The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 October 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Accounts amounting lo £b'7-l is id wore passed lor payment at its meeting on .Saturday by the Horowheiian County Council.

Shannon and Eoxton Uouling Clubs open their (season to-morrow (Wednesday). Levin Bowling Club intends sending rinks to both places.

A meeting of Levin Borough Councillors will be held to-night k> say farewell to Councillor Vincent, on the eve of hi.j doparture for active service.

The Woruroa Anglican Churoh building committee desires to acknoulcdge, with many thanks a donation of guinea from Mr Cluitt. rainier towards the Church funds.

The Weraroti Anglican Church -uu niitteo desire to acknonledge willi Lliank.s a. donation of two guineas from iMr Sobye for the JBiiilding and Bazaar at "Woraroa.

"'I paid my insimuice premium today." "That's good. "Yes, 1 suppose it in, but it makes mo feel as if I'm losing money every day I'm alive." At the Sydney wool .sales yesterday buyers wviv present in strong force, and bidding wue brisk lor all good classes, the high levels of last week being maintained. Givaey merino to lSltl, greasy crossbred lu'^d. .Early on Saturday evening Mrs J. ifJiu teller "Wilts run into oy a inotoj , •i----eyele at the Post oflico comer. She iva,s thrown down and brmisod (severely. ►She a.lso oiilfered considerably ironi shock and had to receive medical at T tention An enumerator at \)'-il Thus is the record of Mr Philip Goldsmith, of Nurwich, England, father of the County Clloi'k of Morow'ffeniia. The Norwich Mercury, in printing a. snapshot ol : the nonogenarian at lu's diffies. remarks that Mr Goldsmith probably is the oldest enumerator in Great .Britain. From 16th October the freights on wool ironi New Zealand to the United Kingdom will be as follows: Greasy wool Id per lb, slipe wool ljd por pound, washed and scoured ljd per lb; all plus 25 per cent aval , charge. The Australian rates are 1-Jcl for greasy and for scoured, plus 20 per cent. war surcharge in each case. New Zealand and Australian rates are subject to the usual 5 pei- cent primage. The following list of articles" is supplied by the Government to each soldier "when he arrives in camp : - -Uniform clothing: 2 jackets. 1 felt lint, 1 forage cap, 1 pair of trousers, 1 pair puttees, 1 great coat, 2 pairs boots, i denim suit, 1 pair canvas shoes. Personal clothing: 1 kit has, 2 blankete, 1 oil sheet, 2 shirts (working) 2 shirts (under), 2 pair pants (under), 1 pair "Braces, 3 pair socks. 2 towels, 1 jorsey (fcbalci), 1 cholera belt, 1 holdall (containing knife, fork and spoon), 1 hussiF (filled), 1 plate. I pannikin. 1 sea kit hag. "Failing to shade lights at night" s a statutory oifence in England at present. At Bungay (Norfolk) a bench or justices presided over by Sir Rider Haggard inflicted a line of 10s on the wife of Harry Taylor (a member of the naval reserve) for having left a bright light (showing through three windows at 1 a.m.. -while she was away from her house. The chairman of the bench said the offence was a serious one, a-s it was well known there were enemy aircraft about.

Mr T. G. Vincent, ol Levin, loaves Levin on Wednesday tor tho training camp at Trentliain. He lias been given a subaltern's rank and will go forward on active service with 'the next reinforcements. A Levin resident who recently spent a few •weeks in the Roxburgh district states that owing to the lrosts and high •winds, the orchardisis in that part have lost all chance of making anything from their early fruits. The country was extremely dry and tlicro avws an entiro absence of feed. Troii't are reported to be lairly plentiful in Levin district this season. A follower of Isaac Walton "who frequents tlie Chronicle Office secured :■ string of seven goodly sized fi,sh Inst week end. The Hutt and Petoiie Chronicle reports that the gardens in the''Hutt Valley are looking splendid and good crops are expected this season. For the concert to be given by t>h % < Weraioa Anglican Cliurcli at the King's Theatre on the. 20th October the manager of the Training rami has kindly arranged lor the farm lads to give -their assistance. They will contribute two choruses and two instrumental iieiuv Tlie tickets are selling well, amf there is vvovy prosfiect <Tl' a lull house. A great crowd of friends and relations gathered at the station (his morning to witness the departure and snv farewell to the Levin volunteers for the 'Ninth Reinforcements. ' The platform was crowded and it was difficult to move about. The number of men th'at left was about twenty, and as the train moved out of the station hearty eheo-s wore given them. A good afternoon's work was spent by the Levin Boy Scouts on Saturday,. in the vicinity of the lake. Tlie work provided for the pitching of two camps out of sight of each other, and the objective of each was to capture the Hag of the other. The guard over each was kept so strictly, however, that neither mice-ceded. but the lads gained a good' elementary knowledge of work that will be useful to them later on when tasks of a similar nature will he set thorn. The lads also were instructed in the erection of temporary camps, mattrevssmaking, etc. The game of boAV'Ls lias a fascinal'oii peculiarly its own. A visit to tho Mastert'uii green is a revelation. Here may be seen men in th"e~sere and yellow leaf, men of middle-age, and even the younger generation, occupied in the pastime of placing a piece of on centric, wobbly timber a-s close as possible to an inanimate ohject described as "kitty." Once on the bowling green the player forgets husincss, home, and worry, and indulges in the sport, or recreation, till darkness intervenes and sends him half wean , , but recruited ; n health and spirits to his domicile. Apart from tho recreation afforded by tlie game of bowls, the social reunion that one finds upon the green is pleasant an-1 wholesome. The one thing lacking np pears to be the absence of ladies from the field of play. Why have we not lady howlers? That is a question that neither "Ja'-k" n«v Kitty" have so far been able io answer.--.Vlasterlon Age.