LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 August 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

An inspection „f the roads of the riding will he made next Saturday by the executive of the Wirokino ■Ratepayer,s' Association. Weather per'mtting. a motor car will leave Levin 1 o t Office a I 10 a.m. Hon. (J. \\\ ii.ii s . so ]l states that the Government has recc'vcd advice from the Commonwealth Prime Min- | istei stating that the new rckiiiVitioii* I r. fjtiiie all persons. including women, oi.tcring the Commonwealth after Septenhei' 1, and all persons leaving the Commonwealth after August 1. to be in possession of passports. Immedi- I otc ><;tops will hp taken to amend the ■New Zealand regulations in order .to inert the conditions fret Tip by tho introduction of these new Cnmmo*wealth provisions. Last night, was the coldest night experienced for many years in Palmerfiton North. The thermometer registered 35 degrees of heat.

vince that the tendency was for an increasoj percentage ol buttor-iat, a;id Unit only raie.y did the dry weather piod.uoc decrease, and then not b. iuw the standard. Labelling has also received a good doa> of attention, but the majority of iirins now place their proposed labels before the Department previous to their being put in the printer's hands. This procedure will greatly tend to uniformity and correctness in laboring. Under the Amendment Act ol 1915 regulations for the branding of imported eggs have been prepared and were gazetted on 2nd Murch last. In accordance with the expression of opinion by the representatives of the Beekeepers' Association of the Dominion, a i eguia'tion whs prepared to lower tlio standard of the water-con-tent of honey-. The possibility of the deterioration of infants' food through keeping was attended to, with the result that fl large quantity of old stock was taken out of sale in different parts of the Dominion. As in the past, the greatest amount of samples have been taken in connection with the supply of milk for human consump-

tion. The Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co. 'Ast season male tons VJenr, if butter ol which (ioo7 boxes were shipped to London, the balance being sold in New Zealand. The average price, paid to suppliers for butter-fat was 1 - 1.0:3 d per II). The profit for the year was JJl27<j l(js. and a divid, nd of (> per com. on paid-up capital has been declared. Ihe store department sales totalled C.IO.oDJ. The net profit being £.'9B 18s lOd. .Messrs J. Mitchell, .1. Chrv-stnll and G. H. .Stiles were elected directors at the Annual meting on Saturday, and Messrs Keinber ,md: .Soils were re-elected auditcrs. Mr K. Law wa.s re-appointed chnirmnn of director#.

''11 we go one .slaughtering calves, the day will come when we will have to pay £• ol) for a cow," remarked Mr ■I. Gray, at the annual meeting of the Okato Daily Company. If they continued to chase the high cheese prices find deplete the herds of the colony for a few pence per >h of butter-fat. they would, ho said, find: that when thoy wished to replenish their herds it would be necessary to "part out" to the butte" men. Jo me pakelia tile evidence .given by natives ia favor of their cteaius at the Land Court i« interesting. _\ot that their kororo is fully understood by the average pakelia. A native woman with a tattooed chin will talk her sister blind. After, so to say, talking the handle off an iron pot, you think she is finished. She takes a few .steps -then back again to it. Then one

conjures up 1.-lu l oW time Maori orator in a flax mat haranguing lii,s people from the hillside, and the mind of the pakelia sayeth they still retain a gift i f tile gali. One native got up in tlie (ourt and spoke fliieut'y n.ndi gesticulated eloquently and t-o the non student it looked good. l enough speech to gee a lump of iand hut when the judge *aid "it is time yon went and did some work,'' the pakelia was satisfied lie was no good at picking Maori Land wimiei-fi. Opunake Times.

The Imperial Government has pan LI 1.000,000 for New Zealand meat during tlie past seventeen months.

Shakespeare's tercentary wis celebrated "in Vienna and in Uudapest. The Vienna Kirmdenblatt yaid : — "We honour the greatest poet of our bitterest foe. We know how to esteem, cultivate, and understand this great man better than his own countrymen. Have we not through ceaseless work for generations made, him ours? It, would he especially unbecoming to us Germans to repudiate now those intellectual heroes whom we have appropriated: in spirit. No! Tn ispite of Asquith and Kitchener, we honour and love the genius of Shakespeare." At J3]acni)oitli, Ca.i uiga.UiaUiie, one morning a wedding party, consisting ol the bridegroom, two sister*, and the best man, w> re proceeding 111 a motorcar to the chapel when a shot was suddeuly hoard and one of the sisters, Julia Harris, was seen to collapse. Medical aid was summoned, but the young woman was dead, shot through the shoulder. jt is a local custom to fire shots in celebration of a wedding. Relations between Holland audi (Germany aie declared by the Dutch Minister in Uerlin to be '"'friendly and eveiv cordial." Popular opinion m the Netherlands is also, he says, "favourable towards Germany." The Minister asserts that 110 differences exist between the two Governments regarding the J nbantia question. — London Times.

• I hough the root crops in Nova (Scotia last season were somewhat below tllo normal, a "record" crop 0i hay was secured;, and the pasturage has been excellent, .Dairy cows produce)! 10 per cent, more milk than in the previous year. The number of live stock of all kinds has increased practically 5 per cent., with the exception of beef cattle, which has only risen 1 per cent.

•Mr J. H. Lear Catou, discussing at thv- iimiuai meeting, of the Band of Hope Lnioji at Sion College the effect <>)' cinemas 011 children, .said that it was found in Birmingham that 11,000 to 12.000 children attended in one afternoon picture houses. In 11 instances tlie programme included films of murders and stabbing*, in 12 oases robberies and burglaries, and three fiims dealt with Sex relationship, divorces and elopements.

A cablegram received by Mr H. Hook, of Levin, records the dontli of his son, Private Charles liook, in action, on 19th Ju/y.

liy ordior ol tlio military coniuiaiiuer ol Leipzig, the Leipaiger Voikszeitung litis been suppressed for one week for malevolent lib,_l oi tile authority.

Gorman newspapers say tliat tiio Agricultural .Minister has ordered that crows, starlings, sparrows, storks, and akso roe deer and goats shall bo killed, and soir.l as food.

Owing to scarcity of labour, the Vicar ol Bourne, Lincolnshire (tlie Rev. 11. Cotton Smith), ami the curate of tlio parish (Rev. H. D. Henderson) assisted by the vicar, emptied a truck of coal at tlio railway station and delivered it by liia nd-truck to various customers in the town.

Mr Richard S. TiLing. speaking at the annual meeting of i'l'hos. Tilling (Limited), said the experiment of employing women omnibus conductors had been a success. The company also empoyed. women to drive commorcinl vehicles and to clean harness, and had put up a large garage at Croydon especially for them.

Tiie last batch of German prisoners who surrendered) at Mora, in the north of the Cameroon*;, after being btfsieged for 12 months, has now reached JBugViihl. and with their i daprture from West Atriwi not a single German remains in what was Germany's "West Uric:m Empire. - Renter.

A report reached Levin this morning that the railway train that loft Levin •it 8.0-5 o'clock tliis morning was blown off the rails at Makorua, beyond Shannon, shortly after 10 a.m. No details are available.

Additions are to bo made to ilie public school. leaders lor effecting tlie work are invited, by advertisement in to-day's Chronicle, ;r.,m the- Wellington liduoation 13oa J.

On behalf of coitain liativeo of Levia -U(_s.sii s .J. Hi ougiiton audi iiauita «p----1-oaie.d before the Native Lands Affairs Committee oi the House of Keprosenta- ' tirs this week to object to certain provisions ol a clause of the "Washing up IJill" which constitutes a new board to administer Horowlienua Lake. Thoy objected to the ciau&e insofar as it gave the new boo I'd power to drain the lake. Mr li. i{. ''Gardener, town dork of Levin, with Councillor Franco also gave evidence. Mr Gardener pointed out that the power to drain Hie lake nlreacly existed ; it was in (lie hands of Horowlienua County Council. Under the new bill, n board of nine members (containing; three Maori members) would Tinve the power in connection wit I] the County Council. Ultimately the Maoris said they would rather hnre this than hare the power left solely with the comfcil. Tt is now likely that the bilV will be pas-r-erl by the House.

A London coble message datrd August 2nd, sa-ys that Sir .Roger Casement will lie hanged in "fWonville Pnson tomorrow. L.uh night's gale blew several trees the Jine at 'J'okoiuai u, with tiie leniiit that the eng.lie of the gootlis train that leav, s Palmerstcn North for Wellington at 8 p.m. was d,ended. This blocked the up Auckland express (the 1 '"'way officials thought for a few hours but it proved more' serious than anticipated and the authorities deem--0 1 it advisable fo have the passengers 01 tin' down Auckland express which leaves PaliiKT.ston at- 3.i1l a.m. tiwnsfcrred, to the lield-up train, the passengers of that express being transferred fo the other u' ■ private secretary to Mi. Mu.ghcfS, the Australian Prime Minister, while i. turning from .Ur Lloyd George's overflow meeting at Conway, alighted from the motor-car on entering the Conway suspension bridge. Here he produced a pocket camera and was seen by a svntry to take a snapshot of the "bridge. His camera was confiscated, and Mr Shepherd was brought under arrest to the guardroom. Afterwards Mr Hughes appeared, explanation were given and the secretary was released, but tlio negatives were destroyed. U. u.uurti OiiX'i-r.eiit-ju •" lu * " ii'"c Oictv all ,aot " gut oil too sjiovv-cjuu lararuus. it »iii- rtccuinpanied by a lall of suou uu fio mountains, turnuig to a outer coid ram oil the plain, giving it a sung tJirat cent pejpij home to the -fireside in a great hurry. The force of tlio wind increased steaciify until aiioui niidnigiit, when tilings not anchored

down securely began to move, aim soon sheets of iron, tanks and tins of uII descriptions were travelling towards the west, while flag-poles, signposts, hoardings, outhouses and numerous leiiccis and uprooted trees were spread, out in the same direction as though anxious to follow. In Ox-iord-strcet north one tree fell across the telegraph wires breaking every one, and effectively severing all communication, while further along Home steel rail poles were bent, and one iv.,6 blown, out of the perpendicular, j: liv the wires keeping it up. While

til? gale was et i.s height people lying in bed expecting the roof to go, thought of the sailor's remark to h ■ tn ite while their ship was riding out :i sra!e at sea: "Sa>, Bill, 1 won!.!:;V. I:lit.' to b' one of them poor people on 1::n(1, running the risk of being hit by f: i'ing bricks and things flying about." Householders handy with tools, builders and fen core will have a busy time during the next few days. Referring te the death of Major Sumsell, Rifleman 11. H. Dalhousie, of tiw 4th Battalion Xew ...ealaud Rifle Brigade, in a letter to a Fo a ton friend from "somewhere in France, under date June sth. says: "It's a [ doleful kind of way to start an epistle with an obituary notice, but it's got to be dome, worse luck. We had one of Mr John R. Stansell's born with us as major :ind he was unlucky to get into holts with a rifle grenade. Ho d'<xl yesterday. I don't knotf- wfint ho was in private life, but whatever b ' was as e civilian, fie was here a good sportsmam, a good soldier, and a very courteous gentleman. When you give liim ft write-up, say that nil the hoys were sorry."

The (iovernmwnt has had some t.roublo with contractors for uniforms lor the reinforcements. In one ease a fine of £100 was inflict; d and in anotliei case a smeller fine. In still another case the Crown uaw Office is being consulted. pr.vat.. \w;e received iu Wcllingi :epo t.- that Tpr Outram Revington Jones was wounded in the head, and is now in a London hospital. He is the elder son of Mr and Mrs Revington Jones, formerly of Manakau, recently of Feikling, an<7. now resident at Miraniar, Wellington, and went tft the war w:tli the 7th Reinforcements of tho Auckland Mounted RfTes. Their other son. Gunner Revington Jones, is fighting in Prano®. To-day Mr. Rupert Burlinson left tlio JJoj's' Training Farm, Wercroa. where lie has been employed since the beginning of February as an mss ; st:uit teacher. During the period he was at the Farm he acted as teacher to life wiving classes in connection with the Royal Life Saving Society, of which he is an honorary instructor. Before his departure, the hoys of the school surprised him hv presenting him with ;• handsome fountain pen and. a linndK>me pocket look. The presentation wa; made by Muster Lionel FTodges. who in 'I few neat words expressed t.ho grrtitude of the boys for what had

been done for them by Mr. Bnrlinson. S'ito i\f]-. Burlinsnn has been, a feache • in the day school he has taken gront interest in the wet fore of the boys. and has named their good wishes The Parliamentary correspondent of The Christchurch" Star writesJudgin» from the general attitudi ■ of tlio fl-ree members who now constitute the official Lahor Partv within the House, the- would not bo at. all averse to a trial of strength with either of tho other parties in the constituencies. Appnrentlv thev hnve lost the prudent counsels of Mr. Veitch and Mr. Hindni'irsh. who hare moved their seats from the hack benches to a place among the progressive "Liberals who moke up the bulk of the "non-party" Opposition, sitting to the left of" the Speak"!'. 'File member for Wnnca""' and the member For Wellington South were obviously .uncomfortable in> their old seats for some time before fTiev left them, and thonch thev have i>"t sa : d us much themselves, if Is orettv •■ole to assntn"' tint thev have found it impossible to co-operate finite in the old, wnv wit l - some of their former Iceues, Mr. Pa vile Ins- nw" d allegiance to the party and did not get its support et tho soneral election, so that Mr. MrCoinbs may now b" regarded as the leader, with Mr. Webb and Mr. Walker d : ffering from h'm on certaTn points of poliev ns his supporters Labour ought to have done bettor after tw-nty-five years of organised

effort -At dawn on Sunday one of the local sergeants of police was accosted outside n well-known city hotel by a tall an ; aristocratic-looking individual wn lore uther evident sig.is of having dined Hot wisely but too well. He asked the sergeant if the new war regulations were in force timv. and for « bit of fu.i the sergeant replied that they were and that the hotel? did not open unt,i' 0 am. "Three hoursh to wait!" hiccoughed the thirst? one and proceeded to blackguard the Rnwter for causing tlie war. "But. didn't yon know it was Sundav to-day " the sergeant. "the hotels don't open at all. yoi: know." Tnblenu! Ohristcbiirch News.

From the annual it-port of tho In-bpector-Uencialb ul Hospitals, Tile Chioniclc makes the following extracts concerning the operations of the "Sale of l''ou<Ji and Drugb Act" : —During tho year complaints have been made regarding the sale of light-weight butter and bread, and a (surprise (sampling was, by your instructions, undertaken throughout the Dominion. The lWilt showed that the great majority of the sainpks weighed complied with fciSe requirements of the Act. A number of prosecutions were initiated and convictions obtained. Owing to a statement that the drought made the attainment of our standard for butterfat practically unobtainable an enquiry was made, and it was shown from tho factory returns in the Auckland pro-