The Chronicle LEVIN. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1916 Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 February 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1916 Local and General

The largo amount of £1/08 wa.s passes for payment by the H.orowlienua County Council on Saturday. *' The police have mack; a stai i witdi "the collecting of the Agricultural statistics throughout this district. Tile work will occupy several weeks. Mr J. Drysdaie, wlio has been ratter seriously ill for the past fortnight, left this morning lor Wellington where lie will remain under medical attention. The Rev. iiowden Harris, of i'aliiatua, who has accepted tne "oalT'.ol the Presbyterian Church in Levin, wiu he inducted into his new charge on March Ist. Six months and fourteen days after its demand for rates the Uorowhenua County Council will add a 10 per cent penalty on all amounts that remain unpaid. A resolution to this effect was puMwed l>y the council on Saturday. Commenting on the collecting of the county rates, the chaannnan ol ths county council, at the meeting ou Saturday, said that the ratepayers were in a better position at present to pay their rates that they had been in the past, and probably better than they will be in a few years to come. ' 'Look here, gentlemen, 1 can't allow a discussion across the table; you must address the chair," iwid thchairman at .the Horowhenua County Council's meeting on Saturday, ; n breaking in on an animated conversation between a tew councillors, who seemed to have forgotten the chairman's existence. Horouhenua County Council agreed on Saturday to the (appointment ol its chairman, Or. Monk, as "district repreeetafcive on the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Councillor Monk, in returning thanks promised to do life best for tlie district. Me was iollowing in., the footsteps of the bent man who ever represented I them—'Mr 13. R. Gardener. Tlie gloom of night in Shannon township is piercedi by the Boa ins of acflt* 7 - lene lamps. The price of the necessary carbide has increased to £2 T7b ttd ! per drum in Shannon, and this has | upset the -balance of the weight of cue financial burden borne by the lam;/ I lighter,. The council at presin' 1-* paying him 9s (3d per lamp, but he considers that tliifi is not sufficient, and he asked for an increase in the council's payment, failing which it was to take a month's notice fro n him. Councillor Stephenson and the engineer were instructed to enquire into tlie position. The New Zealand Luau and Meroan- , tile Agency Company limited adver- | tise, in thus issue, the entries of stock I fcr its sale at Levin on Wednesday i next.

The annual meeting of the Levin Terminating Building Society was held in tihe .Druids' Hall on Friday evening. Til ere was a large attendance ot shareholders, and after some" discussion on various matters the meeting •was adjourned for a montii. ihe following volunteers Landed -11 their names ai twe i-oa-i louruning oiiice during tne week: —j. TuritouU, Uollms's \ alley (infantry;; U. W. ltobdnsuii, iUaiL.KaU (iiiouutcu rifles); K. ji. Gatton, To JbLoro (infantry;. .\lr li. -U. iii.ux, 1.1 ne..uierlea, *'»■> UUIuUJJ, LiiO MleceSSl 111 exuilbltois Oa cattle ait the JJannevirke Show, securing two hist prizes, anu a aeuonu and a champions-nip. He secui'.edi t/lie championship wrtiii a milking Shorthorn cow, which the juuge said, couitl huld the position in any snow ring. Ihe trouble between the fiaxiniiil workers and null owners at Shannon | is reported to have been settled satisfaotonly. Some 01 fclie employers jjuve slight increase in the wages. At tlie Miranui mill this amounts to one shilling per day for day workers and two shilling*, per ton for scutchers. Burrowing f 10111 next year by the Horowhenua County Council is to cease, bays the chairman of the council. Jii-S remarks at Saturday's - meeting o! the couikmi to this elfeciti brought a hearty "iiear hear from Councillor Stephenson. The overdraft had to be reduced. A riding started out with a debit balance of £101)0 at the beginning ot the year, and ended up with £1000 debit. Councillors and the engineer mast not undierestiuiate the cost of any works proposed Mr William ilosser, a well-known X.S.W. Labour Leader, president t the liaihvay Workers and General Labourer's Association, lias made a noteworthy statement as to the reason why he lias relinquished Ilia unijn duties at the present time to enlist as a> private. He states (says U1.3 Sydney Morning Herald) that it is H-.«r against Avar. "1 do not want to see Gorman hegemony at the Continent o' Europe." he says. "1 am opposed tu conscription and yet not to enlist is the action of a triller and hypocrite. Itwill be too late to enlist it we are onquered."

The estimate made at the Martonconferenco of the cost of employing counsel, to lay the evidence before the Commission to enquire into LevinCreatfordi railway and the lAoxton wharves, etc., varied from £K>o ro £200, witli the probabilities in f; 1 pour of the latter amoiiht. The amount to be paid by the local bodies interestsd. The matter was discussed at the Horowhenua County On unci] on Saturday. Councillor Kebbeli considered the Lev n Greattford line should he pushed on Ly all means. It was of national mportance. Councillor Cately said Oiot he was not prepared) to give a blanif cheque towards counsel's fees. Tlie council's contribution should lie limited The chairman said that lie would be unable to attend the Commiss'on and suggested that Councillor Rett;>r be the council's representative. The county was going to'benefit by the shortening of the line, and he did ,>t think that any riding should wish to be left out. Councillor Stephenson said that he was not going to commit his riding to any expenditure. Councillor Cately reminded councillors that they had hot money to throw away. The council was neavily in debt. j't was decided that the council help to pay, pro rata, counsel/ the council's liability, however, to be limited to £30. The chairman and Councillor Retter will be the council's delegates.