The Levin Daily Chronicle TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1930. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 August 1930, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1930. LOCAL & GENERAL.

A lantern lecture upon mission worit in Palestine will be given in the Gospel Hall this evening by Mr Clapham, a recently returned worker in that field. A cordial invitation is given to all to attend and there will be no collection.

The Levin Gun Club will hold a shoot at' 2.30 p.m. to-morrow in the Big Tree Cup competition.

Mr J. R. Yeale, manager of the Ruaroa dairy factory during last season, has been awarded the Control Board’s prize for cheesemaking with the very fine average of 94.225. Mr Yeale has been managing the Oroua Downs factory since the beginning of the present season.

The next fortnightly function under the auspices of the Kimberley Hall Committee, will be held in the Hall on Thursday evening next. Good prizes are offered for the euchre and ping pong tournaments, which will be followed by a dance. For the convenience of Levin patrons, a free bus will leave the Post Office at 7.40 sharp.

September 10th and 11th have been selected as the dates for the production of the musical comedy, “Diane Develops,” by the Levin Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society. The rehearsals are now in full swing, and the prospects are that the Society’s show for this year will be quite up to the good standard set in the past.

A Stratford body held a meeting the other evening, and the secretary, very thoughtfully, placed the electric radiator under the table to warm the toes of members. However, the meeting had not been long in progress before those present .were startled by a loud report which could not be accounted for until it was found that the heat of the radiator had caused the heavy board table to split right down the middle.

The clatter of falling crockery" caused a stir in the vicinity of Messrs Harvey’s hardware and crockery emporium, Hastings, on Sunday afternoon at about 3 o’clock (says the Triuune). Passersby were treated to the unusual spectacle of a dog madly rushing about in a window in which crockery was displayed. It appears that a few mifiutes after Mr Harvey left the dog inside the shop a noisy motor-cycle rushed by, and the dog, evidently intending to give chase, dashed into the window, where in its frantic efforts to get outside the building it caused havoc to the crockery. A clothes basket was required next morning to remove the broken crockery.

An address upon the duties on stock foods will- be given in St. Mary's Hail this evening by the Hon. Edward Nowman, who has made a special study of the subject. The wheat duties have been the centre of a lively controversy for some time, but unless pig-breeders, dairy-farmers and poultry-keepers take more than a casual interest in the matter, it does not seem as if much relief will be forthcoming from Parliament. All district fanners are therefore invited to attend to-night’s meeting and thus become acquainted with the difficulties and possibilities of the position. The Mayor of Levin (Mr C. Blenkhorn) will take the chiar at 7.30 p.m.

Within a few months, the whole of Christchurch, will be reticulated with sewers. The work has been in progress for six years, and in that time 1(50 miles of sewers, costing, with the necessary pumping equipment, about £l,250,000, have been laid, says the Times. During the period that the sewers have been under construction, a great deal has been learned of the conditions beneath the surface of the ground in the city and suburbs. In a number of places subterranean streams were struck, while in others, portions of a buried forest wore located. One of the greatest difficulties encountered was running sand, which required special pumps in order to deal with it.

The Local Government Loans Board has replied to the request of the Palmerston North City Council that it should enquire’ fully into the Hospital Board’s application before sanction was given to the proposed loan of £30,000, and advising that all applications placed before the Board were thoroughly investigated. In the present instance while the original proposal of the Board was for a loan of £30,000 the application submitted to the Loans Board was for a loan of £12,500 only, and the reports prepared for the Loans Board indicated that none but essential works were now being proceeded with. “This is quite satisfactory,” commented the Mayor (Mr A. J. Graham), “but there was no suggestion that the Board didn’t take into consideration the full merits of the case.’’

As a result of the suggestion made by Cr. Parker and agreed to by the Levin Borough Council that the Wellington Harbour Board be asked if it could keep its exhibition open during the school holidays, a letter was received by the' Council last evening from the Board, stating that, although the exhibition proper of the harbour model and collection of photographs of early Wellington were closing on the 16th inst., the model and photographs would be left in position, and arrangements would be made for the room to be thrown open to any visitors who desired to see the exhibition until 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 26th inst. At the suggestion of the Mayor, it was decided that a copy of the Board’s letter be forwarded to the Headmaster of the Levin District High School.

On page 1 to-day Rimmer’s announce the prices of a number of everyday cooking lines and tinned fruits. Rimmer’s standard of quality is wellknown and their guarantee of satisfaction goes with every article sold.*

Mr P. Meyers, draper, Oxford Street, begs to announce that the winter sale finishes on Wednesday and his Spring Show will take place on .Saturday of this week.*

Ehtmerva! Wonderful rheumatism remedy. Natural and safe. —C. S. Keedwell, Chemist.*

Stocktaking has commenced at, Clark's, Ltd., with the result that oddments are being found in all departments; each department will have stocktaking throw-outs for the next two weeks. Watch Clark's, Ltd., windows for Stocktaking Bargains.*

The average number of beds 'at the "Palmerston North, hospital during July was 177. Patients admitted during the month numbered 200, while 187 had been discharged and 15 had died.

The Ashburton branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association last evening passed a resolution calling upon the Government to carry out its obligations to disabled soldiers by the appointment of a Soldiers’ Re-establish-ihent League under the Unemployment Bill (states a Press telegram). The branch was also strongly of the opinion that the recommendations of the Rehabilitation Commission should be carried out by the Government in their entirety.

The Levin W.E.A. class will meet in St. Mary’s Hall at 7.30 p.m. to-mor-row, to hear the final lecture for the season. This will be a. study of the author Neil Munro, by Mrs Kelso. The annual “ Clean-up Week” in the Borough of Levin is now in progress, and the work is being expedited by the employment of a motor-lorry in place of the old-time horse and cart. The eastern section ijying between Queen Street and Kawiu Road is being attended to to-day, and will be completed by this evening. To-morrow Cambridge Street and the area south of Queen Street East to the railway station will be finished. Occupiers of premises at which thd lorry has not yet called should place their refuse together in a handy position for collection.