price of drugs and chemicals wfhioh/ abvaneed immediately after the outbreak of war. The latest lists issued by the wholesale merchants fihow a small advance on the price ruling before the war. but iu most instances the increase in cost is not sufficient to be distributed among retail customers. Tattle difficulty \s now being experienced in obtaining supplies of drugs, and efficient substitutes have been placed on the market the requirements for which were formerly met by the German laboratories.

Tho increase in the number and variety of noxious needs throughout the district was touched upon by the Clin rubor of Commerce la-st night. It was stated that ragwort, penny royal, blackberries, etc., wore spreading . A member of the Chamber asked if convolvus was on the prescribed list. It not ; t should be. .Mr Dempse.v moved nna Mr Lancaster seconded that the l<evin .Borough Council and the Horowheniia County Council be asked to take steps to have the Noxious Weeds Act enforced ' n the district.