LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 October 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A uuiu of humour was struck at the exhibition oi radium by Wragge, at .UeetUin. A well known settler, who ha'il« from the Dmerald Isle, was looking at tiii.s wonderlul exhibit, when he was heard to ejaculate: "Bodad, it's just like what one sees when lie's drunk." Mr P. W. Goldsmith, the newly appointed clerk to the Horowhonua Countj Council, is at present Town Clerk to the borough of Levin, he having occupied that position ever since the borough was formed tn TJOli. During hi< term of nine years Mr Goldsmith has proved himself a most efficient, courteous, painstaking clerk, and has won golden opinions from all. The Levin Borough Council will lose n very va.luable officer now that Mv Goldsmith \v.u gone over to the County Council .staff, wliile the County will reap t7ie benefit. We heartily congratulate the County Council on its appointment, which, we 'believe, will prove most popular and satisfactory to all parties concerned. — Ofaki Mail. I'HE SKASONS Autumn begins on March 21et; Wiuter on June 21st (the shortest day}; Spring commences on September 23rd; Summer on December 22nd (the longeat day). From observations, extend ing over a number of years, it appaars that, on the average, the hottest period is from the 21"at to the 25th of January, and the coldest from the 20fch to the 24th of July. These periods, therefore, aro the natural midsummer and midwinter. -■ i

At the Levin 5.51. Court yesterday, .Air P. W. Goldsmith, J. P., fined a man 5s for being drunk. He was found ui lhat condition on the Levin railway platform the day before by tbe police It was liis first offence. In the Chronicle's report of the annual meeting of the Horowhcnmi A and J , . Association appeared the words "the delay in presenting tho balancesheet was owing to the secretary being unable to get the return ol the balancesheet." As tliis tseems to infer that tho auditor was to blame, it should i •}. made clear that tho case was not so. The delay was occasioned through the secretary being kept extra busy'with the Club secretaryship and his accountancy duties, which could not be put aside. The local treasurer of the Levin and District Patriotic Sqciety desires to acknowledge gifts for tho new hospital ship as follows: Emma Palber. parcel towek and slippers; Messrs ■Stiles and Mathoson. towels and iwiderwpar; "Mrs T. NicTToTas, face cloths: Mrs Kilsby (Koputaroa), feather pillow, pyjamas and towels. In the comparison of receipts of tho Ho ro wh en ua A. arid P. Asosciation that appeared in The Chronicle on Monday, underneath the report oi the association's general meeting the entry loos fo! , the year. 1915, wore omitted inadvertently. Tho entry fees for the yeir mentioned totalled £'110 11s. Tiie Minister ol Dotonce, Hon. J. Allen, stated in the House last night that in order to meet future demands, it was proposed to vary the regulations by increasing tlie age oi recruits to ■l.j years and reduce the .standard iroiu 3ft 4iii. to sft. '2m. "While the special train bearing Auckland's recruits lor Trentliain was pa«.shiii through Taupiri at 0 p.m. lafct ovening four of the men were seriously injured. The names ol the men hurt are: Private Samuel Mclloe, dangerous injuries to right side of head; Private Alexander Hyland, .serious laceration o' left arm; Private Water W. Chitty, minor injuries; Private Thomas Tumor, minor injuries. Particulars regarding the accident are meagre. It appears that the four men named were leanng out of the train at the time and were struck by the arm of the tablet exchanger which for some unexplained reason had failed to work. Hyland was standing on the platform of the train and McGee wa« at the window of the same carnage. Both were leaning out and were struck by the iron arm of the apparatus before they could draw back. The other two men are believed to have seen the danger in time to avoid serious hurl McGee and Hyland wore too seriously injured to continue their journey, and were taken «ff at Frankton junction and conveyed to the Hamilton Hospital. McGoo is unconscious and in an extremely grave condition, the nature of his injuries precluding much hope of his recovery. A Falkirk man with the Royal Scots, writing homo from Hie front says:--"The Germans at times are very lively. They are very good at .Scots songs, and one especially is good in .singing "Auld Piobin Gray." At night we can dear flioni singing quite plainly, for in .some places the trenches arc only a of about 150 yards from ours. Sometimes when they are in good mood th?,v pit! up a target for us and mar!. ;'•' place we hit with a shovel, but should you expose your own head above the parapet they don't hesitate to take it for a tiirjiol. Their snipers arc very