The Chronicle LEVIN. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1916. Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 March 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1916. Local and General

The- Ilmi.u iioiiua County Council j» ; i-Lep.-, to l'aiM' a special loan o I | L'ii".' i.-i' ioniiing anil, .Jijui Ai-iiv. !iala road. Waituliu. Kiiil clcj fills are advert isecL ! -\ i an old identity. Joiin i i'l-i, over Ul> years ol a»<\ anU ( an I iniici ia 1 Army ami .Maori War peii- | .siiui'T. iiiivii in boil in tilt* .hospital yosti'iii.i;,- as use result oi injuries lttoivei! in ;a irap aecidotlt. ■ i I | 1 lie j'.i'es. lit ury weather is I , bringing down the milk yields oi tcli i uairy iivrOn in tins d,:.-ir:et, and the ' supny at l-he Levin butter factory Jia.s i •sho.wn a big failing off during the last ' Jew weeks. in the hope ol improving matters, the lJorowiii-i.ua County .Ratepayers Asm it i j i ion will sit Until some iinport'iiu )>roi ni its aimua] meeting to no Jieiil on :.M i.ji Aiareh, m Levin Town Hall. An advertisement on tile inatlei.s appear.-, on page 3. The roads ol YCro-l-, iito rutin;.!; liave been under 1 01 late, and sonie remarks

j on iiiis matter are to l>e made at Mm • j meeting. All members (and intenilj uig members,; 01 the association aro j invited to be present. A; its isist meeting ilto Levin iSor- : ough Conned passed a motion reeom- ! mending that Sunday schools, picture j theatres and other places where people congregate should be disinfected at lea .t once :i \\ eeK. (n i.u narding ii 10 : ; recoi:im>';id,:i (ion lo tluw-e coiijeernod, ili>' i <'\i ii Clerk wroie: Aly Council us an.Ninu.s lu have eveiy precaution talctil infantile paralysis, and j at its la-.!. meeting. thought it au\>.aiile to pass a resolution to be | .'fill in iho.-e in charge oi the different | places oi worship, public halls, hotels. i I'lV-tin-e i ilea Ires. public .schools and ■ liverv .stables. It is thought advisable | to lijipj/rss upon tiiose responsibb lor ' the institutions mentioned, the necesi ijity oi I mitigating the buildings, and I to use a isupplv oi dismleclants where | puSi-iine and kepp down the dust. Uo : leel .sure that you will do all in your ! ! power to assist the council in prer ' j venting the dread disease, infantile ! | paralysis from obtaining a footing iu ! | the ton n. j | isir MivarU. lius.se! I pre.sided at a j j receiu. meeting oi the Liverpool Ciiris- ! Uau Comoreuce, when the subject of I prayers lor the dead was discussed, ine I spt'aKeis belonged lo various "drtiomiuj <ilio:«;. The chairman ouecrved that { there had been a growing tendency ior 1 some time pa.st amongst. religious peoj pie ill Ihe direction of accepting prayi eis i.,r the d.ead. A eleiynian present i mad.; it cousiileiMuie impression uy a ' speech in which he advocated tlieise lie- i • votioiis. Another spen-Kor prolerred j ! a thankful coiianciuoraHon ol Hie i Idi -parled to the oil'ei oi petitions on , ' their behalf. line .sp-. aicer bailed l:i- I ; arguments on tile concurrence.oi Jiasl- > !vi u and Western Christendom. A ; j mo.st striking epi.sodc of the meeting j | was the reading ot a V Iter lroni a | \\ elsii Calvinistie Alothodist minister, witnessing to the change of attitude on ! tins question: "Hundreds of Welsh I Methoilist-.s—Kiruiig i'rote.stantfi oi the | Puritan tvpe—are praying for tJie • j dwuij' I

I A national apple show is to be Hold jin Wellington in May in connection | with the annual meeting of the I'ruitgrowors' Association. A tender (ixi-190) has been let for tuc erection of a new picture house in AlasU'l'ton. in addition to the contract price ot llie building a .sum oi r. is to be expended on fittings, Keating illuminations, etc. At tile iiHjiuwi oil the soldier wiio commit!ed .suicide at tlie Featherston camp last week no wiitaig pad was available lor use in writing the delor, and a j>iece of music--;! duet - positions. A (substitute was hunted was lull ml U'iiicii served tile pui-pusc. ami was used accordingly. The irony I ol Ja.'.e was onee more ii ustraied u in'ii". on reading the title or tlie duel n, was i'ouml to be "Life's dream i.s oe r, tare well." A struggle of exceptional duration, (■•ays ilie ji 1 nft Press, took place oil \\ ixliio.sday night w hen Oonslab*' .W.iirpJiv endeavoured to arrest a buriy Iciieriiian. who weighed ajjout Hi .stone, the Ci.uslable yit on tlie well-known double iiaminerlock, but the resistor's ueignt and exceptional .strength undid what is usually regarded as a hold impossible to break nway from. The lislienuau got his lace 011 the ground anil ro.se 011 tip-toes and stici-e;-i r i..-u in turning head-over-lieels, taking tin: constable with liim. After a struggle of liver a rjuartcr-of-fin-iiour Constable .Murphy won the battle by getting luc h:uideu lis 011. The fact that the addition ot e..s than one per cent, of carbon transforms soft wrought-iron into a 111aieria.1 that may be hardened by heating ami ijuencliiiLg ai> to cut glass is still one of the mysteries of science. Addi'iv-sing the l»'arad<:iy Socio ly recently, >ir Hubert Jiadfield stated that the 111 ore oiic investigates the nioie one is convinced that there is some extraordinaiy change in tlie com!'l na l ion of the carbon with the iron, and that Ji:.s research prize of two hundred pounds is designed to promote a study of tlie subject in botJi Jiiiigland and America. p.tpers are to be submitted before J" ebrua ry, 10I(j. The continued" illy weather is having a serious eifect oil the nii<k supply 10 dairy factories, which shows a steady decrease from week to week. A dairy farmev, one of the largest suppliers in th iis district, iniormed a ilanauatu •Standard reporter this week that 1! tlie supply continues to .--brink ib 1. has been doing it w.ill mean that tno season will close miieh earlier tnan usual, with a shortage in milter supply and probably a lurther rise in prices, ll sivmed a great pity that tlie.-c eon ditions shouj.l exist, tins reason when ■pi ices are so good. In otJu r years, when low' prices ruled tiiere would be an abundant rainfall, with of eoui.se a big output of butter. The high val\cs this season would even things up somewhat, . but it appeared that the dairyman was not to enjoy big priccs and big butter outputs at one and the same lime. Ull present indications there i> cvej-y posihihty of the Tibminion bulling itse.f by the end of tin.' present y«-:ir tight out 01 " wines anil spirits (-ay.s thi l Auckland >Star'). Supplier are already seriously short in certain lines, pnrticu j.irly whi.skiee, brandies and gins. Haw >; ii it. proeiiraMe lielore the war at 1s -Id per gallon, js now quoted at 7s Gd. GeTeva gin, wh.'eh could bo purchased a year ago at l".s. now shows an mciea.-so ot 3->t; per cent, and is scarcely procurable at that price, shipments l'n in. Hotterdam baring practically eoaseifT .Since the li.rue (•ovi-niiiieiit took in ei cili •di.-dhi 'tii s 101" war purpos. s New /.e.,lan<l agents, for distilling firms have 111 most ease< been ;tdvised that 110 tui"tlier orders can be entertained for whi?ky in bulk for export, ami even in ea.se-; where some orders can be met, an ineroatse of 150 per cent must lie charged. Jirondies, most of which come from France, are almost unprocurable. >.

i-he Gulden l'arty held yesterday ini'ler auspices ui tiie Ltniu .Uei-u----'Jiit L;i jk> (aiiiJil ill tiie grouutls uind,!y Jem liv Airs lio-wen, ljuceii-streei. wao vej y uJ, tile gross aniouming to nearly TioT The proceeds woi-o eoiiaiderably enlivened by liie local J>ahation Army baud winKt inierval.s were wei idled by a grsmiaphoiie manipulated by .VI r I'. juues. Tue young lutlk-s' loiJie stall and Uie huiie.? .sewing staJJ did very good ijiisiiie..-s. The nail driving competition was won by .Vlrs x>. Vernon: quoits by .Mrs 'J Illusion ; wood-sawing by Mm A. .Mudgway for .Mrs G. i.e.--lei-; hat tiimming lor men by .Mr r. W ■ Goi.lsniiili, wnh Mr Demon second. Tile pui>e wa.s ioimd by .Ur Janies and the treasure hunt 'or children wa.s found by Master Samnne Parsons. The ladies were pleased to welcome among tiieir guests the Uev. -Bowdeii Uatris, tiie new Presbyterian minister and tiie liev. and .Mis'liowe, «t Koxton. Tiie ladies wish to. express their thanks to ail who in any way assisted to make tile afternoon such an enjoyable one, especially to iheir friends oi tho tSaiviuioii Army. Much_ interest, ""says tilt' Aiie-vJ,i:> "Star," lias recently been taken in the subject ol the teaching of cconomy 111 licld. and garden by training children to gather seeds which otherwise would go to waste. .Striking examples ot the success with which this theory Jia.s i eeii applied wore mentioned by .Mr J. P. hahmgher. supervisor oi jju> technical and mannai training to the~ Auci, - , Kdnealion Board. At the Araphue School under the supervision or .Mill. Yv . Lawton. (he children had raised and sold £3 10s (id worth of flower see; Is on a fortieth of an acre ol school garden, whiJe there were still m cds 01 sufficient value to raise the total to anore than .Co. The proceeds are to I be paid into the iSick and Wounded , .Soldiers' Fund. AVitli tiie object o. boneiiting the same cause the children ol Aka Aka School have raked i-'l by the sale of vegetables grown in ihe school ga.rden. The pupils o. the .\L.iukii iSehool have been industriously engaged in Held .'ind on roadside gathering the cocksfoot seed wliiea yearly goes to waste. TJiev are aiming at gathering £20 worth o' seed. ►Similarly at Wharepoa. in the Thames

\ alley. the children aro gathering in . j prairie grass and cocksfoot seed. ! | A correspondent of an And.',! ' '• newspaper. describing the mannjus and j | cui'-ioins oj the far jwvrtti. writes: 'Ju 1 i a roLvnt joy cruise ivfl took in Itnsseil. : j the sweet seductive Somnolia ot t-lie I nortJi. We had pi'.' viouslv i>o' v '! mosv \ i BUcee.ts)!|J in netting a large haul ot . flat-iisl), the toon .so raie aiiu o.\pej!,ire ' in Auckland. On stopping ash., re « Jonnd the local population in varying ■attitudes or slumber, some leaning uj l against themselves. .some supporting ! posl.s. sonio so tired tint I'tcy .secmeu I to want' oi< engines to koep fi'i :> i Sl'ligh't-. 11l Jiu.ssi'll <: ten 1.., I ■to go homo at be.itime. 'Dm.s any- ! body want any Jlonnder ?' the .skipper 1 asked. almost woke up. r ; | ' take some," moaned he, 'if you'll carry ! | it to ih<'. hou s*>,' find, went to Nloep ; Jigain. Another chap hoard the iv- : - mark in his dreams,-and v«ke up for , a moment : 'Haven't you even cleaned it ' and went to sleep again, asked several others people whether » • hundredweight or two of flounders 1 would do 'em any good. 'Ver can l i give, it away 'ere/' said a man who S> evidently slept in his clothes: "the 'f< people is too independent.' So wo ; gave a cargo of fish that would have 1 gladdened tlio heart of Auckland a passage into the briny, and Russell < went to sleep again."

TJio Ohronielc has received a cheque 'v ior from Mr Nor/nan Jvirkcaluie, ■ in response to ii.n up.peal lor help for the Serbs from the Sennan Loga-tioii, Loudon, published 111 yesterday's issue. On .Sim.lay mommy: a brown-colour-ed yrcj, hound slipped it collar and escaped I'lum the down Auckland mail ii.mi lit Levin, The local stationiiK'sier w.mkii irj jviutl 11 any person kmnviiijj the wiier 00 bouts of the uog Mould coJiiinuni'.'ato with him. lik' (iuild at Weraroa de.sii i.s io i.u'ki!(,-u h■ si.'io a very welcome ~"t l«» lln i»' ba/.aar irom Mr I). \\ atV\era:oa. TJic donation i- a "hi,clou tivasuiv'' cake to bo vamp! ird i.i:r In hi,, children. Several other d, matieiis came to Hand yesterua> . unci i,lo jiu;hi deques to heartily than!; the, douorfi. li'leviii .! colli nine* lo calls.' iniicil a;i n\;i;:i ■ j,: I;111 a 1;.111. I'oiiltry yards ""''' : i» many instances, i: H; ii I'uliK smaJl lo.weiS ;irc rejioi Led 111 \ •.i r;-;ii.-, i| Hanoi's. A harp ll I,l '"' m - kept, and m •pi! "laiiiilijy i-lie culprit will attempt ins ue-iai ions pra-tice once too often Oiaki .\lajj_. I Ik* iii i. .step in one oi the largest and mo,st im]x>r iaii i undei takings in ij.o lus'.ory of Napier was taken at liesiyiiore oa .Monday, when " tlie \i' 'Y" V' • >s * a i»' ,, i% Mi' \ igw Uixnrn dwe.e Mie ur.st pi lo in conneciion w;tli _thi~_n.uk of erecting tile big. veliieli i.s to connect the north-" en: and sou t norn ends of the J&iSu C -m.-i railw ay enbaiiknient. The Haifa's liav II <■ra UI. says that tile comui' lie 'ineiii oi the big work alter j-o 'iian.y deh.y.s must he gratifying to liaukis l':iy lesidents. it. means the ,l'i.-i Jndv m the. pioposod I'jast. Oolst ir.ihvay ami the connecting up of W»s'liui'iie will. Napier. Some idea 0 f the magnitude ot the work can he gathore.i fiwn the ,'aei tlwt 701) tons of steel ...Hi oedil tolls of conereio will l)o useci in the eoii.-I"netion «ork of a bridge l.bat Will I,; 1 ■_>:>() hot long and 50 feet r '°- 1 he-re. will be twenty-one 50leel span--, leiir 20-feet spans, and one ■ )')-!eet span. ihe latter eeing nrched in the cnitre lor tlie' pa.ssage/0. tin<fio. iieai.ii. 'j'he. engineer in e.:.'i'-;.' of tlu- work i.s .Mr W. I, "ilea.i in Aii.-.*«T.na- for local coll.•>!im;.tii)ii is Js «ii a bushel, and tlie <.i bread GJd a loaf." said ivir • 1 ■ Hart al (he Timaru Fannars' i niuii lnoei iuy; on Saturday. "In I iiii'irn v, |ie,,t: is Js (id. yet the prico ■■ii tae leai is Dd. ' I his, ]ie said, was Mirely out (;)' ali proportion. In Waiiiiaie bi'ead was only Bd. lie tlioiignt tlial as priKliices's tliey .should bring the i'lnl. er be-wtv the authorities, as the' price ui lu'ead was altogeUier too illgll. I lie ekt.ii, ei-an (Mr J. Talijot) rsaadi comji.'t;ti«n had a good deaj to do witii j.ie i n'iee. as iI: ie.jiiirc.J so much money tn be spejii in dist; ioiuing bread—a eo.,t Unit '.vas out of all proportion, ne deiibu-ti it the price of bioad in Kng. ■ aiiH war lime was any dearer ti.an in Jin am. Mr K. J. MclVeown s.i'.d wiie_.it was <'-iuiiiig di'iwn in price a;I tee time, yei bread was "lot redue"'as dei-ide:! to place the uiatier iieiei'e the Bonn) ol 'J'rade, expresskil; surprise at the unreasonable pVice ei bread wli.n compared with tlie price of wheat.

tSu.i»w i.t t. u•* ic power I'or isteain in i-.it-ioj ii(jii'. cliy affects iiealt/u oi the f■ i;iiiiii!i iill y. lor it itlocis away with muiiKc. _ i'or example, since electric .iiO.- is began to be used in the imliisi m-j, oi tin' borough of JJury, (..•iiitMciiin', Ui-i only have the t-iveuty-fniiiiiii-y formerly needed tor Mt-aill Jioilc out oi use, but, oivl'|:' convenient supply of elects ic <-!■, nvou ly-.sevon other cliim'».Vf > iiiik would liare been .••ivi'U'U lu'.vc not been put up. The iar_e chimney- at. the power station aitijiietlier iifty-fbne smaller c.:juiiieys in other pails oi the town. I- iirL-iei'ii.oi e. the mei for the power-s'-aliofi 'i'T. (iiicL'tlv rroni the freight t!»i; coal bunkers. Were the Uuy-ouo ehiiniiey.s still in use, more hisiuiivd tons of fuel would nave i.i ijf caru-il oueli week for con- *** s.dc; able distance through the ))UO- - .s'.ive.--; the oli cine puw suppy, i.li.ii is. irvtw Hie roads of much heavy l!ari;t-. I■,i!;t lit,' tiie fuel consumed at tiie or .station is burned in a scient;ll<- ay L so as to produce the mjllliinini amount oi smoke. Projj&bly i!ia: not be said oi the superseJed I iiruoci's.