The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FRIDAY,OCTOBER 8,1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 October 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FRIDAY,OCTOBER 8,1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Trooper Eric James MeLeavcy, ui' Olian. has been admitted to the AlderUcv f loi-pital, Liverpool. Mr N, Barratt, of JJarratt's Byko, Levin, is about to- lake up a situation in Wellington. lie expects to take lii.s departure lroin Levm by tho end ol tliis month. Levin Bowling Club will .hold its annual general meeting this evening (I'riday) in the public school, at H o'clock. A cablegram received yesterday by tho Defence Minister stated that tie.' •second Maori reinforcements have com pleled a- stage ol their joiirnoy. The health of the men was excellent, although they experienced a rough passago. JiarlonYi circus arrived in Levin this morning, having performed last night in Shannon. Tliov show in Levin this evening. The band played lively airs along Oxford-street, followed by the circus entourage and the fleetest of foot in the boy population. Troop trains, conveying the men from ILuigiotu training camp to AYellingi'on, passed through Levin this morning. 'Clio tunnelling company recently organised by the Defence Department for ■work at front -will assemble in I'almerslon to-morrow, an<l ho drafted in skTlled and unskilled section. Tliev •will go into training at Auckland, leaving by the afternoon express. Mr T. 0. Neill, of Tirvean. Weraroa. has enlisted in this company. Jills Siealey, ol Levin, hats received uord that two ol her cousins have been killed in Erance. At the outbreak ol the "war they were in residence at Cambridge. Lieutenant Ueorge i". Juckeo, ol llic Olli Battalion iiiiie Brigade, was the second son ol Dr and Mis E. A. Jiiekes, ol tho Carfax,' ilorsliain. lie 'uas twenty years ol age, and received Ins commission very soon at tor tho outbreak of the war. JJ. is younger brother, Lieu tenant T. n. Jucke.s, of the '2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, was killed at ltichebourg, L'avotio on May 9th. Tlie inspector ol awards at Uisborne has iiilormed tho Poverty Bay iieranl tliat the -Native shearers who have, by advertisement, been advising members of their union not to shear under JJ2 per JLUO, have been informed that they are liable to prosecution if they do not retract. The clause ol their agreement under the said conditions; and for the union is as follows: "Unwifuot to defeat provisions 01 agreement. Neither tho union or any member thereof shall do anything either directly for the purpose of preventing any person lrtnit working under conditions fixed by this agreement, or for the purpose of inducing any person to abstain from working under the said conditions; and for the purpose ol constituting a breach m this provision it shall not be necessary or oll'ender to have any particular person or persons in view at the time of the alleged offence."