The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 June 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tin l wholesale price ot oaten wheal' chaff in Masterton lias risen to £8 per ton and that of straw chaff to £4 per ton.

The head teacher's report submitted to the Levin School Conimitteo, at its meeting on Monday evening, showed that the number on the roll at present is 555—a decrease of seven on the total for the previous month.

The first trotting meeting for twenty years was held at Palmerston North on the Awapuni racecourse by the Manawatu Trotting Club on Wednesday. The bum of £5000 was put through the totalisator.

Messrs J. H. Murray and F. Rotter visited Oliau district yesterday in the interests of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund and met with generous support The following amounts were promised: J. D. Brown £10 10s, R. 6. Wall £6 ss, E. Hogg £5 os. Cash was collected also from 11. P. Honorie £1 Is, B. G. Mitchell £1' and T. Powles £1. Some of tho latest milk suppliers to the Rongotea Dairy Company intend giving up milking after this season, and devoting their time to sheep and cattle-raising. Two of the suppliers miked nearly 300 cows between thwp. and their decision to give up milking will make a material difference in the milk supply. France has normally a horse population of 3,000,000; some 600,000 of which are available for army purposes. Russid has 30,000,000, and about 7,000,000 are convertible for use in warfare. The German allies have over 8,000,000 between them, and 33 per cent of them can <be made suitable for war. A number of boys were brought before the Police Court at Foxton last week charged with breaking the ineulators on telegraph poles. 'file offence cost the parents £10 13s, being the amount of damage done. Probaibly these boys did not realise the 'harm they were doing, and it would 'be well if the community of this Dominion knew that not only are broken insulators one tho causes of an inefficient telegraphic service, but that the amount spent by the Department in renewing them throughout Now Z/ealaml in a year is estimated at £5000. A Rugby match will be played at Otaki next Saturday between LevinWanderers and United. Tho Lovin team comprises: M. Royal, Hardie, K. Royal, T. McDonald, T. Winiata, W. Hannan, H. McDonald, T. Poni, T. Napier, C. Hekenui, W. Winiata, S. Smith, Paul, Whitehouse, T. Hannan. Additions to the boys' quarters at Weraroa Experimental .Farm are to be made forthwith. Tenders for carrying out the work are invited by the Public Works Department. Plans and specifications may be seen at Levin and Weraroa Post Offices. An advertisement addressed to the friendly societies and sports bodies appears in to-day's Chronicle. It concerns the. Queen Carnival procession to be held in Levin next Wednesday. Whatever you have in view, if its out of doors, in town or country, walking, golfing, fishing or motoring, insure your comfort and health by wearing a pair of Fred W. Pink's Famous Boots.—i Ad.

At a meeting of the Levin Hookey Club held last night in the Levin Hotel it ivas decided to hold a plain and fancy dress ball on June 21st on behalf of the New Zealand Wounded Soldiers' Fund.

The Levin Ladies' Committee of the Queen Carnival Fund is desirous of gifts of foodstuffs for the afternoon tea tent to he conducted next Wednesday An advertisement on the matter appears to-day.

The following teams have been picked to represent the Friendly Societies and the townspeople in the fancy dross football match to be played on Lovin Park Doonnin on Saturday:—Friendly Societies—Kecleton. Hook. Harding, Follas, Ramsden, H. Johnson, R. Johnson, Mason, Cutfield, Jennings, Ryder, •P. Patton, G. Patton. 'Macintosh, Henderson and Winter. TownspeopleSloan, Bignell, Welby, Coombs, 'Holdaway, Hall, Rose, [Denton. Procter, 'Ransom, Walker, D. Young, l). Smart, Eyre, Butts and Simpson. The above teams are requested to meet the Boys' Training Farm Band at the Grand Hotel corner at 2 p.m. sharp, and march to the ground. 'Hie players will not necessarily bo conlined to the above lists, and all those wishing to take part are requested to attend and a place will be found for them. In any case the match will he such a. strenuous one that a big reserve will bo needed to keep the teams up to full strength. Mr W. Thomson will referee. The hearing of the charge against Alice Parkinson of murdering Albert West was concluded at the Supreme Court, at Napier, before the Chief. Justice, Sir Robert Stout. After a retirement of over three hours the jury returned a verdict of' guilty of -manslaughter withm a -strong recommendation to mercy on account of the provocation accused had received. His 'Honor did not think it was a case where clemency could 'be allowed. it was a cold premeditated murder. Accused was sentenced to imprisonment for the term of her natural life.

In view of the fact that the people of Levin will not •be inclined to stay up late on the night before the Oarnival (next Wednesday) it has been decided to- abandon the idea of having a dance alter the Ohau concert on Tuesday next. Mr Henderson is well oil the way with his preparations for this event. Major Burlinson lias kindly lent the services of his best piper for the Highland dancing, which is to be a feature of the program. Another fine item will be the singing of the National Anthems and songs of the numerous Allies who are fighting shoulder to shoulder with Britain in this worldshaking war. The Marseillaise is well known at the present time, but Garibaldi's war hymn, the national song of Italy, a most stirring martial air, is not so familiar. The quaint "Kimi ga jo wa" of Japan has probably not been heard before in Levin. "La Brabarconne," the lovely Belgian nation anthem, was written at a crisis oi her history similar to the present one; and it is wonderful how suitable the -words are to the present condition. The tune of "God, the All-Terrible," Russia's national song, is pretty well known. New Zealand is represented by an adaptation of "The Tight Little Island" ; and Australia being, in a manner of speaking, one of the family and therefo-re not to be treated with* the ■same ceremony as the 'other great and distant nations, is to have a national hymn, written especially for the Sydney Bulletin by one of their comic artists. Each Ally will be represented by a girl in the national costume who will hold its flag. The program will be printed and published •as soon as possible.'

Special showroom bargains are advertised for this week by Messrs Stiles and Matheson on page d. This announcement should be of great importance to out readers.

Speaking at the Opera House at Pulmerston North, Mr D. I3uick, M.P., referred to tlie fact that many Germans came to Now Zealand years ago, and that their own sons and daughters had married English people. "There may be many present with German or Scandinavian blood in them," said Mr Buick, amidst cries of "Ohl" He added that there was a largo element of Norse blood in the English. "I don't know if Buiok is not a little German," said Mr Buick, amidst laughter, "but it can't be for they were very nearly hanged and were chased across the Boarder many years back." Amongst the casualties ill the Dardanelles is recorded the death of Mr Oscar F.reyberg, brother of Mr B. O. Freyberg, formerly ol Levin.