LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 August 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

la yesterday's list ot casualties at the Dardanelles, Lieutenant T. A. Davidson, formerly Sergeant-Major, at Levin, is among the missing; also l'rivate Davis, an ox-pupiToi the Hoys' Training Farm, Weraroa, is among the wounded. A horse, given by Mr F. G. Wright, for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, was sold by Dalgety and Co., at tlioir Le"vin yards yefiterday afternoon. : Tlio h -aiiiaial a-eali2ed ''£16. , s

The gate proceeds ot the l'akeiia t. Maori football match, to be played oil the Levin Park Domain on Saturday, are to be given to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. ! It may not be generally known that a clause in the Counties Act provides -that all lands owned by counties in a Borough used for bona tide county purposes, and not leased, shall be exempt from borough rates. This was an an opinion obtained through the Municipal Association. A cable message states that the national registration in England is not yei complete. Many -women are exercising the privilege oi posting forms avoid giving information to the enumerator, who in many cases is a woman neighbour. Permission to post the forms is calculated to encourage women to state their correct ages. Some women complain that the forms do not show women's valuablo war 'work, sucli as knitting and attending atf soldiers' bulfote. The lnvercargill correspondent oi the Star states that what has every claim to lie considered as a record for domestic (service in this country is reported from an Otapiri farm, 'lwentyfive yeili's ago a young girl entered the employ of Mr and Mrs Andrew Cowie. She remained in their employ until she was married and then a sister took the vacancy. in due course she took a husband to herseli, and a, third sister assumed the domestic duties ot the Cowies' household, remaining there for eight years. She in turn was followed by the fourth and youngest bister, who has just completed lout' yeaiti oi' service, making a total of twenty-live years of unbroken service, a record that speaks well lor both employer and einj ployed. Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the Melbourne v. South Melbourne match was played on (Saturday, August 7th. in the iourth quarter a Melbourne player struck a South Melbourne player, knocking him aowu. Many hundreds of spectators rushed 011 to the held, and numerous free lights took place. One ol the behind posts was pulled up. Several players lelt the held. While the umpire stood in the centre with the ball ,it was knocked out of his hands, and was kicked about the held by the crowd. More spectators then rushed into the arena and the rest of the players lelt the ground. Presently, however, order was restored and the game was renewed—Sydney Sun. I'lic advantage ol censorship is that uu army can thereby hike its mistakes, like the case of the general and Aunt Jemima. An old lady once died at iSpa. Her nephew and heir ordered the body sent home. But when the ytung man opened the coffin to have one last look at the remains he beheld, instead of his beloved Aunt Jemima, the corpse ol a general in full uniform, the breast covered with military medals. Tile young man wired at once to (Spa, receiving in a few hours the following answer: "Give general quiet funeral. Aunt Jemima buricd this- morning with lull military lienors, regimental band and twentyone gun salute." Many leading newspapers in England ate reducing the size ol tne papers tliey ar-j printing, and at an annual meeting ol a prominent newspaper company, whose net revenue for me lirst eight months ol the war showed a serious deiici: on previous years, the chairman reported"The popular delusion uiat •war is beneficial to newspapers will receive a rude shock during the presentstruggle. Apart from the great increase in the cost of news reports, al--1 lost every commodity. 111 connection with the production of newspapers nas increased in price. Several newspapers have stopped publication and others have gone into liquidation, and are | running under re-constructed companies while flie Era has been increased iioin one penny to twopence. In Germany over 1300 papers have ceased publication, whilst the scarcity of wood pulp from Norway and Sweden threatens to stop the output ot those still publishing." The secretary of tne Levin branch ol the I'.M.C.A. lias received copies ol an interesting series ol letters from Mr J. L. Hay, who represents the I.M.v.A. among the '.New Zealand soldiers in ' Egypt. Waiting on board Troopship J 31 in May, Mr Hay mentions Cliat j reading matter was in great demand, and that he issued 30U0 magazines and j 1000 books. ilo strongly recommends j a good library on every troopslup. There also was a keen enquiry tor maps. HYlien he arrived in Egypt Mr iiay found that Mr Virgo from London was there and had loruied a committee ol all the I.M-C.A. workers and had centralised the work. A few days after his arrival at Zeitoun Air Hay posted about 3001) letters lor the nieli one night, and was .kept extremely busy making out wills, receiving money for banking and transmission to -vow Zealand and other commissions. He was given charge ol a great number oi watches ,cameras, held glasses ,etc., by the men. In Egypt the I'.M.C.A. was doing magnificent work among the woun<Te3, but money was needed to extend it. After the men with whom Mr Hay had voyaged to Egypt had left their camp there lor the Dardanelles he moved into a large marquee 100 x (JO, and this became a popular resort with the men lelt behind for correspondence and reading. One Tnorning's mail was 1000 letters. A canteen alongside, partly under control _of the Y.M.C.A. had kept prases down and good food could bo obtained at"* reasonable rates. There is always a keen demand for New Zealand illustrated papers. The work in the hospitals is becoming a big thing and the Y/M.C.A. bad several men at this work alone. liT June the heat was intense, on the 16th the thermometer registered 124 degrees in the tent. Tlio heat upset a great number of the men.

Cake and tart tins get discoloured after a time, no matter how careful one may . be. When they reach this stage put them into a liig saucepan; fill the saucepan with cold water, add*® good handful of washing soda, bring to the boil and let it boil rapidly for a few minutes. It is wonderful how 'it removes discoloration, making them look almost like new. There will be. a missionary address on Ceylon, illustrated by lantern slides, delivered in the Gospel Hall, Lovin, tomorrow (Friday) night. To-morrow evening, in the Druids' Hall, the Levin Druids will hold a social gathering. 'Details are advertised.