LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 September 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

Late.it ((notations from Wellington give the wholesale price of guaranteed neiv-!a:d eggs as Is Id per dozen. Anzac dancing assembly will hold a long nighfc at the Druids' Hall, Levin, next Friday. Details are set out by advt 011 page 3. Accounts patrsed for payment last night by the Levin borough council totalled £19.7. On the evening of Tuesday. September .12th several talented entertainers from various parts will combine in an excellent program of music and mi til •it the Century Hall. This 'being the f irsi; annual Presbyterian concert, by special 'icqKent, .several specially-selected •Seotch items will be given. Prominent among the Scot j-erfcrmers are M ister Wins'on McCarthy (the boy Harry Laude-), Mr. Robert Uurns (Highland piper and; dancer), and M:«s Evans, (Highland dancer)'. For "L-icach of his cuiLact • to .uipply uniforms to ilie Dd'ence Dep-.u tment, of a stipulated quality, Ab:aluni Levy, t Uc' iuigton, w;'.rs Jine J' .1,30. by l .Ur Ji. G. I'eid, S.AL, at \\ e!li;:gt6u Court ,v l . l te.-.:ay. '.Notice of in p pea' was given. Tin .0 c. e several vacancies in the quota lor the tunnelling ■ r_ Anyone desirous of joining • 'lGiild apply to Sergt-Maijor Sell or at the Icca! recruiting office. At « meeting ol shearers iiii.l wool ■ .lied hiiie'i; at iL'uv.nevirko o:i Saturday 1 iglit, -it was resolved to refrain Iron ac:eptl-ng employment'at libeaiing for l;:s than 2~is per hundred, and to demand £2 10, p.r week for the ,- ! ;od l..inds'iui:l C'J.per week tor wool-p:>'*- . ers or Is 9.1 pi r bale or 7Ci per cwt.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the British Beard- or Trade .stated in the lieuso of (J-jir.mo: 6 tn Tuesday that the average percentage increase in the cost •■f f.:od and clothing, etc., including jont, was estimated to have been i<s per cont. he.ween March, 1011, and March 101.5, and 33 pel* cent between M-a-reh 1914 and March 191 G. The amount of I lie a')ove commodities which cou'd be boug'it for a sovereign in March 11J16. wonlj have ',wt 17s 3.1 in -March 19.' o. nd Us in March 191-1. Mr Hogge— Does that- mean tliat an old age pension of os 'is now worth 3s 4d ? The Speaker—Tho lion, member can make his own calculations. A uiffeicnce ci opinion lias arisen regarding the licvssity or otherwise for i Luting w :;l:elk'r belt along the northern bouixlar\ of the Waiopehu Soenie i'j e:v.-, ..o.nc contending such a shelter l.elt would hide the native bush and V.-..5, in any c;v.e. unuecessjry. The mailer w;:.s discussed at last night's .'lucting of the domain bon-rdi Coun--1 .ring the contention that the native !< ish would be obscured, Councilor Fo-M-'la said that all that could be seen.at pr « lit was ferns, and lawyers, and ir.iderseru'-i. Councillor He; rick iwivid and Councillor Jonos seconded i 1 the planting of the proposed shelter In* It be he'd over until next year. C'ounc'.'lor Fosella moved an amendment .thn't tlit l planting be proceeded with at mee. Councillor Dempsey seconded this, but it was lost when put to the meeting. Its only supporter, other than tho mover andt seconder, was Councillor Robcrtssn. The motion then was put amd carried on the casting rote of the chairman.

Wandering stc-ek is a e,;nin:on sight in Levin 'boiough anu peilost-riujis keep-* ing ext:a late or extra early hours te'l: many stories of the herds they see in the streets by night, wliil householders complain bitterly of the damage caused to gardens, hedges, etc. All this goes unnoticed by the council until a careless quadrTiped wandais into a c .uncillor's garden and samples tl-ca-b'wges and other vegetables, and leaves hoof marks 011 the lawn and flower beds. Then there are heated remark* that sets the atmosphere quivering- The latest councillor to suffer was Councillor .Dempfiey, and, he referred to the matter «t last night' ,s meeting ot' the council when he suggested that the council, might see if the county rainier would take charge of the borough. The town ckrli said tlie borough ranger's attention- had been drawn to nuisance caused bv wanderIrg stock. Their ranger had not the power to prosecute as drid the county ranger. The council decided to give him this power and wait 'awhile to see if it improved matters.

In round figures £10,250,0C0 have b 'en subscribed to to the War Loan to date, according to Mr Campbell, secretary to the Treasury. Of this amount £'700,000 is in loan certificates, the balance being in bonds. Money is still coming in freely for certificates, the i.-siie of'which will continue till the end of the year. During, the visit of the Hon.* (Minister for Railways to Te Aroha 011 Mo/i----diiv. Mr 11. Hewitt asked the Minister to favourably consider a request for ass stance to a railway worker at Ka-ik-ohe, who had been totally incapacitated from earning « livelihood. The man in questic-n had been given £1000 compensation by the Government but- he was now destitute. He was sober, industrious, of good behaviour and repute and had 110 relatives in the vDomin.on. The mian was not iai relative of the speaker. He eou!df not do light work even if the Government obtained it tor him. tMr. Herries, 111 reply, said that Nicholson's was a very sad case. Tlv Riailway Department had paid l 111010 to him than to any other nwvn injured in the railway service. If more wlvc. given, others similarly injured would straightway ia.sk for the same assistance. However, lie would do his best to assist him still further, and would, advise the deputationist as Boon las possible.—To Arolia News.

iHerowhonuii County Council will hold it.s ordinary monthly meeting next J»aturd.iv. At 1:0011 011 the same dtiy and place a special meeting will be he!d to authorise (by special cider) the raLiiig of the undermentioned' loans:—(1) A •ipcc' ii It .an cf £1200 For widening i\oputaroa utieam and constructing drains. (2) A special 10.111 oT .C7SD for t'lia extension of the Kit kit water supply jvces. (3) A special loan of £300 for the construction of a bridge over the Makolr'&a stream, Olinu Yallev. Writing to a friend in Audi'and, Sapper .John Cullen, of the Ivcw Zealand Tunnelling Corps, says a,re everywhere.' Only a short time back u woman was caught signalling 0} flash to th? German lines. She w«.' captured by two Tommies, 41 nil her end was .iwift. A man and a woman were capture! th:owing cylinders contain infermatien into the river which runs il? rough whore we are billeted. 'LMidi cylnwVsrs used to float down strea 11 to the Gorman lines. Tt is muLvstood by the troops here that the tlisr ;jn:iaVe pair are .now enjoying th<» : r etoi--nal sleep. 'I'll.' New Zealand Loan t.inj iMercnnfcile Agency Compav. Ltd:., and Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., in loud to cmerite their (raleyards in Queen-street Tie wcrk will be carvicd out as opportuity'offers. The boron all council has been aske:l to go into uie plains with the cmj)ures and the olr'cets committee wi'l inspect and examine the positio; 1 011 Wednesday afternoon. The t: ~e pl ~.nt ing 011 the Levin Domain has been completed; Tlic wet •.veaLb.er. a few weeks ago delaiyed tho wcrk to i-onie extynt and the borough reserves 'ejmmittee recommends tl'-nt next year such work should be started three months earlier. Sir Henry M. Xap'er, of :Mes rs N'.tpier audi Mi I lei'. 'Ltd., shipbuilders. €ld Jvilpat rick, writes to the Glasgow lfivcning Times as follows: — ".As the question when the ti ut ironcl ,'d was built r.eems to be of interest, I give yon tho uiuLrnoteJ extract from a copy of tli-o drawing register of ships built by K. Napier and 8011: —The 'Erebus was launched on "April li), 18"(j; the Bhok Prince 011 February '27, 18!yl, iand the. Rolf Krake on May 6, 1863. Tliera is ro doubt thnt the Erebus and the sistership the Terror, 'built on'the. Thames, were the fiifst ironclad vessels built in this country." The borough counil last night received nil. application from Mr K. Aitktn for permission to erect » hoarding in Oxford-street, 011 the municipal section between the library and; Messrs Stiles and Mailreson's prelllis-.fi. Councillors did not consider a hoarding cn the site advisable from a aesthetic. point of. view, and the application was refused.