LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 September 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A great croud gathered at tlie r;uLnay station uu Saturday night to witness the arrival ol the hospital tram bearing liie sick and wounded, soldiers from tlie Tahiti that arrived in Wellington early in the morning. l'he train wa« expected at ID o'clock, and about half an hour before that time d (steady stream of people commenced to make its way towards the station, '-•ii the platform the iioys' Training I 1 arm brass band took up a position at one end and the Salvation Army oand occupied the other end, and the bands alternately playing selections until, the arrival of the train shortly after lU.ciU, ii' this time the platform wan .* o crowded that it waa difficult to move aloiit. As the train drew into t li e station the men on board. Avere received with rousing cheers and the uands played "Home Sweet Home." l'iie nier were pleased 'with the hearty greeting, and most of them looked well and cheerful, but the suffering thev had undergone was plainly discernible on some of them. The windows of the carriage* were opened and tlie men chatted witk those on tlie (station platform, while "several stood on the plat--1 or mis ol 'the carriages. Surveying the number of young men present from this position, one of the soldiers remarked to an officer; ''There's plenty oi room for a recruiting sergeant here," a remark that meant more than appears oil the face of it. The train i was made up of ten or twelve cars, two of which had the blinds drawn. Hearty cheers -were given for ' 'the men trom tlie Dardanelles," and tlien, to tlie strains of "Auld 'Lang Syne," the train proceeded on its journey. One Levin ■ soldier, Private Leslie x>. Wilson, returned by it; Private iiolston, another Levin lad, returned by the ordinary evening train. On iSkiturday aitetrnoon {a fdptball team comprised of Levin lads played the boys' team at the Weraroa Training Farm. The game, resulted in a I draw ; neither side making any score/ '

Accounts amounting to £1811 wore passed by the Horowhenua County Council at its meeting on Saturday. This amount included the 'payment of about £600 that had been made since the last meeting. Ladies interested in St John Ambulance are invited to attend a meeting in Miss Gardner's studio on Tuesday nex' at 7.30 p.m. Ihe question to be discussed will bo bhe formation of >a musing course, ■ ami a.ll members and intending members are requested to attend. This morning at the Levin S.M Court, Mr T. 'W. Goldsmith, J.V., fined a first offender 10s for drunkenness. Accused was lound drunk oi Oxford-street on Saturday night. The Horowhenua County Council on Saturday accepted the tender of G. V. Douglas of £173 for tlio formation oi Gladstone road. "1 am of the opinion that the council should employ more surfacemen than at present. At present the roads are let go back," said Councillor lJroydbe!t at the Horowhenua County Council's mooting on Saturday. Councillo<- Cate.ly said that there was no system at present, and it was not the ougirecr's fault. The mtu seemed to Jo as they liked. The men tolerated them (111. 1 councillors) as long the councillors (said nothing, but as soon as they sard anything to tho men the tatter sent in their resignation. It was unbearable.

A meeting of tho congregation ol Levin Presbyterian Church will be held this evening (Monday) to discuss tho appointment ol a pastor to the vacant pulpit.

JS'oininations for the lJorowhenua Racing Club's spring meeting are published in to-day's Chronicle. No to than eighteen entries have been made to.* the Horowhenua Cup, and amongst the lield are several New Zealand wiip candidates. The whole oi the events on tho card have elicitcd satisfactory nominations. The lists will he found in another column.

Members of the Levin Queen *Jarnival Committee are reminded of tho meeting called lor this evening at 7.30 mi Miss McKegg's tea-rooms.

The tender of J. M. Joil for the supply of metal for the Roslyn road at a price of 3s per yard was accepted by the Horowhenua County Council 01. Saturday.

Mr IT. Walker; of Levin j "who left here last May 011 a trip to .England, arrived at his destination 011 oTtiy Bth. lie crossed the Atlantic from .New Vork to Liverpool by the liner Adriatic. In Xew Vork there was heavy betting on the chances that the vessel had of reaching Englan'd safely. The ship entered the war zone on JuJy 7th and then a barricade ol sandbags wits built about the wheel house, and the lifeboats lowered to the level of the lower deck ready for any emergency. It was a relief next morning to those <;n board when they found British destroyers e>corting the v.U.sel. On the trans-American portion ol his journey, Mr Walker was struck by the almost complete absence of fences around the iiouses ol the town/s. and the private Jawns are not lenced off from the street; needless to say there 110 cows or horses, and very lew dogs wandering about the streets. Living appeared to be cheap iu America. The great building uf the i.M.C.A. at Honolulu was visited, and it gives one some idea of the large amount of work carried 011 there when .1 is known that ten secretaries ;>,re permanently employed.

All interesting address was delivered iast evening at the Sawuiifler's Hall ■by Mr 11. Cirinstead, evangelist ol I'etono Church of Christ. Mr T. Dawson presided. The speaker said the subject of the priesthood would never be understood unless men and 'women discerned between the priesthood in the old Covenant days and the priesthood of the •New Testament dispensation, in which all believers were priests linto God. Christianity knew nothing of the distinction made between brethren as clergymen and laymen, and such distinction should be abolished in the interests of the union of Christians. Surely it was a fair proposition that thai which was not taught in the .Bible was not Christianity. Just as in the days of old the High Priest needed to Know God's will and man's great needs, so Christ, the priest, had shown by Ins knowledge of God's purposes and of man's chief needs tk&t lio was a merciful and. gracious High driest.

Apiti, with a population of 000 people lias just raised £1000 by meant; of its recent Carnival Queen election. This it is claimed is for New Zealand, as it is equivalent to £2 and over tor each member of the population. A sailor had been (showing a lady visitor over his ship, in thanking iiim she said; "1 see that by the rules ol : your ship tips are forbidden." "JLor' bless your 'cart, nui.am," said Jack. "So wore apples iu the Garden in Jl<!en." - History shows; that surnames did not come into general and hereditary use in England until after the Norman Con quest, when the upper classes were lirst known by the names of their lands The lower orders took +lio names of trades, birds, animals, and other objects in art and nature. We are told that the earliest English surname ifc "Hatte." . An auctioneering firm at Otaki advertises a warning to some person "'who "removed a Keg of Staples" from the linn's office. Whether the keg contained iron (or the amber product of the Mulgrave-street brewery) is left to the readers' surmise.