The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 November 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A London cable message states that the iling had a better night and is making very good progress. lilio engagement is announced oi M'is« Maude ilitchings, daughter of Mr V. T. Hitchings, Levin, to Dr Henry A. JJ. Davit's, at Leviu. .Many small washawayri have occurred on the roadways oi the County as a result oif tlie last lew days thunderstorms. The roads in' the hills around Tokouniru suli'ered most. Metalling on the iieaeh road is being gone on with, bub Hie broken weather lias done a good deal to keep the work back. it is hoped that the contract will be completed 'before the Christmas holiday traffic sets In. The value ol the equipment provided by the women ol Fox ton lor the second hospital ship totalled £87. Tlie whole of the work was completed in lour weeks. lhey also forwarded 380 sand bags to the Defence Department. Sydney reports another thirsty day in the city and suburbs owing to xJie strike. Most of the hotels exhausted the bulk of the stocks of beer and olosei tho front bars. There is active picketing preventing the breweries and aerated lactones delivering supplied JJottled liquor is still available. A committee meeting of the mrowhenua- Boating Club was hold in Mr Keedwell's rooms last evening. 11 was reported that several repairs to the shed had been effected and new oars provided and that two of the missing boats have been recovered. Mr ii. B. France tendered his resignation oi the position of secretary and Mr VV. Walker was appointed pro torn. Twenty-eight applications were received by Levin Uorough Council for the vacant post of Town Clerk. A lady was amongst the number. Several of the applicants intimated that they were exempt from military service on account of some slight physical delects that did not interfere with thair ordinary work. The testimonials submitted indicated that several very suitable applicants wore ainong6t the number. For the right to cut liay on the ce'iietery reserve, Levin, live tenders were received by Levin Uorough Council. Mr .E. S. Lancaster's tender, at £3 7e 6d, "was the highest, and it was accepted. At the Council meeting it was remarkex! that soino persona had been' trespassing on the cemetery and illegally cutting the "grass. The council decidid that the gates be kept locked at night, and that any unauthorized person detected cutting grass in the cemefcry | 'would be prosecuted. Tlie executive oi the South Canterbury branch of the Farmers' Union at a meeting on Saturday, unanimously decided' to advise the Prime Minister that they did not want Mr Ashmeau Bartleft in New Zealand. It. wai 3 considered that his utterances were inconsistent, liable to check (recruiting, and not calculated to assist the Empire. l'hp members proposed that should he set foot in New Zealand in) should be immediately interned.

Complaint .is made of tlie caroless usage of library book's issued I'rom Levin Carnegie Library. As the users of the books have no subscriptions to pay, the libraiy authorities intend to insist upon careful usage of the books. Any person damaging a book will be required to pay for it. To-day is the 10th November. It is uotaible as the anniversary of the birtn of Oliver Goldsmith; also as being tlu last discount day for October gas-bi!is due to Leivin Borough Council, and as the last day on which another famous Goldsmith will attach' his signature i.o the roceipts, as he vacates the Town Clerkship forthwith, and becomes County Clerk. Ail interesting tliroiigu passenger ,'o Auckland by the Monowai recently was a huge St. Bernard dog, naniiu "Hero," who is playing his little pa-'i hi the clash of Empires. On his neuit in- bore a Red Cross label with the words "l*'or tiie Wounded Soldiers Fund," and the α-everat; side of the label showed that he was consigned o Mr \\ . C. lling, of Rcniuera, Auckland, by Dr Huntly, ol Minumvr, Wellington. L>v Huntlcy recently also gave one of her St. Bernards to tire Wellington Queen Carnival. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd. wish to draw their clients' attention to the order of their sale on Friday nest, which will be that all dairy stock and bulls will be yarded and sold at Messrs Dalgety and Co.'s and the New Zeiland Loan and Mercantile Age,r;y Co.'s yards (kindly the occasion). This stociK will be sold inunj'Jiately alter the sheep. The pig sale commences at 12 noon.sharp and Clients are requested to take note tbxt all, stock must be yarded by 11 a.m. lhus the Sydney Morning Herall: iho spring meeting Molong Jockey Club was a complete frost. Of the six events only two were run ou, the remainder being walks-over, and m each ol the two races there were only two starters. I , ', ivearns , ltoyaf tfa. won tho Auaac Handicap and J. T. Tdye s Steel Link won the Army Handicap. There wore less than 100 people present, and there were only six horses on the ground. The club will lose , heavily, on the meeting. Tiie Scientih'c American states thai up to the end ol last September uerinany had iost 27 airships. Of this number 17 were Zeppelins, and the remainder were etc.—airships of the non-rigid type. Eight of the Zeppelins lost were of the hrstclass, with a gas capacity of 050,00U cubic feet, were driven Uy lour propellors, attained a speed of from 5o k> 58 miles per hour and each carried one ton of high explosive bombs. U the crews of the lost airships 12<j were killed, 138 taken prisoners and 27 interned in neutral countries. On MoiKlay aiternoun U>ays me x eliding Star) Mr Joseph Smitii, sour., one oT the old residents oi i'eiiding. oi }eais ol age, met his death througu being struck by the Sow Plymouth express train. Mr Smith was waiKing towards the ivnnuolion road crossing as the train was coming in jusi uelore \i o'clock. ApparentJy lit , . not notice the approaching train, lor it was not until it was almost upon him when he was actually on the rails, that he tried to jump out ol the way. The ' engino stnick him, kuociuiig him clear oi the line. He expired in a lew minutes. A grown-up family survive, two members of which are at the from. The Chroiuole lias iccivod iioin Mift Ji. M. Ackiiurst, unuer autlioruy oi tlu! Mauawatti Patriotic toociely, samples oJ the stamp or seal issued by thai, body to raise money for the Wounded Soldieis' i'uud. the stamp is about one inch by one and a quarter inca coloured green and khaki, wiUi a soldier's head and bust as the centrepiece, framed in two fern leaves. Hie stamps may he used as seals for tho backs oi envelopes. They a.re sold at the rate of Is '31 lor tueuty-l'uur stamps. Mrs Ackhurst will be pleased to send stamps tor sale to any local stationer or any resident of Levin and district who desires to purchase them, and in so aoiug to help a good cause. Candy was declared to .jo "as great an evil to the child as liquor is to the adult,' in a paper by i)r Horace L. Howe, of Boston, read before the Panama-Pacific Dental Congress. "The candy JialJit is an important cause towards undermining the health ol the American child, ' his paper said. "In front of aliuos't every schoollioiiso in the country there can be lound a small candy store, which cells cheap "sweets to the children. In Boston no saloons can be operated within a certain number of yards of the schools. The same law might apply to the soiiiug of candy, as candy is as great an ova to the child as liquor is to tho adult. A broken-down set of teeth in children is a serious menace to them, and a great handicap in their future careers, in several institutions in Boston infectious diseases among children hare been practically" eliminated by giviug dental care and euTorcing mouth nygiene.*' Mr John J3. Herrcshoff, the famous American yacht desginer, who died iccently, was tho man most responsible loi the successful defence of the America Cup, for he designed the Vigilant, Defender and Columbia, which defeated the British challengers Valkyrie li, Valkyrie 111, and the first Shamrock, and he also designed the boat which was, in happier circumstances, to have raced the latest Shamrock. Tho marvellous thing about Mr Herreshoff was that he was blind, and had 'been blind from the age of 15. He only knew by his sensitive touch tho shape ol tho boats lie designed, yet that touch enabled him constantly to correct and modify, the subtle curves of the modern racing yacht. Ho must surely be one of the most remarkable cases oi overcoming the terrible handicap oi blindness. Tho shape of tho modern yacht was something ho had never seen. Yet he could conceive it in his mind, and carry it, as English yachtsmen know too well, to perfection.

The excellent prico of Is Id per tiH 10 • October butterfat is to be paid on 20iJi November by Levin ative Dairy Co., Limited. The totaH payment for October will amount" to iH little under £6000. ■ Levin Coronaton Swimming Club hold its annual meeting night (Thursday) in the Municipal CoucM 011 Chambers. Details are set out advertisement to-day. H Recently the Chief Commissioner' oiH Railways and Tramways in SydneyM received a- request from a number men employed in the lilveleigh car-H riage and waggon shops to be permit-M ted to work on Sundays, -without pay,H in making camp stools and chairs tori the. use of -wounded soldiers. The I Cliiel Commissioner approved of the I men being granted the use of tilt* I necessary .machinery and plant, and I also proviiled free of cost the nia»l terials required for the manufacture I of the articles. The men in question, I after working three Sundays, had COO I the- following articles t'nr I tlic of wounded soldiers:—lo7" ■ armchairs, 211 folding deck chairs, 50 I folding wood ward chairs, 101 fold- I ing iron ward chairs, 20 cedar trays, I and 18 iron lockers. I dome oi tlie Saw Zealand ladies who have started correspondence with friendles soldiers at the Dardanelles, says an exchange, ire i: danger oi being compromised. One oi them, who is a 'good, Christian, manned woman, wrote u most alfectioiiate letter, and it fell into the bands of a skill ul correspondent. He at oiuu wrote back a volume ol pretty tilings, and wound up with a suggestion of matrimony upon bis return. The lady, who has discontinued the correspondence, is thinking seriously of changing her place of abode in order to avoi I unpleasantness. On Tuesday the Defence Minister, lion. J. Allen, said he was glad to bo able to "relieve the anxiety of thosa people who had feared that the .New Zealand troops were becoming thoroughly worn out by their long spell in ilio lidng lino. lie had received a cablegram from General Uodley staling that the Isew Zealanders had bee.a resting from /September loth and Hi til up to the time of the dispatch, ol the message, a iew days ago. The troops, added the Minister, had been given this wine to recuperate alter their long experience of hard lighting at The rest would prepare them for the further efforts that might be required of them—N.z. Times. iuree young men ot nestport, ou j a mechanical genius wno had com'ei- — led it motor cycle into something in die nature ot a delivery van, went > 11 ior a joy ride to Charleston. 'ihyy got over the outward journey in good nine, Look in deep breaths of tho ncalth-giving ozone for which Charleston is renowned, and then set out on. tlie homeward trip, approaching Iw creek between Addison's and Westport the motor cycle, exhilarated by the good company, attempted something sensational in the way of a re mar liable aeroplane flight from a steep embankment towards the crook, but l'ounu gravity irresistible, and came down with ' a clash to Mother lllarth. One of i»'m cyclists was quick enougn to got olf belore the descent took place, but tno other two went with the machine, a wheel of which crumpled up, and oily of the riders for u time lay on the giound oblivious to all the joys of hia lecont ride. Finally he came to, and the party, saddened in countenance, trudged on foot the remaining distance to Westport.—W'esporb Nqwb.