Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 February 1916, Page 2

Local and General

Mr H. Walk ley has returned to Levin after a month's holiday spent in Taranaki. Though some of the cropa in tStit district are poor the country is looking much better than it did Ist year owing to the more favourable season experienced, it not heiug nearly iso dry as last year.

coarse 3d to I<l up. interior par to Id up; crossbred pieces and bellies, pinto 2d up; half'bredi ditto, par to Jd lower; lambs advanced from id to 2d.

in a note oil last week's races at iioverty Bay, a writer in the Giaborne limes remarks that there was "no enquiry into four cases that well might have been dealt -with." The writer's remarks recall the fact that, for years past, Poverty liny races have been looked askance at by sporting men. and that "starting prices" have been'bar-

red on several occasions by metaTliclans who ''lay'the odds." There are more "stiff joints" in some Poverty 13a,} holds than one could find in a hospital for rEeuioatiic patients.

At the conference oi delegates from Horowheniia Uounty District Patriotic Societies (held in Levin last week) -Mr 13. 1?. Gardener, secretary to the Patriotic Farmers' War 11 el id Fundi,

produced b'ooks which showed that a sum oi £575 !W1 been collected by means of sales ol stock, produce, etc., given by farmers of most parts of the district (Manakau, Shannon, and Foxton did not participate). The cost of Administration oi this fund, had been cxtiemely low—£3 odd. The money had been placed in the post office savings bank and was earning interest. The fund was administered by some half a dozen representatives, j

General von Kluck, who commanded le right wing 0 f the German Armv

Oil tlic West, front, is quoted by „iie Zeit as wiping that the bravery and liei 3in couespondent oi the Vicuna tenacity of the British troops must be admitted. "And especially the old long-service men were very serious opponents. Anybody who knows British military history never under-eiti-

mates the British soldier. For lie lias proved his worth in all wans, liemember Waterloo."

A Napier newspaper says that very few people are aware of the immense amount of material winch will be required to construct the new combined railway and road bridge to connect Napier with Westshore and the east coast which, it is stated, will be the most up-to-date bridge in the Dominion, and one of the longest. Over 700 tons of steel work, angle pieces and general reinforcements will he used in the structure, in adidtion to 10,000 tons of concrete. Each of the (500 concrete piles is to be driven 30ft deep. Tin? bridge is to have an 18ft roadway in addition to the railway track, and will be almost a quarter of a mile m length. It is expected that flic work will occupy two years.

A matter that has caused much speculation among territorials in connection with the training camp at Rangiotu this month is the fact that the notices issued to different territorials bear dates for the commencement of the camp." varying from the 21st to the 28th. The reason of this is to give those who hare not attended any parades a chance to make up in camp for their parades lost. These territorials must go into camp on 21st. Those who have attended a few parades, but are still short of the necessary training go in on the 25th. .No p; >y wiii bo allowed for these extra days. The main body go into camp on the yßtif. The faot that a territorial may not re-J ceive a card notifying him to attend camp will not exeniofc hi,;- fj-'im liability

"General Orders" issued to the New Zealand Defence Forces . last month contain the following details of an honour granted to the Regiment of Roval Now Zealand Artillery :-ExWt from supplement to the London Gazette,' dated 29th October, 1'915: "His Majesty the King has t>een graciously pleased to approve of tho .appointment ol the undermentioned officer to be a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order i n< recognition of his gallantry and devotion to duty in the field—Major Tvon Tatham Stan dish. No. 3 Royial New Zealand Artillery. For conspicuous gallantry in the Gallipoli Peninsula on the 27th28th August, 1915. He was controlling the fire of a- very exposed section of guns, performing his duty on a flank under heavy fire, when one of his guns wee put out of action, and a fire broke I out round ln's ammunition pit. He at , once lefWhis Observing station, ran to J the pit, and personally assisted in ex- ! tinguishing the fire."

j A lire at Paetawa, last Saturday, destroyed Mr A. A. Brown's flaxmill. The buildings -were uninsured, and the loss is set down at about £2500. It lias been decided Uy the Auckland Milk Hoteliers' Association to i aise the price of milk delivered for •town and suburban corsunnpUion to ■Jjd per quart. it has been decided by the Auckland Miilk Betailers' Association to raise the pike oi miik delivered iui' town and suburban consumplou w 4Jd per (pi art. I A cap off tile wheel ui a J'.JS. motor car has been lost between Levin ana 1 del akariki. A rewardi will be puid for return of the cap to Dalgely ami Co., Ltd.j Levin.

Mrs K. J. Are U6 has boon appointee! soio teacher at Muhuiioa Jsa«t; Ala»s W. Cathie, secondary assistant afc Lio- - and Mr J. Connor assistant at ■Levin. Ail these arc appointments undiei the \\ ellington ivill;-alHjii Board.

At I'almerston A'orlii ti.M. Loiut \est or day Frederick Oifsoski was fined 20s with costs (7s) tor leaving a waggon with two horses attached in the Square without chaining the wheels.

H.is Honour Judge I'any, among many good l stories in the January number of the Cornliill magazine, tells of a court crier in JSnnis, Ireland, who tried to clear Llie court by shouting ouI: '"All ye blackguards that isn't lawyers quit the court.''

it transpire* that the jVLuiawatu I'lax Workers' Union lias decided to approach the miHt-is for 12s per day lor all mill hands. The paddockers aud» scutchers are said to be satisfied with the existing arrangement. There lias been a general rise in -wages ojj round in the mills of late, and, as lar as can be ascertained, tile feeliug of discontent has now died down.— -Uanawatu Times. At \\ ellington wool sales yesterday 3J,UuU bales were ollered. 'Ihe prices a.s compared with last sale»s' were:— Alerinos, to id down; halfbreds £d up; erosebreds (.medium) Jd to :'M up,

Au election of one Councillor for Otaki riding, to succeed Councillor AVatson on the Horowhenua County Council, is advertised. Nominations close at noon on Wednesday, Ist March, and the election will be held one week later. A notice as to a ton per cent penalty on rates not paid by '13tli March next is advertised by the Levin Borough Council. Users of water power and consumers outside the borough are reminded that their dues should tio paid. An interesting match lor the Bowen 'Stars took place on Levin Bowling Green last night, when Suhan and Hall (challengers) won the trophy iroin Mclntyre and Kirk (by 14 points to 10). The defeated pair had held the t-iophy against six previous chalieng-

j Bishop Geary, of Auckland, intends in March to take an extended fur lough, and will proceed by the Makura to Honolulu, afterwards visiting Southern California, Chicago, and the Eastern States, returning home »towards the end of the year by way of Canada. llie i\ ell-known business of Messrs iiaswell Bros., of Levin, will, in the immediate future, change into the hands of Mr T. Broome, the established Weraroa grocer. The new proprietor intends riTnnfljg the business on a strictly spot cash basis, and selling at the lowest possible prices. The delivery of goods will he maintained on the usual linos. —'Newsnet. A horse sold from Levin pound last month for £5 10s is reputed to be a | thoroughbred horse by Taitoko—Torpillo, and to be worth (say) £50 or more to anyone desirous of owning a racehorse and risking money to win more. The horse came from Wirokino and, was unclaimed in the pound for the statutory period. The "Otago Daily 'Dimes" Stateo that the available water supply for Dunedin city and suburbs is still giving the city engineer some concern, notwithstanding the showers that hare fallen lately. As a matter of fact, the rainfall has been very slight, averaging: one-twentieth of an inch in the Silverstream catchment and one-tenth of an inch in the Leith watershed. The southern reservoir is pmeticaliy shut off fivm the city. Tlie floss Creek reservoir, which is Being emptied at tlie rate of between one million to two million gallons a day, still holds about thirty million gallons. In ten days it has fallen 6ft.

Recently Mr H. Simmondis, of Nelson, had returned to him several letter* addressed to his son, Private C. Siimnoiids, who left with' the Mam Expeditionary Force. Inquiries were set in motion, wi.thont result. Chi Friday last Sir Simmonds received a sack containing "life son's clothing, mar Iced "Deceased's soldiers effects.

A cable message was despatched to Egypt. giving Private "Simmonds' number and other particnlnrs. A reply was received stating t.Tiat he was looking afltcr houses at Alexandria, and wins safe and well.

Mr P. Virtue, .manager of th'a Northern Roller Milling Company, furnishes the Auckland! "Btnr" with' the following statistics The Gomra'omreaTib's surplus of wheat over its own requirements is 2,(578,571 tons. To ship to- London it would require 335 steamers, each currying 8000 Tons. It is apparent that there will be soone difficulty in securing sneli a large number of steamers, apart from -the dangers of enemy cruisers, which will not tend to ease the position. The question suggests itself: What will the Commonwealth do with its immense surplus if btoeked for tonnage? Its growing corn will probnMy Ibe quite as heavy as that just hnrraSfce9. The world's yield shows an increase of 2o per cent. It is very difficult to estimate with any degree of accuracy what the aver-

age wheat crops will yield iu the Ash-

burton county this year, says the Ashburton "Guardian." In the upper portion of. the county there are many 25, 30 and in some cases 35 bushel oropr, but oil the lower side of the line the position is very serious for the farmers. For instance, Mr F. Blackly, of Action, has just threshed out 100 acres of Hunter's white wheat, which averaged only 16 bushels. And this crop wan grown on land which in other years with an average season would yield 40 bushels to the acre. Six miles up on the other side of the line, at Hatfield, Mr Davidson has just, threshed 40 acres of the snihe variety of wheat, which averaged 40 bushels to the acre, and on another 50-acre section on the name Farm the saime variety yielded only 25 bushels to the acre. The death ocouicd this morning, at Koputaroa, of Mr John Davics, one of the oldest settlers iu this county. Death, which was not unexpected, was due to heart- disease. Mr Daries's fame as a breeder of Roscommon sheep and' Shorthorn cattle was widely established. and as a land valuer, too, he was held in high repute. Ho was a prominent witness (as to values)' in the famous case (between the owners of Flaxbourne run and the Government) concerning the compulsoiy acquisition and purchase of the Town of AVard (Marlborough) and il« vicinities. Mr Davies, who was well advanced in the seventh deoaclie of liis life, came to Now Zealand from Wales, at an early age, and had resided in this district for the best part of fifty years.