The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. TUESDAY, MAY 4th, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 May 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. TUESDAY, MAY 4th, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

At a special meeting of the Colonial Sugar llefining Company, held at Sydney, proposals tor the turination of a new company were adopted. The new'company takes over all the Fiji and Xew Zealand assets, paying for these and goodwill £3,200,000. The old company is also granted certain rights in regard to taking up shares in the new company. Among the many curious AngloGerman relationship brought to light Ijy the war, none is more remarkable than that which involves a New Zealand family. It has been ascertained that Mr Wilfrid Staploton Bretherton of the Royal Fusiliers—who is a cousin •if Mr A. C. Bretherton, of the Public Trust Office, Dunedin—is wounded and .' prisoner in Germany. ■ There is irony in the fact that liis brother-in-law, is Count Gebhafd lilucher von Walilstadt, eldest son and heir of Prince Blueher. who married Miss Bvelyn Stapleton-Bretherton. eldest' n'ste-r of the wounded prisoner of war. -Mr A. C. Bhetherton is son-in-law of Mr J. Liddell Kelly, of Devonport. Auckland. An Order-in-Oouncil iras ..issued yesterday prohibiting under Section 47 <'f the Customs Act, 1913, and" Section '2\ of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914. the export of butter from the Dominion to any destination save -with the consent ot the Minister of Customs, such consent to he granted only on the making by the exporter, or by a responsible agent, servant, or representative of the exporter, of a statutory declaration a« to the ultimate destination of the oonsfgnment so to be exported. A boy thirteen years ol age escaped from the Weraroa Training Farm on Saturday, a-nd proceeded to Pahncrstou where he Has arrested by the local police. He will appear at Palnieretoii Court this morning, and will be charged with having atolen a black horse, saddle and bridle at Foxton, and a July's bicycle and jewellery ; to the value of £10 at Palmerstoii— Mana\ratu Timesl The hockey season will be opened to-morrow on the Levin park domain "hen the following players will represent Levin against Shannon :—Pringle, Hounsell, Howe, Parsons, Whitehouse, Tuohy, Fletcher, Murray, Smart, T McDonald, Thompson. Emergencies Walton and H. McDonald. Mrs Goldsmith, treasurer of the Levin Belgian Relief Fund, hae receiv. Ed from Mr Mclntyre the sum of £6 11s IOJd. This represents the amount voluntarily donated during the past few weeks by the children who have placed their spare "coppers" iiv the box placed in each class room. The beautiful cantata tor children "Soot and the Fairies" will be given on the opening night ("Wednesday) of the Presbyterian Harvest Fair. Thus prettily-staged piece, which is almost a juvenile opera, ecored a distinct hit in Levin a fortnight ago, and many are eagerly looking forward to its be-i-g repeated. The cantata will not be g ; ven on Thursday evening, in view of other attractions for that o'*Dßion.