The Levin Daily Chronicle FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1937. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 September 1937, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1937. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Westport and the Buller district are having another prolonged dry spell which is likely to have serious effects on the borough electric supply and the mining industry unless rain falls within the next few days.

A deputation representing manufacturers of shirts, underclothing, frocks, mantles, clothing, hosiery, millinery and knitwear waited on the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Hon. D. G. Sullivan, on Wednesday, to express the grave concern felt by New'Zealand soft goods manufacturers at the large and increasing volume of low-priced soft goods being imported. The deputation was held in private.

During a social function held in Palmerston North this week by the Young Farmers’ Clubs, Mr. H. J. Lancaster (president) asked Mr. W. ( E. King (private secretary), who represented the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. W. Lee Martin), to request the Minister to afford his moral support to the proposal to send to Australia a team of stock judges selected from young farmers, Mr. King stating that he thought there would be no difficulty in this regard.

In the opinion of those who are closely in touch with the position, the serious increase in child delinquency in Wellington during the past 12 months should give cause for deep concern to all who are interested in the welfare of children and in the advancement of the ic]eals of citizenship. The term •'‘juvenile delinquency” covers a wide range of offences, from childish pranks to serious crime, but the children’s court is being called on to deal with so many cases of breaking, entering and theft and car conversion that the inference that a lawless spirit is growing up among many of the young people of tiie community is said to be inescapable. For the period from the beginning of January to the end of August, 1936, 352 cases against children were dealt with before the children’s court, Wellington. This year, for the .same period, the,total is 474.

A new budget of attractive savings is presented in to-day’s advertisement for Model Cash Stores. See list on page 1 of this issue.*

For this week-end, Excelsior Meat Company suggest a tasty joint of stuffed pork. To avoid disappointment orders should be placed early.*

To make a thorough job of spring cleaning, it is necessary to have your soiled carpets attended to. This Avork can be safely entrusted to Levin Dye Works and you’ll be surprised at their reasonable charges.*

It is understood that the new cheese factory at Greytown, one of the most modern of its kind in the Dominion, will he in readiness to commence operations by the end of .October.

There was a good attendance of card enthusiasts at a euchre tournament held in the Kimberley Hall last evening. The prizes were w T on as follows: —Ladies; Hirst, Mrs. A. Crowe; second, Mrs. J. Oak; consolation, Mrs. E. Moore. Gentlemen: Hirst, Mr. Petersen; second, Mr. A. Crowe; consolation, Mr. J. Oak. A dainty supper was served and all present spent ah enjoyable evening.

The Church of England re-building committee held a dance at Manakau on Wednesday- evening. The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion, [and Blackwood’s piano-accordeon band . from Wellington supplied the music, which proved very enjoyable. Mr. Rule . (Otaki) filled the position of M.C., and kept the dancers going with a good : variety programme. A free bus had i-been engaged from Levin and Otaki i with the result that there was a good I attendance. A very enjoyable supper, supplied by the ladies, was enjoyed by all, after which dancing continued until early morning.

If local bodies could devise a better system of improvement than that provided by the Local Government Amalgamation Schemes Bill, it was their duty to make a contribution, and not merely reply in a negative form, said the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon._ W. E. Parry, in an interview yesterday. “It has been suggested, ” said the Minister, “that a commission should be set up to inquire into the whole scope of local government throughout New Zealand, but the Bill itself provides for a commission of inquiry and gives it complete powers to deal with the findings. ’ ’

When a respondent in a defended divorce case was being examined in the Hamilton Supreme Court, she said her husband was often out at night, and she did not know where he was, though she learned later that he was not where he said he was. His Honour, Mr. Justice Callan, said he had read in a newspaper that a man had mislaid his wife, and that he had found her by means of television. Mr. A. Iv. North remarked that before long it would be possible to look into the heart of man. His Honour replied that if such became a fact a judge’s job would be made very much easier. Television would get over the difficulty caused by hearsay evidence.

If one addresses a letter to Bulls, to Bulls it will go, however obvious the fact may be that Bulls is not the correct address. This seems to be the conclusion to be drawn from the eip velope of a letter shown to a press representative yesterday. The letter is to the Et. Hon. M. J. Savage, and was written by a woman in Ireland who Avas inquiring on behalf of her son about military pensions. She had addressed her letter in the folloAving remarkable fashion: “To the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Bulls, Sanson, Garnai’ron, Qhakea-om-LoAver Eanaitikei, New Zealand.” When the letter arrived in Ncav Zealand the Post Office, without further ado, forwarded it to Bulls. Prom there it returned to Wellington, solemnly marked, “Not Bulls. Try Wellington 'CI.” Then it was that the letter reached the Prime Minister.

Tlie breaking through of the ManaAvatu River at Page’s point, although not entirely unexpected, has caused anxiety to settlers most directly concerned in the Makerua Plains. Erosion has taken place at different points along the banks, notably at the Poplar and Opui bends, and in the event of a major flood the protection banks Avould be threatened. When it is remembered the Makerua Plains, in all some 22,000 acres, form a basin between the ManaAvatu and Tokomaru rivers it Avill require little imagination to understand AA'hat Avould happen if the flood protection banks gaA’o Avay. The Oroua river joins the Maaawatu at Paid’s point and this A-olume of Avater in flood time makes for extra pressure on the banks. However, everyone is optimistic that something tangible will be done by the boards concerned, and in the meantime expect results commensurate Avith the large increase in rates put on this year.