LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 January 1917, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

_4 ii'xtnu'.is from editorials that ihavo appeared in several leading newspapers a;e published on ago 1 of to-day's LOij ciiiclc. On page 4 appears "Bowling. News," "'Navy Secrets Divulged." TrE'aneontmental -Joy {Kd'cling, and au article 011 health. L'Ycni now 011 farmers and others who supply stores or private persons wiih incr; 1 than six pounds of butter a week cannot do so in tho eld haphhazard way. A regulation to the cffcut tliafc all such persons must have their butter propctrly wrapped, and 011 which is printed the makers' name and address, and the net weight of butter, is going to bo strictly enforced. The death in action is reported of Private 15. a former resident- of Levin, wli© loft Ivew Zeailand with one of the earlier contingents. A party 01 .Maoris from M-ctuiu serenade:! residents late 011 Sifiiday night and early Monday morning. A ver.se of "It's a Txmg AVav- to Tipperary" was Fung both in ICivglish and Maori, and the inmates of the dwellings were greete 1 by their coloured brethren with the wish for "A Happy Nov Yeniiv'' —Foxton -Herald. It is reported that- the Mines - -Department's prospecting operations at •Charm'iiug 'Creek, near Seddonvillle, are picving highly satisfactory (says the We-siport Times). The first shaft sunk disclosed a 20ft. seam of coal. Samples have been sent to the Government Laboratory at Wellington for I analysis. A second shaft is being sunk. A shearer who appealed for exemptia iro-m military service and was granted the, same 011 -certain conditions, had left in his appeal fo'rm one ground of appeal, to wit, "religious objections." The chairman of the board llr D. G. A .Cooper) asked. Mi- Grayndler, secretary of the Shearers' Union, who appeared for appellant, if lie knew anything about it-, but the latter said lie had 110 info: illation. The chairman s-a'id 110 i-liought a shearer would have 110 religious objection to fighting, and Mr D. McLaren felt certain that a shearou* would not object to swearing—this being a reference to members of peculiar sects who follow the injunction "Swear not at all."— N.Z. Times. A patriotic carnival is South Oan- „ tevbury is meeting with hearty support. Tho Waimate Adveriser reports that a total of £27,000 was raised by a Queen of the Carnival voting contest-. The Waimate candidate (Miss Airini Rhodes) was elected queen by a su bstant ial margin. A Wellington corros]}ondout states that "The proberbial little bird has whispered that there is a difference of - opinion among the members of -til© Board of Trade in regard to the price to bo guaranteed by the Government for wheat, and that a majority and minority report will be presented to ' | the Acting Minister of Commerce and •< Industries in the course of a few ; days. Jf this is really the ease itj is toleirably aft to predict that 'the -ma- '< jorlty will recommend a figure slight- > Jy below 5s -a bushel and the minority report slightly higher. -On December 13, at BeaumontHamel, Sir Hubert De Keuter, a- baro- ' , net, only son of the late Baron, was ' - killed while serving as a private of y j the Black Watch. Through his porslst- - ; en-t bravery and lvsoirrce his plat-eon j of 'M men captured a German officer s | and 97 men. ■ He was killed wliiio > 1 carrying, a wounded comrade to a " j place of safety. Prior to this he had ' I similarly saved two others. The eol--1 | onel of the 'regiment wrote stating I that if De Renter had lived it- had " ! been liis intention to recommend him ? a- high distinction. He was 38 years s of age. I Oliau w<is a productive district sixty years ago, when t-lie late Sir Char- ■ les Dilke swam the Oliau river in high flood. Probably these floods are the j cause of the unabated productivity of j | the Oliau lands, for a flood without a 1 stu\ :ig current- is the best to-p-dressei of land that either nature or man j. could devise. Certain it is that the 1 lands of Oliau, this season, are as - i fertile and profitable as at any time 1 in their history. The Chronicle learn.' | of two Oban settlers who have taken R 1 £3CO- in value from ten acres of land 1 sown in potatoes this season. The i same settlers • -have between five anc ! six acres sown with onions at present j. ! and provided the needed rains arrive , i during the next few weeks an equaJlj profitable result from the onions ii | I being looked for.

Soldiers are fatalists; a returned Oiklier assured The Chronicle that a jldicr never dies till his time conies, nd that "a bullet with his name and ddress on it will find him if he is 1 a hanib-iwoof shelter forty feet nderground." Classes will be said 011 Sunday next 1 Levin and Manakau : Manakau at a.m.; Levin at 11 a.m.; and vesers at 7 p.m. Amongst recent deaths reported are Ir T. 15. Dickinson, a Crimean vetran, who for many years has been fanning at Morivaile, Giristchurch; Ir Henry Acourt, for the, past 30 •ears secretary -of the Kaiapoi Wooll■ll Company; -Mr Patrick Hodden, a lighly respected West Coast 'resident, v*h-o .succumbed to miners complaint; dir John o'.Denlid 1, aged 87, a- C'rintBin and Maori War veteran, who setled in Taranaki-in. 1870; Mr liarry salt c.uc of the best known figures in Heath-cote Valley, and prominent in lie grain trade in Cliristchurcli. Known only as "the nameless sollier" because he had destroyed his .dentity marks, and refused all inforliation about himself, a man who was charged at Willesden. a;< an absentee nas been the subject ol about -100 111jiiirios mostly from women whose hnsliave deserted them. He still says io is u!aal)le to remember his name iind has been handed ever to the military authorities. An old Highland sergeant in ono of the Scottish regiments was going his rounds- one night to see that all lights were out. Coming to a room where -he thought lie saw a Sight shining he roared- out "Pit oot that light there." 0110 of the men f-hoiited back. "It's the innne sergeant." Not hearing very well the sergeant cried in return: "I dinna care a brass button what it is! Pit it oot!" Thermal action at Waimangii a day or two' ago was more tliaii- usually active and culminated in an eruption on the flat leading to Gibraltar Rock in the afternoon, creating a mud volcano "of 30yds byi COyds. The boiling mud and water were thrown to a height of between 350 ft and 400 ft, and during the 20 .minutes o : r so that the out-bust- lasted the sight was an atwe-inspiring one. 111 giving evidence at an inquest in Auckland last week, a; witness complained of the difficulty he had -experienced in obtaining the services of u clocfcoir at night. Remarking on this •subject. Dl' Brier .said the public as a rule treated medical men very unfairly 'in the matter of night calls. 111 many instances they were put to extra e>:pause in attending these cases and often their clients completely ignored the obligation to pay fees. Doetors, like other jie-ople, suffered from tiredness as tho result of overwork, and he .mentioned that 011 the day In question he had attended twenty-five day and five 11'ight calls. "Who is your favorite composer?" "Wagner,"replied Mr. Oumrox. "You must be a student of music." "No I mention "Wagner for the sake of relieving myself of conversational strain. If tho other man doesn't like Wagner he "won't want to heair me say- another word." ''And if he does?" "He'll want to do all the talking himself." All erstwhile ■resident of Levin—Mr John Fowl or—died in Hamilton hospital 011 20th [December last, agodj over 80 'years. For many years he was farming 011 'Bruce road 'Werairoa, and he also acted as night watbeh--111 an at Sir Petetr Bartholomew's mill at Weraroa. He wa.s a man of striking appearance: 6ft 2fn. in height and well "set up. He led an adventurous life in his early days and earn active service with the British army in three campaigns. He held the Indiiwi Mutiny medal, tho First South African Wair medal and the New Zealand war medal. The butter-box factory at Hamilton was destroyed by fire last night. Ellis and Liurnand (the proprietors) are covered by insurance on stock aI id 'building to the extent o£ £10,000. The last day for allowance of discount 011 December gas-bills due to Levin Borough Council has been extended to 1 16th of the 10th of the month, as usual—on account of the holidays. The Hon. XV. H. Hemes, in speaking at the opening of a cheese factory in Matamata, Waikato, mentioned that he was one of the oldest settlers in the district, and nobody even- thought 20 years ago that o'ne day it would ho • closely settled, and an expanse of smiling homesteads. People in the south were warned against taking up land in Waikato, for it -was said that all who touched it were ruined. How false these warnings were was proved by the signs of prosperity on every hand. The ireason of this was the people themelves, for the right class of settler got hold of the land—men who know how to work it and men who perservered, and there was now 110 better instance of the success of the Government land for settlement policy than was presented at Matamata. At Hugliendeii (Queensland), this week, the bigest flood experienced in 2o years was recorded. There are scenes of desolation recorded at Claremont and in the Cairns district. Lives have been lost. Tenders for metalling work oil Tararua road extension are invited by , the Horowhenua County Council engineer by advertisement on page 3. ■Prices for live poultry on Wellington market are reported as wealror for poorer quality birds. Eggs are at | Is 6d per dozen. Potatoes range | from 17s to lis per cwt; Onions £12 ; to £14 per ton; cauliflowers lis to 6s per sack; cabbages 7s to 3s; carrots 7s to 9s; turnips 3s to 3s 6d; beetroot I 5s to 6s.