The Levin Daily Chronicle TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 March 1938, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Instancing' the bargains which arc to be found in the stocks of shoes and slippers at Messrs. A. Dempsey’s, Ltd., a few specials are listed in an advertisement in this issue. The prices are low, but they are also consistent with this store’s reputation for good quality.

Between £-100 and £SOO, private papers, a watch and personal effects were contained in a leather bag which was lost from a lorry en route from Akatarawa to Taita on Saturday evening. The bag was in a receptacle at the back of the lorry. The police have been notified of the loss.

The first field day to be conducted this year by the Horowhenua Jersey Cattle Breeders’ Club is to be held at Mr. E. L. Horn’s farm at Kuku tomorrow. The proceedings will commence at 11.30 a.m. and refreshments will be provided. All dairy farmers are cordially invited to be present.

Awaiting arrival of the liner Monterey at Auckland was a message to her master (Captain E. E. Johanson) reporting the finding of: a message in a bottle cast overboard by him on November 26th last year. The bottle was dropped between Suva and Auckland and had drifted about 300 miles in loss than three months before it was found by Mr. A. Savage, of Oportere, near Waihi, on the Ohui beach, several miles south of Tairua, Coromandel Peninsula.

At last evening’s meeting of the Levin Borough Council a request was received from the Levin Branch of the W.D.P.U. that the ladies’ rest room at the Public Library remain open between the hours of 5 p.m. and 7 p.in. for the convenience of visitors to the town. His Worship the Mayor (Mr. P. W. Goldsmith) said the rest room could not be left open unattended, but consideration might be given to the making of some other arrangement. On the speaker’s motion, seconded by Cr. H. E. Bowen, it was decided to reply along these lines.

A pupil of the Central School, New Plymouth, performed a remarkable feat during the swimming season. He learned to swim, swam 880 yards, and then represented his school in the swimming sports, all in one season. This speaks very highly for the instructors and those organising the “learn to swim” campaign, and should be an encouragement to other boys and also to instructors.

A few weeks ago a paragraph appeared with reference to twin lambs orphaned at birth, which were being reared by a Jersey cow, states an exchange. The lambs were recently sent to the Moerewa works. They were five months old, and one weighed 62 lb., while the other registered 60 lb. Tim prices received were £1 17s Gd and £.l 16s 3d respectively, probably a record for tire works.

With the advent of longer evenings the badminton season will soon be opening in Levin, and this week the two local clubs are making preliminary arrangements. The annual meeting of the Regent Club is to be held tonight in the Whakatane rooms at 8 p.m. The Levin Club’s fixture is to take place in the bandroom on Wednesday at 8 p.m., and at the conclusion of the business supper is to be served. Members and intending members of the respective clubs are invited to be present.

The bazaar and dance advertised in this issue to be held in the Koputaroa Hall to-mororw night is worthy of particular mention. For the past few weeks the committee has been working hard to bring their efforts to a successful conclusion. A good orchestra has been engaged and Levin patrons are advised that a free bus leaves the post office at 8 p.m. Many attractions have been arranged for those attending and, as the popularity of past functions organised by this committee, is well-known, a large attendance is anticipated.

Speaking at last evening's meeting of the Levin Borough Council, Cr. F. E. Parker suggested that the town clerk arrange for a man to go round the borough and sec that the names of all electors were on the roll. The council adopted the suggestion.

Supporters of the National Party in this district will have an opportunity of meeting Mr. Cl. A. Monk, who is contesting the Otaki seat at the forthcoming election, at a social evening which is to be held in the Regent Hall to-morrow night. The proceedings will commence at S p.m. and a very enjoyable evening is anticipated.

Signal honour has been paid the young New Zealand athlete and Empire champion, C. H. Matthews. A few days ago a cablegram was received from the Amateur Athletic Association of Great Brit: hi inviting him to compete at the British Games at White City, London, on June (sth, and offering to pay his full steamer fare and all expenses while in England.

How a radio call for a lost car smote the conscience of the individual who had taken it, was revealed in the Palmerston North Magistrate’s Court yesterday when a wharf labourer named Francis William Mundie, of Wellington, 'aged 29, pleaded guilty to a charge of car conversion. According to SeniorSergeant Mclntyre, the ear was the property of W. C. Marchant and valued at £3(50. Mundie took the vehicle and after picking up girl friends, set out northwards. Hearing the radio call, lie decided to give himself up to the police and did so at Poxton. Accused was remanded till Wednesday for sentence.

An interesting feature of the flight of the Comet aeroplane to New Zealand, with Flying-Officer Clouston and Mr. V. Eickets as pilot and co-pilot, is the fact that Mr. Eickets is the aviation correspondent for one of the great London newnpapers. Set into the back of the pilot’s seat, and thus just in front of Mr. Eickets, there is fitted snugly a portable typewriter upon which Mr. Eickets writes his account of the flight. When the machine touched ground at certain landing points on the flight to Australia and New Zealand the only thing requiring to be done was the filling in of; the time of the machine’s arrival at each place and then the news, all ready, was cabled post haste to London.

There is apparently a shortage of tradesmen for the erection of the Exhibition buildings at Wellington, the contract for which has been let to the Fletcher and Love construction companies jointly, as it is understood ,that 50 single men are to be brought from Dunedin. These will have to be found accommodation near the work, and the suggestion has been made that 'a building to accommodate at least 100 men should be erected on some site handy to the Exhibition. Much depends upon the site that may prove available, but it is stated that consideration is being given to a form of building which may be useful for some other practical purposes later.