The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1915. LOCAL AND GENRAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 August 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1915. LOCAL AND GENRAL

lAmongsL the latest developments i insurances lor cargo are policies Lai cover shippers again.il lushes occasioi ed by bombs dropped lrom airships i projected from submarined. Tij Chronicle notes this lact in the anniii report ot the .New Zealand l«'anuwi -Dairy Union, lor a copy oi which u are obliged to .Mr. i'eter Stewart, local shareholder. member ol die Cabinet, an every member ol the party, must g into Llns new enterprise with sonii Liiing oi the spirit ol Uie glowing wort used by Dan ton: '"-.May my name t polluted, but may 1-ranee be free."Mr Uonar Law. At Lliu llorowhenua i'nntgroiweiiAssociation meeting last night, thoi present curried a motion congratulai ing Mr J. (J. iNeill (president, oi the A sedation}, on being elected by the Di minion lruitgrowers' conleronce, a pn visional director oi the .New Zealan i' ruitgrowers' 1' ederation. A certain physician had been muc. troubled with drunken (servants. 11 advertised lor a footman, and Iron the many applications singled out on which seemed particularly suitable, ii sent lor the man in question, and wa ijuite satislied with liini, and had, n iact, decided upon engaging him. "Jju tell me one thing,' said the doctor h conclusion, "are you soberi"' "01 yea, sir, frequently," came the sur prising reply. The doctor is still search ing lor a footman. "it should soon be possible lor u to lilt an embargo on export alk gcther," said the Prime Minister yet terday in referring to tlie local redui tion in the price oi butter. "All th factories in Auckland and most of th lactones in Taranaki are now in opei ation and the output will increas very rapidly during the next niontJ or two. So lar the prohibition of tlr export oi butter has been enforced bu it will be lilted locally when the prici falls. A lew days ago 1 allowed ; small shipment ol butter to lcav Auckland, on the understanding tha the price would be reduced there am the reduction was made."—Press As sociation. .More than one patriotic citizen lia' expressed surprise at linding good: "madtt in Germany" put in his houst by the city's electrical department. One or twe found it so much againsi the grain that they told the power: that 'be ''to* take these things hence' and substitute Jiritish-niady goods, am; this was promptly done. inquiries made at the city depot sliow that any German-made goods in stock were purchased before the war and paid for in good British coin. At the present time there are only a few dozen lamps ol German manufacture in the place, and they will never be replaced by any consignment. Indeed, the department is so determined to keep to British-made goods that it has refrained from purchasing articles niade in Japan, even though they arc cheaper than the Britis goods.—Ohristchurch. "My brother in the trenches," said a French chef, "writes me a little anecdote about General Jollre, the generalissimo, you know. Our brave Jolfre was examining a map while under lire. The map was held by a young subaltern, a boy of 16 from the military school of St. Cyr. Bang! ,S-s-s! went the marmites and Jack Johnsons and Whistling Willies—for so they call those shells, you know—and the boy could not help starting and trembling as he held the map, and this lost our brave Joffro his place. 'Hie generalissimo was vexed when lie lost his place three or four times, and he said to the boy soldier"Voila, you are too conceited, dodging the shells like that! Do you suppose the Bodies aim those expensive shells'at you? You are only a little iboy soldier. 'Do you take yourself for a cathedral?"

In Melbourne bran and pollard have been reduced 40s per ton to £8 5s and . £9 5s respectively. A sum of £13,000 was available for distribution out of profits by the Wellington Meat Export Company, Ltd., at its annual meeting this week. , A donation of £5 to. the Patriotic Eund has been made by Mr John Cunimerfield of Eoxton. in yesterday's . list in The Chronicle Mr Cununerlield's name appeared as Campbell. 6 "Ihe average human ueing does noi want to live hygienicaily!" exclaims " the editor of "Clinical -Medicine." And ) bo backs up his assertion with the lols lowing; —"Once wo published an i.c----1 count ol a case of diabetes wo uad 1 treated with some success. A distinguished retired army olhcer read : t. and as a consequence called upon s. We began to explain the regimen accessary, when lie interrupted: to say: '1 don't want any diet. i want you to give me a treatment that will allow mo ' to eat anything 1 want, in any quantity!' We resigned. iUr Man dosen't want to stop drinking or smoking, or working, or playing too much. What he wants of us is the means to keep <>n as he has been living. Madam dujs not relish our advice to out down her bridge parties, loosen her corsets, an;l quit gorging. She wants medicine to restore her youth, take off her fat, and enable her to Keep it up until she has had enough. They all come to us, not for reform, but to be enabled to go on sinning." A dance iu the Druids' Hull on luesday, August altli, will be held by the Levin Brass JJand in order to help tu raise funds for uniforms lor the bandsmen. Special attention is being paid to the-arrangements ami details; tho L.W.P. orchestra has ueen engaged for the evening, and the catering has i been placed in the hands ol people who have had extensive experience in such I matters.. Munich, the greatest beer-drinking centre ol Germany, has been oompelieu ' siiaiipiy co curtail lire consumption oi beer, owing to the expropriation by the military authorities ol a iargo part ol the brewers' product. The amount ■ now available lor public use is only onethird of tlie ordinary supply. Some oi the lanious beer gardens are encouraging tlieir guests to call for leniouade as a substitute. Interest in the ostriuh as a rovenuupruducer is now at the lowest possible ebb in South Africa (says the American Consul at Port Elizabeth;, and uirds are dying ,by thousands ironi lack of food and attention. Ostriches are now oi such little account and value that the Ipoiuidmas'ler at Janseuville has written to the council asking permission to refuse ostriches in the pound, it is said that a lull-grown cock ostrich which had found its way to Grahamstown pound was, on being put up to public auction on the market, sold for the magnificent sum ol threepence. 1 At Dover an amusing story was told oi the an lies oi 1/lireo Jack Tars, who, alter visiting a. dislniet outside tho Dover liquor restriction area, commandeered a traction engine, which had been lelt unattended, to ride back to Dover. One, a stoker, got up steam, and then the three raced the engine lull speed ahead, 'through two villages the engine swayed dangerously, and was eventually stopped by a constable, who ran by the side until he was able to get aboard. Only Uie driver was charged, and as he was given an excellent character he was let oil' with a line of £1. Alter much coaxing the pelton wheci at the lire Lower has been induced to assist those ulio do battle with iires, by starting liio lirebeli calling as soon as it feels the pressure or water on it. Previously it had to be given a Hying start. The cock by which the water is turned on is placed in a little box embedded in the concrete near one of the legs of the tower, so that il anyone sees a lire, it will be best not to waste time looking to see if it is in earnest, but rush off to the tower, and search for the cock. Probably quite suiflicienl time will be lost at this ! ■> give the lire a good start and tho liremen "something to do. Colonel Porter, Commanding the .National Reserve, and Mr V\. 11. l'ield, M. P., interviewed the Jlinister of Defence yesterday morning, and discussed with him the terms of a proposed amendment to tho Defencc Act to give recognition to tho .National Reserve, in .brief, it is proposed that the Reserve shall be recognised as a voluntary military organisation throughout the Dominion of all men over the Territorial ago ol 30 years and upwards, excepting those under 30, who may, from medical or other good reason, be exempt from Territorial service. The 'Minister assured the representatives of the Reserve that great interest in the movement was being taken by the Goverment, which desired to support it in every way possible. The conference of officers commanding the lour military districts, which was convened for tomorrow, lias been postponed until alter the proposed amendment has been introduced into Parliament.—Dominion. The report to be submitted to the annual meeting ol shareholders in the New Zealand Dairy Earmers' Union, to he held in Palinerston next Tuesday week, mentions that the company's cheese factory suppliers were given, last year, tho option ol selling forward or consigning the choose. They elected to sell lonvard. Unfortunately, 1 the consigning policy turned out to be i the better, and the company's sup- : pliers missed tlie phenomenal prices ' that subsequently ruled. The company's butter output lor the year was 1 371 i tons. Cheese manufactured was ' 3373 tons. Through some of the com- ; pany's butter-making plant being 1 closed down through the operation of cheese factories in the vicinity, there J is a considerable portion of tlie capital lying idle and in order to keep our < supplies it has been necessary to pay < out full advances for milk, and tlieso 1 two factors preclude the directors' 1 recommending a dividend. Numbers c of the Union shareholders are also supplying other Companies instead of their f own, and thus helping to depreciate i their own shares, so that, to pay these t people a dividend, under the circumstanees, would he unfair to those wlio i' are really supporting the Union with i' milk supplies. The Company's home 11 separated cream business has very large- T ]y increased and the change from -the creamery system 'has resulted in a sav- a ing in working expenses as compared i C with previous years. -- | t

Concerning tlio death of All's Ellen Kraliageu, accidentally killed. at tlio Masterton Railway Station on Thursday afternoon tlio following verdict was returned at the inquest"That the death of Ellen Krahagen was accidentally caused by her leaving the train whilst in motion." Tlie jury added the following rider:—"Ue are unanimously of the opinion tnac neglect was the cause of the accident", inasmuch that sullicient precautionary means were not exercised, ana we are strongly of the opinion wait the accident would not Lave happened had indication boards of destination been provided, and we specially urge tlie railway Authorities to have these boards put into use. Wo are also of tlie opinion mat the oflicial in charge of the train, knowing that the train was so long delayed, should have taken extra precautions to see that no person hau boarded the train by mistake." Mr Warburtoii, a student from the Methodist Training College at Auckland, has arrived to take the Rev. \\. 11. E. Abbey's work in the Levin district and will conduct ' •••■'ices in the Century .Vrass.epac tomorrow, as pur 1 ( CLUSt'ineiit columns. Mr W. C. .VLiu shall, who has been managing the i.rvin business of liaswell Bros, for some time past, nasi joined the travelling stall' of J. Nathan and Company, and will ue leaving Levin shortly to take up his new position