The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. WEDNESDAY MAY 26, 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 May 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. WEDNESDAY MAY 26, 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL

iii lu-iliiv » Chronicle appears the report til IJIO Levin Women's Patriotic Committee 011 tlio various receipts and expenditures oi the committee. iiie section of Queen-street irom tlie railway crossing to Batholomew road is Inking badly cut up through the ([living ui vehicles 011 tlie sides instead oi over tlie newly-laid metal. The average tests, as usual at this unie oi the year, are high at the Levin L'aiiy factory. ihe quality of tlie butter retains it* usual good standard The supply oi' milk, however, is rapidly tailing, as is only to be expected in winter. There is an idea that' cows will come into profit earlier tlian ordinary next season. There is a dearth of ot ieed in the district at present, the maize fodder having been nipped by the eager air of the autumn months. l"'or April, tiie Levin Dairy Co., Ltd., paid out Is 3d per lb for On tterfat; and an additional "id per lb lor February supplies also was paid out. In all the cheques totalled 0.'3,(i00 —a record sum for April in the company's history. .Major -Burliusoi: has ottered to send out a bevy of boys from the training iarm to carry out -Mr D. «. Mackenzie's proposal to gather i'rince of Wales -l' eatiter ferns for sale; the proceeds to go to tlie Queen Carnival I"nrid . 111 a letter lrom iMiss AtcKegg to the Levin Queen Carnival Committer the Queen in posse wrote:—" i'esfcerciay i went to the photographer to be cinematographed. Li was taken in

supposed lieid oi wheat consisting <A three sheaves of oats, -which my iiorsa was anxious to oat for itinch." Tlie letter was read at last night's meeting the committee and was greeted with uproarious laughter.

On i'ridayfcight next m the Council Chambers u meeting u i(| by o |- mull and \outlis willing to start a biauch ui »L. Jul ill's Ambulance Association. 'JLhe usefulness of this Society is so evident that a hearty support is sine to be tile result. 'I'Jie liujetiii will be held at '/.30 o'clock sluup ,aini not" at 8 p.m. as originally decided.

Lurriigated iron went. up in price miwn alter the war began, and a further increase 'has been evident in the last lew 'weeks. Two sizes are unobtainaule in \\ ellington at present, the Government demand for iron intended tor the ereciioji oi men's huts at Trenthani being the cause. The average rise in price is £3 15s per ton, and olio size has heeiv raised !jv £4 10s per ton. '

The desirableness or tiio Queen Carnival entertainment committee (Le- | vin) arranging for a troupe of Maori j poi dancers and Maori war dancers | to give performances in Wellington ! and elsewhere was spoken of by the ; .Mayor of Levin last night. This . class -of performance would be a nov- i elty in the city, he said, and the man- j agement of the troupe -would be no j great trouble. The natives would pay their way down. The committee ; discussed the proposal and finally sent it on to the entertainment committee.