LOCAL & GENERAL

Levin Daily Chronicle, 19 June 1917, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

A great amount of news is left out of to-day's 'Chronicle owing 'to loss of .setting power occasioned bjf a temporary mishap to our linotype. Among the items are' an interesting columnof comments by the Borouigh Council on tiie proposed improvement of the lake at Levin and the granting of ».municipal subsidy to the boaitf-conditional on public subscriptions' tyring ; a report on ; the. borougjh piled by the borough'.treasurer;' §evoral items of looal nejyfi; and f'our usual 700 words of cabled, guesswork concerning the war. . the A wi}ofe of the local news left over. to-day wall be printed in our next issue; give in a •condensed form, to-day, the . gist of the cablegrams. " In a, speech at Cfcristchurch Mr Isitt let the cat out of tho 'bag>.He. said he had been talking to a 'Cabinet Minister whose genuine character he immensely admired!, and the 'Minister said: "Isitt, I am absolutely heart-sick. There are some magnificent exceptions, but the great bulk of the people are all tho same. -.'Labor or capital, capital or labor, they come here and whine and they threaten, and they struggle for their own interests, and don't seem to care a damn for the safety of the empire." | Mr Clutha Mackenzie, son of the Commissioner for New Zealand, was a visitor to Levin yesterday. He had the misfortune to foe totally and j permanently blinded while fighting at I Gallipoli with the N.Z. Expeditionary I Forces. i I | Two most important things when y.u ! get spectacles are: first, to be sure | that your sight has been properly testi ed and that you get the right leises, and, second, that the spectacle frame is correctly fitted.. Amother important j thing is to -.know that you oan rely on repairs properly done if anything, goes j wrong. If you come to me you may be sure that everything will jbe right. F. C. Remington, Levin.—A3vt.

As an indication of what hoggets are likely to bo worth in the spring,- it mayi be interesting to note that a line of between 560 and 600 wether hoggets were sold in Levin privately last weak at a price equivalent to nearly • 26s in the sale yards. These hoggets were trucked up country, where, we understand, there is a strong demand for this class of sheep. A sum of £26 was received iby (Levin Borough Council last .financial year from dog registrations made in this borough. A question asked by Councillor Parker -at last night's meeting of Levin Borough Council was as to the state 'yf the coal reserve at Levin gasworks. The town clerk replied that seme 50 tons were in stock, and he had written • tiha .Wesfcport Coal Company concerning a regular! shipment not yet jarriYejd and bvWdirt',' " I ' •' 'V 1 It |s t jidti&aßlel 1 that at recent cattle sales ,s( whites 'the 'Opvyiake Times) buyers for lieifeis—notably' : 'Shorthorns. Tho neat Jsh'aped small heifer is not'equal in iwveceigns' "td"' -' dairy "maids'."' ' ' , . • ,; > !; s'lie' l baliin'6Sfeh^et : bf iLevin-i inunici-•paHt|y'%ias'!read-.to- -the last -tugjhtjfc < "by* the borough itrehsuror • (Mr Bi R.'. 'Gardener).' It showed that the : -borough' 'finances were in a .sound conditioili ' ■ Th& year 1916—17 was begun witlj} 'tP'bimk-■■'overdraft 0f.£199 4s 3d; it was' fiiMsh«l with a credit balance of £76:10^-Sd.''"The' l interest due to the banjr J f6r ; thei' year was only 365. The majMl* -that the report must be :i to one and all. Each department of'the borough's activities showed up 'very satisfactorily, and if the council went on with oare these satisfactory results were likely to continue'; but strict scrutiny of all prospective extra expenditures would need to be exercised by the council, as the existing estimates were heavy. His Worship congratulated the council on the good work of the borough treasurer; his attention to those parts of his duties that made for 6ound finance was most commendable; the borough was fortunate in having a very careful treasurer. A returned soldier's badge, lost between Cambridge-street and Stuckeystreet, is advertised for.