LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 August 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

War Loan Certificates sold through the Post Office oil Monday totalled £18.000. Christchurch headed the with £(>2lO, Auckland contributed €-1019. Wellingto £3SS>S. ' Tnvercargill £163(5, and Dune-din C 1573. The metalling of tbe main county road from the Waikawa river through Mnnakau to tho Forest Lakes road, a distance of from 2£ to 3 miles is proceeding satisfactorily, though it will be some time before it in completed. Broken metal its being put on, and as the "ounty council has no roller, it makers ' rough travelling for a while but it is expected that in a few weeks tho motor cars will have nil the eilfies and corners worn off. Mr William Joliffe. Tor many years a law draughtsman, whose term ha;? jii' c expired, has been appointed by tin l Government to be censor of L-ine-matograph films. The Hon. G. W 11-ii.-.sell .states that the censoring will be carried out entirely ill Wellington A building for the purpose is being prepare I. and a cinematograph plant belonging to the Agricultural Department will be employed. The Act requires that all films shown after October 1 must be approved by the censor, but a<s strict enforcement of this provision would mean the closing of a number of picture houses, it has been decided to issue general approval to all films on circuit on that date, reserving the right to call in for censorship any picture concerning which information may be received suggesting it to be of a doubtful character.

The "New Zealand Board of Trade had been enquiring into the selling price of petrol, and lias reported as follows: — "After earefnl enquiry the Board cannot fiiul that any ring or combination is in existence in New Zealand to control the price of petrol, and prices are decided in open competition between the largest suppliers, and do not appear to have been unreasonable. Neither is there any scale of prices to or by merchants. TTie increases are fnllv accounted for up to the present time by the many increases in supplies and freights, over which no powe>- in S'ew Zealand has any control. It will, however, be the business of the Hoard of Trade to watch further rises carefully, and we suggest it be made compulsory by the Government that the companies show cause before being allowed to increase the price from time to time, as in Australia, where prices an adjusted by the Necessary Commodities Control Commission of New South Wales are on a parity with New Zealand prices at the present time.

The following workers were present last Friday afternoon at the Women's Wed Cross Guild: Mesdumes 'Mackenzie. Mc 111 tyre, Kirkcaldie, Pink- Phillips, J. Proust'. Walklcy, Koedwell,, Gold-smith. Swainson. Andrews, Gibson. G. I\ Brown [. Hook, Richter, Missus Sedcolo, Bowles, Parsons,. Mrs Plaster looked after the tea. Mrs Goldsmith and Mrs Richter were Jn the shop on Saturday last. The proceeds, which amounted to £.*lO. are to ' go into the Patriotic Society's general fund. The following (sent donations of produce. ete.--Me.sdu nies Sorensoll. Gibson, .Stewart. I. Hook. Goldsmith. .J. I'rouse, Winderby. Smellie, Stealer, Plaster. R. I). Wallace, Rixon. Oldrklge. Oak, Findlay, G. P. Urown. G. Phillips. Porteous, J. <Davies. Franco. Park. Duckworth. Kirkcaldie, Heading, F. O. Smith. Mclntyre, Nicholson. PenKelly, Page. Bartholomew, W. 51. Clark, Salmons. V. O. Ransom, A. Ransom. Butt, J. Parsons. Misses Bowles. Denton. Oldridge, Fives. Burbush, Hi tellings, .Messrs Newport. P. | Stewart, J. Davidson. Rev. White, I Master Stanley Pratt.

Adventurous youth (sujys the Manawntu Times) was on the warpath again last night-. AVJipii the midnight express arrived from Wellington tfireo juvenile figure* who were observed huddled together in the back of tlio guard's van, jumped out and seilttlod oil ill the darkness. Tliev wore aliased I) y one of the station officials, but the dark 11 ess la \ on rod the lad* who disappeared behind the long row of trucks in the station yard and escaped. The three lads —one oT who was a 'Maori — wore bootless, hut why this was so is hard to conjecture, file trio having their footwear slung over their shoulders. The Maori boy in the haste left one of liis boots behind in the hands ol a constable. Jt is surmised that as the train stopped only at Levin on the way up. the boys got 011 at that place, it being assumed hat they were escapees from Weraroa. After holding several meetings, taking legal advice, and interviewing tlio .Minister of Internal Affairs (who advised the formation ol a town board) .shannon people have decided to-be satisfied with nothing less than the glory of a borough. Some doubt has beenlaised whether the population of Shannon :s sufficient to meet the requirements of the Act, which says there most be 1000 people in a township before it can attach itself to the d ignities and expenses of a local council. At the last census the population was set down at 800 and to r-eltle the question a count has been decided 011, ami the enumerators are going round today with the tally-sticks.