The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 October 1931, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' One sign of the present bad times is the number of houses in the suburbs of Christchurch displaying notices containing details of things for sale. In one street in Linwood practically every house has a sign either tacked to the gate or displayed in a front window; intone house it is fruit and vegetables, in another firewood, another has artificial flowers, “as good as the real thing,for sale, while yet another mentions that suits and costumes are cleaned within. But a house in,Waltham has extended the idea even further and advertises, “ Art union tickets procurable within. ’' Owing to one of the two Council lorries not being available yesterday, the annual clean-up of rubbish in the Borough will take a little longer than was at first expected. The area east of the railway line was completed by midday yesterday, and subsequently the western portion from the south to Queen •Street was done. One lorry wag operating to-day on Tiro Tiro r ßoad, l Duke ‘Street, Princess Street, and Weraroa Road; the other vehicle “was expected to come on this afternoon, to deal with the business section of the'town. If the whole work is' not finished this evening, it. is anticipated that it will have been put through by midday tomorrow.

The annual meeting of the Lebin Horticultural Society will be held next Tuesday evening in the Whakatane Club.

The new scale of unemployment insurance in Britain is calculated to save £12,800,000, states a London message. It operates from Monday. ’ .

Another of the Fire Brigade’s popular euchre tournaments will be held this evening, at 8 o’clock, when players will have the opportunity of winning substantial prizes.

The institution which Major Annie Smyth wishes to have established for working girls in Tokio or Osaka —referred to in her lecture in the Salvation Army Hall, Levin, is a hostel, not a hospital as stated in the report.

On Sunday morning next the clock will be advanced 30 minutes throughout Hew Zealand and another period of summer time will be ushered in. Hot until March 20th, 1932, will the hands be moved back.

Approximately £IOO,OOO will be absorbed by the Government this year by a scheme to provide cheaper fertilisers to farmers. It was pointed out by the •Minister of Finance that it was essential that primary production should be maintained.

The next outing of the Levin-Waio-pchu Tramping Club will be on Sunday .to Spion Kop, a trip which will provide -members with some good climbing, and' which is scenically very attractive. Mr Geoff. Gapper will be the leader, and cars will leave Mortensen’s Buildings at 8.30 a.m.

Caught by the police laying totalisator odds on the hill at the Ellerslie acecourse on Saturday, Ellen Baker, aged 37, was yesterday fined £5, in default one month's imprisonment. It was stated that she had taken 114 silver bets. Her husband had been fined for a similar. offence, and was not allowed on the course.

A one-time subscriber .to the Canterbury Public Library, who has had five books in his possession for over three years, has evidently had a conscience which has been pricking him, for last week the books were handed to the librarian by a small , boy, who said he knew nothing a.bout them. The books were all in good condition.

The ,grand joy night at the Kimberly Hall to-morrow has been arranged on a liberal scale, .but the admission .charges are moderate.(l/6, lady or gentleman) and a free’ bus leaves the Levin Post Office at 7.45 p.m. The music will be. provided by the Kimberley Orchestra, ..and the programme will include novelty dances, with ,numerous prizes.

A message from Mudgee (Australia) says that a traveller spending a night with a district farmer discussed the affairs of the country with his host. He became more and more puzzled as to how the little farm paid. At last the visitor ventured the question: “How in the world.do you make ado of it at all?” Indicating the farm hand sitting at the end of the supper table, the host replied: “You see that fellow there. Well, I can’t pay him. In two years he gets the farm. Then I work for him Until I get it back.”

Flying instruction was given to one pupil of the Levin Aero Club yesterday afternoon by Major Cowper, after which he had to return to Palmerston, owing to rain setting in, his lecture being postponed. A meeting of the committee of the Club was held in the evening, when consideration was given to the question of providing a suitable ground and hangar,, to enable the plane to be left in Levin overnight, thus improving the facilities for tuition. The committee decided to obtain full par-’ ticulars as to suitable grounds, to be made the subject of a definite report by next Wednesday evening.'

So sensitive is the light beam timing apparatus that will be used when Mr Norman (‘‘Wizard”) Smith attempts ■to break the motor speed record on the Ninety Mile Beach in December, that it will register even the passing of a bird within the focus of the machine. The device is so set that a beam of light passes from a projector to a receiver and the interruption of the beam by a- passiug object automatically recorded on a strip of tape. Such -apparatus is part of the equipment regarded as essential before the new racing records are recognised by the .International Association of Recognised Automobile Clubs.

With the advent Of spring, coats and frocks appropriate to the season become topical. Mr P. Meyers offers' a wide range in price and design, some of which are described on page 3 of this issue.*

Reduced Prices in Ladies’ Underwear,- —Crepe Bloomers in assorted ‘shades, all sizes at 1/6 a pair, also Pugjiette Bloomer* ,ip nice shades and all sizes at 2/3 and 2/6 a pair only at Clark’s, Ltd., Levin’s Best Store.* , Swollen Joints reduced with Bhu.nerva, the tropical health herb. Pleasant to take. Now 3/6.—C. S. Keedwell, Chemist.* Youthful Slenderness restored by taking Youth-O-Porm Capsules. No dieting or reducing exercises required. C. S. Keedwell, Chemist. Men dislike women whose breath is bad. Teaston Tablets purify breath. —Crown Pharmacy.* 1 '