The Levin Daily Chronicle TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1931. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 April 1931, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1931. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The attention of tlie public is drawn to the musical and elocutionary recital which is to be given in the Presbyterian Sunday School Hall on Friday at 8 p.m, The programme embraces solos, duets, a playette and elocutionary items and will be under the direction of Mr Jess White. A good evening’s entertainment is promised for the small sum of one shilling. The proceeds are in aid of church funds. The public ar e invited to come and hear local talent and help a local cause.

The annual meeting of members of the Whakatane Club will be held in the Club Room on Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. All members are requested to attend.

“You’ll find it cheaper to buy gloves than to pay a nne of 10s and costs,” said Mr W. R. McKean, S.M., in the Auckland Magistrate’s Court, in fining Athol H. Daw 0 for driving a motor cycle without his hands on the handlebars.

A donation of £1 Is has been received by the Horowhenua Rugby District Council from Mr J. Linklater, M.P., who was re-elected co-patron for this year. In an accompanying letter, he thanks the Council for the honour conferred on him and expresses the hope that this year may prove a successful one to the Council,

Testing her new Puss Moth aeroplane at Wigram aerodrome yesterday afternoon Miss Aroha Clifford struck a fence with the undercarriage as she was coming down to ' land from her first solo flight in the machine. One wheel was torn off and the propeller broken but the damage to the machine was not serious. Miss Clifford was unhurt.

Following an application to the Woodville police station for sustenance, a man was identified by his name with a ‘ man who has been wanted by the Auckland police for several years in connection with a charge of failing to maintain his wife and family. He was arrested and sent to Auckland, where he will appear to answer the charge.

At the current rate of exchange of £lB 12g 6d per cent., Mr A. T. Elliott, of Hamilton, who won the first prize of £13,800 in an Australian consultation, will have £2576 deducted from the amount he will receive, while Mr W. T. Burrinand, of St. Heliers, Auckland, who won the third prize of £2760, will have £514 deducted by way of exchange.

As a result of the grappling operations performed by the cable steamer Iris in Cook Strait a theory has been formed that the numerous breaks in the Cook Strait cables were caused by earthquakes. Considerable portions of the cables have been found buried under rock and other debris. One of the ship’s officers said he thought some sort of upheaval in Cook Strait was probably responsible for the trouble.

An unexpected discovery was made by workmen engaged on the formation of a road round the Bluff slip at Napier to the breakwater, when a fossil was noticed among the clay which had fallen from the cliffs. It is not possible as yet, says the Telegraph, to establish the identity of the find, which resembled the beak of a bird. It is sharply curved and wicked-looking in appearance, and it is thought that it probably belonged to some species of kea, now common only in the South Island.

“The extensive use of the automobile in the United States has brought about certain changes in the civil law relating thereto' which are worthy of adoption in New Zealand,” said Mr T. C. Webster, barrister, of Auckland, who has returned from a tour abroad. “For instance, under the New Zealand law a casual, picked up by a motorist and given a free ride, can claim damages against the motorist in the event of an accident, through an error of judgment on the motorist’s part, resulting in personal injuries to the eas r ual. The injustice of this was soon rectified in California, where the recipient of a free ride at his own request can, very properly, make no /claim agaiifst the person who was good enough to give him a lift.”

With winter almost upon us, games and books will play an important part in providing amusement and recreation for both parents and children during the long winter evenings. a very small sum both pleasure and fun can be got out of either. A visit to Aitken’s annual stocktaking sale will prove most profitable just now and will help you to solve the problem of winter entertainment at very little cost. Music too, you must remember, is being offered at this great sale at almost “Throw-out” Prices.*

Fill the hot water bottle and place it under the blankets half an hour before retiring then you can creep between the bedclothes —warm and sleepmaking to close your eyes and drop off to sleep immediately. The latest in British-made hot water bottles is specially reinforced so that it does not lose its shape. It is fitted with a special non-leak stopper, and has a wide funnel mouth and the price is only 3/9 at Simmer’s.*

You ar e only as warm and comfortable as your underwear allows you to be. That’s why you should have good warm underwear that affords your body the added protection so necessary during the Winter. Choose your underwear from Clark’s for economy and low prices; choose from their range of Roslyn, Mosgiel and Petone underwear for warmth and comfort. Clark’s, Ltd., Levin’s Best Store/

Warmth is as essential as food and the stock of cardigans and pull overs at Cameron Bros, is so reasonably priced that nobody can afford to be without one. The colours are pleasing and harmonious and the quality is right/

Skinny? Fill out your figure by taking British Yeast-O-Cod Tablets. 71b. increase 9 weeks. —C. S. Keedwell, Chemist/

Note these New Winter Goods from Clark’s, Ltd., Fancy Department:— Ladies’ rich Rayon Scarves, wonderful value, smart designs in pretty contrasting colourings. Prices from 4/6 to 19/6; also New Winter Fur Sets in rich dark brown and light tonings, the collars and cuffs are in the popular pointed shapes and will impart style to any coat. Prices from 24/6 to 27/6/

Bowels kept free from poisons by regularly eating Yeaston Tablets.— Grown Pharmacy/

In reply to Mr T. W. McDonald (Wairarapa), Mr Forbes said that the question of limiting the importation of cherries from Australia would be considered along Wflth other tariff items.

Replying in the House to-day to a question by Mr W Lee Martin (Raglan), the Prime Minister said he would take the first opportunity of ascertaining what additional facilities could be afforded farmers with reference to obtaining supplies of fertilizers

The Minister of Education replying to Mr W. Nash (Hutt), in the House to-day, said he could give an assurance that all school buildings in New Zealand would be made as safe as possible for the children occupying them. Investigations into the safety of all schools had been undertaken immediately after the earthquake

A Greymouth youth called on a local minister and announced his intention of getting married. As the caller was under SI- the minister said that it would be necessary to get his parents’ signature on a minor’s consent form. The young man duly applied to the registrar and was informed that a fee of 5s was necessary. This he paid and left for Kumara, where his mother resided, to obtain .'her signature. On arrival there he found that what he had paid for was a miner’s right.

“It is no use depending on your ability to detect. the difference in the colour—the number is the only safeguard,” said a Palmerston North business man who was in the Times office last evening with a counterfeit one pound note which had been issued across his counter yesterday morning. Four other counterfeit notes were handed in at the police station yesterday and it is suggested that these were uttered in Palmerston North late on Friday or on The number of the counterfeits is E 931885.

Mr W. Nash, M.P. for Hutt, asked the Prime Minister whether the New Zealand. Government representative in Scotland was still advising domestic servants to come to New Zealand and offering assisted passages and guaranteeing employment. Mr Nash read an advertisement from a Scottish newspaper on the subject. Replying to-day, Mr Forbes said it was the intention of the Government that such action should not be continued. He would be pleased to make inquiries concerning the advertisement.