The Levin Daily Chronicle MONDAY, AUGUST 20. 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 August 1928, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle MONDAY, AUGUST 20. 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The many friends of Miss Fraser, of Queen Street, will regret to learn that she has been confined to bed through illness, and all will join in wishing her a speedy recovery. Her business, the Queen Street Laundry will, in the rciwjntime, be closed. •

The vestry of St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Hastings, passed a resolution on Friday protesting against the Church of England Empowering Bill, now before Parliament, being passed until the parishes and Diocesan Synods have an opy>oatuni:ty of considering and voting on the measure. The vestry also requests the member for the district to oppose the Bill.

The general public, according to statistics,' is increasingly resorting to the public hospitals for treatment. In .1922 the ratio of public hospital patients to 100,000 of population was 392. In 1927 it was 506. This accounts in some measure for the increase in hospital rates. The position, however, is accentuated because only one-half the fees payable' by patients are recovered bv the boards.

The Taihape district can boast of the biggest bullock in the North Island, or perhaps in New Zealand, at present. This beast is owned by Mr 11. llarris, of Mataroa, who is sending it for exhibition at the Wellington Show shortIv. Weighed in March last, it turned the scales at 2700 lbs, and Mr Harris ■says it will weigh over 3000 lbs by the time it reaches Wellington, as it has put on considerable condition of late.

The annual party of the Levin Methodist Sunday School took place on Friday evening, from seven to nine o'clock, in the Century Hall, where a large gathering of children spent a bright and happy time, many interesting games being played and an abundant supper being partaken of. On Saturday afternoon, 40 liTtle ones, from the Sunday Kindergarten, had their treat on the Parsonage ground* and afterwards in. the Whakatane Club rooms, where tea was served. Like the bigger children, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Special attention has for some years past been devoted to orthopaedic cases by the medical and nursing staff of King George V. Hospital in Kotorua. In this section in addition to infantile paralysis, mal-uuion of fractures and deformities due to other diseases are under treatment. Rather more than half of the orthopaedic cases are deformities the result of infantile paralysis. "Contrary to current ideas," reports the medical superintendent, "recovery of muscles has been noted for years subsequent to the onset of paralysis. The need for aftercare does not appear to have been sufficiently realised in some cases which have returned for further treatment."

Early in 1924 a Wanganui business firm sent a large sum of money to (Germany as a deposit on an order for the printing and engraving of a book (says the Chronicle). But the war broke out and the deal was considered closed. In 1919, however, the Wanganui house wrote to Germany applying for the return of the money, and was told that the deposit had been given to a clerk. An application was made through the International Tribunal, and there the matter apparently ended. But the other day a cablegram was received in Wanganui informing the firm that its case had been considered at law, and it has been awarded the return of the deposit- plus the accumulated interest over a period of 14 years.

The Tararuas were hidden from viewearly yesterday afternoon by a huge purple' storm-cloud, to which a pecuUai r effect was given by the appearance of a rainbow-end af its southern extremity,. Accompanied by the distant rumble of thunder, the storm passed away tp the northward and burst over J'almerston in a hail-storm of exceptional severity about four o'clock. The crash of the hail on the roofs of the houses at times almost drowned speech, while the rolling of thunder and the flashing of jagged streaks of lightning added further to the impressiveness of the storm. The stones were of exceptional size, the storm lasting fully half an hour. When its fury slackened somewhat the hail lay six or eight inches deep on the ground and drifts up to two feet in depth accumulated in comers. The weather in Levin vesterday was very mild and sunny and without any trace of the harshness experienced in I'aluierston.

"I think we shall all be happier if we smo.ke." Thus Mr Justice Fraser when presiding at a prolonged sitting of the Transport Appeal Board at Auckland recently. His Honour then lit up and his example was speedily followed by counsel, clerics, reporters and onlookers. The judge evidently believes in the power of tobacco to make people happy. So it does. But. ij must be the right sort of tobacco. Most of the imported brands reek with nicotine. Such tobacco never made anyone happy —for long. The purest brands of all are those produced here in New Zealand. They possess not onlv an exquisite flavour but a peculiarly delightful fragrance, and owing to their containing only a comparatively small amount of nicotine you can smoke them all day long if you want to without suffering any unpleasant f»>' injurious after-effects. Any tobacconist will supply you. Ask for " liiverhead Gold" i'f vou are accustomed to a mild aromatic, "Navy Cut" (Bulldog) if vou prefer something stronger* but if vou like a full flavoured sort Iry "Cut 'l'lug No. U»" (Bullshend). —77.* Men's Split and Kip Shooters, all reduced 2s in the L Bain's Boot Store.'"

"It looks so £oo<l thai 1 wouldn't mind eating it myself," was tin- remark made l>y a <farmer recently. Tilings arc not always what they seem, Inn Tui Calfnifal looks good, smells good and is good right through. There is not an ounce of disappointment in :t ton of it.*'

Here's vour chance to furnish at a very low cost at Clark's, Ltd.—l only 4ft Rimu Folding Bedstead, with special reinforced rustless wire mattress; was lk>/-. Final Clearance Price 59/6/'

Stocktaking Throw-outs.—Frilled Embroidered Pillow Shams, size 24 x 34, usually' 4/6, 5/6, : and 7/11 each. Throw-out price, 3/6, 3/11 ari.s/11 each. The C. M. Boss Co;', litd.*

-Between 25,000 and 30,060 "bobby" calves have already been received at the Horotiu and Southdown freezing works from the Waikato ibis season, the daily average exceeding 1500. About 000 men are employed in the business.

William Burnett, aged 40, a tanner near. Milton, died under an operation in a private hospital on Saturday, stales a Press message from Dunedin. The Coroner returned a verdict that death was due to respiratory and cardiac failure during a necessary severe operation.

A Wangaiuii telegram says the Prime Minister and party arrived there today. Mr Coates was entertained by the local branch of the Reform League at morning tea, after which lie received a deputation from the Chamber of" Commerce in connection with a post 'iflice required at, Wanganui East. Later he attended the Rotary Club luncheon. This evening, Mr Coates will address his supporters and attend a dance given by the Junior Reform League, after which he will return to Wellington.

To be caught in a manure whirler and be spun round unmercifully for some seconds, and then to be alive, although beaten into insensibility, was the experience of James Nicholas, an employee of the Imlay Freezing Works, Wanganui, on Tuesday afternoon, it appears that some of the machinery used for mixing and crushing the manure required cleaning, and with this end in view Nicholas climbed into the bucket-like whirler, the machinery being stopped for the purpose. While Nicholas was engaged in this operation it seems that the machinery was set, in motion, the man responsible apparently thinking thalt the mixer was clear. It is not very difficult to gauge the horror of the luckless workman, who, at the first rotation of the churn, called out to his mates below, but it was not until some time had elapsed that his agonising cries were heard, and the men realised what had happened. Me was then removed to safety, and was in a state of collapse, the machine having pounded him badly. Nicholas was immediately conveyed to the hospital, where the latest reports indicate that he is progressing favourably.