LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 March 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

"""There will be no publication ot 1 lie Chronicle on Good Friday (2nd April) and Jiaster Monday (sth April). The Cheniiavsky conceit to be held in the Century Hall .Levin. tTii<s evening, will commence at a quarter past eight o'clock. A bowling tournament (pairs) amongst members of Levin Bowling Club is to be played on the local green during the Easter Holidays. Tile highest yield of wheat recorded this season in Canterbury was !Jio Otishel.s from 11 acres on the Cashmere estate —an average of 88 bushels j)er acre. A Papanui larnier has obtained "00 bushels from 11 acres, or an average of 82i bushels per acre. The return of 88 bushels per acre is believed to be a record for the Dominion. Four apples of unusual size exhibited' in Mr D. Smart's window, Oxford stieet, serve to remind people that the "big apple'' season is uround again. The apples under notice are of the Prince Albert variety ; their weights are: lib lounee. lib 2 ounces. lib bounces, lib bounces. They were grown by Mr Clark, ol the Village Settlement, "Weraroa. The Y.M.C.A. Ladies' Auxiliary held a meeting yesterday afternoon to consider what steps it should take to aid in providing entertainment for the men at the training camp, which will be opened on the racecourse on the 12th April. It was decided to hire the Century Hall during the time the camp is being held and lit it up as a place where tlie men can spend the evenings. Tables will be placed in the hall.and such games as ping pong, quoits, cards, etc.. will be provided, also refreshments. The liall will be opened on the 13th April witli a social and musical evening. A plague of lice is afflicting the troops in the fighting lines on the Continent. A similar trouble was experienced by the combatants in the Anglo-Boer "War. "PetlicuTus and phthirius" are the medical terms for the trouble. Professor 11. M. Lefro.v. of Kensington, in The Times of sth Kohi-uary. writes that a simple remedy exists which kills the lice and confers immunity for a time. "Unlike petrol, benzine, etc., it is non-inflammable; it is harmless, but has a distinct smell. The authorities are aware of it and are testing it; as some delay must occur in making it available, and as a shilling purchases enough for more than one person. 1 shall be glad to give information to any who desire to send some to relatives or friends at the front or in this country."