The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7. 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 April 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7. 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL

9 ■"" I'cir some months now there iitis 'jccj installed at OJiau station a uch table exchange. Our very efficient railway ■signalling department under the abli management of .Mr \\ ynne is always 01 the alert to saleyuard the travelliuj public, and it in as well that the fit lent ion of the latter should be dravvi to this latest device. It will at teas In- a comfort to them to know that ni [tains are spared to provide for tin safety of life and limb. Most peoph who ii.se the railway must have notice* i lie post which stands at one end o thi' station platform which has an iroi arm from which hangs the tablet sat chcl. When the engine snatches of the .suspended tablet and deposits tin one brought from the last station th< iron arm used to .swing round to on< •side to prevent the danger of its col liding with the passengers on the train This violent winging round, hesidei racking the machine to pieces in a sliorl period, was very likely to seriously in I jui-e any person who was unwittingly standing beside the post. The nen contrivance does not swing round. Tin arm consists of two barn held close together while the tablet hangs on them which, when it is removed, slowly as.sullies a vertical position, one sinkin<; down against the post and the othe"i pointing straight upward. The removal of the tablet releases a trip rer\ much the name way as a rat-trap it operated by the wary rodent. Tbt motive power is supplied by a weighi hanging beside the post and this is ;i great improvement over the spring ol the old one. The inventor of tliif simple and effective machine is Mi I , ' rank Wallis, manager of the department's construction works in AVellington. Tt is otio of the several inventions which this gentleman has contributed to the service of the New Zealand railways. Mr AJ'allis is a native of Wellington, having served bis apprenticeship to engineering in a citv foundry and subsequently entered the railway workshops at I'efone shortly before the introduction of the interlocking and lock and block systems into our railways. Ho joined the ntaff of this department at its inception ami j s now in charge of their very complete workshop near I.ami,ton station. At first much of the interlocking material was imported but now it is practically all made locally, The tablet exchanger lias passed its period of probation and its inventor in to be congratulated on its very successful debut. The annual meeting of the Levin Hockey Club will be held in Mr D. •Smart's office on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The number on the roll at the Levin public school is 552. Owing to the prevalence of influenza the average attendance (494) for the month was below the normal. The Rev. A. <J. Kanderson announced at last night's meeting of the Levin School Committee that lie does not intend to seek re-election at the next election of a new school committee. Miss Stone, of the Levin teaching staff in still in the Palinerston North hospital. She is .suffering from an injured foot. Her place temporarily is being filkd by Miss Cork. Though no competitive- games were played on the Levin Bowling Green or the Ladies' Croquet Club's lawn at the green during the holidays, both green and lawn were crowded with players and many friendly and enjoyable games of bowls and croquet were played" and the practice thus obtained will be of great assistance in future competitions.

An election of a '01 this district -on the Foxton HarLom Board will bo hold on the sumo day as the election of councillors for the Levin borough. Tho amount put through the total isator during the two days' racing ol the Feilding Racing Club's Eastei meeting was £55.942. compared wit] I'->I.BII last year. The Easter Handicap run at Keild ing yesterday was w on by Sir Alba ear vying 8.4. Tho time for the clistanci (li miles) was 2min. SJ.secs. The Hon. H. D. Bell, Minister <> Internal Affairs, will visit Levin on I'Yi day He will arrive by the 10.55 a.in train (Xew Plymouth express). AI the Levin School Committee las year there was a big attendance am many householders wore compelled t< stand in the corridors of thi school buildings. The matte wais brought up at last night's meetiii; ol the school committee and it «a suggested that a hall be engaged for tin election this year. After some discus sion Mr Thomson moved that the Cen tuny Hall be obtained tor the nex election -subject to the. approval of th Education Board. M.r Dawson second ed tliis and it was agreed to. . A list of 25 names of applicants fo a vacancy on the teaching staff of tin fiCvin district school was received law night by the School Committee from Mn JCtlucntion Hoaitl. witli i ho Board's recommendation of Miss Hitchcock, on of the applicants Cor the vacancy'. Th. .secretary commenced ti, read out Ihlist of applicants, their qualifications etc.. but as the Board's recominenda tion practically meant the appointinen of Miss Hitchcock the committee de eidod that it was useless to proeeei further and decided to take no actioi in the matter. The Mayor (Mr B. R. Gardener brought before the public meeting ii the Century Hall on Tuesday eveniiij the claims of the Royal Life Saving So fiety, and the desirability of forming ; branch in Levin. He said that Mr°D W. Matlieson already had received th names of some thirty persons who in tended to become members of thi b'-aneh of the Society. Tie (the "Mayor suggested that in a short time a meet nig of intending members be lield whoi officers could be elected, rules made and instruction classes carried oi th rough tlie winter in readiness for th( coming summer. A circular from the Mayor of AVel lington. Mr J. P. Luke. l',a« been re ceived by the .Mayor (.Mr B. R. Qoi dener) asking his co-operation in m'vin; effect to a .scheme whereby the Govern' ment will subsidise £ lor £ all mone raised in the Dominion for the Rel-nai Ifelief Fund, up to CSOOO per month The contribution of the Wellingtoi provincial district necessary to secur the subsidy is £978 per month. M Luke suggests that a- central commit tee be set up to act in a general man nor to ensure the success of the whom,, the committee to consist of the Mayo of WolliiiKton. Hon. C. J. Joln.son. th. Me-lgmn Consul and Mr C. P. Skerret Private McKain. ot Levin, in ; , | o t tcr to his jjai'ents. discourses on sonn ""table eights he has seen in *>vp( He write,s that the New Zealander have been doing some solid trainiii. lately: out «n night-marching sleepiiv «>it. and night attacks, as well as onl post duty. Describing the Cairo a,,,. ''«> says it is reputed to be second I, ""»«■ in the H-orJcl. Live tortoiV.'s snpposwl to be over 200 years old -,n "• the zoo. After, giving details',, the pyramids, he goes on to say th:. he 'visited the place where tlie Vin'ii .Mary rested when she was fleeing fron ■lerusalen, to Egypt, AVe saw tli, tree she sat on: it is 2000 years old !" UI ,s popped up with timber to ho!< 't up. Tt is just about dead. On, I'iiJf i« dead. I sot a few leave* ~f Ibc tree: will send them with the 'of I™. J have just seen Joseph's wo ] ;""1 hu\ a drink of the water fron it. Th,s will seem hardly credible t< you people, but it is all true. J,,, '»»k <i|> your Bibles and yon will se, that this i s r igi lt ~A )i "ther ~lace we have seen is the "-rea: storeroom where Joseph .stored all th. W-nni the lime of the great famine I, kgypt.