The Levin Daily Chronicle WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1931. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 February 1931, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1931. LOCAL & GENERAL.

At a meeting of the Horowhenua A. and P. Association's horse committee, it was decided to go on with the Easter sports this year, and they will be held on the Levin racecourse on Monday, April (sth. The programme, which will be much the same as on the last occasion, will be finalised at a meeting of the committee to be held on Friday, February 27th. A dance is to bo held on the evening of the sports.

A suggestion that unemployed exservieenien should be employed in planting marram grass to arrest sand drift at the Waikato Heads was replied to by the Comissioner of State Forests, Mr E. A. Hansom, in a letter received by the Auckland Heturned Soldiers’ Association. The Minister stated that planting was a seasonal operation, and would not take place until May, when he would give the matter attention.

America is the home of freak championsl. The outbreak of tree-sitting has resulted in a general survey of the championships held by individuals for superiority in some form of activity that would never develop into, a competitive contest in any other country. One man holds the radio-listening championship, having listened continuously for 155 hours, another held the world’s raw egg eating championship by consuming forty raw eggs in five minutes, but his victory was shortlived, as a more voracious competitor beat it with seventy eggs in the same time. The spaghetti record is held by a man in Chicago who ate seven feet per minute for 180 consecutive minutes, and the coffee-drinking championship is held by an Illinois man, who drank his way to victory with 85 cups of coffee in seven hours. A rockingchair record, one for kite-flying, and another for stilt-walking are only a few providing further evidence of the distance some will go to earn notoriety.

Those interested in the Labour Party are notified of a meeting on Thursday night.

Her arrival totally unexpected, the yacht Oimara, from Australia, sailed up Wellington Harbour yesterday. Throughout the voyage head winds and seas were experienced. The seas were fairly heavy and the weather moderate till three days from New eZaland, when conditions became worse. Conditions in Cook Strait were pleasant.

Apropos of the collapse of brick walls at Napier and Hastings, a Stratford man states that in his native district in England perforated bricks were the rule. Each brick would have holes right through it up to a dozen in number, and when it was laid the mortar would run into the holes, creating spikes which securely bound the wall. So secure was this binding that the taking down of a brick wall was a work of considerable difficulty.

An information of an unusual character was laid against a man who was charged in the New Plymouth Police Court on Wednesday] with “negligently riding a horse.” The matter arose out of a collision at the intersection of Dawson and Devon Streets, between a car driven by- Dr J. S. Church and a plough horse ridden by John Barr. The latter did not appear when the case was called and it was disposed of in his absence, he being convicted and fined. He subsequently appeared and explained he had mistaken the hour at which the court sat. He said that he had received notice of civil proceedings to follow, and therefore asked that the prosecution proceedings be adjourned. The magistrate said he did not want to prejudice the defendant in any other proceedings, and so the conviction was cancelled and the hearing adjourned.

Rare though it is to see a big field of wheat anywhere near Auckland, there is an area close to the aerodrome at Mangere (says the Auckland Star) that could claim to rival the golden fields of Canterbury. Old Aucklanders have memories of waving Tuscan on the undulating countryside at Howick, where a community system of harvesting was adopted and the farmers would vie with one another in tying and stocking the crop. As the harvesting progressed the standing grain was reduced to a small area in the middle of the field, where hares, rabbits, field mice, and weasels were herded together in fear of the flashing blades. At (Mangere the harvesting of S2 acres in one field last month brought memories of the old days. The threshing machine was one that had been used by a former Prime Minister, the late Mr W. F. Massey, during his farming career.

“I think we’ll have it understood th.dt at any bankruptcy meeting in Christchurch 1 won’t allow smoking.” Thus (Mr Robertson, Official Assignee, at a recent creditors’ meeting. The lawyers present pleaded that they were allowed to smoke in magistrate’s chambers, and also in the jury-rooom, but the O.A. stood firm. At last he compromised. “If you want to smoke very badly,” he said, “I’ll adjourn the meeting for a quartcr-of-an-hour. ” The lure of the weed! Well, smoking’s all right! “The one thing needful” is to see that your baccy’s O.K. Of course, as smokers are beginning to realise, the foreign tobaccos are usually very far from O.K. They contain too big a percentage of the deadly nicotine to be safe smoking. The purest tobaccos manufactured are the toasted New Zealand. The toasting (an elaborate process involving the employment of costly machinery) rids them of much of their nicotine and gives them their rare bouquet and wonderful flavour. There are only four brands: Rivcrhead Gold, Cavendish, Cut Plug No. 10 and Navy Cut No. 3. —182.*

Dempsey’s Shoe Store, Oxford Street Levin, are justly noted for value. This reputation is fully upheld by the special prices quoted during this great summer sale. Men’s working boots and best grade shoes as well as ladies and children’s fashionable footwear are quoted at prices that appeal. Inspection of all lines cordially invited.*

Men’s army pattern boots for IGs Gd, split kip shooters at 16s 9d, or light kip balmorals at 19s Gd are values offering at Dempsey’s and it is claimed these are not to be bettered. Ladies’ shoes are also selling freely at greatly reduced rates.*

The last week of the C.M. Ross Company’s sale is announced and in their advertising space on this page the firm points out the success that lias attended this event and the advantage,to be gained by taking the opportunity of purchasing their drapery needs now.*

A Levin to Wellington passenger service lias been organised by the Conducted Tours of N.Z., Ltd., whose Mascot service ears leave Levin Hotel daily. Their timetable and depot are announced in an advertisement in another column of this issue.

Nerves! Take Rhunerva, a natural health herb made like tea. C. S. Keedwell, Chemist.*

An all round reauction in the yrice of meat has been made at J. W. Bishop’s. The high standard o fquality is being maintained and customers can rest assured of receiving only the primest of mutton and beef *

The undermentioned Men’s Trousers bargains can only be had at Clark’s, Ltd., Summer Sale: Saddle Tweed Trousers, were 18/6, now 14/11; Fawn Cotton Gabardine Trousers, were 12/6 now 0/11; Dark Grey Tweed Trousers, were 14/0. now 10/6;’Strong Dark Grey Cotton Trousers, were 11/6, now 9/11; Dark Grey Nap Trousers, 6/11, worth 8/6; Men’s Odd Flannel Trousers were 17/6 to 19/6, now 12/6.*

Regularity secured with Yeaston Tablets which rouse the sluggish mus eles.—p. p herwon. Chemist.*

“The recently-invented camera for taking photographs inside the body is just » devcelopment on previously-used methods, ” said Dr. Neil Guthrie, doctor in charge of the X-ray department at the Christchurch Hospital. “Hitherto tubes of varying widths have been used for examining body cavities, and , these enable a doctor, by means of mirrors and lenses in the tube, to see the organ which is required to be inspected. By putting a camera in place of the human eye, photographs have been taken of the inside of the body. By -this means affected portions can be found and treated accordingly. This camera can, of course, only be used to photograph the stomach and abdomen} and the tubes can be employed in any part of the body. ”

“Rumour is a lying jade,” states the New Zealand Draper, Clothier, and Boot Retailer. ‘ ‘ Whether given birth through fear or jealousy, any rumour affecting the standing of a sound business house should be followed up and handled with the gloves off. Rumour hath it that So-and-So have put off a hundred hands, that another concern is selling out to a big Australian firm, that a leading drapery establishment is in the lianas of the receivers—and so on. Not a word of truth in any of it. Some people seem to take a devilish delight in spreading rumours and adding a bit from their own imagination. It doesn’t do to stand on ceremony in dealing with rumour-mongers; they are a menace to the community, especially in these days when confidence must be maintained.”