LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 May 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

? The Caf.hoiic.s oi Levin will hold a vocal and mstrumental entertainment, to be followed by a. dance, in Levi! Town Hall, on Avednesday week, 17th ■May. A first-class program is in course of preparation. further Je-t-ails are advertised. At a largely attendieU meeting of shareholders of the Dairy Company, at Shannon, 011 Friday aiteniuon last, a proposal to establish a dried milk factory was rejected. The liner lately .known as the Sciilesien, oi 5500 tons, has been soid; tor £120,000. The vessel origionally belonged to the Xwrd-Deutscher Lloyd, and was sold at a prize auction in London in January for £62,000. The success of the Aknroa Butter Factory during the period since it i\*aa opened, in September. 1914, lias been highly satisfactory, to the management and supplier, (remarks t-lie "Akaroa .Mail") the price paid lout for the 'ast six months being Is 2d per lb for butter fat, and that for last winder is 3d and Is '4d per lb. The whole of the output graded by the Government -3pert has been graded first quality. The Ellemuore County Council had cue constantly lecurrmg question 01 dealing with the smajl bird nuisance before it at its monthly meeting on Monday, when reports concerning the recent conference held in Christen uruh were presented. When tile question ot the price to be paid for heads was under discussion, Cr Storry said that a number of years ago the Cou.i"il could get large numbers of heads at 6d per dozen. ''That's 110 argument," said Cr. Free, '"people ut>ed to nave families o'f ten or a dozen children; now they only have two or three chil-

dr«n." "You've just hit it," said the chairman (Cr Cunningham), amidst a ripple or laughter, "that's the whole trouble, Cr. Free, the birds have so few natural enemies these days. ' — Christchurch Newis. A peculiar impounding case was dealt with at the Magistrate's c.o»irt at Ciiristdiurdi i.ist week faiy.s the Svwii) when the potindkeepei' ct Llie Waimairi pound was charged: with laiiiny to detain two horses. Ff appeared thai two horses were impouiulp''. 'o.V tlie p-'licc oil November :2nd. Shortly afterwards a Mr Duffy coinplaine ! to the police tliat two of his horses .iail been stolen. The two iiurscn impoiindied were Duffy's, and they hid been reported 111 the jxiu.nd book as "'destroyed." They were at icru a-iis found in ix>.xsei-sion oi' private" pe ;ile. The pomidkeeper sta.t-ed tlie anima's when they icere brought to the pound were in mieh a state that it seemed likely, if sold, the price obliar'ed for thorn would not pay for their keep, 'n accordance with the Act, as he read it. ho was empowered to destroy. The police stated; a poundkeeper couTd only destroy siich animals under an order from a .T.P.. and tTie dereliction ol the poundkeeper cost him JCI and costs. .

Manager: "What's the leading lady in such a tantrum about?" JL'rass agent: "tihe only got nine bouquets over the footlights to-night." Manager: "Great Soot! Ain't that enoughP" Press agent: "Xo, ahe paid tor ton." "Jiiaek eyes," many will be -in tores led to learn, are not always caused by a direct hit. "A blow on tho head," saiid a medical witness at the Christchurch Oourt last rriday, '"may eauso black eyes, also pressure on tho chest in a crowd."—Xcw6. At the Hutt Magistrate'.-) Court last Ihtirsdlay, a further batch <>j charges against motorists for exceeding the speed limit were dealt witn. Tho total fines amounted to £/, solicitors fees £3 13s 6d, and court coste LI 2s. One lady was fined on three different charges.— Petone Cliromicle. Tne laige.il estate ' certified tor htamp enty in April nas mat of Chariis Uowker, of Canterbury. it -vas valued at £83,781. Hie exports from Taraiiaki during the quarter ended ilarch last wero

vai.iedi at £1,159,072, as compared witli £1,00»,847 in tlie March quarter f 1915. The contriliU'tiag ports were JS'ew I'lyiiHGUtJi £52:2,40y, Waitara £200,'Jdi), and Patea £435,(194. "•l'lii.i discovery is most interesting lroin the m'l ell I,] tuj juiin t, of view,' 1 Kaid -Mr i{. M. John&ton at Hobart, rolerring to a palaeolithic Hint inplenient discoveied near tiladstone. "Tlie implement is of chalcedony, almost approaching an agate, and is a. very good piece of work. It is obviou 'ly of human handiwork, and from the position in which it was found, 3Gft lieloiv the immediate surface and 16utt below the general surface of the drift deposit, it must be of very great ago. It is of n type practically identical with some of the very old palaeolithic implements from Jfiurope—some of the Spanish flints, for instance—and^! do not see why it shouWi not be conclusion that tlie very primitive race found in Tasmania had inhabited tlie country for long ages past." A sergeant serving with the relieving force in Mesopotamia, in a letter home, states that though the men have money (says the Waikato "Daily Telegraph"), they can fniy nothing, there, as all supplies have to bo brought by mule transport. A man's kit had been soM by auction, when 50 cigarettes brought 8r 8a (11b 43), while 24 penny bars of chocolate fetched 43r (£1). He bought two bars for 4r 4a (5s 8d), and it wa.s well worth it. Cigarettes at 2id, each and penny bars of chocolate at 2s 9d would, no doubt, be a record figure, even in these times or enhanced prices. "In submarine efficiency," said Mr Ashmead-Bartliett, at Napier, "'tlie British are streets ahead of the Germans. Tlie achievements of our submarines in the Dardanelles and uhe Sea of Marmora were wonderful. Tfioy sank every transport and supply -hip in sight, landed parties and blew up railways, bombarded Constantinople, and established a reign oi terror over the Turks. Sometimes a submarine would (stop away from the fleet for as much as 27 days, sending wireless rues- _ sages out at night." Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited advise having received the following cable from their Laiidon Office under date sth instant. — London Wool Sales.— The sales have closed very lirin. As compared with closing rates tor March series superior scoured" ~merinos are 5 per cent, good scoured merinos 7- per cent, and inferior scoured mer-

inos 10 per cent dearer. Good greasy merinos are 10 per cent ) whilst merino top makers are 15 to 20 per cent dearer. greasy S breds i 1 per cent, and shabby greasy X breds 7J to 10 per cent deared. 32,000 bales were purchased for the Home trade, and 6,000 lor the Continent. Nothing was pin-chased for America. <,000 bales hare been carried; forward, of winch 6,000 bales were not offered. iMr 11. G. Knowjfes, the comedian, tells oi a girl who once appeared ; n public and sang a song where she asKed in the first line of the chorus "I winder if he'll miss me, ' She sang it witii more force than expression or sweetness, in fact she was slightly off the key. As she Bang the first verse there was a restless shuttling of letrt; the chorus did not add to the interest but increased the noise. She reached; tlie ahorus in safety, and once more noisily enquired: "I wonder if he'll miss me." A man in the gallery said: <r lf he does, he never ought to be trusted with a gun again." llefering to the work of recruiting the Feilding Star says:—"A number of young New Zealanders have been ilodging the issue by a constant change ot address. When the Register is a,fter them, the report is: Gone, left no address. A father oi one of those in the Feeding district chuckled, 1 out loud the other clay :'Can't get my son —I've sent him away out back, where there are none of these inquisitive •e- . crniters.' Our attention has also been drawn to a very eligible young man in this district who is the fortunate owner of Jive arms—and because of this property he wiH rot enlist. Yet New Zealandere who have no staKe whatever in the country are figtmng il'or the safety of otiHer fellows' farms."