The Chronicle LEVIN. MONDAY, MAY 22, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 May 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. MONDAY, MAY 22, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL

TJie following men enlisted at the local recruiting office last week : • \\ oodi Geo. H. Weraroa, (Infantry.) Roberts A. Levin, (Infantry), Denton U. & Koputaroa, (Mounted Rifles), Ads?tt W. H. Lerrn, (Infantry).

As far as nam en are concerned winter in Levin promises to do as qufw> -lb summer. The Horowhcnua £«gby Union lias made two attempts to hold; : tc annual meeting but each time the ,irculai- and . .advertisement'" failed io draw a quorum. As a first or a.second grade football is out of- the. question, it has been suggested that a thirdl grade competition be held , but so. far the proposal does not seem to hav« aroused much enthusiast. At the best a third grade competition wul awake only third grade interest

An accident, fortunately attended witlh no berious results occurred on the Foxton-Levm road 011 Friday. A big touring car containing two ladies and two gentlemen, had just- crossed a small bridge, and the road at this point turning sharply, it overturned. The driver was not aocustomod to the road which ho believed ran right on. Th* consequence was he did not slacken speed l arid when he endeavoured to negotiate the, curve tlie inevitable happened. The party were all thrown dear all having a narrow escape ? 0111 being thrown into an adjacent creek that the bridge spanned. . The plight of the motorists, -was observed; by Mr. Frank Hoydon who secured assistance from Foxton in getting the car righted and repaired. Ab a result of the attair it is stated that there will probably bo a law suit against whoever is responsible for not having a danger sign nffixed near the 'bridge. —Mamawat* Times,

Tho Masonic Grand Ladge at Auckland discussed what names should) be placed on the roll of honour, and resalved that only the names of those who have been on active service should appear. Mr M. J. Williams, of Wellington, moved that no conference 00 held 1 next year, and that the money thereby saved be devoted to aT \Var Relief 1' und. After a lengthy discussion the resolution was withdrawn on tho suggestion ot the Grand Master. Mr Witnams remarking that-nhe discUßSijr. ra.;, served the purpose 01 stimulating uteres,. m war relict. JL'he next tonrcrciicc will i>e ho.cl at invercargiil. ill a report on the London wo<."| aalea (dated ilith .Uam'i, iyi(j) the .baiiu oi .New Zealand's pioduce circular states that iOO.irliHt bales wore catalogued, irum which total 10,501) hales were bought 111 and not offered. Of the quantity sold 8,000 bales were taken for foreijtu account,, American purchases being oil. There was a wop attendance of (buyers, but competition at tlie opening lacked the active and buoyant tone of tlie previous series. When a basis of values nad been estabii„hed, however, the market assumed a steadier tone, although without any marked improvement m prices. 'I'be run of the sales lias been contrary to general expectations, and the results are iookedi upon with somewhat mi£-td leei.ngjs by the importing section of tiie trade. The importance of the decline cannot be overlooked, but at ihe same time the fact must be borne in mind that very extreme prices were ruling lust series anil theie seemed to be no Limit to values and all that buyers hud to do was to liil the orders regardless ot prices. At the moment, however, the whole trade appears to be faced witb somewhat different conditions, various factors being given as responsible for the bet-back in wool values. Difficulties in transport, us

well as shortness of labour in manulecturing centres, and the arrival 01 im--1)0 r tat ions from overseas, secured at a much lower level than lately ruling in London, axe all held to be con/triouiiug agenokf*. In addition we havu the Government refusing to pay anymore lor its requirements, the whoJu trade being up against a very tig taoL 01 when the former limited the price of their khaki surge to 5s (id a yard, ft'hat the sales have undoubtedly Lacked' ham beeu die competition of America -and Continntal neutrals, that roaily being one of the chier causes of H lie decline. Even if America had only bought a moderate quantity her 'ompetition would 1 have been a stimulus to others, and her absence has seen eag to a level 'which nobody ever expected. Italy not being permitted to buy crossbred*, and' France not being so active as expected, have helped to force nearly all the wool on hand on to the Home trade, and naturally •this section has not failed to take advantage of bo excellent an apportumty to obtain the raw article ait praotic'ly its own figure.

Japanese goods are gradually b«ihg distributed throughout the country and their consumption increasing. Some of the latest samples to arrive in iievin are nail brushes and meat skewers. These latter are made out of cane by hand and yet art tuifled out so cheaply that they can be soldi at a lesser price than the machine-made article l'lcin America. No doubt with' the proceeds the Japanese are storing up a good supply of the esteel skewers that fit on the ends of rifles., tor use later on.

The quantity of butter in cool sfcor.o at the various gazetted grading ports throughout tlie Dominion on April 30, 1916, was 92,297 boxes, the total at the corresponding date in 19X5 was 59,798 iboxee, and in 1914 was 88,062 boxes.

The n gmtleKiao who pays the rent'

—in other words, the harmless, necessary pig, wall yet play a much more important part in. the estimation of the Taranaki farmer than he has in times gone by (remarks the Eltham "Argus ) At the present time "pigs is pigs,' and are ' realising good prices. —One farmer saidi to lis the other day, "T have received £4 per head for some ol' mv pigs, and I rememiber the time when that was about all that T couM got for young bullocks." The goo<J price for pigs is inducing farmers to' improve the breed and go in for goocll stoA.