The Levin Chronicle. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 19 December 1918, Page 2

The Levin Chronicle. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918.

The next sitting of the Levin Magistrate's Court will be held on .January 30, 1919. It iis officially stated that fifty-five vessels will arrive iii Australia during March to load wool, meat, and wheat for England. The death,s are. announced of Mr (J C. Kettle, of Auckland, for many years Stipendiary Magistrate there," and Dr. T. O. Outline, of Feilding. but who latterly has been a member ot a Medical Board, under tllifo Defence Act since the Act has been in operation. Hie son Captain Guthrie, of the Medical Corps, was killed at Armentiera?.

A Levin resident has just returned from a visit to Hawku's Bay. Ho relates that at a large shearing .shod lie visited the whole board of thirty shear-, ers was composed of Maoris, many of whom were accompanied bv their wives, who acted as "pickers-lip" and did the work well. On leaving t'he shearinu; shod, the Levinite noticed a small park of motor cars, and enquired as to who owned them. He was informed by the stationer-owner that the cars belonged to the shearers, who make the rounds oP the stations at shearing time in thru 1 own motors. The visitor returned home convinced that the pakoiha shearer i-s-ii lons way behind'!n the l'are'ot pru«rtviS - . k—v-'" V;. r lw. The Treasurer. ii^alnoSS;'. Society desires _M thor sum of >C - 9s tho Central -~Ti(>velooment ugh Mr Lew. ■cgS&S&tition brines the total of'th&'effjßj&iiijitlp by the Farm staff 8d- on (the occasion of the i;ecent> Shop Day undertaken by them for the benefit of the. County -Pfllriofcie Knnfl. Unfortunately owinu in the epidemic eondilions prernilint? at. the Mm-, the' Farm was severely handicapped in not only ha vino; their organiser down with the complaint, but the general public were in no mood to assist by purchasing the splendid display of aootk provided for the occasion. Notwithstanding the Tery adverse conditions the sum realised wai 1 very oncou-raging and ffio committee ' aro hopeful that the Farm Staff will make another effort at a la,ter date when some new record: will be put up.

Private advice lias been received of the death of Sergt. G. V. T. ("Viv") .Moore, only brother of Mr A. L. Moore, nf Qtaki. Sergt. Moore left New Zealand with the Main Body, and after seeing much service came back to the. Dominion. He returned to Europe only a short time ago.

Klectors of the Otaki electoral district, who ait; still residing in the electorate hut at different address to that -stated on the roll, are notified thajfc they must inform the registrar, Sir H. JJ. Cork, Levin, at once of their present address. Failure to do so forms a. valid ground of objection to. the retention, of such names on the roll. ■

No Christmas dinner is complete withoiiit a suitable joint. J. Lemmon nll (It Co., the Levin butchers, have rocured some prime beef and mutton for the Christinas trade, and customers, a-; usual, may rely on getting high quality meat during the holiday season.

In our advertising column.? will be found a full report in detail of tlie receipts of the recent Garden Party organised by Mi' and Mrs F. IT. Wright, at their residence in Gladstone road. This was placcd before tiiV .Committee of .tlie local Patriotic Society last Tuesday night by the Secretary (Mr C. 8. Keedwo'l) and it was decided to have tlie balance sheet of this highly successful effort duly published. Owing to the generosity of Mr audi Mrs Wright practically the whole takings were handed over for the benefit of the Lnwry Hay Convalescent Home and the local Hod Cross Funds.

''Yen, lie earned a pound before breakfast," said a well-known farmer the other day in speaking of a shearer operating at his homestead. "Seventy-throe sheep before breakfast is pretty good going," wa.s the rejoinder. "Ho must have ist-artedi fairly early." "Five o'clock; and lie had. early tea, too, out of the time.." — Dannevirke News.

A good story is told by an Aucklandcr who has been yisiting Hawke's Bay. Returning from Hastings a party called at the residence of a friend. Asked where, they had been the reply given was "celebrating pence." The four-year-old daughter at once added: "So have to been /shelling peas, all tlie morning."

A Gisborne' gentleman who was travelling on tllie East Coast when the news of the armistice came through describes how he got the first intimation of the end of the war. It was from an excited Maori, who galloped up to him and breathlessly exclaimed : "The blankey German, he sign."

Poultry farmers of this district are reminded of the clearing sale of the late Mr Jas. Rutherford's poultry stock on Friday at the creamery, Ihakara. The ducks are from Mumby 's and Mr T.R. Hall's strains and the' ducklings from Mr Knights special pens. . The Wyandotte pnlleis are also from Knial't's well-known prize stock. Messrs Parker and Vincent are the auctioneers. For fuller particulars see advt on page 3,

'Billy Sunday the American revivalist. expresses in characteristic fashion his opinion of the type of girl known as the flapper. He says: "1 would give more for one good God-fear-ing. pants-pa telling, sock-darning, bread making, praying mother in Israel than I would for a whole trainload of these frizzle headle'd sissies of our day."

An English road engineer on a recent visit to> Palmerston North expressed on all the sharp curves of the roatß there was no attempt to grade up the outer circle, thus making the corner much safer, and reducing the wear and tear on the surface, and further, he condemned the petty economy which placed nearly every bridge in the district on an angle with the road line. The gentleman referred; to has a life's experience and a v splendid record. His opinions are worthy of every consideration by local bodies.

There is likely to be "considerable objection to the holding of the Territorial training camps next year, according to a Wangantii paper. Most local bodies have approved of the elates, but the coming of the epidemic has altered the outlook on such things. Although, having previously consented, the "Waiiganni Chamber of Commerce at its last meeting vigorously protested against the holding of the camps in view of present conditions and their effect on business, and decided/ to circularise all Chamber.-; in tho Dominion.

fn new of the entry of a Serbian force into Vienna—how -the pride of the Austrians must feel ill at reversal of fortune!—it is interest nig-to record a .saving of aged King Peter of Serbia when, his country was boinig ravaged hv the Au.strians and Bulgarians and Gernian/s without any 'hope of relief. In that black Ihoiir the King of the Serbs .«aid: "T believe in the liberty ol Serbia as I believe in God. I shall not die before 1 see the victory of my people.'' Kinc Peter still lives, and to-day the Serbians hold the forts in Vienna 1

As a result of a recent outrage at Ohingaiti, in which a returned soldter's horse was painted blue, and various other pranks indulged in including the entering and desecration of the Presbyterian Church, four youths appeared at the Magistrate's Court, Mangaweka in answer to various charges in connection with the offence. All pleaded guilty. Mr Hewitt, S.M., imposed on each a fine of £0. together with all costs, the latter amounting fro a considerable siim.

Passengers on a south-bound train witnessed an exciting incident the other morning. AVhen the train was in tlio vicinity of Manakau it startled tlio homes attached to a reaper and binder which was travelling along the roadway . The horses broke into a furious giTL'op and the driver, in his efforts to check the runa ways, was dislodged from his seat and fell to a lower part of the machine, where he" found his feet, much to the relief of the train passengers,' who were now excited spectators. The driver, with great coolness, managed to control the direction of the horses, which were finally brought to a standstill without damage being done.

Judging by statements made at a mooting of the Masterton Borough Con ncil, there is no foundation in the report which emanated from Wanganui to the effect that there had -been a bit.' drop in the cost of roofing iron. A councillor suggested; that in view of the imported drop iai the price of iron, the Council revoke a resolution passed giving builders permission to use *hinal:-.< for roofing purpose. The DeputyMayor stated 'he hnd nscortMinod from ™e manufacturers in England that the ejnbargo on iron would not be lifted bv the Imperial Government until nboHt tsie middle of 10,19\ hndi it then expected that prices would increase rather than decrease. He had two days ago received a cable ouotation for iron at £75 per ton. "That/' said the Deputy-Mayor, "does not look as if the price was going down."

Dealing more directly with the needs of peace, in an address at. Wellington on Sunday night, the Chief Justice (Sir Hob. Stout) said: '-We find that our I und,od«Rlebt has enormously increased, vUuT. unlike some oilier portions of onr been increased for works give us no direct return. taxation is in front of us, and meet our new burdens in the °hly way tihev can be met by honest people, namely, by hard' work, thrift and enterprise. TP we do not m-cceed in this way to meet our liabilities, wo shall .suffi r much privation. We must expect that after a while tho price* of our exports will fall, audi this may entail the reduction nf wages. Of course, the fall in prices will mean tlli'at' th 4 cost oP living will be less, but our capital for production will lx> restricted, and it may mean that living may liare to be reduced to a lower' .standard. Everyone must deplore even the suggestion of such a thing, and the only way to keep the standard high is to resolve not to expend our means for that w.liich prcfiteth not."

Haymaking is becoming general about Levin and already a- considerable area (has been cut. Growth has come on wonderfully during the past few weeks, ami* the crop :»s a whole promi*e& to be a good one.

The Pa'merston North High School' will re-open Monday. 10th February next. Parents who wisn to secure a good education for their children should consider the claims of tlischool, which has an excellent record, and is giving good results. Prospectus will be* sent on application to the secretary.

A telegram from Geryiiii'iith to-ilay_ • says: In connection with the influenza fatalities, the Cobd-en Kate.-iayers' Association passed the following resolution : "That in cases of distress arising •out of the recent epidemic, where a mortgage is held in private hands, the Government give facilities to assist, mortgagors to. retain their homes, and if desired to transfer the mortgage to more favourable terms."

A Wellington glass merchant says tiler.* is every likelihood ol a sharp fail in the piice of glass during the next few weelii>. Glass bulks big as cargo and as already freight has receded by 25 per ceiH,' the war risk 'was dispensed with and the rate, of exchange had fallen, the price of incoming Shipments must, he considerably reduced. Already the agents of Pilkington's, the big English firm, had. notified buyers in NewZealand of u fall in the price of their product. The transport with returning draft Xo. 200 came into Wellington harbour yos'-trday '.afternoon with the yellow flag flying, indicating the presence-on board of infectious disease. There are nearly 800 men on board' and about a dozen of them are .'suffering from influenza, niumpra and/ malaria. The ship was placed in quarantine by the Kealtii authorities. Subsequently the boat was declared a "clean shin" and it was expected that she would berth about "2 o'clock this afternoon.

Evidence of the fact that sovereings have been hoarded during the war period was found in a cash remittance .recently received by the Auckland Post Office Savings Bank from a country office. The remittance included 200 sovereings', all of which were discoloured, evidently through lying in the ground for a considerable period. Apparently tlie* cessation of hostilities accounted for the hoard being dug up and banked.

The advanced prices of certain hardware lines are almost at a prohibitive point. As an example, a pressman :to informed by Mr Buruand, .of i Manunui, (Main Trunk Line) that wire rope, whiieh is a necessity in the liauli ing of logs especially, cost sixpence per ! ounce. To replace a length lately cost j the firm £3000! The, installation of ! the sprinkler system for fire prevention ! at the Manunui works ran into about . the same figure. I A tragically sudden death occurred at Shannon during the week-end. Mr : Gins. CVowther, second son of the late Mr W. H. Growtber, had been ill : from influenza, but had made such good ' progress that apparently all danger was passed. He went out with the inten- ' tion of visiting some relatives, but 'had only got a. few yards when he collapsed ami. died within half an hour. He was 23 and Iliad been jn Messrs Spencer Bros.' employ for several years. He was a prominent Druid and at One time was congratulated by tlie Grand Secretary | on being the youngest past officer and Druid in New Zealand. Hfe leaver a wife to mourn his loss.

Jn connection with tlje licensing poll to be held next April, tlie main rolls arc to close on January <5, and the supplementary rolls- 35 days before the date fixed for the poll. ' The attention of electors is dirawn by. advertisement in another column to tire fact in connection with the coming "liteuaing poll that a valid ground of objection to. the retention of a name on a.roll is that the elector doefi not now live at the address istateij. Levin and district (•lectors wlicse addreses have been chained must notify the Registrar, Mr H. H. Cork.

At a meeting of tlie Masterton Borough Council 011 Tuesday the DeputyMayor congratulated the "local (Health Inspector upon the report subniitted. The influenza epidemic .had disclosed conditions which were a disgrace to tlie town'. Something would have to be .■done, and that quickly. He had perilled some of the reports of the "Captains" who were fighting tlie iufiuenza, and he was astounded at the disclosures. The sanitary condition of the town was unsatisfactory, and flint JWas putting it mildly. People were living in filth that was a reproach on Britishers. Not (inly in the outskirts, but in the main street, the position was scanclialous; He had discovered filth at the rear of a Chinaman's shop, and 'had threatened to close up the premise's unless there was an immediate transformation. Under a new Bill, "extended powers had been, given local bodies, which tlio Council should avail itself of. If the people failed, to observe cleanliness, then, the Council should step in and compel them. '

The foilloiraig is taken from an English paper:—This is a brief description "of one of New Zealand's leading jockeys riding in the Mounted Machinegun races in France a few montihfe ago.. The races in question were run 011 good lines, supported by many of England's best-known bookmakers, and a totalisator. Arthur Oliver, the New Zealand jockey, was in request by English officers to ride their hoi'ses, as after the first race, all noticed that this rough-looking "digger" "was a liorse-' man of 110 mean abiliy. There was a. roar of laughter among New Zenlanders when Oliver made his first appearance. Always .a dapper little jockey in New Zealand, .110 irns nf"w at„tired in a much woiai flannel shirt, with sleeves torn off just below the shoulder. His old riding strides had seen better days, and he wore 110 puttees. He rode in his issue army |>oots and spurs, and instead of his jockey cap, lie wore a handkerchief with a knot at each corner. Even ffmongst liis army competitors he looked a soft thing, but after the first race the opinion was that there ■was not a horseman 1 ,on the ground to touch ihiim. Thp New Zealaiiders consistently backed his mounts, and did' well out of it.