The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN THURSDAY. FEBRUARY, 25. 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 February 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN THURSDAY. FEBRUARY, 25. 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The cricket match which was to have been played oa the Levin park domain yesterday between Levin and Fotson teams was not played owing to the latter team being unable to come io Levin.

The Luvin-Sliannon road is not the only rocky road in these pntts. Many complaints are made re the condition ot Uie Leviri-Foxton road, by those who consider themselves unfortunate in having to travel on it. They state thai ior the past six months the road h;i.s !>eeii strewn with loose metiil in nil

An example of exceptionally keen demand for houses iu -Vlasteiton was •••fiorded lasi week. A personal item iu tho Daily Times stated that a welt--1 nown Ma.sfcerton. resident would shortly l<e leaving the district, and within 24 hours 33 applicants made enquiries ■■bout the liou.se he was vacating.

KeciMitly some recommendations •or i uproving the entrance to the intake ( i' Levin wator supply river) were mafre to Levin Borough Oouncil by Mr (. limie, consulting engineer to the corporation. Inspector Hook, acting under these recommendations, has blown out a portion uf the rock and improved t:ie channels, so that the stream-ap-proach to the intake is now very satis factory.

Notwithstanding tho reduction in the p ice of gas charged by the Levin Borough Council since April last, there s evidence that the corporation gasworks will have a fairly profitable twelve nonths for the term to end 31st March proximo. Gas consumed for power purposes has remained at normal quantity and gas for house lighting and cookft>z has been in satisfactory demand.

Latest reports on the apple crops in Levin, district are of better tenor than the early ones, and it seems likely that a profitable harvest will be plucked. Some orchards, however, have been epoitl by last year-end high winds. Fn the Chronicle's back-yard only oin;e tree is fruited this season and only one apple remains. It will be "jeffed" for with em quads—an old printer's custom —around the stone next week.

.Uen are at work on the stone-crusher owned by the local councils of this district, ;md it is intended to begin crushing metal early next month. Metal from the corporation pit is much easier to crush in dry weather, ae it runs more easil/y through the It is hoped to have a record heap ready for use before the wet weather sets in, and also to g< t the repairing of the main roads—whore the formation stones are bumpy—begun forthwith.

An applicant for the position of house steward at the Gisborne Hospital advanced the statement that he had spent the last 41 years incubating eggs, "an experience which would not be detrimental if I were appointed." This created some amusement among members board when the applications were considered, but this was quite eclipsed when another applicant stated that he was "a great man in the choir."—Gisborne Times.

The threshing plant at the Weraroa Experimental Farm is at present engaged on nine acres of tares. These, with Russian bailvy, were sown as catch crop oarlv Inst winter and provided much winter feed. The heavy winds in the early part of the season beat all the barley out, but the tares are yielding well, and a yield of 20U 'bushels is expected from the nine acres. The price of tares some time back was 14s per bushel so that the crop will be a highly profitable one.

The Town Clerk informs us that he is continually being asked tor information us to the terms on which the Twon Hall is available for touring companies who cater for the public entertainment. His reply is inevitably that "there aint no eich place" as a municipal town hall in Levin, and refers them to the owners of the private halls in the town. It is, however, often found by ihe companies who propose to visit .wmn that the halls now in existence here are not very suitable.

The population oi' Sydney and suburbs on December 31 was 750,50)0, an increase of 27,100 on 1913. The births totalled 20,821, a record.

At the Sydney wool sales competition was the keenest and still with upward tendency. Greasy super-combing lOJd; greasy lamb 15d; both being season's records.

In every quarter of the globe, in every continent of the world we hoar at this moment the steady tramp ol armed men proceeding lroni our Dominions to the support of the meteor flag of Great Britain, and to the support of all the principles which are clear to the British Empire—liberty, honour and public faith.—Lord Eosebery.

Levin public baths have not been well attended this year, as the weather conditions have been less sultry than usual. Many of the swimming enthusiasts of the place have left for other districts, and Mr B. O. 1 ,, ivy berg, who was one of the swimming club's chief springs of action, is now at the ivjir front.

There is a recurrence or the trouble caused by algne in the bevin public baths. The treatment with a lime-and-aluin mixture that was given last year was temporarily effective, but further aplication is necessary this year. The extraordinary purity of Levin's water supply is conducive to the rapid development of algae.

In New Zealand it costs a man ovoi £30 to go on strike, and not in one c.iko in five does he get the tiling he struck for. These are two very important Tacts (leducible from a valuable set -ij figures which tho Labour Department, has compiled. The computation covers the period of the last twenty yea r< and shows that in that time workmen have lost (in wages alone) over .£500.000. Indirect monetary losses, of course, cannot be shown.

A naval officer on duty in the North Sea* writes:—We are tied up alongside a repair shir/ with a boiler blown down, and we have a lot of tubes leaking. Keeping the sea in a trawler in rough weather is very trying and dirty work. T wear a blue jor.sey all the time with sea fooots, and only put on a collar when I come into port. So much for neing a patrol leader. [ love the work and it is exciting if uoncomfortaßle. The strictest look-out must be kept at nil times, as with the rough sea that is going now a submarine's periscope takes a bit of spotting, likewise a floating mine. Some time ago it was mentioned that an old lady in England had seven sons serving in the navy ad army, but ;i Shropshire woman, who has seventeen sons in' the Army, surely holds the record. The Westminster Gazette says: "Our best respects to Alr.s Davies, of ■Church Stretton, 'Shropshire, the mother of seventeen sons serving in the navy and army, but a the King's Shropshire Light Infantrythe regiment of their father—two arc in tho Welsh Fusiliers, two in the new army, and one in the Army Service Corps. Of tho seventeen fourteen r.r<on active service. Tin's is a remarkable family record which must surely be unequalled."

The evidence ol spectator had to be taken by the juuges 01 the annual ■ inlge-to-bridge swimming race at Waugaimi beiore they were able to announce the result. The engine ol ilie launch in which the judges .were stationed failed just as the competitors were completing the distance, and as the launch was carried away b> , ufe current the judges wore unable to .see file iinisii ol the race. They made inquiries among those who had a bettei view, and then announced their award J liis led to much contention, as many people considered that the man who was placed third, won the race by a good nini-Riii. The lattor lias offered to .swim tin- race again. But no solution of him difliculty has yet been reached.

At the hill-climbing competitions oi Manawatu Motor Cycle Club yesterday, a serious accident happened to Air Alex Anderson, the well-known Palmerston motor cyclist. He was going at a pretty good pace, the loose surface of the road caused his machine to skid with the result that lie dashed into the b"anT<. His injuries consisted of several severe wounds on the head, a compound fracture of a linger, and a very serious eye wound ivhich will' probably mean the loss of the sight ot one eye.—Mannwatu Times.

Full details of iho Government's seneine for taking over the meat export trade are not yet available for publication, and a further conierence will be held to-day between representatives of the freezing* companies and others connected with tho trade and the Premier, but fne Government will not interfere tv itli the exising methods of handling and freezing fat stock. A* committee will be set up whose function will ■ e to iix the prices from time to time, at which the Government will take over tlie "ifieat wfien shipped. These prices will be based on the current values n London. The position will be that immediately the moat is snipped bills • f lading will be handed w> the Government, who will pay cash tor tho value of the meat. An was issued yesterday under the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, prohibiting the exportation of frozen mutton or lanib, chilled or frozen beef and tinned meat from the Dominion, save and except to ports in the United Kingdom.

i'atea bids fair to become unpleasantly notorious in connection with New Zealand hangings (says the Press). ft is a well-kown fact that some years ago a local resident forwarded an application to the Justice Department for permission to act as hangman in the caes of Kosher, the Petone murderer, and oven went so far as to forward samples oi' knots and running nooses witJi tho application as evidence of his skill n the hanging line. On Monday night another aspirant for the office of Lord High Executioner for the Dominion waited upon the representative of the law with the request for information ae to the best means to be adopted to obtain the appointment. The office is one that we should have thought would not be run after; however, there ie on accounting for taste.

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