The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1931. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 February 1931, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1931. LOCAL & GENERAL.

In the course of erection at the Roman Catholic Church in Broadway, Palmerston North, is a large pipe organ of 900 pipes,. This instrument was purchased in Dannevirke on the advice of the Rev. Father Shaemmur, who is of very high musical atainments, and who, after making an inspection, was of the opinion that it was in first class order. The music in the church has previously been led by a small American organ.

To-night the Levin Labour Party invite the unemployed and those workers opposed to the wages cut, to adtend a general meeting at the Whakatane Rooms at 8 p.m. For the first time since the disastrous earthquake, th e Mayor of Palmerston North (Mr A. J. Graham was able to devote two hours during yesterday afternoon to his own office work. Bishop Bennett will visit Matakarapa pah during this week end. It is expected that Messrs Makatanara and Te Tomo, M. ’sP., will also be in attendance. A big hui will be held and the visitors suitably entertained by the local natives.—Foxton Herald. Two very fine specimens of the floriste’s art were on exhibition this morning in the shop of Misses M. and P. Oak. These were bridal bouquets and were the work of Miss Muriel Oak, who has been specially trained in this branch of the work. The colour harmony was perfect, and residents will be pleased to know that they can procure work of this class locally, “One often hears it said that the unemployed are wasters, but I find—and I have had a vast experience of them—that the majority of the unemployed are not wasters, but decent, sincere men who are faced with great difficulty in finding work.'’ This statement was made by Mr R. T. Bailey, of the Government Labour Department, Christchurch, when he addressed the Ashburton Unemployment Committee the other day. An example of genuine sympathy being extended to the earthquake sufferers was witnessed in one of the city hotels in Christchurch. A resident of that city was talking to a friend who had lost everything in the earthquake at Napier, when the proprietor of the hotel came up. After hearing that the Napier man’s sole possessions Avere practically the clothes he stood in, he went to the till, and taking out a roil of notes, said: “Take these. From now on you are my guest!” The isolation of some families in the Marlborough Sounds is emphasised by the very slow rate at which news of the earthquake travelled to them. One woman, in a bay of the Pelorus Sound, had heard about the disaster, by telephone, from a neighbour on the Thursday after the earthquake, but as her Thursday newspapers did not roach her until the following Tuesday her information of the disaster was scanty, and, but for a call from a passing launch party, she would have had hardly any knowledge of its extent. The second number of the re-estab-lished Daily Telegraph, of Napier, has, readied this .office. Published on Saturday last, it consists of four six-col-i mr pages, the first and last of which ar P eloquent of the determination of the business people, being filled with advertisements, in which “Business as usual” is a frequently recurring line. “On Saturday, January 31st,” says the leader, “this paper celebrated its sixtieth anniversary with an issue in which the progress of Napier, Hastings and Hawke's Bay was set forth with justifiable pride. Three days later the building and plant of the Daily Telegraph were destroyed in the visitation that laid Napier in ruins. ’ ’ Nerves! Take Ehunerva, a natural health herb made like tea. C. S. Kccdwell, Chemist.* 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 9/11; Dark Grey Tweed Trousers, were 14/6, 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 muscles. —F. P. Stephenson. Chemist/