The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 June 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

'l'j further augment tile Carnival I unds, the Levin Hoc-key Club will Toid' a plain, fancy dress and mask TaTT in the Druids' Hall on Monday evening. Mr. A. Ikvve. of Wereroa, who at Levin Baby Show bought the highestpriced bab.v—-for £7 - has liad placed at his disposal the baby's cot that uas given as first prize. Mr. Reeve lias presented the cot to tile Patriotic Committee, with a request that it be sold for benefit of the Wounded Soldiers .Fund. A .subject of considerable public interest. was put before a. representative ot the '"ICveiiing Post" by a deputation consisting of leading retail drapers of Wellington in connection with the equipment of Now Zealand's Hospital Ship. The drapers, it was pointed out, have been doing all they possibly could lor the National Fund, and are still of the same disposition. They hoard, however, from Mr Massey speaking at the opening of the Y.M.O.A. new quarters at Trentham, that the Government is undertaking the whole of the expense ot equipping and maintaining the ship. The drapers understand that something like £9000 has been subscribed locally for Tliat purpose, and is now lying idle in the Lank. In spite of that, many people are making requests to drapers for material to be worked up into various articles required for the equipment of the ship, and the drapers suggest that, instead of tie public making such requests, they should op informed of the exact position. If .C'JOOO lias been subscribed for that purpose, why need private people approach the drapers for materialP give authority for the expenditure of that C9OOO on the purpose for which it was subscribed, and so immediately utilise 111!' services of the women who are so anxious to make up the material, and who at present find it difficult to obtain an outlet for their patriotic energies

Liu) Otaki Patriotic Concert Party rue giving a grand ontortainment in aid of t'ho Wounded Soldiers 1 Fund on Wednesday evening next, in. the Century 11 all, Levin. It has been reported on excellent authority xRa/t our Olaki friends' am bringing tbc best talent up for this performance, and intending pa Irons can depend on spending a most enjoyable evening. The Rev. J. A .McKenzie, of Shannon,. having received three months' leave of absence in order to take up the Presbyterian chaplaincy work at Trentham Camp, his pulpit is being supplied in the meantime by neighbouring ministers. The Rev. A. l\ Eaiiderson, M.A.. will preach at Shannon to-morrow, conducting the communion service in the morning. Ho will, however, come down to Koputaroa fur fris own church service in tha afternoon. Scones and cakes are always light and nourishing when baked with that superior compound—Sharland's Baking Powder. Most economical you can buy.—Advt. 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. P'nk's Famous Boots.—Ad. Sharland's absolutely is the Ba-king Powder. Purest, strongest and cheapest. Sharland's is bound to rise. Get it from your grocer—Advt.

A further sura of £500 has been sent to Wellington by tlio Patriotic Co remittee of Levin and district, to bo credited to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. This amount is likely to (raise the Manawatu district queen candidate to first plac«. An accident occurred to Mr. Simpeon, of the Levin Borough .Council staff, during the preparation of tho grounds for the Queen Carnival celebration 011 Wednesday last. A visitor who was helping in the work of erecting the tents slipped from a ladder and foil on MY. Simpson's head, giving him a severe shook, but fortunately not causing him any permanent injury Many of the volunteers for service at the front find themselves in peculiar positions as regards rank when they get into the army. An instance of this is shown in the fact that 011© man found it necessary to salute his younger bor ther. But a more extreme case ex isfed in the Trentham Camp recently A certain man carricd on an important business in private life, but forsoos this to serve the Empire. On arrival at Trentham the duties assigned to hiiv were those of orderly to a lieutenant. This in itself was all riglft, /but the proved to be a young man who was junior in the orderly's office before joining the forces. Waipa Post