The Chronicle. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY MARCH 8, 1916. Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 March 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY MARCH 8, 1916. Local and General

A correspondent, of the Taranaki Heraildi states that the d<ilry factories wore to distribute nearly jWO.OOIt in the (Sti'a-tford district 011 Saturday. •So pro]ilic are the root crops in the Wairarapa at the present time (reports tne Age) that ci difiit:ulty is being experienced in procuring stock to feed them down, A Feilding settler who was «t .Uasterton last week tdld an Age reporter that he had an abundance of roof, crops audi could not find sheep to feed them down. He is, in consequence, buying 21)00 sheep from the Marlborough Sounds. "It is the silliest lot of drivel that a Government has ever Ijeen guilty of," remarked Councillor Anderson at the Petone Borough Council meeting recently, when the issue of armlets for exempted recruits was mentioned. [1 a man is weak, he is not. going to advertise the fact by going about labelled like a prize fowl." Some excitement and incidentaiiy a little jdarm, was occasioned at Ara--111 oho recently 'by the escape of an old man monkey from the Zoo. The animal, as it subsequently transpired, was tame enough, but its size and appearance were such as to suggest unpleas--11 at possiblities, especially to any children who might arouse its wrath. There was, too, the danger of injury by shock of any woman or child meeting the big and ugly brute unexpectedly. Consequently the chase for tlio vagrant was a serious business, and he was ultimately {located among the. upper branches of ,a tree wherein he had stopped for a rest after Ins exciting scamper through the gardens and over roofs. To the relief of the onlookers the big fellow submitted quietly to being roped iby his keeper, by whom ho was led back to captivity. In preparation for the winter Levin Borough Council is arranging for metal crushing on a big scale. At a later date the crushed metal will be placed ou the roads of the borough. Meanwhile the metal is to be crushed in . reodines for use, and carted to central localities. Tenders for the carting aninvited, by advertisement from the council, in which details are set out (see page 3). Specifications may: be seen and fiidl particulars ascertained on application to the Town Clerk !.Mi B. R. Gardener). Horowhenua A. and J'. Aossocintion will hold a sale of cheese next Saturday evening near the L«vin post office. The cheese was manufactured at the Weraroa Experimental Farm dairy from milk obtained "by the society when conducting its butt erf at competition for dairy cows. The proceeds ot '.ho sa-ie will he given to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.

-I he vagaries o! tin; wheel of fortune have been exemplified in 110 uncertain manner iecentHy (states the "Oh lira, Advocate">. in the art nnion draw, ur, Mat'ere, Mr J ebb's pn/.e, a pair 01 riding trousers to uicasure, lias boon won by a woman. Al Baihuist (Jiktrler Sessions recently (..slates a .Melbourne paper) two poling men, named Oliver Burke aiij George ,Sanders, were convicted ol hazing promoted a game of eilance at Grentell Show, and were sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Jn .submitting an appeal lost week the plea o! defendants was that the element ot chaiiee lit the game had been eliminated by the fad that none ol the i Iciiei.s liny gave em I eouiiil possibly win. Tin Crown i'rcsecuior argued tiiai it ,\as twice us big a swindle as i : , appeared to be. The Judge dismissed the appeal, but reduced the sentences lo olio moncii. 'i'ne reiloing Otar ca^s: —"'J'hu Feilding Chamber 01 Commerce took the right course in deciding to watch the eomse ot events 111 regard to the revival ot tile propositi tor a deviation ot iho .Main Trunk railway 110111 Levin to Greattord -yet not 10 lake the matter too siTionsiy. A special' committee was seL up to collier with the i'almersl./ii Chamber, and this, also, ivas a. wise step lo rake; i'or t.ne interest ol ili>* iwo town* hiv alike in this oon-iivc.l-.it. Jint tili'iv the liiatlei' (.'lids, lor nolle the men behind the movement excepted—be! icves that anything ■an come of tile pi'opo al! J Tile country would not he.ir ol any such tis>loss excel)"'! in i e whilst the northern portion o!' the Kast Coast, which has not a Kne ol rail to.tap its rich ln'nterVind, s crying loudly (or help. ll Ihe 'impose I di v.atioii were to be token scriuud>, there ate many obstacles that, would have to i. e overcome before the .•■•lieiiii' would 'liwiiiiip practicable. Xot on#.- is the land patchy for settlement purpu-es there being too much sand to the goodly acre of real land. Then (here would be two very expensive bridges to build over flic Hnngitikoi •and the Munawatu rivers. It has been argued that the quarter-mile bridire ;ii Hulls would come in useful in the deviation scheme. But that bridge has not enough capacity to aV low two vehicles to drive abreast comfortably along its length. How; therefore. could such a bridge be converted into railway usage—and what would ordinary vehicular traffic do about bat b; idno ?" c juiag i,; ia-, obipui.aei' n may 0. 1 in-..i h: s..ae s( tiie utemy ciu:sct,i 0 it a..,..,;. . nmi liicoming oi tno .» 'o »v.ii i,-i n.gai ana a con mi nance in ie.;_..i ive.uM r uui' me i-Hjggcr Jjanii, tiie Cii .aii.-. vim nave Lueir opporum--I.\ iu l.t,:c aci oss and bombard unr 11ji 1 ii.' l ended towns on the noti.iiW»i coast. No liouiji tiley would like ij ~o inin in oiilcr to administer a , lu.tic u. Ihe ilag-ing interest' of the ln..iii,,ii (.eiipire in naval matters, but lan u ii> acuompJisJiudi' if the AJoltke ha.- noi be"Ji sunk there is little doubt i.iui s.ie has at. feast ueon badly holed «nd can iiartily ue ready tor effective vvoik Hir .-oiuo months, after her experience m the Gulf ol lliga. Again we have had no news tor some tmhiths oi the Von der Jan, which led the f ijlla f i.i o.i mat bombarded Scarborough and ilanh poole. ihe generail impression in tiie Hi and fleet is that she vvkis .-unu :>y a 'U il;-.:i submarine when cruising in the Highf ot Heligoland. V\ e kno'.v Mom Admiral Beatty's report that O'jta the !Di ri'ilinger and Seydfitz Were hammered Tn the Dogger Bank battle, and -wore, when last seen, heavily in flames. The view m the Grand Fleet is that neither reached port. Assuming tluit the Derfflinger mdi Soydlitz did sink or were beached, they have doubtless been salved"" and repaired, and by now should be nearly lit for rsoa again. The Grand Fleet wihl have to'face a second hard winter, but it is uovv much stronger mid better equipped with speedy auxiliaries than was the case a year ago. and the "wntch on the sea" will be as strenuous as over while it lasts. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Hoi owhenua County Council will be held in the County Council Oham- | bers, Levin, on Saturday nest, coinI jneiieing at f.30 a.m. The business willt include Councillor Kebbell'.s notice of motion to have map of Wirokino riding and Tokoinaru riding made up to date, and also to procure similar maps for souihorn ridings. At 11.31) a.m. on Saturday next, a spccinl meeting of the council wul be iveld, to make a Special Order authorising the raising of a loan of £700, in the proposed Aiawata ißo»id Special Bating Area, for road construction. A coitiv-houEje keeper Jias obtained :Cf.jO damages from the Bermonusey uorongn Counciil, iiaigtaiid, for dam- ; ages to iiis business caused by the miiuicipaliiy'a method of (fcstroying rotten eggs. In February last year Hie fiiiiiicii began to cart large quttiititich of rotten eggs to the wharf and file destruction went oti tor the groatei ■pan of the day. The council iiafl creeled a kind ol mangle on -heir whan. Cases of. eggs were thrown into it, a man turned a handle a wire-netting caught the .shells, and tin? inside of the rotten eggrs ran oow.i into a gu.iiy. Counsel tor the defendant borough said the focal authorities iab .urei'i under extia linary diffici.il-. ties because of the delay of ships j bring:iig flieso eggs. Belore tiie w<iv when these ships wed +o aeeomjj'n'sh their journey without- delay, about 10.U0U rotten eggs were destroyed per day, but hortly after the war. when < lei a yi- of shipping took place, the figures res" lo something like 100,000. and during the last: few months, the Rcrn.ond-ey council have bad to destroy 2~>\ million rotten eggs.