WEATHER FORECAST.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 May 1915, Page 3

WEATHER FORECAST.

Wellington, May '29 The indications aire fbr southerly winds. The weather will probably prove squally with heavy showers. The weather will probably become colder. The barometer is rising. D. C. BATES, Government Meteorologist.

In spite of the electrical disturbances- there was a very good attendance at the Patriotic Concert held last night. One feature of the entertainment was the singing of "Please Give Me a Penny, Sir!" the audience responding by throwing coins on to the stage to the amount of £2 4s. ".Mrs I'arley's AVaxmariof* wen the «mu» *t mm* merriment, and altogether the concert was highly enjoyable. The . Horowhenuia County Council, at its meeting to-day, on the motion of Councillor Venn expressed sympathy with Mrs J. R. McDonald and family in their recent sad and sudclen loss of husband and father. Councillor Venn said that the lafe Mr McDonald had been in the Council for three years and he (Councillor Venn) Had found Tiirn ione ;of the most honest and straightest men They: had or over would have. The motion was carried, the Councillors standing; Regarding the Belgian Relief Fund Councillor Stephenson sai3 that Shannon district had forwarded iilso to the Mayor of Wellington for the Belgian Relief .Fund, and it had not yet been acknowledged in the press. Councillor Venn endorsed Councillor Stephenson's statement. Continuing Councillor Venn stated that an unfair pro-, portion of the money was coming from' the wage-earners. The people who were making money out of the war were not contributing as they should. He knew one man wKo sold some builocks a short time ago. and received £250 more for them than he would have received before the war. The Government was shirking its duty in the whole matter.

For the information oi - the parents of wounded soldiers fE may be well to state that parente ancl relatives can at any time obtain information by cable of the progress of -n-ouaided soldiers by going to a post office and asking Jhat enquiries be made. This is done free of charge. Furthermore, relatives may comnnmicaEe with wourifled men by cable at any time by paying the ordinary week-end cable rates. It is probable that the cost of telegraphic correspondence between relatives and wounded men may be cheapened further at an early date.