"Old Moore" and the War

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 November 1915, Page 3

"Old Moore" and the War

> J)ARK DAYS STILL TO OOMlfi. In J) is Alniaiuiu I'm li'n<j Old .Mooio has .sonic very gloomy tilings Id t*uy üboiit the great war. "Luom the stellar influences,' , li-o says, •"there appo w ti bo but little indication ol peace dining 1915. Some movements in that direction will bo made during the .n. tuiiin, but Hiey will lie unavailing. I<) 1910 the centre of Kurope will bo given ovor.to the (iod of War. Kire 3 .devastation, fevers, and widespread ruin uid reign supreme. The eclipse of th sun in I'Vburary will see Germany defeated and her legions driven back to the confines of her own country. The British armies will be triumphant, and win victory after victory. Holland v'<h suffer terrible privations, and "will . o driven into the Avar. Throughout th' , . spring the iin.>.st appalling slaughter will occur, and step by step the Allies will force their way ahead. A decisive naval victory i>: denoted in May The culminating point in the war does not occur durin.y; the year ot I9li>, and : will not lio till the ycai , that the I)orders of (A-nuanv w.ill lie overthrown liiKilly. As rofenv-d to elsi.where in this year's Almanac, 'I'ow ->i\ wa.s given unto the Heast to continue for fort.y-aiid-fwo 1 shall refer io t.liis subject again in next year's Almanac.' , &TOJ? PItESS NKWS. Chronicle Uilice. li p.m. DIUVISN INSANE. Hamilton, This Uay. JCrnest .Morrii<. aged 11, a v/ell-known ' ina.stvr buildei , , [old; a neighbour that, liy felt ho was going mail. His neighbour stayed for Uie iiiyht with him. and both wont out to-milk yesterday morning, but Morris drank noifion ami then rushed to t!w> hon.se and there cut his throat "with a razor. At an inqtio.st into the fatality, the jury returned a verdict of " temporarily insane. ' ' WITS