Business Notes

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 October 1915, Page 3

Business Notes

The HormVlicnua A. and P. Association will hold its annual meeting at Levin next Saturday alternoon. Details are set out by advertisement in to-dav's OlironicJe.

Barton Urns' new circus will appear in Shannon Thursday next and in Levin on l'Yiday. Air Uarton lias always presented acceptable artists, but. this time he ha» eclipsed all previous efforts, and secured some sensational acts that will be entirely new to i\ew Zealand, including the threo Dentines (aerial wonders), .Sliaiid and Shand (comedy acrobats) Coco and Chieo (human chimpanzees)e, Alicia (a lady juggler;, Miss Kit-tie Montgomery (champion lady rider)) all engaged for a complete tour of the dominion at great expense, and will appear in conjunction with tlie already huge combination of Barton's circus. Sixty horses, trained to a degree, and a largo'number of notorious buck jumpers, make one ol the largest and best shows ever brought to New Zealand. Notwithstanding the expense attached to tins enterprise Mr Barton has decided lo adhere to his usual popular prices. Both at Shannon and Levin Mr Victor TWtino will give a free exhibition of life daring and sensational slides lor hie at 7.30 each evening. fcJTOJ , iUt-KSS NKWS Chronicle Oih'ce .11 w.m L'aris, October i. The Temps .states that Soiia practically is under martial law and the price, ol bread has been fixed, and meetings

))roliibited. 'I'he municipal council has decided to name the three principal t-qnares: Berlin. i>udapest ,and Vienna, while German and Bulgarian songs are being .sung in the cafes, l'ayuieiils are made in marks and many other Teutonic signs are apparent.

The Petit Paris-ion reports a traveller from Bulgaria a<< saying that the rulcrs at> Sofia are deluding the puhlic. on ono day by issuing a proclamation that the army i.s going to march against Turkey, and the noxl that, the mobilisation is against Vienna. Soldiers declare that they -will not fight- against their old Knssian comrades, and mo.si of the troops lack enthusiasm. It is reported that Germany is allowing Bulgaria a monthly indemnity of fifty million marks. Athens, October 1. The Government has taken possession of three railway lines in .Macedonia, whereof two have been worKed by Austrian companies and one by a L'Yonch company. Gre.-k newspapers relei' in a moderate tone to tho proposed lauding at Salonika; it generally is realised that it i.s best 10 passively let events lake their course in view of the Allies' consistently frieii.tiy inU.ue.st m Uroece. Six German aviators nave arrived at Sofia, and skilled labourers are leaving Constantinople in groups tor Bulgaria. Bucharest, October -I. The Bulgarian lUir .Ministry ha.s lo iitibm';i all onions tor the Austro-Uer-maii ollicers' approval. A correspondent oi the newspaper Epoca stales thai AtLslro-Uermaii <i-r----tiJleiy is moving towards Seivia, and includes 17-iuch gnius. it is expecled that General Von lUackeiisen will e«lublksii his headquarters at Versecz, jU unlets north-east oi Belgrade.