The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 August 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Prices at Johnsonville &tock market ruled high on \Vednesday, and Koputaroa pastures again showed their superiority. For hall-bred Roscommon wethers Mr John Davies realised the line price of 38s ( Jd, and lor tlie same breed of ewes the same grazier secured 38s.

Yesterday's sitting ut the Levin S.AI. Court was presided over by Messrs JJ. It. Gardener and F. C. Remington, J's.P. In the following eases judgment by default, was given for plaintiffs.—D. Watson v. it. Scott £1 13s 7d, costs os; same v. Kate Broughton £'1 12s 3d, costs 13s, same v. \Yarena, £2 (is od and costs lus; Mrs E. G. Bignall v. C. Stridd £2 Is and costs 18s; John Young v. C. Strid £3 2s (id. costs 18s; J. C. Millies v. T. \V. McDonald for £'6 os and costs £1 3s (3d. 'ioKoniaru iias no policeman, tut uid prescription lor ascertaining Lhe lime hao not. been available in uiose pails. Possibly lor this reason a line brass ship's clock lias oeen procured for Teniukanui mill, and 'within a day or two it will be sent to Us destination from the head oflico at Shannon. uuiuo ox i-jjo uiicau ana >jcol tu.uui'i i uuiip ever Oiyuunea m r ih uoiiig maijiciea uom wie ila.Miiiiio oi. oiiuiinon Uistuut uns \\ccK. J u..* exceptionally line aim sunny neaine;' CAijei'iOiiccu along ilio coast uurmg Ui" laot ten days lias enabled llie iuiilo»* io excel tiicir uiuinai'y si.aiiuaid t;i uusseu nemp. A Cnromcle reporte. neaid Uoiu a business man uiio -s in close toucn with llaxnun aetiutics Ljiul tiie summer season of ltUo-rci gill u good promise of being the best evoi experienced in tiiese parts. lie propnesied iliuL tliere would not be an 'die stripper in the whole oi the district, lieinp now was bringing a better price than nad ruled lately, and it was believed the price would not drop again to the unprofitable level it reacned some niontns back.

A littie known ieature ui the war ii» the lact that Japan, in addition to the services rendered by ner licet, ua., given huge iisstotance to the Ailico by i urnishiiig war supplied. Iho ioiiiu correspondent oi the -New iork .'liVou iug i'ubL mentions for example, Uial orders irom -Russia for two million pairs of army book will keep over.) shoe factory iu Japan uusy lor .*u months. The woollen nulls are • binn • lariy working 011 Russian orders Hu' more than two millions yards ol khaki. The inexhaustible recources ol the Japanese copper mines are being Ireuly drawn upon to supply war material not only to .Russia out to Jinglaml and France.

Poverty and privation arc by uo | moans uncommon in New Zealand, and ■ quite a number of instances have from time to time come under the notice of the Waikato Hospital ami Charitable i Aid 'Hoard from the iving Country, j Reporting on one case into which lie | had made investigations, Mr J. IJoddie | (Te Kuiti), at a recent meeting of the board, said he found the family in question in a deplorable state of poverty. Til. 1 husband was out of work, there was no footl in the house, and the tive children, whoso ages ranged from seven j years downwards, 'were almost naked, j There was absolutely no furniture in , the house, which contained not a oingle 'blanket and no bed linen •whatever. . The wife would shortly be confinod, and 'with the winter still unfinished the prospects of the family were anything but bright. On his own initmtive lie (Mr Boddie) had purchased .'what ho considered absolutely necessary to enable the wife to get over her trouble in comparative 'comfort. He had also collected a quantity of clothing for the children. iMr BoddieV action was ap-! proved, and he will be refunded tho outlay. -1 - -" 1; -

Mr Bruce Stewart, manager for Fro, fessor Olement Wragge, was in Levin this morning making the necessary arrangements for the professor's visit to Levin.

The Sydney Mourniillers' Association has reduced the price of bran ami pollard 10s below fclio prices fixed by law.

News was received yesterday in i'almerston North of the death of ttergt. P. I<\ Cliilds, son of Mr T. Ohikls, ol the Comiiiercial Hotel. Sergt. Clulds died of enteric on the Hospital Ship Sieilia 011 27tli July and was buried at sea.

An operation was perlormed on Mrs AY. Law, of Shannon, at tlio Palmcrston Hospital oil Wednesday evening. She is reported to be progressing as well a.s can be expected.

At the loyal centre examinations held by the Royal Academy ol Music ami the Royal College of .Music a pass m the rudiments of music was gained by -Miss Ivy l'ink, of Levin, a pupil or Mrs Matthews.

A cable message irum London states that tlio War Oflice has decided to discontinue putties, owing to the result ol last winter's campaign, when the puttee l'ormed little protection against mud and water, and actually led to great suffering. A large older has been given lor Russian military Loots before winter.

News hw wi-'ed in Sydney of one oi thu finest triumphs in modern surgery performed during the present war. Hi Roger Cope, of Rellevuc Hill, successfully grafted a sheep's bone in place ol :i hopelessly shattered forearm of a wounded soldier at a hospital in St. Malo.

In the Shannon offices of Temukanui Limited and AVhitanni Limited a Horowhenua 'Daily Chronicle (representative saw, yesterday, a range of hemp libres illustrative of the best lib res in the world. They form a really striking exhibit. .Several samples of .Manila 110111 the Philippines prove the great length attained by the librous plants of those islands and the extraordinary line textures they possessSamples from British South Africa and German South Africa hang side by side, both being of a striking whiteness in comparison with tlio oilier hemps. Hemp from Mauritius islands, the island of Borneo, India and Mexico also is in the collection.