LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 September 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A good time is promised those who attend tho Levin Druids' social gathering, to be held in the Druids' Hall on Friday night. Details are advertised.

A Women's Home .Nursing Class was • formed in Levin 011 Monday night. The attendance was exceedingly good, and much interest was shown in the work. A series of lectures are to be delivered to the class by IJr Bryson. Hie first was delivered at the initial meeting oi the class.

Mr W. G. Price lia.s received word that his son, Gunner xi. G. Price, wounded at the Dardanelles 011 the !» r inst., has returned to the front.

The -Rev. Ji. T. Stealey has received a case of curios from, the South Sc'i Islands. They comprise a large number ot .samples ot islanders' handiwork, and will be 011 sale at the Church < f [England bazaar in MovemDer next.

The Government Orchard Inspector, Mr Pierce is at present in this dis trict examining the various orchards.

The mild weather and warm rains ot the last few weeks liave brought

about a good growth of grass, and the intake of milk, and output of butter at the local factory sftow big increases.

The Ist Levin Troop 01 Boy Scouts held its first parade last Saturday afternoon, the scoutmaster, "Mr A. Mason, being in charge. Thirty-three boys were sworn in ars scouts, and this number was divided into live patrols, and a patrol leader and corporal put :i: charge of each. Much ol the time was taken up in this wiay, and with the exception of a liflle despatch running little elise Avas done. It is proposed, however, to go further afield next Saturday when more interesting work will lie undertaken.

The treasurer of the Leather Waistcoat Fund desires to acknowledge the sum of os from Mr C. I.'rechtling. Sufficient money has been received for fliis branch of the work, but contributions may now be made towards Hie equipment of the new Hospital Ship.

At the recent meeting of the 11. B. Education Board, Dr Elizabeth Gunn forwarded a report on the children of

the Napier schools. The portion referring to the Westshore School was as lollows"This is a very poor school. The children are poorly clad and not welJ eared for. Very few previously found defective had been attended to. West,shore is almost totally a fishing village, and it was gathered from th'>. teachers that very few of the parents are able to afford medical treatment." The residents of AVesfshore took this as an aspersion and held a largely attended indignation meeting in the public hall. |t was decided to send '-])<■ following resolution to the Education Hoard, and to the member for Napier, -Mr J. Vigor Brown: "That this meeting of AYestshoiv residents enters ;< strong protest against J)r Elizabeth Gunn's report regarding the We*tshore school, and. iurther. that unless Dr Gunn withdraws or modifies her report, the residents are determined not to allow their children to be examined by 11or again, as the terms of her report are absolutely contrary to 'act.

Lieutenant Oswald I'icton Stead (Auckland Mounted Ride.s, died ol disease) was a member of the well-known Invercargill football family. Prior to leaving for the lront with the Reinforcements, he held a second-lieuten-ant's commission in the Bth (Southland) Regiment. A brother. Private I{. M. Stead, was wounded in the early lighting at the Dardanelles.

Tin- scale oi' duties to be paid upon totalisatur dividends is set forth ill tlie Finance Bill. The duty is to bo lfc oil ;i dividend not exceeding L' 2 10.s oil a L'Ois totalisator Is <3(1 oil a dividend between £'2 10s and C.S 10s. '2s between JL'H 10s and £4 10s. and "its (3d beyond JL'-I 10s. The rates in tlio ease ol' a tenshilling totalisator are on a slightly different scale. The l.«inance Minister stated last night that the duty would be collected on second-horse dividends as well as first-lioi'se dividends. He was not moved by a reference to the ease of the man who might be required to pay a tax on a second-horse dividend representing less than his original investment. N\Z. limes.

scene occurred ill the House j1 Representatives yesterday altcrnoon, resulting in the suspension lor tho remainder of the afternoon sitting ol Mr n lll'ord, lie had a.sKcd the Minister oJ -Defence a question regarding the method by which the cost of equipping the second hospital snip would bo met, suggesting that it ho met by taxation so that all could participate. The iuinister replied tlwtt the taxpayers would pay for the charter, and the cost ol fitting up the vessel. He would be very loth indeed to take away iro.n the women of the country the opportunity to do good service as they had in the case of the Haheno. Mr Wili'ord remarked: "There you are with your dirty answers agaifl." The Speaker requested the withdrawal of this and Mr Wilford agreed substituting the ivord "typical." The Speaker intimated that ne must- withdraw the remark unreservedly, and on 'Mr Willord declining he was. on the motion of the Prime Minister, suspended fo l ' the remainder ol the afternoon fitting by 40 to 17.

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