LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 July 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

.Butter in Levin has been raised another penny per pound, and is now isokl at Is 7d. wholesale, from the factory'. TIIO Government's iprohibition of export lias had 110 detrimental effect on the outlook of Ley in dairyfarmer,s, evidently. A meeting of the Shorthorn Breeders' Association will be held at the Weraroa Experimental Farm 011 Tuesday. 27th inefc. The consideration of remits for the N'ew Zealand Fruitgrowers' Conference, to be held in Wellington on the Slh. Glh and 7th August, will be tlie business of a special meeting of iruitgrowers called by tlie Horowlienua Fruitgrowers' Aaosciation tor Friday next in 'Mr D. Smart's rooms at 8 p.m. Tlie attendance of all fruitgrowers is requested. The ordinary meeting of the Levin Korough Council was held iu the Council Chambers last evening. There were present: The Mayor (Mr i 3. R. Gardener), Councillors H. 13. France, •M. Fosella, J. Harvey, E. M. Herriek, 1. G. Vincent. S. Jones, J. Robertson, A Dempsey and C. Blenkhorn. The main business transacted was the consideration of the estimates and the Borough treasurer's report. These will appear in the course of a few days.

Applications for the position of secretary to the Kuku Dairy Company are invited by in this issue. Applicants are required to state the salary they require.

The following players will represent the' Levin hockey team to play Foxton on the Levin park domain to-morrow : — Pringle, G. Leslie, Bennett, Walton, Rounsell, Parsons, iHowe, Thompson, Smart, Hook and Wells. The match will start at 3 o'clock sharp.

Application for two chains of metalling to give him access to his dairy on the Council's section in Bartholomew road, -was made to the Levin Borough last night by Mr J. T. Oak, who rents the section from the Council. It was decided to spend ill 011 the work.

The Levin municipal gas department feiLows a profit for the past year of £8 ( J l.s 5d against £ltKj 7s (jd_last year. Considering the increased cost of coal, and the amount spent 011 extensions out of revenue, the result of the year's •U'wj'k is considered satisfactory.

In a sawniilling district not far from Auckland a Maori was asked to act as master of ceremonies for a local dan<:o. Being unconversant with the procedure ue decided to write to a pakeha frieirl for advice. This is what he wrote:--

"Dear Sir,—Please kindly give me the ider of u«ing a dance 1 'want to know the m.c. Send for lancers and squire dance first quadrille. Pleaso solid at once. Remain yours faithfully."

By command of ''Her Majesty Queen Kitty" the following have been summoned to appear at the court to bo held at the Century Hall Palaco on Friday, July 23rd, at 3 p.lll. and S p.m., viz., Miss Zita Chapman, to recite; "Prince John." and Miss Tnurya Hodgers, to perform a classic dance. Those young ladios are coming Trom Wellington for the occasion. Sea Us ■will be reserved for the holders of -3s tickets till 7.30 p.m., after that time ii< seats will bo reserved. Holders of these tickets should be at the palace by the time stated. Children's tickets for Is each Are only available for the afternoon performance. Tickets can be obtained at the borough office < r iiid from members of the committee

The drawing of the lottery in connection witlT the Levin special effort to raise funds for the Sick and Wounded .Soldiers Fund (Queen Carnival) will take place at the Century llall, Levin, on Wednesday night, 21st July, at 8 p.m., and the public is invited to intend' to witness the same. 'The committee will take advantage of the occasion to auction many useful articles. these being gifts for purpose of augmenting the fund. A large muster of fhe public is hoped lor.

The executive of the recent Levin Carnival still hold unclaimed two of the best prizes in connection with the rallies that were promoted on Carnival Day. They are: Raffle No. 5, solid silver soup ladle, winner No. Co 1; and naffle No. 0, case of cutlery. wTnner No. 26(3, are the two above-mentioned prizes. They may be had on application to the lion, secretary, Mr. C. S. KeojlweH. If they are not iclainied shortly they probably will be sold by public auction, in order to wind up the carnival affairs.

The iStandard (I'alnierston Xorthy writes:—Whilst the dominion has c\* erv reason to be proud of the generosity of a great majority of its citizens ill the present great crisis, there are some undesirables amongst the number, not only lacking in this quality but also sadly lacking in a spirit ol patriotism and deserve to be dealt with accordingly. Cases have just been brought under our notice in which young men who had enlisted for active service were immediately discharged by their employers, who are engaged in the fanning industry.

Referring to public reserves in this district the Mayor, last night, at the meeting of the Levin Borough Council, said that the Government should be approached -with a view to having all these reserves vested In the Borough Council. At present the reserve of forty acres near the lake was without a governing body and being neglected, and there was a possibility that all the improvements done oil it so far would be lost. The 'Borough Council l:ad more interest in that reserve than any body in the district, and they should see that if the Governmen't did not vest it in the Council, at least it should appoint a board to govern it. The lake domain also should be put in charge of the Council. Tie considered that before matters connected with these reserves, had gone too far that proper governing bodies should be appointed.

Corporal F. J. Dwyer, of Opunakc, who was wounded at tho jftardutiellos, wfites:--"I got hit between the right shoulder and the spine and the bullet is still in tliere. 1 expect them to put rnc X-rays on it any day now, and remove it. It is not very pleasant inside and 1 will feel much better when it >s in my pockot. We came from the Gallipoli Peninsula in the Braemar Castle, there were 850 aßoaitl. 1 think we lost about 20 on the voyage but we had some bad cases aboard. How one yearns for attention after leaving iho field 1 On the field it is hard to

get a ivash and in consequence nave extras in one's clothes to contend with The Royal Army Medical Corps do all they can, but it in hartl to get a shirt to replace one's own, AVe have plenty of them at the base, but no one from the base came to meet us and bring us spare clothes. In our base tits wo have plenty of .cloEhet, bdt we iaivloa here without towel, soap or anything. In fact 'tTiere are very few of us wno are not lousy. I believe that after a couple of days we will get a clean shirt. •Many of our men are ■witTiout altogether as tliey had to throw their own f.way before it walked away. It will be one of life's pleaoures to get some clean clothes. When one goes clay after day and never has one's clothes oh, not even one's "boots unloosened. I can assure rodi it's a problem io keep clean.