LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 May 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

ilie scheme for supplying Oliau residents with water from the Levin high pressure supply was advanced a • top further last night when the Lorin Borough Council parsed the following resolution: ''The charge for (supplying the Ohau residents wLtli water be LA per annum for areas under live acres and Lo per annum for areas over five acres, during the pleasure ol the council. The necessary funds for laving the pipes to be found by the consumers who aiuo shall make their own connections." The Levin Volunteer Fire Brigade will hold a social and dance on June 2nd, when the cup and prizes won at the recent competitions will be presented to the winners.

The heavy wind last week blew down th« light bridge for stock over tlio Ohou river at the end ot Gladstone road.

The borough council's accounts pas-eel for payment last night were swollen by the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board new quarterly levy of (.'<34. The to-tal of the accounts was £201.

•Some time ago Mr M. Suhan made application to the borough council tor water power to the extent of 2 Kp. It was granted mid the charge fixed at £8 per annum. .Since then however Mr Suhan has discovered that about a j h.p. motor wouldi prove sufiici'lit for his 'needs, and put in a wheel accordingly. Following lie made a request to the council to reduce the charge fixer], and night the conn cil agreed to do this, and the new charge decided on was £o.

The Waiopelm Domain Board is taking steps to protect the native bush oil the reserve and is planting a shelter belt of hardy trees on tJi'c western ride of the domain. The woffi of digging the holes for the trees is 'being carried out at present.

Mr T. W. Kirk, of the Department of Agriculture, will pay a visit to Levin, mid will advise the Levin Domain Board as to the most suita.ble trees for planting oil the domain.

The value of coke as a fuel, so well known in other parts of the -world, is .slowly being found out by people in this district. Among file laitest to do so is the contractor who is crushing metal for the district roads. Recent* ly he had some difficulty in procuring coal and had to fall back on coke which he obtained from the local gasworks. He was so pleased with the result that when the coal did arrive he promptly exchanged it to the gasworks for coke. Besides being so much cleaner, coke costs only half the amount of coal.

Authority has been given by the Ijorough council to lower the water chen nel in Oxford "street ill front of the King's Theatre in order to divert portion of the spent water from the pelton wheel into the water race running down Salisbury street.

Corporal L. li. Wiijun, who loft with the -it 11 Reinforcements. and saw active serviic at Gfillipoli where he' was wounded jy [shrapuel. again volunteered for service at the lroilt a few days ago. He attended, before the medical board yesterday for examination but was rejected as being medically unfit, lie not having yet fully recovered fron the rheumatism which was the cause of his being invalided home >ist September. In \Veliiiigton on Saturday eve i.ig a sale of fruit given by the .National Fruitgrowers' Federation was conducted with great success. The moneys M ere, given to the funds ot the Patriotic Society. In all the society's funds benefited to the extent of £450. the apples came from practically all the fruitgrowing districts of Nfew Zealand, except Horowhenua. JL'he fruit was shown in Wellington, by the National -Fruitgrowers' Federation, a 6 an earnest of New Zealand's fruitgrowing possibilities.

An item oil' special interest oil the programme of Wednesday's Catholic Concert, in Levin Town Hall, will be F. 'i'hone's "Sintle Avne, played 011 a onie-stringed violin by Mr. C. "Simmons, of Foxton. Mr. Simmons is a grandson of Yan Biene, the composer of "The Broken Melodiv." Miss Kernpton, Mrs. Teviotclale. and Mr. Stewart B. Collins alfio wilt contribute to tlie programme.

iirown wrapping paper is becoming very scarce iu Levin, as ill other parts of Xew Zealand. A Levin shopkeeper who secured a Ime last week lound the cost increased by about two hundred per cent. Stocks of patper to fulfil Australasian contracts are held up in Canadian ports, and the export of pulp from Scandinavia is necessarily restricted. The position is so grave that there is a. danger that stocks >i paper in hand will -be exhausted before fresh shipments are avaiiable. Nothing is so certain in this war tnie as a continued dislocation of trade n all

brandies. The wisest. course is tn exercise tlie strictest economy in the use off materials that are difficult to procure and which presently may be u'' obtainable.

-Mr J. Hal I, 01 ilrisujl-stitiet, jus ollered to contribute lo towards tho cost ul uuiing aud sanding the tootpudi oil the north side oi iixeter street from Uristol (street to Oxford tstrjet. The otfer has bcuii referred to the streets committee! by the borough council tor report to the next meeting of the council.

Iho cvcjk> track from the town !o the railway station offers u temptation to the riders oi motor bicycles that many are unable to resist, and tluir Hie ol the track is dangerous to riders of the ordinary bicycle. To prevent fi continuance of The practice Councillor .Robertson moved at last mgnt's meeting of tho borough council that notice boards warning motor bicycles to keep off the cycle track be set up. The motion was carried.

Recently a paragraph was reprinted in our columns trom a contemporary to the effeot tliat the old-established tea tini bJt' kelson, Moate and Co., Ltd., liad gone into voluntary liquidation. Wo are informed that the statement is quite incorrect, and in order to prevent any misconception as to ilie j>o si Lion, we are asked to state that the company, like many other companies, has merely been reconstructed, and is still carrying on business as it has done for -so many years past.- Mmiawitu Standard.

An amusing ease that coiuo under his notice was mentioned by the Mayor at last night's meeting ol the Patrio..ic .Society. A man, who had appiied to the iSWoioty for treHieP, subsequently wired to the secretary from Levin for his train fare to Koputaroa. 'ho telegram was "reply paid'' and cos: .lie sender Is Id. wln'V' the train fare o.ily amounted to Bd, wml the applicant could have walked the distance easily while he was waiting for the reply to his wire.—Standard.

In the sale by Mr G. Milnes of the grocery and ironmongery departments of Ins business an old-estaiblished I/evin grocery business changes hands. Ilie store was carried on by Mr B. U. Gardener for mnnv years, until line or ten years ago when it was purchased by the kite Mr Millies. Lately it lias been carried on by Mr (!. Milnes wlm has now disposed ol it to Mr T. liroonie. To allow a readjirtinen' of matters the store will be closed: from to-morrow until Monday next. A notice appears on pnge 3. People are reminded ol tile openng of the Presbyterian Church bazaar in the Century Hall to-morrow afternoon in connection with the annual liarv;st thanksgiving services. The produce to ibe sold at the produce stall is eqial to anything for sale elsewhere and. offers a good opportunity to those who like the best. The other 6talls mcludie fancy goodn, liomo industries, sweets, etc. There will be numerous guessing competitions, musical items and games, ensuring for all a pleasant time. The bazaar will be continued in the evening and also on Thursday.