The Chronicle LEVIN. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1916. Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 February 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1916. Local and General

A woman for a ftrsit olience ol drunkenness, w-as ooum-tecl anil discharged at Levin S.M. Court uu Wednesday last, before Mi' Gardener, J.i\ A line oi 10s, with costs /s, was p.u upon W. Scol<t, iit Levin ri.M. Co an, oil Tliujsday, for having allowed a horse to trespass 011 Levin railway sta • tlOIl. Preserving bottles and jam jars an* in good eitook at ila.well lirothe-s store, Levin. liie preserving settsoa being now on, tliib news will be ol n; ierest to all housewives. An advertisement on tho subject appears on page 1 of to-day's Chronicle. Iho winning numbers 111 the guessin goompetitions atithe iiorowhenutt A. and V. Association : s snow on tiie i2bi.li January are as iollowsJL<a,t ■bullock., Messrs J. D. Urown and Li. .Best (i)hau) guessed tlie exact weigh t G3slbs, and wiLi divide mist and second prize money. iliss "Joe" Jviriicaddle was the next nearest with Olilli. Single sheep: Messrs J. i>rouse aud .I'. lie Her tied lor hist place, with liiOlbs and 1181bs respectively, L. iiearie being next, witii 120ilbs. The exact weight was HUlbs. The resalt ot the guessing in tne live sheep competition is hold over for tlie present owing to some complicatiun it the tlirw nearest tickets. Two cases were brought in Levin iS.M. Court. yesterday, beiore Mr i'oyiiton, S.M., tlie respective plaint,ill's being C. J. and George lie van respectively, wiiile the deten.lant in both cases was James McDonald, manager oi the Otaki Dairy Company The points at issue were similar to those involved in the case brought against the present- defendant's manager (McDonald) last December, by It. V. Brown, a locoi dairyiarmer, claiming a bonus payment on ihilk supplied to the defendant, as principal in the I Otaki Dairy Company. The defendant was represented, yesterday, by Mr Harper, of Ottauki, and .Mr I'.. Levin, was counsel for 'lioth plaintiffs. The Magistrate gave judgment for the full amounts claimed (Harkness £15 l(js sd; Bevaii £21 6s 9d) with costs £2 8s and £5 13s respectively. A burner that is claimed to increase the intensity of acetylene gas lamps threefold, without increasing the of operation, has been brought out bv Monosmith Bros., Spencer, Ontario. Tlio burner is styled tlie Brilliant, and with it a small incandescent 'button is <i,cluded. Against this the jet is projected and the upper part of the burner is so turned that the face ol the button is towards the reflector. 'l'lie position is for ordinary driving. A diffused or spreading light is obtain-d by turning the face of t'he button away from the reflector.

Abraham Karauti, of Ohau, wlio : °ft New Zealand with the Maori Contingent, is dangerously ill, in tho mam hospital at Alexandria, Egypt. l'eople hereabouts are cautioned agaiiist purchasing gac. man ilea from itinerant vendors of tliese articles. Tliey may be cheep, but are obsolete and cause much trouble and expense later on. Mr J. Drysdale oi the \\ eraroa Jil.vperimental I'arui, was suddenly takt,n ill 011 Wednesday, and Jia« been impelled to lay up.. A fine outch ol iisli was made a I lJLokio uii Thursday evening by Lno "TWaorJs. l'lounders, solos, herrings ..ua snapper all were 111 the net; also two sting-rays. One oi these was a boat two teet in diameter oi' the body witli length oi sting to correspond. An individual with as little piincipio as many; millionaires travelled this district some little time ago, evidently >11 tent on reaching their standard in reyard to monetary possessions. Provided with pieces of $-inch gaspipe, about eight inches long, with a kerf cut near one end to admit air, and the other flattened ana bent at an olbtuse angle, he waited 011 users ol gas stoves and introduced the pieces oi gas pipe as "econo misers," price six shillings each. iSome people thought they saw a chance of saving and to them i-e effected sales at six shillings for each piece of pipe. They are not economises in any sense, and gas usere are well advised to leave them alone, as they become blocked up and have to lie thrown out in a day or two. If anyone does leel inclined to try one the local gasworks manager or any blacksmith will make one for sixpence, and if they can get enough ordens at this price for three monthfc will then retire and proceed to stir up the dust on the roads with a motor car.