TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1919

Levin Daily Chronicle, 28 October 1919, Page 2

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1919

A 'movement is oil toot to secure a Fe.i'cl chassis for the Otaki Fire Brigade and thus enable it to more expeditious- | ly ,get to a fire when some distance I from the station. I Tlio richness of the Otaki land is | amply shown by the fact that Chinese [ market gardeners .are paving- as high I as £14 per acre per annum for rent, , while £10 per acre is commonly paid. Despite paying such prices the lOeles- ■ tials appear to 'bo doing splendid bus- : ineas. A public meeting at Otaki uuamun- | ously passed: the following motion: — I "That this meeting reaffirms the resolution passed at a previous public meeting, to the effect that a peace memorial be erected in Itaki, to take the form ( of municipal buildings, at. a cost of, ap- ; proximately £5000." . Convasserß were appointed to raise the money required.

1 A five-day week has been introduced into a liat factory in >Duned'iu, the j manager and workers having agreed ! that no work shall be done on Saturday. ! The Levin. (Ladies' Croquet Club opens its season to-morrow afternoon wiio nail members and friends are cor--1 dially invited to be present. 1 a final i oiniiK.', »j- Is jyiven of the concert to be held in tlie Centnry Hall tomorrow evening under the auspices of the Levin Methodist Choir. The program appearing in tlio advertising columns to-day is evidence that no pains i have spared to make the effort a 1 success. Berridge's cantata, "The Love 'of Godd," was first rendered in the JCity Temple, London, in 1901, and ■ tsiitlien has beenivgenin shrdlnbh since 'then has been given in many parts of England. | Following on the-startlino' adveri tisement in Saturday's "Chronicle" the Levin District High School Com- | mittee insert an equally hair-raising I effort in to-day's issue. The subject matter, a Shop Day in aid of the Peace i Picnic Fund, 6liould appeal to one and ' rill. A large and varied supply of produce, etc., will be available and com- | petitions for all will be the order of j.the diay. | Speaking in Parliament on Septem- ! ber 11, Mr McCombs, according to I Hiinsard, said: ''The dairy farmer with I a net income of £150 was taxed: £1."l'l.s 6d per annum, while .the wool p-ro- | wer witii £150 had to pay nothing. The dairy farmer with ail inoome of .! has to pay £16 15s -1 and the wool grower with the Isa.mo income paid nothing. The wheat grower had nothing to pay and at that time the wheat grower was being guaranteed by the (State ()<i pei- crnt" on pre-war prices. . Hear full particulars at the Century Hall on Thursday night. Mr Evelyn iMacdonald, the 'LiberalLabour candidate for the Otaki seat, will address the electors in tlie Century Hall this evening. As this marks the opening of the election campaign in Levin there will, Jio doubt, be a large attendance of electors to hear Mr Macdonald's. view 6, especially as he is understood .to be a. fluent speaker voll versed in affairs of the day. Another disastrous fire occurfed in O.aki in the early hours of Saturday morning. It started in the billardloom near the railway station, occupied by Mr Tore Turu, and must have been burning some time before 'being discovred. On arrival of the Brigade the whole block of buildings, comprising the billiard saloon, .Mr T. B. Bax's hairdrcssino. saloon; Mr Frayer's fuiter or's shop and dwelling, andi an unoccupied shop, was one great mass o! flames, and nothing could possibly hi dune tn save them. Messrs Bills ant Moore's branch shop across the rone was just catching alight when the Bri gade arrived, ami: would undoubted!? liavc been demolished speedily but fo: the Brigade's efforts. Tlio block o . buildings destroyed was owned by Mr; Quill, and. 1 was covered by insurancei totalling £600, all in the Liverpouol London and Globe office. The. build ings were worth much in excess of thi sum. Mr and Mrs Fryer were vor: heavy losers. "They had no insurano whatever oil tlnTfurniture or stock an< estimate their loss at .about £50. , M Bax also had no insurance on Ilia tobac oonist and hairdresser's stock. Hi . "loss will amount to about £50. M L. St. GecM-jre owned the handsom show-cases, shoj>-litthig6 ; etc., in M Bax's shop. These were insured in th Commercial Union offiee for £100, bu worn worth nearly double that amount A considerable quantity of drivgs am chemist's requisites were also store: in this building by .Mr St. Georg (fully £100 worth), and on these, un fortunately. .lie held no insurance ■ therefore he is a heavy loser. Th billiard table in -Mr Tore Turu's bil £ liardi room (ownd by Mr Mantu te H< mara) was covered by a policy for £10 in the Northern office. The loss at ove this is estimated at about £70.