The Levin Daily Chronicle TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 September 1928, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' At a golf club one Sunday morning a member turned up late. Asked why, he said it was really a toss-up whether he should come there that morning or go to church. “And I had to toss up fifteen times, ’ * he added. —Zion Eeview. . . During the discussion on the Licensing Bill Mr. Field, M.P., was absent-at Porirua during the early part of the debate but arrived back in time for the third reading. He, then found .that Mr. Lee, M.IV for OaniarU/h’ad been seized" with severe illness at 7.30 and had to bo taken hdme. In fairness to Mr. Lee Mr. Field considered it only right to give him a pair; therefore those who were in the pairs were; For: Messrs Leo, Andersorf;McLennan. Against; Messrs Field, Hawken and Pohuire,

perienced in Lovin at five minutes .pMt nine last evening. . - The tender of Mr. J. Gillespie for latrines and septic tank (£468 19s) at Otaki State School has been accepted. Bisox has been raised 51b in the New Zealand Cup for his Avondale Cup win making the weight 7st 71b.—Press As ■' sociatiou. In a' ten-round professional welterweight boxing contest at Te Aroha, Phil Coombes (Te Aroha) defeated Dick Loveridge (New Plymouth) on points. A 3-seater Studebaker demonstration ear ran over,, a 30ft embankment on the Horokiwi Valley side : of Paekakariki Hill on Saturday and'was badly damaged. As far as is known the occupants escaped uninjured. At last night ’s meeting of the CfpU terbury Sailing and Power Boat Association, it was decided that the next Saunders Cup races be sailed at Akaw>a, states a Press message from Christ- : church,.The Appeal Court was to have start-' cd its littal session for this year in Wellington to-day, but beyond arranging dates for sittings nothing was done. Only six eases are set down so far and none will be ready till Thursday.— Press Association. A telegram was received by Mr J. Casey, secretary of the Levin Bowling Club, yesterday, from Mr Wilmot, secretary of the Otaki Bowling- Club, stating "that the opening of the bowling season there had been postponed until Saturday, on account of the death, of Mrs H. Freeman, . The annual meeting of the Levin Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club will be held at Mr Bould’s rooms on Thursday, at 8 p.m. A good attendance is desired, so that a forward move can -be made with the. object of reviving interest in the club and securing an early start with amateur sport in the coming season. “I done heard it read in ck paper, ” said Uncle Raspberry, “dat some o’ dese hero flyin’-machine gemmen say a man kin do anything a bird kin.” “That’s whot they say,” said Aunt ' Ghloe. “Well, when any o’ ’em sees a man sit fas’ asleep, holdin’ on to a tree branch wif his feet, I sho’ wishes idey’d call me to have a look.”—The New Guide. Quite an interesting tramp has been arranged for Wednesday afternoon. Leaving-town at 1 p.m. Mr Rod McDonald will conduct the party by way of Beach Road over the sandhills to the old Maori burial ground. This is historic country and as Mr McDonald is well acquainted with the early happenings in this part of the district it should be most instructive. It has becir 1 definitely decided to hold the W.E.A. Summer School at the CD. Farm, from-Wednesday Dec. 26 to Thursday, Jan. 3rd, inclusive. The subjects of study will be: (1) Rural Education, and (2) Democracy. In general the mornings will be devoted, to , lectures and study, the afternoons to. recreation, and the evenings to concerts, popular lectures, and other entertainments. A moderate ■scale of fees has been fixed, and entries close on November Ist. When Tom Heeney visited the Convent school at Rotorua and addressed the pupils, the Mother Superior acceded to his request that the school be given an extra hoar’s recess. The occasion was takeifby a small boy to put a suggestion to the genial boxer as he was making his way from the Convent amidst the cheers of the pupils. “When are you coming back, Tom?” asked the youth* “I don’t know,” replied the Gisborne boxer; ‘-‘but why?” “Well, when you do come back, ask for two hours off for us,” directed the opportunist. . ' The usual fortnightly) meeting of Loyal Victoria Diamond Lodge, M.U.I. 0.0. F., was held last evening, the N.G. Bro. E. E. Whyman, presiding over a good attendance of sisters and brothers. A letter was received from the secretary of the Levin Band stating that the' band would be in attendance at the Church Parade on Sunday next. It was decided to fall in at the LevinSchool at 1p,30 a.m. and march to the Century Hall via Oxford Street. All members of the various Lodges are requested to attend with regalia. At the conclusion of Lodge business a tasty supper was partaken of. A traveller in the wild and 'woolly west of America, put ur» for the night at a very small ranch. The rancher, a happ,y-g J o-lueky individual, was very pleased to have someone to talk and began, telling his visitor of some of the hardships a farmer had to endure. In the end the traveller, became more and more nuzzled as to how the little ranch managed to pay its way. “How on earth do you make the thing go at all? he asked. Indicating the only man he employed, the owner said: “See that feller There? Well, he works for me, but I can’t pay him. In a couple of years he gets the ranch "and then I work for him until I get it back.

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Something of a. record has been es-fS’ur-'looth r terbred ewe on Mr C.-E. Kerr’s farm at Knigsdown, near Timaru. The ewe is the mother of, five healthy lambs.