LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 December 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The next meeting of the Levin .Borough Council will be hold on January 17th. l''roni Ihi! Sims .Novelty Hardware Company The Chronicle has received a>l artistic almanac for 1916. The- total of accounts passed last night for .payment by the Uorougii Council was AllOy 17s lid. In the Hunterville district the [reeling companies, through their buyers, .are giving 23s per head for tat shorn wethers. The JioiougJi-Coiiiieil has granted Mr J. Farland, proprietor of the King i Theatre, Levin, to screen the piofcuio "Eiist Lynne" (based on Mrs Henry Woods's famous novel), on Christmas Might. The li orougli Council Jjgs decided to issueiwi warning that all persons wishing to burn rub'bieh within tho borougli must first get the permission of the town clerk. This, to minimise the danger froni fires. The Levin Borough Council will pay all wages and necessary accounts on the 21th inst. In the meantime the may or and town clerk will jpass tue pay sheets which will be presented for confirmation at the next meeting of the couicil. The surfacemen in the employ of the ho rough council have been granted holidays from noon on Friday. 24th inst., to Monday, January 3rd;, 1916. The gae stoker will 'be granted equivalent holidays, and the .■•borough offices will bo closed from the Mih .jnst. io January 3rd, 1916, inclusive. It'e only natural that Clark's should make enite to order that are superior to what's usual. The policy of Clark's demands superiority. .We

have hundreds of new patterns to eelect from at prices ranging from 6He t> 955. Fite guaranteed. We hare no travellers ,and onr customers hare sufficient confidence in our methods U> oome direct to v». What-iAout a suit for ChristmasP Don't leare it too late. Give Clark's a trial thie time.

Youths aged from 15 to 17 are required as cadete in the Railway Department. An advertisement on the matter appears in to-day's Chronicle. uv JJavies, the newly-elected borough councillor j took his beat at the, council table last night, and was congratulated by the .mayor and council on his election. l>r levies, in returning tijankfs, intimated his intention ol doing all he could to assist the council and the borough. mo Jievni liu rough Council ia*t jii{j,at lecuivcu, nouuca'tioii oi the cei.oiiiion oi tue Uoveriunent subsidy i» the Carnegie l'ree Library. iiie .uayor said tna-i tueie were pairous Oi tiie lending department, and of Lins number W were residing ouUside fie uorougli uounUanes. In tormer years tiie council got a fair amount in suu.scriptions from these people, and ho though.t tiiat they might be appealed to again. Councillor l< ranee said he understood that the Hastings Carnegie Library madie a charge tor lending books. The council could make inquiries into the position. Councillor Eobertson moved that the whole position be referred to the library committee for report to the council. This motion was carried.

Enemy alien iii-ius are operating .ui Japan, and the .New Zealand Government'is endeavouring to do away with ail chance oi trade with them from these Islands. A notice, in the latest Government Gazette orders that no postal packet or telegrams 'addressid to or intended for any of the firms enumerated below shall be sent from Sew Zealand.—Winckler and Company Japan, Berbiiiann and Company, Japan, Otto lloimers and. Company, Japan, Becker and Company. Japan, M. Raspe and Company, Japan, Carlov.itz and Company, Japan, Van Nierop. Japan, V. Hermann, Japan, T. Myano, Japan, Ningo Shoten, Japan, Asada Shokai. Japan, Kato CToinei Kaislia, Japan. Sawada and Company, Japan, Kato and Company, Japan, Toyo Russian Export Oompany v ..Ja.pan Takasliirc, Japan. Kubotn. Exporting Company, Jnpan, Tanaka (1 , . Goda). Jap:in, Kaisai and Company.. Japnn. The -Uinister of Detence has seut to various religious deiioiniuations a copy oi a prayer (utiking lor strength to the Allies'" armies that they may secure a lasting peace) with a recpie.-t that it >be said in every Uhurch at 'i o'clock on Christmas morning. It is said to '.be a beautiful prayer expressing noble Christian sentiment. Evidently the idea is for the prayer to be said throughout the British Empire at the saino time.

Mrs Kebbell wishes to acknowledge receipt of the sum or £20 '2s (id from the Ohiiu school-children, the proceeds I'i'oin the bazaar liolcl ou bell all" ot tJie .N.Z. branch of the British Red Cross lhmd, io be spent in purchasing materials tor bandages, etc., to be made by the Ohau -working party. Miss .Florence Hanson was secretary ol : the children's bazaar. jL'iOin Uiu iviuwng touar conies 10 'itio CnioniLie ijiu-il an cxeoilcnlly-gol-up Ciiiistinaa-Isew lear grueling card loi i'Jlj-iU. The cover is of pleasing Lone and workmanship, and the inside letterpress also it* dainty. A processblock illustrates the companionship in its shirt-hleuveß, the members characterised by a general alertness that must pliuse the hearts of the Star proprietary.

In « uowlhig match for the Bonen •Stars, fcJaiurday, Kirk and Aiciutyre («kip) defeated the liolders (iugram and Porteous (skip) by two points. The new holders are to dofuid their title forthwith, against Eccletoii and Pyke.

A farewell "(social" and dance to seven of our local Maori boys, who are leaving with the Third Maori Reinforcements— ajxl also to members of the Ninth Reinforcements (Europeans) —will he held in the Maori meeting house Takihikii (opposite Mr Higgiuson's mill. Koputaroa) on tbe 23rd Doceimbor. His Worship the Mayor ol Levin (i.\Tr C Blenkfiorn) will pr<> side. Patriotic speeches will be de-

.'icd 'by leading sellers and friends, ■Maori and pakelm. The management committee invite. , ; one and all to coino and give the boys a reai good scnd-ofT. will 'be provided. Mr Tuiti MoDonold is chairman of the conwnitte and Mr G. M. Butler, socretarv and treasurer.