LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 November 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

*_ A special meeting ol the Levin lio'ough Council will bo held on Monday evening to consider the applications tor the position oi : Town ClorJi. iuv i.irw ji .iM i;iiuu niii p.iij ui>. iolKJUing 111 i^Aluril-slreOu, 10-uigut, 'ii> £> <j ciOtJi. (jiieailici peiiiliUii.g/ .•■• ALJICIi, "kSL. .Allglloi/illeo ; "JL/ei\u.rops and uai-sies ; mami, "ine lnundeivt' ; sonotusclve, "i>arky Jjuiuuos''; quickstep, "Aew Zealand ; maieii, "Suing Along'; .selection "I ne Lyric Ciarlaiiu . ; Uod iSavo Uiu iving. Diu my, the crush in the DunoUin streets on ."suuday, wlicn tiie soldiers who returned by llie Wiiiuclira were being receivedi by Uie public, u gany, ul pickpocket:-) got w work *and it m reported Unit a sum of well over i-yo was picked iruni dilieient pockets. A iaiai accident ojciivou to a linui named mniei buxtuii, at iiunuythorpe, yesterday. it appear* tliat deceascui who i« a coiiiposiior on tlie .stall' oi tiie Ohakune Times, was visiting Palmeryton rihow, and lelt to return by the evening train. At lmnnytliorpe He left the train when it slopped and oeior he had time to boar<l ifc a/gam, k was going at :i lair pace. He made a rush to i-atch it, but lus ooat caugiu on Hometliiug and he fell, and wars dragged under the -wheels. Dr ±>ett of l'alinersion, and tho ambulance stiu. lmmediiately set out foi- Jiunnythorpe, but the unfortunate man expired before they arrived.—-Miin.TWJitu Tim as. i p-nSiigC liiinl --iluliialUl m itiiuiisuc-i xubL iiiaioUa-j Uio JSoitiieiii «_oiuptui,y a .-ji-eaiiiei xk.iiiiiuu nud a iiuriou cooapc iruni iiomy; bttucn by a tnunuerbolt. About X.iiO p.m. the vessel encountered an heavy tiiuntieistonn during wnicn a tintnuierboit led ciosi. , lu tiie fciiip alter an exceptioaaliy heavy uap. 'lln; passage of the fchuuderbolt into the water resembled a boiling c-aiildron, plainly discernible by those aboard. The vessel was shaken from seem to stern. The greatest couiterjjation prevailed. Under the captain's orders the vessel wa& slowed down, but examination revealed that no damage had been sustained. Passengers desorflje their experience a« nervo-raokuig. How Italy treats traitors is exemplified in the case of the skipper anu crew of the Bella Scutarma. Two carrier pigeons were caught on July 18, an the beach at JJari, andi under their \viiigs were found messages revealing die tact that the fishing smack in question was loitering in tho vicinity for the purpose of replenibhing enemy submarines with petroleum. Tfie charges had been proved up to the hilt, after an Gxlunistive trial. A war tribunal has condemned Captain Shagir Mustafa to 20 years' strict confinement, and seven members of the crew received ten years imprisonment each for premeditated ..treason.

Sliarland's Baking Powder is bound to rise. Thai is why so many thousands "so and praise it. Costs Ipsk than others. Advt- ' MAY SAVE A LIFE. . Chamberlain's Colic und Diarrhoea Remedy ir> just'what its name implies. For pains in the stomach and diarrfioea if has no equal, Daring the summer months when stone fruit is plentiful and, as often happens during a dry spell, good drinking water is hard to obtain in country places, bowel complaints "are very plentiful. Yon can-

not 3o better than Keep a bottle o* Chamberlain's Colic nnd Diarrhoea Remedy always on hnr.ti. It will save much pain and suffering and may even save a life. Fur stf'o everywhere.— | Advt.

The heaviest thunderstorm ever experienced here passed over the district in the early hours of this morning. The thunder was very low and the lightning particularly frequent and vividi, while the rain fell in torrents. The weather which promised so well at the beginning of spring has proved windy and stormy during tho - past week or so, and though there is is plenty of feed about its growth has not been as good as it was previously. A Leviii woman wno visited Weiiing ton this week writes to the Chronicle concerning returned soldiers. She met some wlio came tu V\ etlington iroin i-'ort CualmCrs. whither they had voyaged Ijy the A\ illociira. An Auckland private said he had met Corporal Andrews, ol Levin, who had had a bayonet tiirust through his Hand ught 01 Hill U7l. The UtTcklandcr also met Private Kay, of the Boys' Training [ i<'arm, uovin, whom lie described as a lino fellow; ono who retained great lovo for the institution where he had been trained. he hud with him and; treasured a photograph ol a nurse who nail received him at the Training Farin aim had brought him lip. An inst;ina'JC>l' how a youngster can carry through a lnoto than ordinary I'scapade with perfect sung froid was i dated to a Napier reporter by a locai schoolmaster. A boy, only 11 years old, iiad been absent iiom school for two consecutive days during the week, With the result that a. notice to this eilccL was posted to Ins parents with a. "please explain" attaehcu. This was iollowcd by a visit ot the father oi hho boy, who stated that he had lost all traces of his son. As he had' not been found and his whereabouts was unknown, 'further investigation was made, and it then was discovered that the boy with tho cool assurance of youth, had gone to Hastings, _ put up at a big hotel there, informed tin. proprietress tliat his mother was ill, and! that he was going to stay tliere ,i week m consequence, and that his •'tithe! , uoul dpay the expenses incurred. The little chap was weloonieu with open arms and nad the time oi hits boyish life. Retribution, however, came, for his whereabouts being discovered by his parental relation, ue was led gently home. In an article on the -speech ol the liight Hon. W. F. Massoy, wheron the l'remier expressed this preference xor lie volunteering system as against thu compulsory military service system, die •Chrisichurch Evening News (a Rcforni journal) says:--"'One can only express regrot, and hope that Mv. did not think belore he spoke. Hut then, the heads of the department are there to think. it is probably just another phase of that extraordinary obsession, largely made up of ingrained prejudice, widen seems to blind >o many when they come to talk <'* national service. Colonel Allen had his eyes opened when he was at Hillside and Christcburch and touching upon ihis subject. li Mr. .\lassey would ~ry a recruiting lour this might be opened Loo. lii'C national rcgudMflfl ...il aie opening some iiiou io"notuing lu'.w ai iJio ■ was the same obsession. ..i.j.it p.>iiiiciii-i.> iK'ii/iU tiie papiT^m^^l il iJL.pI :0 ueaiiliHl C.Jllip..lßiO.y -if.;-Tt-iif. Li.<,i<l. \jlii\ ill Ui.S jiiii.UiicO ,j might expect taat tne Premier oi aa: coiinliy siiould not, alter toiiiteeii .uoinlis oi war in whicii tJie Jjritisn j i,pi:-j has been f'lved by the Heroism tmi marvellous lighting ability ol the armies oi our ail.es, iubull Jiosl- allies. Wdiiugton's Rose Lay movement (.promoted by tho Wellington 'i.M.C.A.) I-, to be helped lor ward, by uho Levin . ..u.1,.a. a uiveting oi tiie Levin wauic;y atixiauj-y is called lor Monday .iai in Liie j .JJ..V-..A. rooms, at op.m. ..J airange lor a general imuenieut iu ..■is lowa and district. ijie iivoraiio yeariy rainiali at \Vestjjurt, i)tiimi6Uju t Reel ton and Uroyi.ioutu (.says 'tiiu Uestuorc m given as loilows; vvoatporL W.6U, iJeiiniston HU.6ij, Reel ton 81.38, UreyinouUi 1U2.U1. These tigur<es> aro louuded on otiservatiuns taken at Westport for -o years, at JJeuuiston for nmo yeai'ti and at Greytown for 22 years. An extraordinary comcidence, vouch* iid for to bo true, was related to a Napier ielegrapii reporter by a . jjioiaiiieui citizen ixMitiiiuy. buliiu time a ri u, a .Napier lady, vvno nas a son at uie iront, had a uig caaie inado at a local caterer's. insiuw vim caxe wan" inserted a very small tin, containing :i letter and a pound note. Tlie cake was carefully iced/, paciied, addressed and posted. What happened? Tlio person to whom the cake was addressed was walking down a Cairo street, and in a, shop noticed a caice with a lernieai' on it. Whether Jiis patriotio lcelings wore aroused liistory does not say, but the fact remains that the soldier boy "splashed" feome off hi« money on the caJie. To his utter astonishment, he found therein a tiny tin, but his amazement can be far more easily imagined than described when, on opening tho tin, lib found it contained a letter addressed to" himself. And, what was also moet acceptable, a pound note. Tho incredible, "but it is voucht*eff>r. How the cake got to tlie Cairo caterer is another story that the Napier lady would very much like to know.