The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Air Payne in Uio House oil Thursday intioduced a iiili to provide lor adequate disinfecting of continuous piclure Lheatres. In tli oca.su oi .\liv» ILawke v. i-iyt-Lelton Times, claim ol damages lulled, plaintiff wars awarded a total ol JW-jU. Hie price ol bread will ue reduced in Wellington lid tlie 2lb loaf iroin .Saturday next, lor delivery and -id cash over the counter. The price of butter iu Wellington now is Is od per lb, iiis Honour i-\ir Justice Edwards, 111 commenting at the Palmertstbn Supreme Court yesterday oil exchanges ol land said that he "could not understand why parties wanted to exchange mortgaged land. it seemed to him tli at parties wore prompted by a secret hope to get the better ol each other. — .VLaiiawatu Tillies. .Mr -V Fierce Government Orchard Inspector was in Levin on l'riday, and visited orchards 111 the district. Mr .M. i'osella is at pre-sent indi.sposeU lie i.s suffering ITOIII a severe attack oil bronchitis and has been compelled to lay up. Oil Friday evening several .Maoris, iu that happy, careless stiite ol mind induced by indulgence 111 the barley bree,'' drove to the railway station to catch the last Palmerston-Uound train. The train was pulling out ol the station, so speeding up the horse they got a little ahead of it near tne water tank where two ol them left the vehicle and getting through the lencc tried to board the train as it passed. They tailed to get on the train, and were extremely fortunate in not getting underneath it. .Mr John L. ivyrie, ol Shannon, is amongst the latesL volunteers lor active service. .Miss JTerrick, of Weraroa, who underwent an operation in Wellington a a few weeks ago, is progressing nicely. .Airs Thomson, wife of tlie Levin .station matiter, has come nicely through her operation at Otaki, ana is about to return* home. The annual meeting oi the Levin Horticultural, I'roduce and industrial .Society was held' in the Borough (jha label's 011 Thursday evening. There .was I a fair attendance with the Mayoress (.Mrs 13. it. Hardener; president oi the Society, in the chair. I.he secretary, .Mr W. J. Heading, read the report and balance-sheet for the past year. The balance-sheet showed receipts £<j ( J 18s <jd and expenditure iXM His it), leaving a credit balance of Jlo Is' Bd, compared with Jto lite id the previous year. The proceeds of the sale ol produce 10l t over f 10111 the last snow, totalling £7 was given to the Belgian Kelief I' mui. 'J lie report and balance-sheet were adopted. Some discussion took place oil the adj'isableness of liolding a show this'year. The opinion that in view of flu: many calls oil tho public at present it would.be best to Hold matters over prevailed, and the meeting was adjourned until May, IUIG. This means that all the present officers ol the Society will retain office in the meantime. A stranger in Levin named Sham Singh spent much time on Saturday evening trying to get rid of a thirst. The first .result of this 'was that he used insumng words in Oxford-street, and the second was that he was arrested. The third part was played at the Levin S.M. Court this morning, when Sham appeared before Alessrs i l '. C. Iloinington and P. W. Goldsmith, J'sP.j on a charge of being drunk and using insulting words. On the first charge ho wajj convicted and discharged and. on the second charge fined £1 in default one week's imprisonment in the | Wellington gaol. ' As a. mark of tlie appreciation of tlie •work being done by the I.M.C.A. In Egypt, tho Red Cross Society has made it a grant of £500 to help it in carryj ing on its workA

About 80 men are needed for permanent service in tlio military hospital at Trentliam. Men over the age for service and men rejected for slight, physical defects will have preference. The wages are Gs per day for single men and (3s Gd for married. Applications may be made to Sergt.-Major Daniels, Levin. Mr Marshall, 011 bohali of the .stall', ol Messrs Haswelf, liros, Levin, presented -.Mr iiaker (who is about to go to the front) with a pair of military hair brushes and a safety razor, and in doing so expressed wishes tor .a sale return, and on behalf of the firm exposed his regret at losing so efficient a hand and Jooked lonvard to the time when he would again take up the position he was now vacating. A squad of boys from ifie Training Farm at Weraroa is to witness the display of moving pictures (jlllustrative- of the fruit-growing industry) in the King's Theatre to-morrow afternoon. The proprietor of the theatre also lias given the children of Levin public (school an invitation to see tTic pictures.