LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 December 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

A specie! general meeting of the H'jivwlipniiii l'Vuit'- r overs' Association will be held this evening, in Levin, when matte s of importance will be submitted for discussion and decision.

Given a fine day to morrow (Saturday) the school bax:i;:r at Oha a, which i-. to b? opened at 2.30 p.m. by Mrs should prove very successful. The residents of the district have been very generous with their donations, and a number of both useful and valuable articles are to be raf-The-e are t> be the usual stalk and in addition several interesting rideshow.s. Tlie senior boys will have charge of the ice-cream and softdrinks stall. Most of the children will be in their fancy dresses which should look very gay in the maypole dance. An interesting corner of the grounds will be where Maori weaving and kit-making will be in progress by some native friends who have kindly consented to lend a helping hand. S'enor Bynekjs, the fortuneteller, will also be in attendance. Afternoon tea will be obtainable. The admission ticket entitles the holder to a chance in the art union.. The bazaar, the proceeds of which are to go to the Red Cross Fund, will also be held in the evening.

Thefts from houses at Hokio and Weraroa have been reported of late. A sequel was unfolded at Levin S.M. Court yesterday, when the police brought two charges against a 14-year old lad named Daniel Broughton. He was charged (1) that between the 19th and 22nd November last lie did break and enter the premises of David Malc. 1m and steal one gun and twenty cartridges; and (2) that on the 29th November, at Levin, did steal a bicycle valued at £4 10s, the property of Alma Middleton. Broughton pleaded guilty to both charges. Mr Poynton, S'.M., committed accused to Weraroa Training Farm for boys. A Maori lad ; aged eleven, by name Peter Kuiti. pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen 30s in money, a silver watch valued at £5, and sundry .•u'ticlcs, valued at 25,5, the property < f Thomas Bugg. ! He was admonished and discharged, an order Being niade for restitution of the stolen money. Judgment by default of defendants was entered by Mr Poynton, S.M., in the following cases heard at Levin jesterday: New Zealand Government v. William Bevan. 10s, costs 17s; E. Jewries v. R. B. Anderson £6 si, costs 8s; A. Wildbore. v. W. Hazeltine £15, costs £3 Is. Claims and counter-claims were concerned in the disputes between J. C. Milnes and, J. D. Howell. Judgment was given for plaintiff (J. C. Milnes) for £16 16s lid, with costs £2 16s Od, the counter claim being dismissed.

Competitions for freehand drawing {pupils of public schools) were held at Palmerston North A. and P. Slvow last month. The results are now announced. Amongst the successful competitors in Class 476 was Edward de Oossey, of Levin District High School, who gained second prize.

The young minister began his first sermon: "My text to be found in the nineteenth chapter, twenty-first veise —il mean the twenty-first chapter, nineteenth verse, of the Gospel according to St. Matthew." Then, gazing at the congregation, he said solemnly and impressively: "And presently the Avigtree fit her ed away."

A German farmer was in search of a driving horse. A friend directed him to a liveryman. "I've got just i e horse far you," said the liveryman. "He's five years old, sound as a dollar, and goes ten miles without stopping." The German threw his head skyward. "iXod for me," he said; "nod for me. I liF eight miles from town out, and mit dot horse 1 haf to valk back two miles."

The geologists of the United States geological survey have lately discovered a well at AVelaka, on the St. John's River, Florida, that contains two kinds of water. It is 309 ft. deep. It was first drilled to a depth of 160 ft., [from which' depth ordinary sulphur water was obtained. The drill was then carried to a depth of 309 ft., where it opened a vein of water that has a strongly disagreeable, salty taste.

The word "tariff" is of Moorish origin, and refers to the duty placed 011 imports or exports. At the southern point of Spain, running out into the Strait of Gibraltar, is a promontory, on which a fortress stands, called in the times of the Moorish domination in Spain "Traifa." It was the custom of the Moors to watch from this point all the merchant ships passing, and to levy duties acording to a fixed scale on all merchandise passing in and out of the strait.

Discount on gas-bills for last month will be allowed up to Monday next by .Levin Corporation. An advt from the Town Clerk appears to-day. The luck of a certain C'fri'istchurch cabman was "dead out" last Saturday night. About ten minutes to ten he had some slight disagreement with a tram bound to St. Albans Park as to •whether his cab or the tram car had prior claim on the right-of-way near the Colombo street bridge. (Despite the motorman's best endeavours a collision occurred, the cab was capsized, and lost one of its wheels, and the cabman was emptied on to the roadway The second scene occurred. a little after lO.'lo the same evening, when .the cabman, who was leading his horses, strayed on to the line, north cl Bealey Avenue in front of a (Coronation street car on its way. to 'Clanfold street. The gong was sounded, but neither man nor horse appeared to , hear it, and again, though the car was almost at a standstill, the horses was struck and, taking fright, fled, upsetting the man, who was picked up and found to have injured his head which was bleeding. After that ha got home, as it was quite evident it nvas no sort of a night for him tot be out.—Star.

The mischief done in Levin public gardens on the night of 19th November was the subject of cases heard at Levin yesterday by Mr Poynton, S.M. Leslie B rough ton, Laurie Mudgway and "Willie Davis were separately charged with having damaged waterlillies in Levin public gardens. Broughton and Davis were convicted, and iiried 20s each, with costs 9s each ; Mudgway was convicted and discharged without a fine in recognition by the Magistrate of the frankness with which he had deposed to the circumstances of the case.