The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. MONDAY. JANUARY 24, 1916. Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 January 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. MONDAY. JANUARY 24, 1916. Local and General

l'<ir the year ISJIS tiie Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, made a net profit of £'■")■'!,014. nearly double the profit of 1914 when it cleared £28\2!2t>.

"1 congratulate the losers," remarked Mr C. Parata in the Pairs Championship at the bowling tournament.

"They played a very line game. "1 vas m trouble, but the gods ot my ancestorb came to light and helped me through; otherwise I was down, dead, but they came, aud that is flow x won." Christehurch Xews

An English officer, writing to a fi iend about a distinguished French General, says: ''But the meet noticeable characteristic of tfie General is his extremely keen vision and: power of observation. This is the more remarkable when one reflects that he not only weal's glasses-—in fact, is helpless without them—but was at first repeatedly rejected as a military candidate owing to his defective sight."

koine four years ago a German coiumeicial tiaveller, Max ivruge, on asking .Ur J. ii. Laureuson lor an order, was refused. jllu took this refusal in bad grace a-iw ilireaieucd -Mr Laureuson, saying: "in IUI-i. the Kaiser will about this piohibition oi beruiun goods Irom behind his German guns." This was heard: by Mr Lo Cren anil othefs in the olhce, and was then lauglied at. In .U.r Laureuson s opinion, he said at the industrial Conference, cvory German commercial traveller was nothing but a spy.

A passenger by the lirst express on Thursday at Christehurcii ret used to allow a returned wounded soldier to share a cab with him to the railway station (says the Press). Cabby was indignant., but a wholesome dread of the traffic inspector and. probable consequences deterred him Irom acting as he felt inclined—depositing his passenger's luggage on the footpath and telling him to walk. However, he delayed his departure for the station till he had procured a conveyance tor the soldier.

Lads of toil and twelve years ot age receiving wages at the rale of £2 5s per week is surely very good, and not generally to be expected, but several Gisborne boys of tftat age are making tile money stated ill harvesting operatiouH iu thi,s district at Uie present time. Labor generally is scarce, and very l'ew callers are seeking employment. at the local Labor Bureau. It is reported, that with grass-seed fetching 9d per lb a (smart man can make about £1 a day cutting seed from the roadside.—Gisborne Times,

"Out of the whole oi our wool proturod into woollen goods in ICev Zearduce only 4 per cent is mauuhictuio hall the wool of the country. If land. We should be able to manufacwe did this we should have some two more towns of this size oi JJnnedin." Thus said Mr J. B. Lauvenson at tho Industrial Conference. "The farmer," he. said, "has the best end every time. On machinery imported he pays only Is 7d per £100. Yet, were Ito import a sheepskin or a bag of Hour, I would have to pay heavy duty. And yet he says he is fighting the world's market." —Ohristchui'ch Evening News.

'the secretary of the Horowhenua A. and f. Association has received advice that the Rt. Hon. ft. 1)'. Massey, Prime Minister, will be present at the opening of the iShow on Wednesday next, and will open same.

.in .\oveiubyr last, at Levm and elsewhere, intermediate exunuiiations were held of candidates for senior and junior lreo places in district high schools or secondary schools. in the Levin senior examinations three Otaid pupils passed: A. -M. Anderson/ M. 11. Campion and li. J. Hagan. xn the junior ilivision the successful local examinees were T. L. J. Hagan, il. M. Hoirick, J. C. McChesney and H. Martin.

The efforts of a Maori woman to break the ticket window ol' the King's Theatre on (Saturday evening caused some little excitement, but unfortunately ior the glazier woman s aim showed. no improvement and the window escaped the stones going wide of the mark. A Maori who endeavoured to prevent the stone throwing received one or two sounding clouts on the car and it was not until the appearance of a six teet representative oi the law that she suffered herself to be led away. It was stated recently (says an English paper) in the House of Commons that the amount of remuneration paid to a couple of meat inspectors employed by the War Office, came to £12,-100 in ton months, in another case a man claimed in the Law courts, and won liis claim. £15,000 commission from a. motor car company on ears supplied: to the War Office on his introduction, under an arrangement that he should receive 15 per cent on the value of the cars supplied. The Victorian State Coal Mine at Wonthnggi, for the twelve months ended June 30th, 1010, mined 551,481 tons of coal and made a profit of £56,087. 'Die mine was opened, in 1911 and £■£<5-1,(100 has been spent on the works and machinery, while the total profits now amount to £177,770. Borings show that there are still no less than 20,000,000 tons of workable coal in the mine. A monster eel was caught in the Kailiouri .Stream, says the Stratford "Post," by Master George Hunter, who- had an exciting time after gaffing the fish. it was as black as ooal. weighed 231b, and w f ns over 4ft 9in in length, with a circumference of 15iin a+ the thickest part. It was an uglylooking specimen, which must have had a voracious appetite for young trout. There is a feeling of kindly democracy actuating the Hawke'sßay County Council (says the Napier Telegraph). The permanent roadmen tliey employ live in little whares, and with a viewto improving their lot, the Council has decided, as funds are available, to erect better class houses for them. A good many of tlie whares at present in use aie quite unsuitable lor married mon, and so to provide better accommodation for them houses are being erected in varous parts of the county something after tlie style ol the Government workens' homes. By this means also it is anticipated that "a better class of men will be obtained and retained. Alriciin World gives some interesting particulars regarding wnite and coloured labour and wages on the Hand for tlie lour years ended 11)14. In 1911 25,319 white and 164,148 cd workers were employeo and their wages averaged £288 and £31 2s, respectively. in 1912 the figures •were -1,2*1 and 189,253, £287 and £31 10s; in 1913 23,24(5 imd 180,05y, £268 and £31: and in 1914, 21,301 and 168,833, £280 aud £32.

Ail luckteiit unprecedented in London liistory occurred recently 111 the fiall ot the Ancient (Scottish Corporation m L rant' Court, Fleet-street. The occasion was a recruiting rally'addressed by the Secretary lor Scotland to inspire the reiiiainiug iScots in London. A real fiery cross was shown, cut irom an old tree at FortmgalJ, in Perthshire, whore the liery crosses 01 the turbulent Highland days were got. Tlio tieiy cross had to be blooded as well as burnt, and the blood for the symbol in Xoveiuor, 1915, was taken from a goat which was the mascot of »i London 'territorial regiment. It is strange to think that an ancient Celtic rife was thus carried out in London, attended by its original significance ill the twentieth centurv.

Hie entries for the iiorowheiiua A. and i'. Association's tenth annual (,pa<triotic) show are almost if not as good as last year, and providing niio' weather prevails ,the show should prove quite equal to previous years. In the cattle classes especially there will be some very fine purebred stocK exhibited, ivhiclL goes to show that dairy farmers in our midst are awake to the fact that to compete with outsiders the must go iu for the best. Considering the purpose tor which tho profits of the coming, show are for, the committee hope that there will be a record attendance to show that Levin and district have the welfare of our boys at heart as much as other districts, ancl that there will be a satisfactory amount to hand over to the fund. There " ill be numerous side attractions apart from the usual ring competitions and the public can look for a pleasant day's outing.