LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 May 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

A prevalence of scarlet fever ;n Levin is causing concern to the authorities; the more so as some people are •neglecting their dtuty -to report all such cases and to hare t!:© sufferers isolated. Any one shovtfng such neglect is liable to be brought to court and fined. ni

the general interest oi the public it is highly desiraULo th;it a.LI suspected cases should be reported at one.', and a medical diagnosis obtained, for .the disease of scarlet teTer is very easily spread -by any sufferer from it who goes abroad. What are mild' cases of the disease may speedily develop into serious ones, characterised by severe troubles in the ears or by development of kidney disease. —

Ihe proprietors of the coal mines ; n Otago are finding a great difficulty in securing miners, consequent On he large number who have gono to the war (says the Otago Daily Time?). The \Va,ronui mine is working shorthaded, and the Kaixangata proprietary estimates that no fewer-than 100 miners from that district have enlisted. A.s a reisiilt of the shortage of miners, the output of the local mines has tieen serfiousify restricted, and olrders for coal have to be out down or delayed ill execution. The necessary consent upder section 2.5 of the Appropriation Act 191-5. to the Horowhenua County Council borrowing £1000 for the Kawiti road txteiiMoii appeared in last week's gazette. Special attention is direvt-ed to the services in the Presbyterian Church on .Sunday next; wiien harvest thanksgi\ nig sermons will be preached, ilie morning one will he an object- sermon, illustrating the blessings received, and should prove valuable as it conveys lessons through eye-gate to the mind'. I-he psalmody will be under the tion of Mr Keys, who had been working diligently to ensure success in hig direction. Ihe Girls' i'riendJy tiuciety have arranged to Jioldi their missionaiy tale on Wednesday, .May 24. There will be two work stai:s, produce stall, and afternoon tea. Musical items during both afternoon and evening. The proceeds will be in aid. oi the Meianesian Mission ..hospital at the Solomon Islands, the G.F.S. having undertaken to support a bed at the hospital.

Mr P. Fitzgerald, a popular member of the Wellington Savage and Orphan 01u,bs, will sing at the Catholic Concert on Wednesday, May 17th; also Mr John Diiggan, of Wellington.

There was a vast improvement m yesterday's meeting or the Womeu's Guild for Red Cross work. Aot only was there a. great deal of work done at the room, but numbers of parcel were sent out to people who were unable to attend and who do their share in their own homes. The following were present: Mesdames Phillips. PmK. Kirk, Keedwell. Walkley, Prouse, J3rown, Uryson, Portions, Cork, Goldsmith, Swaiihson, Chapiin, and Richer, and Messrs Sutherland, Parsons and Weston. Miss Ivy Pink looked after the afternoon tea.

I concert and demonstration of ,ifp_ I saving will be given in the King s j Theatre, Levin, on Friday, week, iiv | the lioys of AYeraroa Training Farm, j The manager, Major G. .\J. Burlinson, , has taken a groat deal of interest in I tine boys' studies of iife-saving methods, j and he nil] be pleased to assist any I Levin people desirous of learning this j most desirable art. The demonstrat- | ion to be given next Friday will be a. i good means to this end. The concert piogranime Arranged for the sainc occasion is of good quality, and altogether there will be an excellent entertainment. Tickets are for sale at two shillings and one shilling each, and children will be admitted at half price. A meeting of majors an<A chairmen of the local bodies concerned will be held in the Hutt County Council Chamens on Thursday 18th inst to discuss the increase in the Hospital and Oharit able Aid Boardi rate.

iNinety-five pounds an acre waa redused, about a fortnight about for a farm of 60 acres between Feilding and Awaliuri. One oi tJie recruits leaving Hastings with tho lGt/h lieinioroeinents walked all the way from AlangaJiane to blastings, a distance ot about .76 miles. ispeaking at eiungum on 31onday, Air \\. H. .Field, M.l'.j said in ->no piece oi bush in the VV'aiitauae district, which lie liad preserved at some *xpense, certain unauthorised persons Had secured eighty opossum skins a month. He statedi that it was the custom of some to set traps on a (Sunday, and go round the following *.m----day for tlie trapped 'possums; thus tho poor animals trapped, witn young, often perished irom starvation.