LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 June 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

fr. : The final official returns for the Taumarunui seat are: Jennings 3850, AVileon 3702 . A fancy dress baJl is to be held at Manakau nt the end of June. Mrs Cruickahank and Miss E. .Hurley have the arrangements in hand. tiergt.-Major (jetting has received nolice of liTs transfer to the training camp at Trentliam. .Sergt-Major Daniels, of Wanganui, has been transferred to Lovm. A general rate of one half penny in the pound (capital value) is to be struck by the Buckley Drainage Board. An advertisement on the matter appears on page 3. By notice in the Government Gazette authority is given louder the Public Keserves and Domains Act to change the purpose of a reserve at Tokomaru. Horowhenua County, from a site for a post and telegraph office to a site for a police station. On behalf of the Levin Carnival Committee Dalgety and Company will sell at their Levin yards on Saturday an extensive collection of live stock, dairy produce, etc. On Saturday the Levin lootball team journeyed to Otaki and met the Otaiki United team. The result was a win for the Otaki team by one point. The scores were: United six points, Levin five points. ,A particularly mean theft is recorded in a wounded >>'cw Zealander's letter received in Levin this month. The wounded man, on his way to" the hospital, was robbed (on the sliip Derflingei) ol his diary and a number of curios. They were stolen from his pocket. An entertainment will be giveu m Levin next Friday by the natives of the county in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Each item will be proceeded by an address by Mr Tuiti McDonald, of iCoputaroa, explanatory of the haka, song or dance, so that the whole audience may follow the items of the entertainment clearly. For some years past services have been held in the West Coast Sawmilleis lUooms, Weraroa, by the Levin Anglican Church. Now the building is required for other purposes by tha owner, and the church people liave decided to have a new church room erected on a Kite in Keepa-street, Weraroa. Tenders are advertised for in today's Chronicle, from builders prepared to carry out the work. At the meeting of the Levin Carnival committee on Monday ov.ening it was decided to change the guessing competition for tiie Ford motor ear to a straight-out raffle. All those who already ihave purchased tickets will be entitled to take part in the raffle. Any holders of tickets who object to the changed procedure can have their money refunded by handing in their tickets to the secretary, Mr li. l<.. Gardener, on or before luesday, June 22nd. .Notice and particulars of the change arc advertised in this issue. There is apparently always a lurking suspicion about that if games are mentioned tl:o; - o h a danger of thy 'too much sport' bogey cropping up. ' .So said the principle or the Auckland Teachers' Training College (Ivlr.'H. A. li. Miines), in the annual report whieti he presented to the Education Jioard this week. "Properly understood," lie continued, "games are, in my opinion, an absolute necessity ol scholastic file no that 1 make no apology for constant reference to them." From the Dominion.—Miss McKegg's rise into third place in the. Carnival "Queen" race on Saturday indicate* in no uncertain way that the Mananatui is waking up. lheir candi date has not been very well for a week or so, but is now almost quite recovered, and tho work of keeping her near the top of the poll is being well done. In addition to a line section of laiiu at Paraparauuiu, another section ol land at l'orirua has been donated to the fund through Miss comnnttee, and tickets in both lots are being readily disposed of.

On Tuesday evening a hid iianifl James Musgrove, in the employ of Mr hi. Uarnett, met with a serious accident. Abouit six o'clock in the evening he was discovered lying in the stable bleeding and with sawdust scattered oxer him. Medical assistance, was procured and it was discovered that tiie iad's skill was fractured, he apparently having been kicked by a horse. He Has removed to the Otaki hospital where, an operation will bo performed tu-day. Owing to complaints u> the effect that Auckland was not receiving a fair share- of ihe appointments to commissions in the Reinforcements, Mr C. J. Parr, M.P., recently placed tlie matter before the Minister of Defence, the Hon James Allen. lie pointed out that he had been informed that out of "thirtv appointments made (luring the htfit month only two had come to Auckland, and he asked if that was a correct statement. In the reply M. Parr has received from Mr Allen, the Minister encloses a copy of a return he has had prepared, and which shows that the appointments of officers from the four centres have been as follows:—Auckland, 118; Canterbury, 113 Otago, j 122; Wellington, 125: total, 478. —Dominion. Anyone wishing to secure a straightout lease of rich dairying or agricultural land will now have an opportunity ot doing so. The trustees of the Otaki Mission property invite tenders for least of eleven sections varying from four to one hundred and ten acres. The soil is of the best and the position all that can be desired as this estate is situated right in Otaki, whic'i has an ideal climate and splendid market fo rail produce. There is a good train service to Wellington, including a Sunday train. With milk at 10d per gallon during.the winter months a large revenue can be obtained by sending - t to Wellington. An advertisement from Messrs Abraham and Williams, perimental Farm, realised 28s 9d> and a in to-day's Chronicle. MENACE TO UHILT) LIFE. A neglected the ordinary light cold will become eevere, and a well established, ripe cold is to the grem of diphtheria what honey is to the bee. The greatest menace to child life is a neglected cold. Whether the cold bo slight or severe the very best treatment tha can be adopted is to give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. A cold never results in diphtheria when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given. Sold every where.