The Levin Daily Chronicle MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 September 1927, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A second-class .assistant steward named B. 0. Symdns, aged 25, was missed from the Makura at sea on September 18th, states a Press message from Wellington. He was last seen at one o'clock in the morning, shortly after the Makura left Papeete.

Rome time after a train left Manakau at 3.5 a.m. on Saturday, a motorist noticed that the subway bridge uncle)' the line, opposite the dairy factory, was on fire. He gave the alarm to (lie factory manager, Mr Brown, who secured the aid of his neighbours, Mr and Mrs Willis. The party worked strenuously with axes and buckets, and by 5 o'clock the outbreak was extinguished without serious damage to the structure. A portion of the decking had to be chopped away, but traffic was not interfered with. The fire was probably due to hot ashes or cinders falling from the engine, and it was lucky that a car happened to be passing at such an early hour of the morning, as the chances were that the bridge would have been partly destroyed before the outbreak was noticed.

"Kosco" Pure Kapoc Bedding, made in our own factory. You cannot beat an all Kapoc Bed. It does not go lumpy. Try a Eosco and sleep in comfort. 3ft Single Bed, loose, 37/6, 49/6 and 59/6; 3ft Single Bed, buttoned and bordered, 42/6, 57/6, 72/6. Double Bed, loose 49/6, 63/-, 75/-; double bed buttoned and bordered, 56/6, 69/6, 84/-, 105/-. Only obtainable at the C. M. Boss Co., Ltd., the Store for Value.*

A London cable to-day states that Dacre, the New Zealand cricketer, has signed an agreement to qualify for Gloucestershire and is returning to England early in the spring.

The annual meeting of the Phoenix Cricket Club will be held in the Band room on Thursday evening next. Members and intending members are requested to attend.

The monthly meeting of the Levin branch of the Women's Institute was held on Tuesday afternoon. After half-an-hour's general business meeting and the roll call, which each member answered with a home remedy, a dainty afternoon tea was provided by the hostesses, M'esdames F. Pink and J. Connor. The tea was served on trays and in cake baskets made by the hostesses, who very willingly explained the method of working these beautiful articles to the admiring members.

To-day is Dominion Day, and is observed as a bank and legal holiday, abthough it is no general holiday. It is the day which commemorates the proclamation issued in 1907 that "His Majesty the King is graciously pleased to change the style and designation of the 'Colony of New Zealand' to the 'Dominion of New Zealand.' " From the early days of settlement until 1841 New Zealand remained a 'dependency of New South Wales, subsequently being created a separate colony by Eoyal Charter. Although this Charter was dated November 16, 1840, the change did not take effect until May 3, 1841.

At sunset to-day begins the Jewish New Year. This is the year 5688, the Jewish calendar being dated from the Creation, which is considered to have taken place 3760 years and three months before the commencement of the Christian era. In the construction of the Jewish calendar numerous dotails require attention.. The New Year may commence on any date between September sth and October sth. The year is luni-solar, and, according to whether it is ordinary or embolismic, consists of twelve or thirteen, months and of 354 or of 384 days. Tisri is the name given to the first month of the year.

A special mail bag is made up once a month in London for a Levin business man. This is surely a distinction and one naturally looks for the reason. The direct mails are being used more and more, for the quick despatch of magazines and periodicals, so that the London postal officials have found it expedient to sort a special bag for Mr A. H. Maclean once a month. These magazines :go to regular subscribers only, casual purchasers having to wait for the New Zealand releases, but the fact that the postal authorities-have seen lit, on their own initiative, to supply and sort this special bag speaks for the increased regular magazine trade and the eagerness of the public for early delivery.

The'modern motor cars are so equipped with electric gear for starting and lighting that the great majority of owners do not really know in what direction the current of electricity flows and if a slight defect .occurs they are wholly dependent on the garagemen to put their cars to rights. To this end therefore we have secured men of high class ability and wide experience for our work shop managers. So car owners can have every confidence in entrusting their electrical repairs to us. Give us a trial. Genuine service is cur motto.—Ford Garage, Levin and Otaki.

Big Sheeting Values. —54-inch single bed white Twill Sheetings, pure cloth. 'Special Price 1/9 yard; better qualities, 1/11, 2/3, 2/6 to 3/6 yard. Double bed sheeting, 80in. wide, 2/9, 3/3, 3/0, 3/11, 4/3, 4/6 and 5/6 yard, at the C. M. Boss Co., Ltd., the Store for Value.*

So writes Mr I. G. Short, of Te Kiri, Tarnnaki: "The farmers round here are "wondering how I rear good healthy "calves, so I want to show them it "is with your 'Tui' Calf meal: send a "good fresh sack." Supplies available at all stores, and Hodder and Tolley, Ltd., Palraeraton North.*