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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 April 1915, Page 3

Constable Bagrie lias leeeived word that the three boys who ran away from Levin the other day Have been traced to Auckland and are to be returned to Levin forthwith. The f'alinorston .North Borough Council resolved to support the Runaiiga. Borough Council's resolution protesting against the increasing cost of foodstuffs, and asking the Government to take steps to regulate the prices of the necessaries of life. The vital (statistics lor Levin for the quarter ending 3Tst .March, 1915. are as follows: Marriages 7, births 20, deaths 1. For the corresponding quarter of last year the figures were : Marriages 6, birth 10, deaths 4. An advertisement appears to-day cneerning a Rugby football match for the benefit fuf the Belgians. The faille will be played oil the Levin Recreation Ground, between a team from i the military camp and a "fifteen representing Levin-Wanderers Club. The work of the Y.M.C.A. in connection with the war is gaining much praise throughout the Empire, and it is being found that the ideas which prevailed before the war that, the Y.M.C.A. was conducted on narrow lines are wide of the mark. The institution is doing excellent work wherever there is a camp. An instance is given by a New Zealander in a letter to the Egyptian Gazette of 10th February of the help given by the Y.M.C.A. in the camp in Egypt. The letter says: "Before coming to Egypt this institution was only a name to myself and hundreds of my fellow soldiers. but since we have been here, almost our only comfort has been provided by the Y.M.C.A. Facilities are given in all camps for reading and writing and getting refreshments. There are excellent pianos in all the tents and the members o7 the Y.M.C.A. are never tired of seeing fo our comfort in every possible way. Tam sure all New Kealatiders join witli me in tendering my best thanks to this excellent institution and wishing all its members 'kia ora.' "