LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 September 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

I ho Longbush Dairy Company paid out Irs L>Jd per lb of 'butter fat to ita suppliers for tlie past- season. During the past season (says an exchange) the Carrington Co-operative Dairy Company manufactured 101 toils of cheese and paid out lis lid per J& of butter fait. Carrying 11.0, Itanter Avon the ltangitikei cup run ait the 11-angi-tikei Hunt Club's reces at Bulls yesterday. . I\jatu<a. trained by Mr H. O. Uarnett, of Levin, won the Hack Steeplechase. A sum oi £7353 was put through tho totalisator. At the Oaonui factory meeting a member endeavoured to have weighing machines installed at tne factories .for the purpose of weighing out the whey. Under present conditions those suppliers living at a distance often had to go very short of their share of the whey. The 'mooting decided to enforce tho system of fines. The difficulty will he the enforcing of lines. The brotherhood of the skim milkers is evidently that one's sympathy is on the inside of your own cane.—Opunake I Times. j

HoroivJiemia Racing Club's spring meeting is to be held on 30th September, and arrangements already are well in hand Tor the event. The course is being put in order, and the buildings altered and renovated. The totalisator for the meeting will Do a portable silent machine supplied by a Napier firm.

The books belonging to the Lending Department of the Levin Public Library, are to be received lor a thorough overhaul. Borrowers are notified that all books are called in, and must be left at the Library not later than Tuesday next. Books will not be issued during the coming -week.

■*Vlr and Mrs T. Euwards. of Queenwood road and residents oi this district lor the past twelve years, are leaving to reside in Shannon, where Mr Edwards takes up the management of a tarm tor Mr G. H. Stiles. They will be missed -by many people round liere; Mrs Edwards especially, slie being always prepared to help anyone in any possible way.

Lodge doctors in Wellington, through the local branch of the British Medical Association, have called upon the Friendly iSocieties to agree to a new scale of payment for medical attention. Jn the city tlie present payment is 15s per member per annum but the doctors have asked that this be increased to 255. 'iiiough some of the Friendly .Societies regard the claim as an attempt at imposition, it is understood that the doctors are likely to have their way in the matter, as no' practical alternative is open. A similar increase hats already been claimed and seen red by the doctors in other districts, including Mutt. Johnsonville and Petone.

The annual meeting of the Levin Methodist Ladies' Guild was held in the side room of the Century Hall on Thursday afternoon. There was a very good attendance. The reports were read and proved very satisfactory. Voles cf sympathy were passed to the Rev. and .Mrs Abbey ,expressing sincere regret at Mr Abbey's illness and hoping lie would have a speedy recovery to health again; also to .Mrs Staples in her sad hour of trouble and sorrow. The election ol officers "or the following year resulted in Mrs A. Gray being unanimously elected president; Mesdames Abbey. Ooldsmith and Mellor vice-presidents; Mrs S. Parsons, secretary : Aire W. Plaster, assistant secretary; Mrs J. Prouse. treasurer. There was a scene in t'iie Assembly in West Australia last niglit. Mr .Johnson, Minister ol Lands, while justifying the Government's action in connection with the freezing 'works contract, attacked the newspaper West Australian for its criticism, referring to the leader-writer as "a journalistic bloodhound." At a later stage the Premier drew attention to a note sent Iron l the press gallery, to Mr Johnson by the West Australian leader writer, reading "W. D. Johnson—You are a doubly miserable cur. and a liar.—

(Signed) J. C. .Morrison." On the motion of the Premier, seconded by the Leader of the Opposition, the House resolved that Morrison was guilty of contempt and that lie he excluded trom the gallery until he 'withdraws and apologises.

Levin hockey players lor last Wed-

ne.sdav afternoon drew up a program that ineJutlod a. match against a I'oxtoll team at Foxton. and wrote a telegram for Fox tun to that effect. When they arrived at i'oxton, the local players looked at them hlanldy and Maid "What yer doin' over over here?'' It was pointed out to the i'oxton players that they were expected to play a game of hut-key and that a telegram notifying them ol the fact had been sent, i'oxton denied all 'knowledge of any tehgrain and the Levin hockey enthusiasts .started through the rain 011 the K miles homeward journey. Enquiries here elicited that the telegram find been given to a boy to send, and Boylike he put it in his pocket and | i<fi r go't all about it. It cofit the hockey players 5s each to find out the risk attaclied to trusting a boy.