The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 March 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL

From Or A. A. -Martin, formerly </i Palnierston, ami now on active .service in Furope, Mr John Robertson, ol Levin is in receipt ot an Army Post Card, bearing New Year's greetings ami stating that the writer is in good health. The card is interesting in its printed phraseology, there being eight optional printed messages on it, useful for conveying the information that Ihe writer is well, sick in hospital, "e----eovering. or lingering a.s the ease may lie. The doctor has crossed out the line relating to being "admitted to hospital,'' though it is a fair presumption that lie is admitted dailv.

<Jne would imagine that th... owner ol .several thousand acres of land would he one of the last persons in the world to ho sMed as a judgment debtor. Such .1 case occured at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, when a .Maori owing as he .said, seven thousand acres of .Native land answered the queries of counsel as to his finances. The debtor explained that his property was 011 the

iiganui Kiver He received £4 a year for it! Another Maori ,similarly sued, said lie received £28 yearly for 20 acres down south and Is 9d. per acre yearly for 5 acres, which rent he had been paid in advance up to 1918. Domin ion.

On Levin Howling Green yesterday afternoon occasion was taken to bid farewell to Mr G. Larking, who has done a good deal to enliven interest 111 the game during hi.s three or four weeks' sojourn in this town. Mr Larking spoke of the great pleasure it had given liini to meet and play with the bowlers ef Levin, and oxpreserl his intention to bring along a team or two from Palmerston to meet Levin before the current season ended. Oil behali of the club, Mr F. G. Roe, president, assured Mr Larking that the prospective visitors would be heartily welcome. All instance of the woes of loci, business men and the (people can fill in the blank themselves) oT some people. A district resident who gets all his goods from Wellington and boasts of it. was prevailed upon by a local business man to give liini an order by promising to supply the goods at Wellington prices for cash. Tin order was given and tile district resident promised to pay in a few days > lie had not the money with him at the time, though when sending to Wellington he always had to send cash with the order. The few days went by- also a month, and the local business man asked the district resident to. the money owing. He expressed surprise and annoyance at the reque,. and then the business man told him candidly what he thought of it. The opinion cannot be given here but will be understood easily enough.

With a fnJI .score of player.s on (.lie .sward, besides a tew observers on the margin. Levin Howling Green presented an animated appearance yesterday afternoon. The occasion was the playing of a pairs tourney, details of which will appear in a later'edition of The Chronicle. The green was very keen and fast, the weather was mild, ana the wind was less than a zephyr; so everything tended to good bowling and the players passed a most enjoyable time. Afternoon lea and lemonade was provided by the players a la Kentucky.

A couah remedy ot estimable value is "Nazol." Specially good foi children —even babies. Wise mothers everywhere keep "Nazol" handy. Sixty doses L*» Avery la 6d bottla

This morning at three o'clock an outbreak of firo occurred in -Mr J. Scott's bakehouse, but fortunately was ruppresed by the proprietor and his employees before much damage was done. Some wcod placed in the furnace Hie previous evening took nro and sparks from it fell to the floor and ignited some chips. From these the fire went up J;he wall and was spreading to the roof of the building when it was discovered. A few buckets of water sufficed to extinguish it. The fireball was rung, but apparently it was not heard by many people as only the police put in an appearance. A five-acre paddock on the estate of the late lima Heeni. Rnngiotu. has yielded a remarkable crop of oaten sheaf chaff. Of four stacks, two have already been cut and sixteen toils of chaff obtained. The remaining stacks are larger, and will probably yield .considerably more than the. first two. With chaff in the vicinity of £6 10s per ton the profit made from these five acres will be about £230. Manavrntu Times. At present the Borough Council employees are engaged putting down n heavy layer of broken metal in Queenstreet. No doubt the cost of living to owners of vehicles with pneumatic tyres will show :i further increase. When the northern end of Oxford street is metalled the three approaches to Levin will protected. Sergeant-Major -Harrison of the Do fence Department visited Levin yesterday and proceeded to Mnnakau fas! night and picked up the Territorials tlier who have to put in tour days -ax tra in camp at Marton through missing parades during the year They passed through Levin to Marton early this morning; the territorials from Levin went bv the Now Plymouth train.

A reward is offered for the return o! .i'U) in notes, lost ill Levin.