The Chronicle LEVIN.D WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 September 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN.D WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL

.Defence headquarters expect that itwill be fully tlireo months before a rt iiloicmiont draft contu'ning conteripts under the Military .Service Act c-in '(■ got into camp. They regard IhDefence Minister's statement that ill? ,-eiieme will be in full working ord>er by tln« end of October as exceedingly o;.tii)rst;e. At P.iln:erston North the other day Patrick .Murphy was sentenced by Jliv lYynton. S.M.. to a nronthV imprisonment. for having ti<c-J oos-onc language at Shannon. Murphy had a lout; )>t of previous convictions to his discredit -.some from Levin. ''What encouragement has there ever been given 10 scieutilic re,search, either in this country or at Home, even lor these (jua'ilied to undertake it?'' :.s!;ed .Mr George George in Auckland t c other day. "What- move (striking c.\aii!pie could we wish fuv than that < ! IVeles.-or Thomas, late el' the Auekl.iu 1 I'niveraity College. whose research many years ago on the liver fluke in sheep was probably worth millions to »In;r,farmers in New Zealand. 1 bel eve I am right in saying that the value placed upon work by an enlightened! Government was an honorarium of £100. Again the careful research < I Mr A)" W. Green, lute experimentiil is t at the Ktiakura Government experimental farm, was the means of liiis obtaining an oat which appear* to be practically rust-proof. Apart altogo her from flit l immense value that th's oat will lie to farmers of Xe<v Zealand, the meney derived by the Government f; oni the sale of the oat for seed purposes will, in a little; while, even if it ha.s not already -done so. pay for liu'l-.ura farm over and over again. Yet 1 do not remember ever having j seen on the Estimates tluit Mr Green j had been granted by the Government ' oven n modest honorarium of £100. | i!ut why .should he be? He was only • a Government servant, probably re- ] cein'ng a magnificent- salary of £1 or .£.""> a week-and the work was carried out in the Government's time." 'The annual meeting of the Shannon Howling Club wa.s held in the Meehan'ies' Institute on Friday evening. Jho president, Mr J. Galland was in the chair and there was a good attendance ol members. The balaneo-(-heet showed that there was a credit balance of a little over £i 5. The following officers were olrctet! fer the ensuing year: President, Mr J. Iloaeh; vice-president, Mr T. I'\ Gibson: secretary. Mr T. E. Gibson; treasurer. Mr C. H. Gardiner. The club's pairs championship of last season was won by Messrs Crawley and Reach (skip), who each received medals, presented by the president and vice-president respectively.' A -hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr T. Hensimin, for his painstaking work as custodian, and lie was re-appointed to that office. It was decided to open the IUIO-17 season on Wednesday, October 4th. Interest in the club appears to be growing. Several new members were electedi.

Sergt-Miyjor Sloan writes The Chronicle (frofn Sling Camp. Salisbury ' i Plains, England) that he. is ''still alive. ,t and very busy." The 13th Now Zea- ; 1 nidi Reinforcenr.'nti'i have arrived at j the Plains for training. Amongst ] them, our correspondent met J. Davidson. of Levin. ( The cargo on the wrecked Tongariro < included 80 ID-gallon cai-ks of rennet largely used, in the production cf cheese. , Approximately each cask contained at least 10-gallons, and the total value oi the shipment was about £3200. There were also 300 caslw ol whisky oil the Tongariro, and of this about fifty casks were saved. Both whisky and rennet will float and a keen look-out is being kept for such cargo along the the coast. ■Mr. F. .Mason j says the Feilding Star, has been seorng great successes at the spring shows lately with his narcissi, grown for exhibition. At the Hwtt Show, he was awarded the society's bronze medal for his display, ,mti he was highly complimented for his exhibits shown at Napier and Otaki. The percentage of lambs in the TGairanga district this year wil Inot be so high as in past seasons, says the Palmerston Standard. There lias been a large number of dry ewes caused by tho exceptionally dry weather in the autumn. The fact also that there has been a bin mortality in ewes has further decreased the lambing percentage. The cargo on hoard the Tongariro at the time of the wreck was valued at about £220,C00, while the value of the portion salvaged is estimated at £12,800. It is understood that Lloyd's will he the heaviest losers. According to the latest adivices the wreck has entirely disappeared, while it is believed that very little cargo will be saved. as the bed of the sea in the vic.in- : tv of the peninsula i.s extremely rough, and the ease cargo would, as n result, he broken on the rough surface. The average attendance at the Levin • chool last month was 190. The attendance is gradually getting hack to the normal position and next month it is expected to reach the figures vailing before the recent epidemics of scarlet fever and whooping cough. The number on the roll is 586. Messrs A. Sims (chairman), T. Mroonie, F. O. Smith, W. Bull. W. Thomson, H. Gapper and Rev. W. H. 15. Abbey, members of the Levin School Committee met in the schoolroom last evening. Accounts amounting to £13 were passed for payment and the report of the visiting committee received. Some alterations and repairs were - brought under notice, and it was agreed to let them stand over at present.

Messrs Gapper and .Smith were appointed visiting committee for tlie enduing month. When hearing a charge against a motor eyel'sfc of riding with his registered'number obscuml, Mr .1, "W. Poynion, 5..M., remarked that motorists hould take a lesson from jockeys, who displayed their numbers confyiicuously. Wis "Worship further remarked that '■/fences of this nature were becoming very common in Palmerston. and if they eon tin net! would be -met by very severe fines in the future. The case under notice would be the last one in which a small fine would be inflicted.--Standard. An .ilteication at Awapuni Camp on September 'Jtli hail a sequel in the .Magistrate's Court on .Monday (says the Manawatu Times) when a itaxi-driver named Louis Dane was charged with i : ssaulting Richard Butler, a private ; t tlie camp. It appears that the defendant drove a party to the camp, and, it was alleged, endeavoured to get past Butler on his beat. This was nor, allowed, and trouble ensued, Butler alleging that Dane struck him on the i boulder. He was, thereupon arrested and put in the guard, tent. " The defendant explained that he took some i-oVdiers down, and one declined to pay his fare. The soldiers tipped him up. Audi when lie protested, ran him into the gu ird Jfcent. Lieutenant Baldwin explained to the Bench that this was a serious matter, and, if the camp had been an armed one he was liable to have been shot. Mr Poyiiton,' S.M.. laughingly: "Oh! I don't think so." Sergeant Henry: "They bayoneted them in "Wellington, sir." His "Worship thought the matter was not a serious one. and ordered the defendant to pay costs. Mr. Reuben Patchett. of Blenheim, who is on a visit.to England. writes to a Blenheim friend: . .'. ""When we arrived in London it was night time in the truest sense of the word. There were no lights to be seen. Every householder is compelled to hide his lights under a blind that keeps in every beam of light. This is a precaution against Zeppelin raids. T visited Mansfield market in the north cf England. T saw an ordinary fat bullock sold for £40: fat lambs went ?>t C 2 10s, fat sheep £*o os. fat pigs from £10 to £12 12s. I also visited the Royal Agricultural Show at Manchester. The show occupied 300 acres of groundi. An interesting exhibit was that of farming bv girls. The.v were ploughing and harrowing a plot for turnip sowing. Thi' "need for undertaking research work in connection with silk manufacture has long been apparent. German chemists and scientists have given attention to the subject with results which have had a profound influence on the expansion of the German silk industry. It is satisfactory to learn, therefore, that the British .Silk Association has succeeded, in impressing the advisory council appointed by the Government with the need for giving financial aid for the prosecution of research work—extending over a period of two'years—at a cost not exceeding £1.000 of which sum the Silk Association will provide a contribution of £400. The research will ttike the form of an investigation into certain variations of a chemical and physical nature observed in natural silks and their effect on manufacturing promises.— London Times.

Wallace Stanley Martin, 'aged 18, esident at Foxton. was arrested yeserday by the police on a charge of i: sen. The arrest was nvade in conlection with the outbreaks of fire in the Aixtoti district in the last few weeks. The largest wreck on the West Coast >f theiNorth Island, says the Manawatu standard, was the ship Hyderabad, ivhieh came ashore some 40 miles to the south of the Manawatn Heads about 10 yeais ago. Mr A. Jonson. of Foxtoil, secured a gun from the wreck, a'eo a massive carving of an Indian prince, the latter occupying a prominent position in his garden and never failing to attract the attention of passers-bv. Mr .Jonson has had the gun in his possession since tlie wreck,, and he lias now presented, it to the Palmerston North Borough Council. It will be placed in the triajigle at the northern end of Foxton's main street.