The Levin Daily Chronicle SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 June 1932, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Equivalent to ten degrees on the grass, one of the heaviest frosts this season was experienced in Palmerston North on Thursday. Actually nine degrees of frost (were recorded undjer cover. i

Boys leaving school are advised by Hon. E. Masters, Minister of Education, to take the first job that comes their way. Speaking at the opening of the Otahuhu Junior High School, Mr Masters said that the present was not the time for (boys to set their hearts on a particular occupatioini.

In spite of the lower prices for butterfat there appears to be a keen demand for good dairy cow® in the Manawatu. At a clearing sale at Bainesse .on Thursday last a herd of 50 cows averaged £9 2s, which included threequarter and empty cows. Best sorts made from £6 10s to £ls 10s, while three-quarter cows sold at £3 to £5.

A consignment of 1220 deerskins from Makarora was recently railed from Cromwell, and will ultimately be shipped to England, where a market for these exists. 'The skin® represented the season’s work of the Government party, the largest tally for one day being nearly 200, the deer being herded by a drive the day previously.

Yesterday the Palmerston North Free Ambulance had a particularly busy day, answering call® from all quarters of the city and district. In all, seven cases were handled during the day, while with the extra running involved, the machine completed its first 1000 miles of service in the interests of the community. From the inception of the service seven weeks ago 44 eases have now been handled. Over 2000 persons have contributed to the funds of the Free Ambulance in Palmerston North.

A Sydney cable 'states that the Muram a sailed at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon for Auckland.

Parents are reminded that Dental Clinic fees should be paid before the next meeting of the Dental Committee, which will be held on Tuesday. If unable to make .payment, a letter asking for consideration and stating the circumtances should be addressed to the Committee. Pupils up to and including -Standard 4, if on the roll, are eligible for treatment at the Dental Clinic.

In the early hours of Thursday morning a motor lorry collided with a goods train at the railway crossing north of Manakau. Both the lorry and the train were travelling southward and the latter was apparently first to reach the crossing, for the lorry struck some part of the engine and slewed off the road into a fence. The motor vehicle was badly damaged, but its driver fortunately escaped injury. The train was ablp -to continue its journey to Wellington.

The executive of the New Zealand Public Service Association recently took action to ascertain whether the "clause included in the Finance Act of last •session giving the Government the right to diimiss summarily public servants guilty of disloyal acts was constitutional. The general treasurer reported at a recent meeting of the executive that eminent legal advice had been obtained fo the effect that the clause was quite constitutional.

Can |tlic worth of work bo compounded adequately in cash value? Perhaps an honest day’s work gains much more than a day’s wages. Does not much depend on the spirit of the worker? This 'subject will be discussed tomorrow morning in the Century ‘Hall, by the Rev. W. G. Slade, M.A., in his sermon on “Grudging Service and Generous Justice.” In the evening the subject will be “The Narrowness of Noble Purpose.” At both services anthems will bo rendered by the choir.

- The latct election results from New South Wales will Ihe cabled to New Zealand to-morrow morning’ and are expected to arrive between 10.30 and 11 o’clock. Details will be posted for general information at the “Chronicle” office. Voting in New South Wales is on the preferential system, and as there are three main parties in the field — Nationalists, Lang Plan Labourites and Federal Labour, there are triangular contests in. many electorates. Unless fa candidate gets ’.am .absolute majority at the first count, it will be several ’•days before the preferences are distributed and the results known.

An ingenious device for signalling the results in chopping competitions was used in the axemen’s events at the eanndval of the Rotorua Athletic and Axemen’s Club. The device, which is the inventiOjii of a. Rotorua resident, consists of a string attached to the top of the block and running through a pully on the horizontal arm fixed above the chopping base. The other end of the string is attached to a swivelled number, with the result that when the block is severed the fall of the top portion pulls the number into a vertical Jpositio-n. The attachment operates instantaneously and not only gives the judges a reliable indication or the placings but allows the spectators to' follow the progres of the heat with certainty.

The second of a series of addresses from 1 Corinthians, 13th chapter, will be given 'to-morrow in St. Andrew’s Presoyterian Church at the morning service, and willibe entitled “The Nothingness of Great Things.” This 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians is all about “Charity.” This word is wrong and the preacher, the Eev. J. S. Pate, will give an explanatory word oo( nee ruing it. Professor Henry Drummond said: “Hove is the greatest thing in the world.” This is the great subject dealt with in the chapter. The evening subject will 'be the third of a series on “The Centrality of Christ.’’ All are heartily invited to worship God in the Presbyterian Church. A book, a seat and a welcome awaits all who come. “Come yourself and bring a friend,’’ is the church’s cordial invitation.

“I ivas told quite frankly and plainly that they had all the leaf they could use,” aid Mr A. S. Burgess, reporting at Monday night ’s meeting of the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce on an interview he had had with the Wellington manager of a large tobacco company. Mr Burgess had taken with him to Wellington samples of tobacco leaf grown in the vicinity of Wanganui. A letter from the firm, read at the meeting, said that the company had all the New Zealand-grown leaf it could .use. The Wanganui samples were not of a type or quality that could be used commercially. An opinion could not be given as to the suitability of climate or soil for growing leaf in the vicinity of Wanganui. The chamber set up a committee to interview Mr Cockayne, Birector of the Fields Bivision of' the Bepartment of Agriculture, when he visit Wanganui this week.

Flocks of seagulls are regular vliitors to the Aka ran a golf links, and it is quite a common thing for players to scare them off by clapping when the birds are in the line of play, says the Auckland Star. Usually the gulls take warning, but occasionally one is strucn, and pays the extreme penalty. The friendly atittude of players took a different turn, at least, a far as one pair was concerned, during the week-end. They were playing through a fairway, when, to their astonishment, a (big black-backed gull sailed along to the ball, and without apparent difficulty picked it up and flew off with it. The unlucky player had no 'Option but to drop another ball, with a penalty. The offending bird was not one of the regular attendants, and if he joins the flock again—which would seem very doubtful if he endeavoured to digest the ball —player® will be keen to register “a birdie.”

Smart, serviceable footwear for children is featured in to-day’s advertising space of Dempsey’s Shoe Store. They have all the sizes required and a good range of style to choose from.*