The Levin Chronicle FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1921

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 January 1921, Page 2

The Levin Chronicle FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1921

The Levin District High School will re-open on Tuesday next, February 1. At a recent meeting of the local Repatriation Committee, at which the Mayor presided, three, returned soldiers were recommended) for loans for the purchase of household furniture.

Happily the country is moving steadily, if slowly, towards the era of hydro-electricity. Each successive year should see the community less and less dependent for its heating and lightings on the whims and vagaries of the gentlemen who hew coal as long as it suits them and then take a holiday or slow down. When our streams arc harnessed and waterpower .stations are at work distributing “white coal’’ among the chief centres of the North and South Islands, wc shall be able to laugh more freely at the sinister gestures of the Arbuokles and their kind. —Christchurch “Sua.’ ,

The Fire Board is having new dress uniforms made for the Fire Brigade, and the work of making the first instalment of half a dozen is now in hand. The Brigade is sending a team to compete in the demonstration at Napier in February. A meeting of St. Mary’s School was held on Wednesday, when Miss Bowen. Miss Kebbtll and Messrs. Blenkhorn, McKenzie and Beckett were elected a committee for the ensuing year. Miss Kebbell was re-elected secretary. The school will re-open on Tuesday next under the charge of Miss Ingram. It may not be known by the present generation that the town of Master ton was named after the late Mr Joseph Masters, one of the earliest settlers, Carterton was named after the late Mr Charles Booking Carter, Greytown after Sir George Grey, and Featherstoii after one of the earliest politicians of the Dominion. Through the generosity of Mr A. i'. Whatman, a debt of £204 on the operations of the Wairarapa Returned Soldiers’ Club during the past year has been completely wiped out. At the annual meeting in Masterton, Mr Whatman was voted a resolution of appreciation of his munificent services to the Club.

A final reminder is given to readers of the Chronicle that their subscriptions in advance for the present quarto rare now payable. By paying in advance 2/ may be saved on the quarter’s subscription, and those wishing to take advantage of the concession should do so this week. It was reported at ’ Wednesday’s meeting of the AYellington Education Board that the additions to the Manakan School were nearing completion. Messrs. R. V. Brown (Weraroa). R. L. Horn and W. Sevan (Manakau) will be (exhibitors at the forthcoming Feilding show. It is probable that they will also compete at Dannevirke. Air D. Laing, of Bruce Road, Weraroa, has one of the finest paddocks of young lucerne to be seen about the district. The seed was drilled in with inoculated soil, the latter at the rate of 2cwt per acre, and the crop has corn© away extremely well. Mr G. Hughes, of Boulton Road, also has a oromhing crop.

The Lyttelton Times has just oomplet d the seventieth year of its existence, the first number having been issue' 1 , on January 11th, 1851. The first was Mr James Edward FUkgerald, first superintendent of Canterbury and first Premier of the colony of New Zealand. For the first few 7 years of its (existence the journal was published at Lyttelton, this fact being commemorated in its title.

California, “the booster State” of the United Slates, has fallen on evil times and lias no compunction in confessing it. An official bulletin of the Californian Development Board otatca that in December “business failures were heavier, foreign commerce fell off, building activity diminished, and hank clearings, save in Los Angeles, declined or remained stationary.” The bulletin, issued in December, states that during 45 days 222,1701 b of New Zealand butter had arrived in California.

The Auckland) Herald says: Hut while public patience cannot longer suffer thii unwarrantable demands of the Miners’ Federation, there are signs that the rank and file in the organisation are beginning to rebel against the dangerous methods of their readers. These signs cannot escape the notice of the miners’ executive, and it is to be hoped that if a further opportunity is given they may be disposed to accept those methods of settling disputes that have served the needs of reasonable men in greater matters than the affairs of the Miners’ Federation.

At the close of Captain Norman Imrie’s Chautauqua lecture at Hamilton, a member of th?. audience arose and stated thqt he had been so impressed with the Captain’s address at Rotorua that he had come, to Hamilton to hear it again, and he thought those who heard it should write to their friends in other parts of th© Dominion and urge them not to miss it. This sentiment was warmly acclaimed by the crowded audience, who appeared to be unanimous that the address was the finest thy had ever listened t*. The rabbit pest was referred to at the lust Pohangina County meeting, An experienced man, speaking of this question, said that ah acquired instinct of the rodent was to burrow under the who netting, though it is always sunk ten inches below the surface; but this new habit has now been met by turning three inches of the lower edge of the netting at right .ingles on the outer side of the fence before sinking it. The rabbit burrows straight down beside th© netting, and, coming across the flat portion, abandons th© attempt. Those inside, on •the other hand, get out by burrowing.

_ Good. progress is now being madle with the new fir© station in Queen Street. It is expected that the new motor for the use of the brigade will be completed next month.

To the editor of the local News a farmer at MorrinsviU© wrote: ‘Dear Sir,—l saw in a paper that a Waipauku farmer planted flax with potatoes and it kept the beetles off. I planted flax and potatoes, and the flax came up first, and the beetles roosted on it, waiting for the potatoes to come up. Could you give me the address of that Waipauku farmer, that I may call upon him?”

In a licensing case heard .at the Levin S.M. Court this morning, Ihe Magistrate stressed the point on one or two occasions of the aoten of the licensee in leaving his hotel on the evening referred to, and placing his bar keys in a drawer in the office. If the publican had taken the keys with him there could have been no possibility of a case arising such as that before the Court. Mr McGrath, counsel for defendant, considered this simply an act of negligence, which ary man might be guilty of. “Why,” he said. “I often leav® the key of my safe in my writing desk.” His Worship: “But there may be nothing in the safe, Mr McGrath.” The brightness of the smile that followed illuminated the court for a minute or two afterwards.

Yesterday Mr A, Robinson, a t-ta-tion-holder at Happy Valley, near Wellington, was walking along the road to the city, when he came across a lead body lying beside a wrecked motor car. The face was almost unrecognisable, the head being badly mutilated. From the position of the body, and the appearance of the car, it is surmised that the dead man was examining the tank to see how much petrol was in it, when it exploded, and almost blew the man's head off. The police ascertained that deceased’s name was Frederick Hulse. of 131 Konini Road, Hataitii, Wellington. He was a building .contractor, and was 48 years of age. He left besides his widow, Mrs Evelyn Hulse, a son 18 years of age, a daughter 7 years.

The impressive physique of fcir Thomas, said the Hon. W. H. Triggs, m a jmst-prandial speech at Christchurch, had) not a little to do with the success with which he had carried out his duties as High Commissioner. Who could, look on that stalwart form, ho said, and doubt any longer of the bracing qualities of Otago and the seasoning properties of Canterbury mutton Was it any wonder that at the present time there wore jiot ships enough to bring out the colonists who were clamouring to come to the favoured) country which produced men of such a type? It really looked as if the Government believed, in this way of impressing the Motherland because Sir Thomas’s successor was another son of Otago, if not such a son of Anak—an old athlete and Rugby footballer* Then again, at Versailles, the massive figure of the Prime Minister was i«c :ived everywhere with the greatest respect, and created a deep impression among the delegates at the Peace Conference. There was nobody of more striking presence and, commanding proportions than Mr Massey., Was it any wonder that after the valour shown by New Zealand soldiers in the field, the nations of the earth, when they saw tlie Dominion represented in diplomacy by such very impressive figures, should realise that New Zealand was a country to he taken notice of?