The Levin Chronicle MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1921

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 January 1921, Page 2

The Levin Chronicle MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1921

The Otaki Band lias been securedl for th© garden party at Mr and Mrs 1 Inge’s garden on February 16. A reminder is given that St. Mary’s School resumes to-morrow. The prin- ! cipa], Miss Ingram, will bo pleased to meet parents of new pupils. Whilst bathing in Caroline Bay a+ Timaru recently, a woman swallowed her false teeth —a small plate (reports ! th© Post). Later they were recovered after medical aid had been summoned.

Th© other day the county ranger’s horse at Wiuton (Otago) was found grazing on thei street, and ifc was J promptly taken into custody by the ' borough ranger. I Owing to the sudden disappearance , of one of the chief actors, it was ■ found necessary to cancel all arrange-1 incuts for a. wedding that was to hare 1 been celebrated at Carterton on Wed-! nesday. Th© police are making in- J restigatiom.

A Wellington telegram says that Robert F. Semple, aged 21, son of the iex-M.P. for Wellington South, sustained a compound fracture of the right leg on Saturday through the overturning of a rock-laden truck at the Orongorongo waterworks.* He is progressing favourably.

With the recent bonus the labourers employed by the Carterton Borough Council are now receiving 15/2 per day. The strange part about this bonus business is that it does not apply to the Council’s overseer, who is now only in receipt of lOd per day more than the workmen. It is understood that as a result of the ballot recently taken the Waterside Workers’ Federation has rejected the recent offer of a bonus of Id per hour. The employers are now considering whether they will grant * further conference as requested by the Federation.

The Hessian fly has mad© its appearance in some of the wheat crops in the Oaraaru district; Onei promising crop of twenty acres has been completely destroyed. Years ago the fly was discovered in wheat crops in the neighbourhood of Masterton, but it was exterminated in the course of two or three seasons by varying the crops. According to the latest report of the Chris.church health authorities, infantile paralysis is tending to increase in TTxaT city. The chairman of the Hospital Board stated on Wednesday that there were 16 cases in hospital, but Dr. I’ilford reported at noon on Thursday that there were 20 patients suffering from the disease, and more awaiting admission.

“I can’t imagine a half-hour’s con, versation in New York without the suuj.c: re verging to money,” said Mr ■i. ii. Simmonds, who recently returnee to Faimersion from America. “Exchange raFs wtre very much against England. 'ihe most 1 got for a sovereign was 3 dollars 75 cents, and the Fast 3 dollars 40 cents.”

Ax a mc-iiiig of the Wellington J3oafd of Education, the acting-chair-man. Air G. London, commented on the somewhat unusual number of teachers who were, after a long service, severing their connection with the board, to Mr A. Cowles, of Carterton, after 31J years of teaching, had come deserved promotion as an inspector; Mrs Tait, of Featherston, had 23j years to her credit; Miss W. J. Leighton, of Puketoi, 26£ years; Miss J. Slater, of Petone, 31£ years; and Miss A. Davies, of South Wellington/ the; great records of 43 years. Much regret was expressed throughout the Forty-Mile Bush when it became known that Mr Alexander Pry Jit', a well known settler of Nircaha, had) terminated his career by shooing himself. The late Mr Pryde, who was about fifty years of age and married, was in business in. the Ekctahuna district for many years as a sawmiller, in partnership with his father. In' recent years he has been following farming pursuits at Nireaha, and was a successful breed; r of Jersey cattle. For some time past ho has been in illhealth, and on occasions was very depressed in spirits. Farmers in this district are perturbed as to the price oaten chaff will bring this year. As the; local market is governed to a large extent by the South Island crops, a Morrinsville farmer telegraphed to Timaru and to ■Christchurch to reliable individuals for information as to the condition of the oat crops in those, districts. He has received the following reply from Timaru: “Amount sown normal, crops patchy, yield not nearly so good as last year,” From Christchurch the reply was: “The Agricultural Department advises that the acreage, in oats for Canterbury is equal to last year, but owing to the very hot and-dry weather the crops have ripened prematurely and are not up to average. The price for oats is likely to be much lower this year.—Morrinsville Star. Occasionally a little human tragedy is played before the board which passes immigrants for admission into the United States. A Spanish family father, mother, two girls and a boy—landied, and the doctors had decided that the mother had a contagious disease of the eyes, which would compel the authorities to send her back. The decision was communicated to the waiting group. ■ What did they intend to do? They went to a corner, and talked and cried it out. Then the man came forward, and said that the mother would go hack alone. She did not wish to spoil the chances of the others in the country where poor folks believe that dollars grow by the side of the road. She kissed them all, and marched out to the tender, the tears pouring down her cheeks, hut her head high and her hearing proud in the knowledge that her children had been admitted to th© “land of the free and the homo of th© bravo.”

The sad news has been received in Masterton of the death of Mr Wiiliam Fitzgerald, which took place at the Waipukdrau Sanatorium. The late Mr Fitzgerald, who served with the Moflnteds in the Main Body at Gallipoli, and had a very good war record, was an all-round athlete of no mean ability. As a Rugby player “Billy” represented the Wairarapa, and also played three-quarter for the local Red Star team.,

It is marvellous how easily some people are gulled. An individual blew into Carterton recently without bag or baggage. He pulled up at a well known hotel and gave his name as Lieut. ■ —. An accident had happened to his three-seater car, and it was held up for repairs at Masterton. Unfortunately he dealt with the National Bank, which had no branch at Carterton, Would) the publican advance hima little till he could procure a cheque book? Of course be could, in face of a promise that he was to receive a ride to the Trentham races in the car. After staying at the. hotel for four days, the ‘“lieutenant” left for Masterton to get his car. That was the last seen of him,—Age.

In the course of his lecture on Saturday night, Captain Norman Imrie, speaking as a Canadian, pleaded' for a better feeling between the United States and the British Dominions. He admitted that there were ma.iv Fn.ngs Canadians, Australians and Na v Zealanders could not understand ab.>at the States, such, for instance, as the exchange question, and' America’? late entrance into the war. But America lid not have a monopoly of unlovely thangs, and Britain and America together could) ’ ''guarantee tlje peace of the world—surely an end worth striving for. With regard to the war, it should be remembered A.ncpVa had to face what he called “the problem of the melting pot.” For forty years she had been receiving immigrants at the rate of a million year. At first these people came from the North-western countries of Eur me.-but in later years Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Asia Minor bad bee a the main sources of supply—immigrants who had no idea of becoming citizens of America, but merely intended to male© enough money to enable them to go home and swank over their less fortunate neighbours. It should Be remembered that when the war broke out there were three and a-half million German aliens in the United States, besides millions more who were naturalised or who were of German parentage. That constituted a tremendous problem, and Captain Imrie asked for sympathy and understanding m dealing with America. “Make an end,” he said, “of this contemptible commerce in prejudice,” and his plea seemed to fall on heading ears if the following applause meant anything.