The Levin Chronicle WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1921.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 February 1921, Page 2

The Levin Chronicle WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1921.

I The Chau school’s annual picnic will take place on Mr Saint’s property ou Friday next. Fishermen at Hokio on Monday lauded a conger cel 4ft Gin - in length, and scaling 141 b. A‘large, stingcray, several schuapper, flounder and soles were among the catch. The many friends of Mrs 11. Fenton, of the Kufcu, w,ill regret to hear that she has had to be removed to Wellington to receive medical attention, -ill * will join in wishing her a speedy recovery. The local! Catholic ladies held a very successful shop day yesterday, and they gratefully acknowledge the) support of donors of goods and purchasers. The competitions resulted as follws:— Dinner: Father Filzgibbon; cake, Miss Cecelia Nash; duck, Mrs Ilouald Mc- ( Donald. I Serious. developments arise someI times from simple causes. The young son of an Ohau resident lias just had to undergo a rather severe operation I as a result of being struck on the chest with a stone. He was playing with some other children when one | playfully throw a stone, which struck I the little fellow,, hub tho blow was so light that no notice was taken of it. [ Some days afterwards, however, coml plications ensued, and on medical ad--1 vice being sought it was discovered that: 1 an operation was necessary. This has been successfully performed, and the I little sufferer is progressing well. I * ■ ■■ 1 ■ ■ r

A sitting of the Levin J:F. Court will be held on Monday nest. ■ I A meeting of the Levin Boating Club was held last evening, when if was dc- 8 elded) to hold a carnival at the Lake on S £ Faster -Monday. - . The death Is reported) from Welling- 1 ten, as a result ol ptomaine -poisoning, of Mr Kevin Dillon, one of the Do- 1 minion’s leading elocutionists. lie' i leaves a wife and four children. ' Mr J. F. Crawford, of Fairfield, aas just finished making the second cut from his clover paddocks for hay purposes, the crops being very heavy ones. Last s:ason four cuts were made from 1 file same paddocks. * Reserved judgment was given yesteiday by Mr McCarthy, S.M., in connection with the charge against Whitcombe and. Tombs and William Fnsom, j Christchurch, for importing the book “lied Europe.” Defendants were each lined £2 and costs, and the books seized and ordered to be forfeited* to His 1 Majesty. At the request of counsel * the fine in Enson’s case was increased 1 to £(5 so that an appeal might be lodged. 1 A ladies’ committee, consisting of Mesdame's Vickers, Procter, Hoe and Hobson, is working in conjunction with the School Committee to make Saturday’s shop day for the school excursion a success. The ladies are pro- , moling a sponge cake competition in three classes: For school girls, old school girls, and the general public, pr izes being offered for each class. Mrs Fleeter has donated a goose, vegetables, etc., for a dinner competition, and tickets may be obtained at the shop ou Saturday. Tli. South Island Dairy Association has just received advice by cable from London of an agreement to reduce cheese, freights to lid per pound, plus 10 p. r cent., this reduction being retrospective to a|id including the November shipment. This has been accepted and represents a reduction on this season’s cheese freights to London from the Dominion of at lesat £200,000. AVhafc cheese freights means to shipping. companies may be gauged from the fact that a farthing per pound represents a-quarter of a million sterling. A Wellington grain merchant, writing from Sydney, reports .that the Australian wheat harvest has been most prolific. “There is going to be trouble here (he adds) over the prices fixed) by the Wheat Board. It would nob surprise me to see prims of flour, bran, and pollard come tumbling down. All the mills are overstocked with flour, and, have, practically no orders on the present basis of prices. Wheat for export is 9/ per bushed; but it must come lower to induce orders. Flour for New Zealand would be- £l9 17/6 per ton <n 'the present price for wheat. This is a substantial fall, since Ist January.” M:ss F. ilotlnvtll, who 30 years ago seivcd as a probationer at the Waikato Hospital and rose to the position 1 n matrm, forwarded her resignation to the Board on Thursday. The Board expressed great regret that the matron should ha.e s-en fit to resign, the ciiaiumui remarking that she had lendersl long and faithful service and had bun a splendid nurse. During the whole cl tho 30 years she had been with the Board, no trouble had ever arisen , at the hospital. The Board unanimously decided to forward the maJfrou a letter of -thanks for her s-rvices and , to giant her a pension of £2 per week. —Times. 2 A coiT.sponcliout of a northern papet 3 gives the following recipe for preserv--1 iug without sugar: “Back the fruit n 3 jars, pour cold water over it, set them in the oven with several thicknesses ot paper or a cardboard beneath them. 3 (Start with a very sjow fire and gra- ' dually increase the heat, until they lo ok looked. They will then be spilling ova - freely. The: lids and rubbers should now be tightened securely. To make sure they will keep, tilt the jar carefully, and if any sign of juioe appears, tighten again; if no moisture, they can be stowed away., I find) the . fruit much better flavoured on being opened when preserved ’n this manner, and for those who do nob take sugar, the fruit has a very fresh, natural taste. I think less sugar is required) than when done in syrup. Another method is to thoroughly boil the fruit as for jam, without sugar, and it can be used at discretion and sugar added a as desired. Hoping this will help where families are large and profits . small.’’ Even when the certificates of the - registration of arms have been duly issued, the work of supervision will still*acld considerably to the already heavy duties of the police. Trouble will follow hot upon the trail of the arms-owner who changes his address without giving notification in writing to tho police. Whether he moves from one district to another, or from one street to the next, he must give notice, either immediately bpfore he moves, oi within the six days following, or put* up with the consequences, which may 1 be a fine up to £IOO, or -a period of i imprisonment of not more than three months’ -duration. Automatic pistols . may be held under certain conditions by returned soldiers or their relatives, ’ bub in no case may ammunition for ’ thn.se weapons bo retained—tho automatic must become a trophy—a souvenir, a curio, but the new Aot will have ’ none of it as a weapon. Dealers in ' weapons, explosives, whether for use ‘ for lethal or industrial purposes, must 1 now, without exception, obtain licenses lo sdl their goods.