The Chronic PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. TUESDAY, aPRIL 20,1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 April 1915, Page 2

The Chronic PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. TUESDAY, aPRIL 20,1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Accounts amounting to £243 were passed for payment by the Levin Borough Council at its meeting last evening. The work of crushing 1503 cubic >ards of metal just completed hats cost !lio Levin Borough Council a total of -275. an average of 3s Btl per yard. Wednesday (to-morrow) at 12 o'clock is the time for the closing of nominations of candidate* for the Levin Borough Council. Last evening the Levin Borough Council voted the sum of £5 towards Ihe expenses of the military sports to ha held on the racecourse on Wednesday. The amount of rates outstanding within the Levin Borough is £305. Of this amount £181 is general rates and £124 water rates. Last year the total was £211. An application for a light at the ■Stanley-street corner, made la«t night to the Levin Borough G>tin<?fl by Mrs K. A. Driver, was held over for future consideration. The amount paid to the Levin Volunteer Fire Brigade by the Levin Borough Council for attendance at fires and practice during the past six months was £5 19s. Last year the expenses of the Otaki Hospital were £1310, and this year they are estimated at £1615. The sanatorium cost £2695. and this year is expected to cost £2725.

The treasurer of the Levin Ladies' Committee for the Belgian belief Fund desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt ol weekly contributions from Mr.s R. ."Johnson. Saxon-street, Levin. for tlie above fund.

Hie road overseer lias been authorised by (he Levin Borough Council to use tlio traction engine in Queen and York streets to roll the metal if it proves satisfactory and the weather is suitable.

Tlio Levin Borough Council' lias decided to grant the Borough Chambers for the forthcoming conference (-May 21st) ot local bodies to dual with the small bird pest. Councillors France and I'rouse were appointed to represent tin? Council at the conference.

The Borough Council has granted tho use of the Levin park domain to Major Burliitsoii and his staff on Wednesday, -May oth, uith the right to make a charge. Major Biirlinson proposes to hold a Inir un that day tor the purpose (if raising funds to assist the distressed Servians.

I'rum Air liveJ.vu Wrench, secretarv to tin- Overseas Club, in London, .Mrs Stanley ( huplin, Levin, has received a letter acknowledging tile receipt of ■L- -Js lor the Tobacco Fund for soldiers at the front. It ivas added to the letter that .Mis ChapHri's wish that the amount be devoted to .supplying the Levin members of the Contingent with cigarette's ami tobacco was being attended to.

Popular parcel post free for .3s from Collinsuji and Cuiiuingiinine. Palmerst'in .North. -Pair ladies' slippers of pretty check felt with cosy felt soles and outer soles of leather lock-stitched on ; fleecy-lined in grey with turn-back tops which can be buttoned up round the ankles like boots for warmth. Pair black cashmere hose and pair suspenders. Ask for No. 2PCO and return the parcel it not quite satistactory.— Advt For Influenza take Woods' Gioat Peppermint Cure. Never fails. 1b 6d, * Adrt.

i Professor E. E. Fournier d'Albe, of . Lahore has invented a phonoscope enabling the totally deaf to distinguish sounds, speech, and music by means of the eye.—lteuter. | The levy to be made on the Horowhe- ! Una County Council this year by the : Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board is £2713, an increase of abuii't 1 £-100 above the amount last year. j Through the Chronicle's inadvert- | ence the auction sale to be held by j .Messrs Parker and Vincent on behalf of Mr W. Jamie.son was advertised for Tuesday, instead of Saturday next. Details of the sale appear to-dav on page 4. Commenting on the report of the Valuation of Land Commission, the Prime ' Minister said : "I consider it a most valuable report, and it will be my duty to ask Parliament to give effect by legislation to some of the suggestions that have been made with a view of placing the operation of the law affecting valuations on a more satisfactory basis."

A clearing sale will be held at the dairy farm of Mr Sharman, Ivmberlyroad on Monday next. 26th inst. Mr Sharman has built up a line dairy herd during the past years, and.-the animals to be submitted to auction on Monday are an exceptionally fine lot. The whole of the dairy utensils and farm implements, the latter almost new, will be sold also. Light luncheon will be provided. Full particulars are advertised elsewhere in this issue.

i By Gazette notice published on Wednesday, it is announced that the shooting season for imported and native game in the Wellington acclimatisation district opens on May 1. The native game that may Dc killed are grey duck, black swan, and teal, and the maximum bag for one gun is twentyfive bead in all. The notice also prescribes areas in which imported" and native game may not be killed. The license fee for the shooting of imported game is £1.

What is a "gent"? asks n London writer. Perhaps the best definition was that of the late Judge Wightman, I lie lather-in-law of Matthew Arnold. Once, in the course ol an examination, a witness described a certain person connected with the case as "an independent gent." "An Independent what?" asked Mr Justice Wightman. "A gent, my lord." repeated the witness. "Oh. 1 understand." repeated the witness. "Oh 1 understand," said the Judge, "that's something short of a gentleman, isn't it?"

A report b,v the Special l.'oininittoc set up by the Levin Borough Council to deal with the question oi the Storage of dangerous goods within the borough, was submitted to the Council last evening. Ifc was recommended that the new council build a magazine of corrugated iron, divided Into compartments for the storage of inflammable oil and explosives. .Racli licensee to have the sole use and control of one compartment upon the payment of £1 per annum, the maximum quantity to be stored by storekeeper Fo be arranged. Much di.scuwu'on ensued on the report on which the committee was not unanimous. Councillors seemed to think that the recommendation would not put the Council in any bet--ler position. Finally the Mayor moved an amendment antf Councillor Fosella seconded that the Council's pro-.- • nt by-laws regarding dangerous goods be enforced. This was carried.