The Chronicle LEVIN: SATURDAY. SEPT. 30. 1916. A HORSE AND WHISKY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 September 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN: SATURDAY. SEPT. 30. 1916. A HORSE AND WHISKY.

The (liiyß in which horses won "races on Dutch courage have departed. The disqualilio.n'fion of a trainer at Levin rart's. for "having administered a stimulant to a raeoltorse" dSraws public attention to the fact. It wan just the ordinary case of ' •having a whisky in t'ie writer to prevent risk of a chill" ; the trainer wauited to run no risk with lii.s her.se. This he explained to the wily stipendiary steward who Tubbed his hand in the horse's mouth, and then" smelt an effluvium that lie had no doubt about. In the old dayrs of racing the horse tlwt raced without a whisky in his (stomach was as rare as a prohibitionist ; but all that is altered* to-day. The trainer's lot, in short, is an unhappy out.■ He may not treat his horse; ho may not treat bis friends; and it is a. moot point whether ho dne.s not break the letter of the law. if not the spirit, if he "drinks with the flies/' seeing that he shouts the drink. Somehow, the case Recalls the complaint oF the old-time bucolic of England who said that all the joy went out of electioneering when they introduced. this here secret voting! In the old days you could stalk up to ballot box quite important and squire would ' say "Fine. Day Jones," aind town big wigs would ask after the crops. Then you'd: go to vote, and the man von voted for would look you over all smiles and congratulation, and the other candidate would oall "Oh. you hoary old villi.iMi. after all I've done for you!" Xow-a-days n man goes to the election poll as unnoticed as if he wanted to rob a henroost, 'and when he votes against a man he never hears a. single objection from him. All the fun's gone. The new regime of total abstinence for beaut and at least partial abstinence for .man will strike many of the old trHiinei'.s similarly. Doubtless the prohibition of stimulants makes for a fairer field and trueir tests of horses stamina. but .the olden devotion of the people to tile shibboleth of "liberty of the subject'. seems to us to have received one nic.re death thrust, though the interest.. of better conditions.

An endeavor if, being mack' to revive interest in Levin, in the plastime of Bailing. A mooting of members and intending members of the Horoivlienua Boating Olub may be summoned for a day in next month. An announcement regardl'ing the combined delivery for bakers' bread in Levin is advertised in to-day's Chronicle. Mr F. O. iSmitli is undertaking the delivery which will bo on a strictly cash basis. An acvident which anight have proved fatal occurred at the Kuku Dairy Company's factory Inst week. The engine driver, Mr L. R. C. Wa.t'kins, (brother of Mrs A. P. James of tin's town), was preparing to -clean -tho vat. Boiling water had been put into vat. and no re was being obtained ill a bucket, and while in the act of emptying it into the vat, which was almost eight feet Jeep, Wat kins slipped nnd fell into the tank. He scalded his body and/ legs very severely. Dr Rryson was soon 011 the spot and he ordered the patient to the Otaki hospital at once. A motor car was soon available through the promptness of the manager, Mr Wood, and Mrs Wood who deserve credit for their kind attention. The patient is progressing favourably, but will not be able to leave the hrspital for some time. There was not a good attendance at the Women's Red l Cress Guild yostord.iny wee'k. Those present were:— Mesdamcs Mackenzie. Pink, J. Prouse, Keedwell, ]. Hook, iSloman, Goldsmith, Misses Parsons. Butler. Sedeole, Hitchings, Malcolm. Mrs. Plaster got the afternoon, tea. Mrs. Hall and •Mir-;. Whitakor were in charge of the Red Cross shop on iSwturday last. The amount taken was £9 10s 2d. The following sent donations .of -produce, etc. : —Mesdames Goldsmith, Robinson, Pink, Prouse, Hitchings, Grieg, Harfcness, J. SnieKie, Wooding, Whitaker. Hall, Chaplin, Outfield. Oag, Nicholson. H. Viekers, G. P. Brown, Ryder, Aitkervß'obortN.'Hi. F. Davies, H. iMurny, Procter. R.. AV. Wallace, Blenkhorn, Bowen, Park, F. Whitaker, Paw, Keedwell, Adkin. L. Adikin, Gardener. Jones. Readi'ng, Gorringe, Jhomp'fen. POl tonus, Freehling, Ricliter, Areus, Kceloton. Misses McAllister. Hitchings, Harvey, Phillips. Messrs P. •lores, Hoklaway. Tngram. senr. , "Wliy did you call your place a bungalow?" asked Jolison of hie neighbour. "Well." said: the neighbour, "the job was a bungle, and I still owe for it!" Says Friday's Dominion:—Oll receiving a telephone message to say Sweet T'.pnerary had been beaten for the live-furlong race at Levin yesterday, Mr T. Dwan sent an urgent telegram to the secretary, asking for an inquiry into the matter, stating that lie was not satisfied with the filly's runnkiig. Mr Dwan is of opinion that this :s not his filly's true form, as she was only beaten by a head by Egypt in a five-furlong race at Wellington run in of) 4-ssec., and only last week was second in the Wangamii Guineas, having some of the best horses in the Dominion behind her, and yesterday was iike a sheep at the barrier and hopped out well, but her running was not (satisfactory, therefore the owners have asked for an inquiry, into her ruining. In the northern .part of Indfia sheep are put to .a use unthought of in Euro-pe-m countries. They are. made to s:rvo an beasts of burden over the mountai 1 paths among the foothills of the Himalayas, which are so precipitous that the sheep, more sure-footed than larger beasts, are often preferred fii burden Oirr eiis. The load for each sheep is from sixteen to twenty pounds. The animals are driven from village' to village, with the wool still growing, and in each town the fr.rr.nr •hears off as much wool as ho can hull there, and: loads the sheep with grtoin which he receives in exchange. After lis whole flock had been 1 :;.:: 1 ; | - turns it homewards, each f.'rje.) I. ing 011 its back a small bag cc:; J ;i'::i' grain, and so a:). A new and novel entertainment will be provided by the Foxton entertainers who are to appear at the King's Theatre, Levin on Thursday, October sth, by arrangement with the Levin Patriotic .Society. The program contains many of the most popular songs of the day. including '-The Sunshine of Your Smile," "Sympathy," "Here's to Love, ' and the pretty duet from that charming comedy "Our Miss Gibbs." entitled "Our Farm." The latter is nicely rendered by 'Miss Doris Signal and Mr Hornblow. The chorus of over forty voices is a big feature of the entertainment', and many very pretty stage pictures are presented!. Intending patrons are advised to book their seats at once at Aitken's, as there is little doubt but what the performance will he greeted with a packed house. It will be remembered that Rifleman C. Howe, who htid resided in Levin for nearly nine years, and who left with the Fourth Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, was severely wounded on July 7th. He was sitting in the trench when a grenade from a rifle landed just at his feet and burst. It shattered both his legs: the left leg so bad that it had to be amputated. The right leg is not doing well yet. In a letter to his sister he says the hot weather in England! is very oppressive, he is in a London hospital. and is doing as well 'ins he can expect. "We get everything we want," he says, "but I will bo glad when T can get back home to dear New Zealand, but it will take a long time for me to recover."

A French ship recently steamed into an American harboulr with £8,000,000 iu gold. The incident (says the Sail Francisco Chronicle) occasioned no widespread comment though lit was equal to six yea 11s' production of tlve whole world a hundred years ago. Word has been received in New Zealand that from October Ist the overseas freight will be 2|d per lb for greasy wool and 2Jd per lb on scoured wool. This is an adlvance of Id per lb oil greasy wool audi IJd on scoured wool, a; total increase of 12d on prewar rates. It is notified in this issue that tho bakers ";f Levin are giving up the running of delivery carts. This sidle of tin-jr business will be taken up by Mr F. O. Smith from Monday next. An increase in the price of broad sold over the counter also is announced. A law in force in Mexico, provides that exploiters of -tfife ,'pubftc (shall sweep the streets with haiid brooms, If a similar law were enacted in New Zealand, this country, for a time at least, would have streets as <_lean as any in the world. In Juipan a. new religious sect known as Kirozumifif is making rather surprising headway. In that country and its provinces it is said to have 3,000,000 adherents. It is founded on the teachings of Kirozumo iTadlamune, who died 11 '1850. Tho son of a priest, he early asserted daim to a heavenly mission. He became bed-ridden from consumption after the sudden deaths of his parents. Since grief, lie' argued, had brought him down, a cheerful optimism should lift him up. Oheernig up he worshipped the grace and bcaiuty of heaven. Next he worshipped tlhe sun. Gradually lie was cured. He did not regard it as a miracle, but a. scientific result. He was fat-cheeked, and rotuind. and looked his cheerful doctrine, and so won multitudes. .T'.vidence of how war conditions effect the price of goods that have to be imported from Great Britain was •gathered this week by an Auckland >Stai 1 epresentative, who was shown an invoice to hand by the Vancouver mail. Tlie actual cost of the goods was £GO9, but to this had to be added fie.glit, primage, marine and war :m----suranee, which together totalled £200 lis. Even then had to be added exchange and agents' charge*. Since the=e goods were shipped freight rates advanced l"s Gd per ton measurement from the United Kingdom.

The heathen Chinee is toot the only person whose ways are peculiar. One of the Australian transports put in at 'Madeira. Portuguese gun'bo'at men ciowded alongside. Ingenious and impecunious soldiers cut off the top of the Y.M.C.A. letter-paper, which has a large van-coloured letter head, and wrote a bg 5 011 each, and passed them off as Australian 5s notes. The Portuguese accepted them with avidity. But 0.11 e noblest Australian of them all passed down a genuine pound-note for a. bottle of' Wine costing 4s. As change he received three of the newly-created 1 5s notes and one good shilling together with the precious bottle. The change made liim glower. The wine when tested turned out to be sea water Ihe Portuguese was still smiling.

It was something more than a coincidence that at Pahiatua and Levin, both places where there wan 110 possibility of mistaking the press room for a banqueting liall, that weather should have been wicked. Any scribo who wrote with an ink pencil would have been indigo from head to foot in short time at either place.— Manawatu Times.