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Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 May 1919, Page 2

The tjr.st meeting of the newly-elected Levin School Committee will be held at the scheul this! evening.

The iiistallatit.il of Mr D. \V. Matlieson to the Mayoral chair, and the new-ly-elected Borough Council will take place at the Borough Council Chambers tomorrow afternoon at 2.30. A meeting of the Council will be held subsequently. !

Mr W. Poison, in the course of his remarks to the Levin branch of the Farmer's Unrfin on Saturday, referred to the wonderful qualities of Mitch oil iscrass, a grass that was to be found all through the pastoral areas in Queensland. Its fattening properties were phenomenal and it grew luxuriously all through the year, and was a great asset to the country.

Messrs Parker and Vincent report holding ,a very successful sale on account of Mr D. Vernon, Fairfield, on ■Saturday last. Cows in milk brought £20 5s t» £21 10s; weaner heifers, £4 7s (id. Syndries also were keenly sought after. The auctioneers will be holding a clearing sale on Saturday, May 24, on behalf of Mr E. A. Buchanan, when ten extra choice cows will be offered.

Mr G. C. Tothill, of New Brighton, the well-known seed merchant and agent for Sutton'sl seeds, was killed on Saturday night near his home. One of his daughters was .driving him in a motor ear which collided with another vehicle, Mr Tothill being killed almost instantaneously. rte leaves a widow and grown-up family.

Mrs \V. ,S. Park had charge of the Patriotic Shop on Saturday, £7 lis 9d being the result of the day's effort. The various competitions helped materially to swell tho funds. _ The fancy .basket was won by Mrs Kirkcaldie; dinner, Mr H. J. White (Grand Hotel); rooster, Mrs A. Walker. The following contributed saleable goods: Mesdames O. G. Wilson, Gorringe, Webb, Best, Palmes, S. liall, Kecdwell, Wallace, Vincent, Pyke, Kay, Clark, J. llvder, Hughes, D. S. Mac •Kenzie, Goldsmith, Tully, Misfies McKegg, Adkin, Messrs Bower, F. Wright, F. I?est, l ark, Matheson, Parker and Vincent, Adams, and Lemmon.

A reminder is given that the ""Welcome Home," arranged by a local committee for the local returned men will be held in the King's Theatre next Thursday. The committee is catering for seventy soldier boys and it will not bo the management's fault if the function is not a big success. Arrangements could not be made feff the whole of the returned men at this social as the number is too great, but the committee wishes it to bo understood that all those soldiers who are not entertained on Thursday will be welcomed at a later date. The public are invited to show their\ appreciation of what the boys have done for their country by rolling np in force to give the men a warm welcome home. The grand march begins at 8.15 ."sharp.

At the Supreme C' : cnrt_ sitting at Wellington on Friday Eric William Gorman Howell and Ernest George Brazier, two young men, came up for sentence en a charge of placing on obstruction on the railway at Paraparaumu. Mr P. \V. Jackson, for the prisoners, explaiiud that gates had <boon placed on the line in an unright position for the puipose of damaging them, and with no intent to derail the train. What happened was that the engine of the first, train tliat came along dashed them aside His Honour said that there had evidently been lio desire to >i;spl,i:e the train or injure passengers. He adjourned the case until Tuesday, in me hope that somo course might be adopted apart from (sending the young men to gaol. Bail would "lie allowed in the meantimno. A telegram to-day says the two boys wore ordered to pay costs and come up for sentence when called upon on condition that they went to work in the country.

In a letter to the Auckland Star, dealing with taxation matters, Mr J. \V. McLarin (who has contested -overa! elections, notably one wit'i tt.u 'Premier), say: Permit me to point (lit that while the landtax villi prub 9 .fci> remain the same, 'be. e will l"e a heavy dix>p in the income-taxes paid Ins year ,011 account of i'.k tall in somo classes o.F farmers produce and stock. Oaten chaff has dropped in price from £10 .a ton to £8 per ton. and hay also 100 per cent. There has also been a heavy drop in all classes of young stock : yearling cattle last year were bringing £7 per head, whereas now 181110s. to 2-year olds are only realising from Co to £0 per head. \ou can understand the_ amount of income those farmers will have who bought 1months ago at £7 per head, and can li'r w only realise at £0 per head. With the present prices of fertilisers, fencing wire and other merchandise requirements of 'farmers, they are not having such a rosy time as some people imagine. The class of weaner calves that were realising up to £2 10s per head last year, are this season realising from 1 •">/- to £1 per head. The farming community are not in the happy position ithat the town dweller imagines them to lie; and at this stage it is just as well that the latter should know it. Farmers are the only portion of the community who as yet have adopted the profit-sharing system with their employees. I imagine others will fall in line soon and wages, pure and simple will soon be a tiling of the past.

Form the gond habit of inhaling "Xajiol" mil you'll keep free fimm coughs and colds. Kightoonponce buys six'ty

Two most important things wlien you get spectacles are: fl'irst to be sure that your sight lias been properly tested and tliait you get the rignt lenses; and, second, that the spectacle frame is correctly fitted. Another important thing to know is that you can rely on repairs being properly clone if anything goes wrong. If you oome to me you may be -sure that everything will b« F. C Levin.*

The brewing of boor in the United States censed by law at midnight 30th April, Dr H. W. Cleary, Roman Catholic llishop of Auckland, who was last week in a critical condition, is now reported to show marked improvement. •During his address to the local branch of the Farmers' Union o,n Saturday, Mr \V. Poison, referred to the prickly pear pest in Queensland. Already a great area, of country was infested, ajid roughly one million acres \va.-: becoming overrun every year. Mr Poison said lie had travelled! 180 miles along one road oil both sides of which the pear was one thick, impenetrable mass. Tnere was a serious menace before the country unless the authorities took measures' to deal with the pear. but the attitude of tliiw Labour 'Government was not at all encouraging in this direction the nuisance was going on .increasing from year to year. "It has cost the Telegraph Department £30 in the last two years to replace insulators and other gvar wilfully broken with stones thrown by children," said Senior-iSargeant McXnmara at Auckland during the consideration of a cas'e in which three boys, two aged twelve and t'lie other nine, Wbre charged with having committed such an offence. before Mr .1. \V. Poynton, 8..M., in the Police Court. The senior-sergeant stated that as a result the Department had requested, the police to do all in their power trv stop this wanton destruction. Thrt boys, who pleaded guilty, were admonished and discharged by the magistrate, who imprb.<ml .on them the gravity of interfering with urgent telegraphic messages, and warned them that a recurrence of the offence would entail a heavier penalty.