The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN MONDAY. MARCH 15. 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 March 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN MONDAY. MARCH 15. 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tiv individuals found drunk in Os lord street on Friday afternoon appeared before Mr B. 11. Gardener, J.V , at. the Levin Court on Saturday morning. One was fined 5s and the other was convicted and discharged on prjuiising to leave the district. Bot'i were first offenders. As usual, rumour had magnified one of .lie aboveases into something much more reprehensible.

On the Levin park domain on Sat.i ."- day afternoon a cricket match ifjoiv place between a representative team from Otaki and one from Shannon. A good game resulted in a victory for Otaki by 51 runs. The scorw were Otaki 90. Shannon 49.

Sometimes Nemesis pursues its w*tim and sometimes lies in wait It followed the latter course the ether -ev !*» ing and caught a motor cyclist, wh> being without lights on his 'machine. was leaving the town and the police haunts in a great hurry. "With his machine coughing like a Maxim gun lie turned up Queen-street and disappeared over the railway line. Tl ough lose to sight the auditory sense soon told one that he had not gone far; Nemesis was waiting in the heavy layer of bioken metal just laid down by the Borough Council, in Queen-street, east of the railway line, and it brougli the rr achine and rider to a painful stop. The speech that follower! would have moved the most hardened councillor bad he heard it.

It is reported that Mr Howard Andrew, .storekeeper, of .Manakan. n(ends to purchase a light motor van for delivering goods.

-\t its meeting on Saturday the Horou'hcinia Council passed resolution authorising tlic raising of the following loan«.—Waikawa Reach road £200; Pott's roarl £600; Hantere road. £7W: Aiauhala road £250, and the Heights road £200.

It ha-s 'been notified iji the Gov3:um.ent Gazette that the roads through tJiu Heathcrlea settlement weio hanJed over to the Horowhenua County Co'.ccil. At its Tiieeting on ►Saturday, the engineer stated that Sorenson's nad had not heen metalled and at present was almost impassable. The council objected to taking over Mie road until ;ill the requirements of 'he Act were complied with, and it was decided to protest against the action ol the Department and object to taking over the load until it m metalled.

A Windsor settlers crop of sibo-.it lOt) acres of wheat threshed out at 21 bushels to the acre. This he .sold at 7s per bushel. — Oamaru Mail.

As .showing the abnormal prices which oats are bringing, a grain-grower of the Lower Waitaki Valley informs us that last year he sold Algerian oats of good quality at Is <d per bushel, and then had to look round for a buyer. This is an interesting comparison, with the price recorded yesterday of 5s 5d per bushel.—Oamaru Mail. Queensland has just sent away buttei in one shipment to the value of £108,OUU, and cheese in another vessel to the amount of 4000 crates. The season for both butter and cheese in the northern State is.record in quantity and value. The main report of the-Horowhenua County Council and other mtersting items .are crowded out or to-day's issue. They will appear to-morrow. Health nappinfss .re awaiting* foT yon if you will buy your bootj und shoes from F. W. Pink Adrt.

Accounts amounting to £2108 were passed by the Horowhenua County Council at its meeting on its Saturday.

The County Clork has been instructed by the Horowhenua County Coiucil to levy 11 sanitary rate within the present sanitary district of Shannon.

Councillor Venn remarked at the County Council meeting on Saturday that the Council was still £6000 to the bad

The tender of G. K. Douglas at £I'3j has been accepted by the County Council for the erection of a bridge on the Manakau Beach road. The only oth -r tender was that of L. Arcus at £116.

The tender of J. Bresnahan for the supply of maintenance metal at Shannon was accepted and that of R. Soutliee was accepted for Tokeinaru by the Couiitv Council on Saturday.

The tender of W. J. Close for the metalling of the Hokio Beach road~ r or 0s (id per yard was accepted by the Horowhenua- County Council at its meeting on Saturday. The tenderer's offer to deliver 1260 yards of metal at 4s 9d per yard for the main and district roads of the Te Horo riding was also accepted.

The Horowhenua County Coun. d's resolution', passed some months ago. fixing the price of tile strakor waggon, was rescinded at the Council's meeting o)i Saturday and it is to be left in the hands of the chairman anil engineer to dispose of it at the best possible price.

Many people throughout the county, when they find themselves burdemd with rubbish, such as old tins, bottles, etc.. promptly dump it on the county roads. Councillors at the County Council meeting on .Saturday severely commented on this practice, and it was decided to instruct the surfacemen in the county to bring the offenders to book. Several tenders ror the supply of maintenance metal in the Otaki riding were received at Saturday's meeting, but the prices were considered too high. It was decided to call for further tenders to be in "at noon on the 27th iiist. and that the councillors lor the riding and the engineer deal with them.

The Horowhenna Council lias oniy one road grader and there is keen Joinaiul lor its services in the various ridCouncillor Venn complained at the last council meeting that th-o grader had heeii taken away from 'J'okumarii to do Potts's roatl. It was promised that it would be sent back as soon as the latter road was finished. Xow the engineer informed them that it was to he sent to the Te Horo riding. It was not fair. He had told people who asked him as to the whereabouts of the grader that it would be hack when Potts's road wa.s finished. People would nay that "Old Venn is becoming a bigger liar than ever." (Laughter).

Some remarkable goon yields of grain are looked for in Southland, where the crops are looking well. A recent visitor has informed the Ota go Daily Times that in the Dipton and AVestern districts, given good weather, some heavy crops should be reaped—from 70 to 90 bushels per acre of oats and from .30 to 00 bushels of good milling wheat. Indeed, estimates of returns on the same scale are being made l'n m several other districts in Southland, one farmer considering that his return of oats will run up to 110 bushels in acre. A good lot of the wheat has been got into the stack; strange io

relate, a greater proportion of wlkat than of oats.