Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 February 1916, Page 2

Local and General

Mr ii>iuu Brown, a long-time settler ot Oiaki, is auou.b to cuauge liis .place ol resilience to Wellington. >.-0-iiiCiixor i>avics moved at fast meeting oi tiie Boiougn Council lor it, complete list oi all using waiter from tiie high pressure service lur purposes ol power. ■Leaiknig vei-uiiuuua iitoiig Oxlordst. ect Was a matter brouglit under the Ho-t.ce oi ino l-.nva U'i:iK recently. Investigations prwed six verandahs had neciied repairs, and these were effected. ihe accounts passed for payment by the Levin Borough Council at its meeting last night ware £IUo ion yd in tihe general account £7'2 os in the gfcus account, a total ol £181. fliree rinks of bowlers from Palmerston is - ortii Club are to visit Levin this afternoon and play against three rinks from Levin Bolwling Cl/hib. Ot&k'i Bowling Club, this afternoon is meeting two rinks ol I'oxton players, on Otaki green.

The death occurred on Tuseday oi Mjionel T. K Viewers in nis 84th year. I'or over .30 years Colonel Vickers had technical control of the firm now known as Vickers (Limited), anu he was a pioueer of British armament industry, his opinion on the subject commending the respect of all the Great Powers. The borough road overseer has been appointed by the Council inspector of nuisances within tiie borough, and also to attend to the licensing of carriages, etc. Councillor Da vies as-ked that tlfe inspector's attention be drawn to people who keep pigs, and; see that tJle animals were kept urffter proper conditions. There were some places that were a source of danger. Mr G. A. Monk, chairman of the Uorowhenua County Council lias accepted his appointment by the local ibodies ,as district representative on tihe Wellington Hospital' and Qliaiiiitaible Aid Board, on concfitTon that if lie findls it interfering witih his private business, lie will resign at the end of six Vnonths.

.Borough Council esteublishcd a record last night. It started punctu r ally at, eight o'clock and kept going strongly for three hours, it being eleven o'clock before it pulled up out o' breath. Tiiis beat the previous record by about fifteen minutes. When no answer came ,to the Mayor's question ait the close: "Any further business, gentlemen?'' one councillor remarked feelingly that it was a good job.

A press, association message from Hamilton last night says that The Waipa County Council decided. to tare nothing whatever to do with the new "recruiting scheme, believing it to be an attempt on the part of the Government to oast its own responsibilities upon the shoulders oil others. One member remarked that the three greatest shirkers in the Dominion wore the signatories of the new recruiting eir-" oular—Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey, Hon. J. Allen, and Sir J. G. Ward.

Apart iioui fcuo wur the new year ii enierudi upon with, only one liy in the amibca- for Canterbury tanners (.state tile agricultural writer in the Suiij. That is tlie weather. We iuive come to the end ot a yeaa", so iur ii<s the local official statistics go back, quite unprecedented in the matter of sparse ruinlali. There has been less than l(iin oi rain in the past year, and of that very little more than (iin hae 1 alien in the latter half of the year, which is fraught with audi possibilities from an agricultural point of view. The increasse in Germany of suicide among lads under 16 years has <irawn a special circular letter to the. municipal authorities from the German xiome Secretary. If the increase is so considerable as this suggests the evil must be appalling indeed, for even in pre-war times Germany had tlie unenviable distinction of having moire child: suicides than any other country her average number ot self-in-flicted deaths among children under 16 being over 600 per annum. In time of peace over-pressure in the schools was considered the chief cause of these unhappy deaths.

A matter of considerable importance anco to dairymen on this const is now under consideration—namely, a pro posnl to enter into an agreement concerning new conditions covering a. period of two years. Dairy . factory managers are ibeing circulated by the Tsew Zealand Agricultural and Pastoral Workers' Union. The circular jpoiinfcs out that it is now five years since the Dairy Employees' Union met the workers over certain claims, The schedule of wages claimed is as follows Creameries: Manager £3 10s per week; butter factories, first assistant, £3 ss; second assistant, '£3 casuals C 2 15s; engine drivers, £3. Cheese factories: First assistant, £3 ss; second assistant. £3; casuals, £2 15s; engine driver, £3 ss.— Mananvatu Times.

liic V\ eial»ajcii jLigiil, Company prefcenkti its defence to the allegations that it was an enemy company, to the Levin Borough Council, and. it was read at Just night's meeting. It was lorwardcd to the Council in response to an enquii y i lorn tjic council as to position, and the tact tliat it has been banned in Australia. In regard to tins latter point, the company has uioved in the Australian uourts lor an injunction against, tuu p<iuc,d.mathui, classing it as an eneimy compajiy. it claimed that it was not -an enemy ompany, all its shareholders, with the exception of one, were British. The exception was an Austrian resident in Vienna. He held 100-4:1 shares*"in tiie eonvpany. Councillor Danes commenting on the company's tion, said that it sect nod* all rigTft, but it was only the defendant's side oi the matter. * The Australian AttorneyGeneral must have had good reason tor acting as he did. He ivaa absolutely against dealing with the enemy in any shape or form, and the company admitted that it had one enemy shareholder on its list. The council should enquire from .the authorities in Welling ton as to the standing of the company. The council decided to make further enquiries into the matted

i'lie Borough Ocmnoil haa decided to canty out same repairs to the gee manager's residence and showroom, also painting and paper-hanging. J.i.o Liuviii Borough uuuvii has appoiuiea Mi- Jl. Ciianmngs as an olHcea' io eon noi heavy i/nutu;, l-u he inspector ou nuisances, anu to oo inspector ol vehicles. The uipipuinnnent is advertised on p-age J. Councillor i)aviea-s motion that tho - Levin Borough Council was in favour | o<' compu-liion)- military sea-vice, was withdrawn by the mover at last night's mooting. is'ofice of fciie anotaon iusul ween given at uie previous meeting. Two long conimuiiieations from the iii mie Minister, relative fJ the new recruiting scheme were received by the Levin Borough Council last night. Full details of tiie seaonie were set. out, and tile assistance of the council asked. It was diecided to help in every possible t way, and to seek tbe co-operation of the County Council, especially the councillors for tile Wirokmo riding A ■leputation from, tiie Borough Council will wait on the Conntv Council at its meeting on Saturday. Referring to the commission set up to enquire into the Levih-Greatfiard r.nilnvay and JFoxton wharves, the Mana- ' natu. Tiinies says editorially: The man who drew up the order of reference for the Royal Commission must halve done so, tongue in cheek. Probalbly he liadi had experience of that kind of thing before. It is quite certain tlhait whatever the Royyl Commission recommends nothing effective will be accomplished along these lines within the next ten or perhaps twenty veers. If the Railway Department had\ desired to do justice to tWs community it could liar© ,jp,ro moled a short bill in ParJmmient, enn.bliing tiie Foxton wTwf to be taken over long ago. But that is not the way with Governments. The longest way round is always the shortest way 'home with them.