LOCAL. Sc GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 July 1916, Page 2

LOCAL. Sc GENERAL.

« Mr A. J. Gimblett, yesterday, handed to the treasurer ol the Levin >ad District Patriotic Society, the sum of £!J lis, being ail amount .subscribed by the suppliers of the Levin Dairy Company for Redi Cross u oi\lf.

.\lr 13. I{. Gardener, town clerk, of ,evin, when speaking at the conference •f local delegates in A\ elliugton this

week, re hospital matteis, said there waij a great deal of dodging of fees. At the present time a millionaire has as mueli right to admission as the poorest man. According to the latest figuies the fees amounted to £-10,000, but only £70(H) was collected per amimi. 1I« maintained that the chairmen of Iho board slioukl renllv be a managing director. The head of the hospital board should devote aitl hie time and energy to the hospital work, and should be responsible to the board.

Surgeon-Captain H. A. 8.. Da vies returned to Levin last evening. He will be here only a few days being under orders to leave with one ol the contingents. At Messrs Abraham ami Williams's Levin stock sale yesterday fat ewes sokl up to 32s 3d; fat wethers to 345; ewe-s in lamb 2os (3d to 31s tid ■ store wethers to 27s 9d; and lambs 20s 6d to 275. Fat cows sold from £9 13s to £11; fat heifers to £5 8s; forward •heifers £4 to ,£5 12s. Porkers sold to 3<if< (3d; and baconers to £2 16s.