The Chronicle LEVIN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1916 Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 February 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1916 Local and General

I) Battery, now iu camp at Ohau, is tlio field artillery company of Wellington Lily. It comprises ol 140 men at ..present, under ALuJBr I'eftherack, ho lias been connected with the battery. tor the best part of two decades. The fourteenth reinforcements will be mobilised on -March 7th. A message from Auckland reports that tiie ex-German Consul, Oarl 6'eegner and Ms former private secretary Lothar'J&ihwder were arrested in Auckland yesterday as prisoners of war. Ihey are at present under detention in the forts at North Head. It is understood that the action jUf tlief authorities was due to suspicions aroused in connection with their recent movements.' p ■One .ol the biggest property deals recorded Uuring recent years is the purchase by Messrs IluddenJtdau Bros., ol Oamaru, of Jh James Bell's magnificent Wtupunga station, situated ill Jtiawke's Bay, eleven miles from Napier. The station comprises 7000 acres of freeiiold, and is stocKcd with 10,0l>0 sheejj and 000 head ot cattle, and is splendid pasture land. The estate was purchased as a going concern, and the price is in the vicinity of £100,000. Since the Levin poundkeeper sold a thoroughbred from the pound for about thirty shillings (the price of £5 Ills, hrst reported, was an exaggeration) a. number of local people have been watching cloeely for further opportunities to secure suc-h "ships."'' An advertisement in to-day's Unronicle, from the poundkeeper at Tokoma.ru, loreshadows the possibility ol securing a thoroughbred cheaply, next Thursday. The phenomenal nature of the Australian wheat crop this year is shown by official figures just to hand at tiie Chronicle office, from tje inter >ia>tional Institute of Agriculture. The estimated yield ip nearly tEirty-iiuio million quintals. la the season ci 191-1-15 the yield was under seven million quintals. A quintal represents a quantity equal to about 451bs ol wheat. All' W. Dtfieen, truant inspector, under the Wellington Education Board, has completed his periodical visit to the schools of Hoirowlienua County. He passed through Levin yesterday, and ih conversing with a Chronicle -representative he remarked that the attendances generally been* proveiM'airly satisfactory, though at a few of the schools the parents of pupils were inclined to be remiss in thoir- duty to 6end their children regularly to sohool. Some of the worst offenders, he remarkedi, were to be brought before the Magistrate at an early date, in Levin and O'Eaki, but iu iairness to Levin and Ota-ki towns he would add that the offenders were in outside districts.

At » conference at Miasterton on Tuesday between the dairy factory owners, and representatives of the employees of dairy factoria an agreement relative to holidays, wages and accommodation .was readied which is binding for two years in the Wellington industrial district.. Sergt-Major Daiiiolls, at Levin, lias received the following telegram from headquarters ait Palmerston North:— "You are required to supply eleven infantrymen to report at 'lrenthani not later than Friday night; send as many as you can." I'J'ihe Dunediin correspondent of the "Lyttelton Times" reports the death of Mr James Jeffs, former owner ol the Rink Stables, and well known in racing circles as the owner of Petrovna. The New Zealand Poultry Industries, lid., report as follows: ' '.Supplies are more plentiful, andi the price has declined a penny, <to Is 8d per dozen for guaranteed eggs."' To-morrow evening (IridayJ in the hall on Arapaepae road, the Rev. A\ . li. Poole, of Fiji, will give a public address on "Mission Work in Fiji. The lecture commences at o'clock, and the collection will he given in aid of the Methodist Foreign Mission. An advertisement oil the matter is published on page 3. If the weather is propitious a very enjoyable afternoon- should be spent at the Weraroa Anglican garden party on Wednesday afternoon next, at ALrs Bowen's residence, Wo hear incidentally oi treasure hunts find maypole dances, and) many other interesting things which .are not to be disclosed at present.

"Joe, why don't you advertise in the Dairyman?" asked the editor oi a man who was in a small way of business in a small town. "Because I'm agin' advertisin'." Joe answered. "But, why, Joe, are you against it?" asked the editor. "It don't leave a man no time," said Joe. "I advertised wunst last Bummer, and the consequence wuz 1 didn't have time to go fishing the whole of the season.' ' — av.Z. Dairyman. Almost every district has its strong man, whose feats of strength ore recounted with batedi breath" (says a Taranaki pq,per). Okohe, however, possesses one young tellow, quiet and unassuming, whose prowess would take some beating. A waggon got stuck with a load of wool, and while others were debating how to shift the load lie suggested that they should carry the bales up the hill, aibout a live-chain journey. The idea was rather laughed at, but he soon set all doiibters to rest by carrying four hales on his back in as many trips—no mean effort, as most of them weighed individually over 4001bs. ' Yesterday afternoon at St. ilary's Anglican Ohurch, Levin, the wedding took place of Mr E. W. J. Smith, or Smith, and Sherlaw, jewellers, Levin, and Miss A. Lancaster, only daughter of Mr and Mrs E. S. Lancaster, of Jiork street, Levin. ~ The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. T. Stealey, and afterwards the guests, from all parts of district and. beyond, adjourned to the residence oi the brido's parents where tlie wedding breakfast was served. Here, after the toast of the King, proposed) by .Mr J. Mentyre, had been honoured, the i'ev. H. T. Stealey, in a neat and felicitous speech, proposed the health of the bride and bridegroom. Mr i>. It. Gardener proposed the health oi the parents, in responding to which Mr E. S. Lancaster proposed "The Boys a-t the Front." All the toasts were honoured enthusiastically. It is a long time since the "airship scare" has made its appearance in New Zealand newspapers, says the Taranaki Herald. This time, however, it talis to Hawke's Bay to provide the latest rumour. An old resident of Mangatertere coifed at the office of the Hawke's Bay' Herald and stated that she, with others, saw a cluster of what appeared to be very bright stars low down in the sky, and moving along rapidly on Sunday evening. The lights approached, and, the resident averred, a large dark shape could be seen speeding along. There was sufficient lighjt to make out the "Zeppelin" as like an elongated) balloon with a paracfiute on top. The. apparition disappeared in the direction of Taradale, where is is rumoured that it was sighted later. The explanation of such visitation is usually a simple one, but so far none has been. supplied in the present case.

When the Rev. H. 1. Stealey was vicar ol Oxibow, Saschatewan, Canada, a young man, who hadi been Drought up by the Waifs and W trays Society, died and left the sum of £600 to his sister who had also been reared by the same society. She was the only relative he had in the world. in due course, the slater received the money. (Some three years after the vicar arrived in New Zealand, he 1 received a letter from the secretary of the society saying that she had Also died, and had ldft the £600 to the VV&xrs and Straya Society. The legacy, showedi that she had appreciated what had been done for her. There artv Ll-j homes in England and Wales where poor, destitute, cripple and sick children are received. In addition to these there are two receiving homes in Canada. At the present time there are. about 5000 children being cared for, severs!hundreds of whom are the children of soldiers killed in the war. At a time when there are more applications for admission than usual, owing to the war, donations have fallen ou to a considerable extent. An opportunity of helping the above work will be given the people,oi Levin ami district on Thursday next, March 2nd, in the Century Hall, when the children's operetta ,entitled "TJie Dolls' Hospital" will be played by 'sotne littv or sixty children who have lieen carefully trained by Mrs Matthews. The whole of the profits will go to the Wait's and Strays Sooieiyy.