Local and Genera!

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 February 1916, Page 2

Local and Genera!

Two men enlisted at the local recruiting office last week. Their names are: M. E. Ranger, Manakau (infantry) and L. V. Hanson, Levin (infantry. Levin Defence Rifle Club continued its shooting series on Saturday afternoon, when eiclit or nine members participated. Good shooting was made. Details will appear to-morrow. fl hero is, to some extent, a -tightness :n money matters in Palmerston jus. now, and business men, including tailors and reTailers, complain of tlio difficulty in ge-ttin gtheir money in. It is not easy to ascertain tlie real cause ot the tightness for in other directions, siroh as entertainments and amusements, there seems to be very little indication of the lack ot money.—Manawatu Times. The London Daily Mail states that the net earnings ot the shipping trade has risen from £'22,000,000 in Iff] 3 to £250,000,000 in 1910, and urges that the tax on excess in shipping profits sli-ould be raised to 75 or 81) per cent. Levin Borough Council's ordinary iortiiigiitl'v- meeting, due for""to nigh'. has been postponed until Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. This has been done as the Mayor and Councillors are to talke part in the "send-off' to the soldiers that takes place to-night at the Levin Town Hall. A Wanganui message states that a fiie occurred on Saturday night in •Corri'e'.s buildings, Ridgway-street. The Hedditeh tailoring and outfitting sb >x> was completely gutted, as a was a- smali shop of Mr G. D.' Jones. The premises of Mr W. Corrie, solicitor, Messrs Orichtion and Newman, bookmakers, and Mr Benefield, cycle agent, weiv badly damaged By water. A private telegram received yesterday by Mr Goldingham indicates that the Now Zealand infantry are stationed at Ismalia, a st-nntegic point in the centre of the Suez Oa-naJ.— Mana-watu Time*. Amongst the contributors to the program for to-night's "send-off" at the Town Hall will be Mr and Mrs Hugnes, Mr P. Denton (cornet solo), Mrs Bryson. Miss Goldsmith, Mrs C. S. Keedwell, .Miss Phyllis Keedwell and Mr Miller. Some of the men who have recently returned from the front will relate their experiences, and display trophies- that have been capturedi. While -bathing in the Manawatu river yesterday about half a- mile below the Longbuj-n bridge a man named Greene slipped into a hole fifteen feet deep andi was drowned. ' When going in he pulled another man named O'Keefe in with him. Fortunately O'Keefe was able to swim a little and reached the bank. Greene was unable to swim. Another man named Alex Sutherland dived several times but the water was discoloured and he could/ not locate him. The winner of Glass 30 a-t the recent Horowhenua A. and P. Show was omitted from the report. The firsi prize was won by Mr P. E. Palmes with 'his cow Golden Bell. This win gave Mr Palmes 17 points in the dairy cattile classes, just one point behind the winner" of the points prize, Mr E. S ■ Lancaster.