The Levin Chroniocle SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1923.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 March 1923, Page 2

The Levin Chroniocle SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1923.

ilie residents of Kimberley Road are Hying m raise funds to build a hall in that locality, and to this end are holding a & hup day next Tuesday.

Miss Constance RerriJl's studio in Levin lor the study of singing and voice production and the pianoforte will he open on Tuesdays in future. •She lias vacancies lor a few inure pupils, who may interview her between 2 and 4 o'clock next Tuesday. Miss Rerrill will give an invitation recital in Levin shortly-. One of the outstanding features of the Methodist Harvest Festival will be the congregational singing of well known harvest hymns. The anthem, ‘‘Hearken Unto This” (Rulton) gives plenty ol room for light and shade, the duet being taken by Mesdames Kiisby and Sawtell, with choir obligato,. The preacher for the day is Hie Rev, Mr W'erreu, of Jolmsonville.

The it, Patrick's dance held in the Cosmos Theatre last evening proved quite an enjoyable function. The attendance ■ was small, some thirty couples occupying the lloor, but the cheer germ seemed to be in attendance also, ami one and all tripped •lightly to lire music supplied by Mis., Symons. Messrs. Young and Casey acted as M.C.’s. The Cosmos is showing quite a gay appearance now with the new decorative scheme which has been commenced by Mr Cassie. When ihc stage Is completed the effect will be most pleasing.

The Kiwi bqcon factory has still further advanced the price ol bacon pigs. Their advertisement appears in our advertising columns to-day.

strawberry plants from good strong slocks are, now obtainable at 1/ per dozen, or &/ per JOO ironi Kawin Hoad Nurseries. Tomatoes for sauce delivered anywhere in Levin at 4/ per rase Passion plants 2/. A ring to 217 receives prompt attention.*

An Otald party —Messrs Chaney and Gurney—who recently made an ascent of Mt. Crawford states that a lake of some Jifty acres in extent has disappeared, leaving only the cavity. During their peregrinations they came across many gouts and cattle —all of which appeared '»ery tame.

In the Arbitration Court at Wellington Justice Frazer upheld a Magisterial decision to the effect that H. Sadler, a hairdresser and tobacconist, who shaved a customer after the prescribed closing time, but performed the operation behind locked doors, was not guilty of having broken the law.

At a meeting of the Tararua Tramping Club it was resolved to vote C-o towards the cost of erecting a swingbridge over the Tauhercnikau river, 'flic bridge will bo located on the Wbod-side-Otaki-Mount Hector route, and will prove valuable to tourists when the river is in flood.

A novel explanation of an effect ion of the lace which had been classified

as mumps was made by a seaman in (lie Auckland Police Court, before -or .1. W. Poynton, 8.M., recently, when charged with an offence under the Health Act. Thomas Fitzgerald, ageti 31, was charged that, being a person deiained in quarantine in accordance with the Health Act, he left such quarantine station without the authority of the 7\irt Health Oflicer. fir. K. W.

Whanmin stated that the man had been removed from the Komi suffering from mumps, ft was not possible to get him into the Auckland Hospital, and, as it would have been very expensive to open

ii quarantine station for one man, ho was placed in a nursing home whore a similar ease had been satisfactory treated. ITc left the home once, and was taken hack by the police, but loft again, and was found by the police at the shipping office. It was not a serious case, but mumps were infectious and might spread. Accused said he was not suffering from mumps. lie had 'canted to be discharged from the ship, but could not get his discharge, so he blew his face out.” lie could do this at anv time, and had done it b >lvre lb' di! n<t have mumps m unis only air in tit; glands. V’itzgeral 1 offered n> demonstrate to ilm Court his ability to Hew his fac<_ up but the offer was not a. ti pled. Ur Shannon said the ma,” was certainly sidToring trio mumps.

lit flic course of bis remarks at Minima on Thursday last, Mr H. T. Bell referred to the Makerua swamp as being “nothing but a wilderness” tha years ago, and traced the years of steady progress of flaxgrowing. The yellow leaf disease bad come along and in fact was still making inroads into the flax. In the Hax plant nature had given them something that had proved valuable, not only to the individual, but to the country, and there were still ways in which steps could be taken to x - evive the industry. Mr Bell drew an interesting parallel between recent deM lopments in the sugar industry .In Australia and the possibilities ahead of flax. In connection with the former Jie pointed out that previously the millers had grown their own cane, but now they had induced farmers to grow and supply the cane to large central mills. He suggested-that this system could be worked to the mutual benefit of farmers and the industry, Flax was an excellent shelter plant, and was tiie only plant that would provide good shelter and yield a profit Farmers should therefore grow this plant for shelter, and thereby have the benefit of increased revenue. He referred to the good growth of flax, oven On sand. Mr Bell also made mention of the only other place in the world where New Zealand flax was grown commercially—Helena—and said the first plants were pul in mainly for shelter. Owing to New Zealand hemp being soft fibre, it coufd compete, to a large extent, with the fibres of other countries. .Manila and sisal, for in. stance, were both fund. Mr Bell al. laded to several advantages New Zealand libre had over tligt of other countries, ami stressed the necessity for keeping the industry going. He spoke

...iproved condition of muling, and felt confident that everybody who had seen me experiments going on would realise the possibilities of tne industry. (Applause.)