The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 November 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

' 'J. he number of suppliers to the Levin butler factory shows an increase ol ab-urit JO above that <>i last year; the number a I present being 2135. Mr Mojlar, who recently with a natsty accident at Manuka u, is still in the Otaki hospital.- He is, however, making a good 'recovery, and will probably be discharged in the course ol a lew days. Mr .Scott, ol' Levin, an old navy veteran, is also an lnnmte of the .same institution.—Ota'ki Mail. According to a cable message thu London Daily Mail's (Jhristchiiich corlCfspondent says it i.s l'elt in tihe Dominions that Mr Asquitli is unlitted temperamentally to guide Britain through the great war, but it is recognised tliat the Government must be trusted. A New York cable says woman's sutirage wacs defeated in Massachusetts by 1i ,, .i,()0U of a. majority, in New York uy 20-3 ; u - 08, and in i'eimsylvauia by iiiO,UUO. All rotiu-iis aro incomplete. Prohibition was defeated in Ohio by utout ..0,000 majority. Sergt-Major Daniels, of Levin, lias received a telegram lrom headquarters that tho tenth remlorcomenlK wiJl proceed to Trenthani on ltith November, not Ntivember 15 as previousuly oi'clerei. 1 So far, Levin audi Otaki towns arc nine below their apportioned numbers. There etill are ten daye whea:ein the vacancies may be tiled by tiu» first suitable men who apply. At a meeting of rifle club delegates to be held in Lovin next Thursday the delegate lrom the Ngatiawa Kifle

Club will move —'That in view of the present unsettled circumstances caused through the present war, no competition be held this year for the i'lekli Shield; nor the .Fresh Food Cup." A London cable says that an English woman, who, as correspondent to a London newspaper, originated the statement that Australasian soldiers were sleeping on the Embankment owing to delay in. receiving pay. lias int'ormeu the High Commissioner that after tin. enquiries she is convinced that the allegation was untrue. Scotland I'ard .states that no Australian or New Zealand soldiers were over seen shelterless. A resident of Girsborne received through the post the other day a white, feather with a footnote to ho eifect that he should be ashamedt of himself for not going to the front. He immediately went to the Garrison Hall, and would have got through easily but for his age which was given an 98. As showing the necessity lor a distinguishing badge, such as that suggested by Earl Kitchener, a Maetertoii wounded soldier states that he was vigorously assailed "by a woman recently because as she said he was an "ablebodied man" who ought to be at the front.—Age The Commonwealth Commercial Commissioner in the East states that the greatest attention is being paid to Australia and Now Zealand in Japan. Count lsuchiya, who recently toured New Zealand, has aroused intense interest by his lectures and articles with the object of making the japanuae conversant with the political and commercial conditions. I'Yom Miss Sybil Nathan, lion, secretary to the Military Hospital Guild. Wellington, the local secretary of the Levin Ladies' Patriotic CommittiM! (Mrs I'. W. Goldsmith) has received the lollowing letter:—'•November 2nd, islu. Dear Madam,—The two cases wmcli were sent by the Levin Ladies' Patriotic Committee arrived yesterday, for which I wish to thank you.jmd all -ne workers for the beautiful garments, bandages, etc., which the case contained. I also received; the parcel o* towels."

The death is reported at TaDia'pe <- the Rev. David GorcTon, lor over tliirty years connected with the Prestfyteriau ■Church. Tho deceased genCteman wa& iu charge of the Harton Presbyterian Church for ma.ny~yeai*>, a »d was higlil.\ respected in tlie Rangitikei district, n leaves a family ol two sons ami two daughters, one of the latter being tin wife of the Rev. Mr Mawson, of tin Canton Village Mission, China. ii.gerton Gill, secretary to the Aew Zealand J/reedoin l^eagui , , uas lined £50 in Auckland on a charge of •publishing nuitter likely to interlere with reoruiting. Defendant circularised members and. sympathisers with the League enclosing a form ol protest which suggested conscientious objections to military service. The Magistrate stated fihat the form ol protest really .suggested an answer to the question m the National Register as to why the signatory had not volunteered. Consequently it was likely to interfere wit'fi recruiting.