The Chronicle LEVIN. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 July 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL.

A gitt of 250 bulb blooms was made I'.v Mrs R. Prouse, of iievin, -to tile i-idics committee of the patriotic movement at A\ ellington. The bulbs met with a ready sale at satisfactory prices and a substantial sum n'as realized for the fund. The Borough Council invite tenders lor th» removal of trees from section 2 bijck 18. Conditions can ibe seen at the Borough office, and tenders clo6e next Monday. At Hastings Utility Poultry Show, ill- 2. W. Bower, of Levin, gained' two first prizes out of three entries. His .Leghorn cockerel won first place in his class and his Black Orpington cockerel met with like success. « Mr Charles Hawtrey, the actor, in tlie Bankruptcy Court, put his debts at ,C22,f)00, his assets at £10. Ho failed previously in 1894, and when the war. began his salary was reduced to £20 a weak. A shag of enormous size wa6 sent to 31: AY. H. Bartlett, secretary of the locai branch of the Acclimatisation Society during the week. It was shot by a sportsman in this district, wlio upon opening the bird found no less than four young trout in its gullet. The steps taken fey the Society to encourage the destruction 1 of shags by putting a price on their heads is evidently justified., as there is no doubt that hundreds of young fish are destroyed annually by the shag pest.— Standard. The Royal Commission estimates m its report that the a'mn of £50,000 will be requiied for harbour works at Foxton. The value of the present wharf is £3700, and it considers £5000 a fair 1 purchase priqe. It recommends that the right to acquire it will not be given untii a rating area capable of raising £4000 per annum be eercted. The report of the Royal Commission on the Levin-Greatford Railway Deviation proposal was -presented to Parliament last night. It says titait considering the lines at present authorized and not constructed, and the financial outlook, it is of opinion that it is inoppo tune to construct a Levin-Fox-ton or Levin-Marton line. The traffic does not warrant such a connection. Tt wouldi be a waste of the resources of the dominion to >a*tempt ft'.' If it is hereafter of importance to shorten the route between Wellington and Auckland there are other districts in which" the shortening could be carried out to more advantage, which could at the same time open up fresh country. j

The Australian Federal Prices Board has fixed the price of bread in Sydney at 4d tiie 21b loaf.

After a discussion lasting over several sittings the Wellington Diocesan Synodi yesterday adopted the following resolutions:—(l) That in the opinion of this Synod it would be in the interests of the! country to close the bars of hotels at 8 p.m., also to forbid the practice of "shouting" during the period of the war. (2) That a copy of this resolution be sent to the Government urging it to bring in legislation to this effect or to authorize a referendum on the subject. - JUi'IUS