The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 October 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

« Soaking rains have fallen throughout. Victoria. A gift ul JUI Is l'runi I\Lf \\. Nickers lor the Hod Cross Imijkl ii;is~ ijecii received by the treasurer, Mr I*. W. Goldsmith. A report ol the bow ling un the Levin Howling (iroeii yesterday will appear in to-morrow'.-, issue. A man found drunk un (Saturday in Uxlord-street, appealed charged with the olfence, before .VLr F. <J. Jleniiiigton. J.l'., at the Levin tuurt yesterday morning. Tlie accused wa*> convicted and discharged ats 'it wa.s his first oli'enct*. "Best to all my Levin triends," is the message by postcard Irom .Sergt.. Feather, formerly of the Boys' Training J'arm otalf, and now in When the postcard left Lgvpt (Augu.sL 24tli) Sergt. Feather was stationed at Alexandria in the .New Zealand record ofiice. A letter, dated August 18th, has been received from Private J. 11. Whelkm, by .Mr J. K. Dean. The writer had taken part in the heavy fitting on G<illipoli during August Bth and Utli, and at the time of writing was in tlie First Australian Hospital at Cairo, su 11ering from .shock and dysentery. There

'Here a great number in the same hospital suffering from tfie same troubles. The J led Cross Society was very attentive to the patients. It. seldom or nevej' ra.ins in Egypt, and most of the hospitals wore open with only roots oil rushes. At the time of writing Private Whollan hoped to be sent to a convalescent home in a few davs.

The were about 100 boys and girls ai the demonstration at fcTfo bat!is yesterday afternoon, and when asked to enter for the. swimming races lor boys and girls under 1(3 years" o'l age, not one pleaded guilty to being able to swim. This was commented 011 adversely by tile Mayor in his speech of introduction oi the visitors. The Borough Council was doing all it could to popularise the ■baths and had reduced the lees to a very low figure. After what had been done it was a surprisng thing to find so many young people unable to swim. Mr G. Hill, who was in charge of the visiting team, also expressed surprise at the revelation. It was hard to uiuferstan,d it, in Face of the fact of their having such splendid baths so close "to tb<

and the efforts of tlie Mayor and councillors to make them popular. Compare', with other centres, the bathing iee;<

■were verv low,

Yesterday afternoon at the Levin municipal baths, fourteen members of tlio Wellington branch of the Royal Life-saving Society gave a de mo lustration of the various methods of rescuing drowning people, and tTieir resuscitation The demonstration of the holds iirst was given on dry lancT, and then illustrated in a practical manner fh the water. . Swimming and~diving exhibitions also were given; the divers entering tlie water wry eleanlv. The whole was mast instructive and interesting, and it was a pity ttiat there were not more present to witness it. Owing to a total absence of competitors, tliere were no competitions of any kind. At the conclusion, the visitors were given three cheers, and at Mr G. Hill's asking cheers were given for the ladies, the Mayor and Messrs Matiheson and Demspey. The Levin Brass Band was present and played several selections.

The result of the recent music examinations conducted on behalf of 'the HoyaJ Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music will appear in tomorrow's issue.

By advertisement it. is notified on page 3 that tlie daylight parades of the Levin Territorials and Cadet*, 'which was to have been held to-morrow (Wednesday) have been cancelled. The evening parades will be lield as usual.

The Australian casualties to elate number 27,460. The Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, has received an appeal from the King for more and yet more men. At Wellington yesterday Desert bold (7.b) •won the Champion Plate in 'iniins D 4-ssecs. Nones was second aiui JJattle Eve third. At the Wellington races yesterday the totalisator handled £41,761 ais against £39,672 on tlio corresponding day last year, making tlio total amount handled for the two days £74,084-- a total increase of Cb.7(X) over the corresponding meeting last ve-ar.