The Levin Daily Chronicle SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1927, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The harvest festival services- at the Methodist Church wfll be held on Sunday week next, March 27th, when the Rev. A.- M. Scotter, 8.A., secretary of the Conference, will be the preacher.

"In the Stales the average sevenioomed dwelling has 40 ligliting and heating points,'" said the reilident engineer, at the meeting of the Taranaki Electric Power Board at Eltham hist week. "It may be all right for bank managers, but it's no good for the cow cocky," salil Mr. W. 11. Hare.

For the first time in the hititory of the coalmining township, the residents of Brunner can now witness the screening of pictures without having to travel beyond the boundaries of their own borough- This was made possible by the opening of the nt-w public hall, in which pictures are now being screened twice weekly under the direction of the Grey Valley Mineis' Union.

r lho Rev. J. I). McArthur, who has been away from his pulpit for two Sundays attsliding the Methodist Conference in Auckland, will continue his series of sermons on "The Sermon on the Mount," and his subject will be "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled." As this is a big subject, and too long for one discourse, it will be taken at both services, morning and even in «r. The Sunday School staff report that the morning Sunday School is a great success and will in all probability be continued.

Wool Repp Coat Frocks now showirg, in all the new reds and rose browns, mUly with pleating* of all kinds for Swings. Those a,e ever so reasonable in prices at e C. M. Ross Co., Ltd.

"Peacock Feathers" to be screened on Monday and Tuesday is the story of a youth who promised his fiancee a shining palace and then gave her a hut The fault was not his, but what the lady did to him makes an absorbing film storyj.

The Salvation Army will hold their annual Harves 1 ; Festival meetings on Sunday and Monday, March 27th and 28th. These meetings will be conduct: cd by Staff-Captain Caporn and Capt. Dutton from Wellington. On the Monday evening a special programme of musiic and singing will bo given. A sale of produce will-also be held.

Two youths, between the ages of 14 and 15 years, absconded from the Boys' Training Farm at Weraroa, in the earl}* hours of Wednesday morning. They are still at large, but the change which lias come over the weather will probably make then, wonder if the quarters they left behind were not so uncongenial after all

The copious rain that brings lasting benefit to pastures and gardens is being experienced to-day. About midnight a change in the recent dry conditions occurred commencing with a drizzle. Early this morning there was a heavy downpour, and at 9 a.m. the amount registered by the gauge at the Central Development Farm was 7;5 points (three-quarters of an inch). There appears to be every prospect of the rain continuing over the week-end.

"Tt has been brought to my notice/' said Mr K L. Hills at a meeting of the unemployed at Christchurch, "that one of the "large warehouses — in fact, one of the largest—asked for «•■; man for six weeks' work. One (if our number took that job, but in two days he informed th" manager that he thought he would leave and try to get a better position. He was sick of his present employment. He did leave, but was unsuccessful in getting another job and went back to try to obtain the old one. That is- what we have to avoid and stamp out," continued Mr Hills, vehemently. "When you get a job stick to it like glue! If you do not, you not merely spoil your own chances, but you leave a stigma on all 'the rest of the unemployed who are willing to do an honest day's work. I hope such cases that I have just told you will be few and far between."

A cable from London yesterday referred to the Duke and Duchess of York's baby as follows: "These are for the baby to bitq. She insists on trying to bite my necklace/' declared Queen Mary when ordering a short string of coloured porcelain beads from the ex-servicemen r s exhibition. The Queen, taking a tape measure, said that she did not "want a neckklace, but "simply a short string threaded with strcng white silk, with which little Elizabeth can play." The Queer's affection for her only grand-daughter, who is universally known as 1 Princess Betty, is apparent on every shopping tour. Aftar making sure that the string of beads would be delivered became "she puts everything in her mouth, you .know/ and' nas a particular affection for granny r s necklace-/' she went t-n another stall and bought a soft rag doll, a sun bonnet and wooden toys representing Red Riding Hood and Ride a Cock Horse of the nur-iery rhyme.

The service?! of thfc Presbyterian Church to-morrow will bo conducted by the Rev. R. Crocket. In the morning his subject will be', "Is Religion a thing of the head or of the heart?" In the evening his topic will be "The man 1 who is best worth talking- about." He says: "If you want to find out what Christianity is in its simplest and' largest meaning you have only to find out what Christ said and did and was. \There is. no need to commit to memory long creeds and catechisms; no need to -nrzzFe your minds with the discus?]ons and contentions which are going on between churches, denominations, and theolbgians.l These matters enly touch the fringe of the thing. The substance and essence of Christianity is Christ. ' Just get Him into your hearts- and minds and you have got aTT that Is vital. If you ask me who is a Christian, I know no answer which go.es to the- heart of the question except this. No use telling me that he hoTd's certain views*, opinions, doctrines, that he Is marked' and certified as orthodox. That no more makes .a Christian than the tailor and the hairdresser make a man. A Christian is one who believes thoroughly in the man' Christ Jesus, who makes- this nan Christ Jesus the master of his thoughts, the guide of his actions, the judge of his daily life, who loves and obevs and adores this Man above' everything- else, and who tries in his own poor way to make his own life a little like that of his Master. Christianity means looking to this Man, learning of nim and doing as he bids Christianity is Christ Hold him with a firm hand and it does not matter much what else you hold. Our highest and b<>t religion is summed up and expres sed in this one woid, "The Man Christ Jesus."

As so many sufferers have made appointments for treatment during the past few day? and mar.y having made advance appointments, I find that it fili bo impossible for me to go to the Wairarapa for a few months yet, so I will continue taking patients as usual. That, the Violet Bay treatment is held in high esteem by local residents is proved by the large number of sufferers -who have made arrangements for treatment -during the last day or so. There is no other treatment known that can show as big a percentage of cures. It is painless and free from shocks. Nothing will put the fire of life into you as will the Violet Ray treatment. Investigate to-day, counsultation is free and places you under no obligation. Hours: 1 p.m. to C p.m.,'7 p.m. to 8 p.m. —R A. Billows, Bath Street West.

We wish our patrons to visit the Showroom and view the range of newest velour coats just opened. rhese with the slightly pouching effect at back or under arm, also straight tailored styles are the smartest, all wit.i fur collars. Prices range from 59/6 to So-ns.—The C. M. Rosa Co., Ltd.

Those farmers Who still have hay to cut will be interested to know that the well-known "Osborne" Mower has been reduced in price. There are only a few left, and we would suggest you make enquiries at -Booth Macdonald & Co., Ltd., Rangitikei Street, Palmerston N., Phone 6327. (Lerin representative Mr J. E. Hall, Phone 247).*

The special course of Lenten addresses given in St. Mary's attract good congregations. The special subject to be dealt with next Sunday night is "Man 3 Immortality,'' Hot teas will be served from. 5.30 to 6.30 p.m. on Saturday evenings at the Oxford Luncheon and Tea Eooms. This will be greatly appreciated by both business people and visitors. The visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Kotorua is to be screened at the De Luxe Theathe this evening, in addition to their usual big double feature programme. Mr McMillan as to be congratulated on securing this film so early on its circuit. The number of new students enrolled at the Dental School in Dunedm this season is 25 and of these 20 are taking the degree course. This brings the total number of students attending the school up to 115. A shop day is' being held to-day in aid of the funds of the Levin District High School. The shop, in Oxford street, has been well stocked with fruit, cakes and produce, and the staff, assisted by a number of the pupils, are being kept busy attending to the wants of customers. There are at the present time in Wanganui 113 persons contributing to orders made either on behalf of maintenance of their wives and families or in regard to affiliations. On the court lists are a good many non-paying defendants; against whom orders have been made and who cannot be found. Depredations in private dwellings have continued since the house of Mr and Mrs S. Butt, of Kawiu Koad, was entered on Wednesday evening. The following night another residence at the north end of the* town was visited, and some clothing, knives and cigarettes taken. Last evening, Mr Saint's house, in the Avenue, was entered, some time between 7 and 10 o'clock, the place was ransacked, and a pair of trousers appropriated. It seems that these petty thefts are the work of certain persons—probably boys—who are at present leading a vagabond existence, as the practice is to visit houses during the evenings, when the occupiers are away for recreation, and annex such articles of food, clothing, etc., as would be useful in camping out.

A letter of Wordsworth seems to refer to the Verse xeix of the third Canto of "Don Juan," published in 1820, when Wordsworth was travelling- abroad. It is addressed to the Et. Honourable Lord Byron, and is dated" January 17, 1821:—"My Lord,—l do not read your poetry, but a friend has assured me that in a poem of yours recently published which describes the errant and immoral adventures of a Spanish Hidalgo, you have described me as a 'blockhead,'' I am told that although you repudiate in a preface I the suggestion that this profligate foreigner is none other than yourself, yet the portrait is in truth unmistakable, and that the Spanish visor but thinly and ineffectually veils the familar features of your Lordship. Certainly, I > should ni3'self hesitate to associate ill manners with the fine courage of the Spanish nobility, and am therefore forcibly constrained to assign solely to your Lordship language better suited to the immaturity of the schoolboy than the restraint of a gentleman. I deem it a misfortune that you should thus degrade the high calling of the poet.— I have the honour to be, Your Lordship's obedient humble servant, William Wordswoi th.'' Why should the members of a society, . : whose roll exceeds, the million mark, be termed Oddfellows? The idea seemw ludicrous. Nevertheless such is the case (remarks an exchange). The Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows (Wellington district) held their annual conference in Levin this week. How the name "Oddfellows" arose is uncertain. Setting a:side explanations which, if ingenious, are somewhat far-fetched, the most '. likely origin of the word is that advanced by an historian of the order who thinks that the society grew out of freemasonry, by masons forming other societies conducted on somewhat similar lines, and that the term "odd," 'instead of, as now, indicating something grotesque, meant something reiratrkable. He quotes the rule of a very old lodge in which the Deity is referred to as "our Great Odd Master," Thus "Oddfellows" would be "Gcd's Fellows. "Another authority says that the Oddfellows are revivals of the old tradeguilds, destroyed at the Reformation,. ■■ and that as the Masonic Order maintained the traditions of the masons' craft guild, the Oddfellows were those who, not being mercers, masons, dyers, smiths, and so on, were unable to carry on a distinctive club or society, and. thus came together as "odd" fellows —those loft out, as it were.

What is the least injurious form of smoking? The doctors favour tiro pipe. So does Mr Stanley Baldwin, the British Premier (an inveterate smoker\. By the way, Mr Baldwin differentiates between smokers. He /says, judgirij by hit? experience, pipe smokers take a wider and saner view of things tli.".n either cigarette or cigar smokers. Be that as it may, the pipe lias much to recommend it? That is an all-import :.nt question. Tobaccos heavily charged with nicotine (like most of the imported brands) caimot be smoked, habitually without causing trouble sooner or later. The heait, the nerves, or the general health is bound to suffer. In marked contrast are our New Zea-land-grown tobaccos, which, as a result of the toasting process to which they arc now subjected, are so pure and so comparatively free from nicotine thac Ihev may be indulged in freely with absolute safety. That's why doctors recommend them. Obtainable in thr •<• grades—"Riverhead Gold," mild; "Navv Cut" (Bulldog), medium; or •'Out'Plug No 10" (Bullshead). full strength. —46* _