Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 February 1916, Page 2

Local and General

IVo young men were received into Uu> camp hospital at F'eatherstori lasi' week. One died after an operation ; tiie other, Cecil Duff, was merely put under an anaesthetic to have his icetu attended to. Their tieds were side by si<-ie and when a telegram was despatched announcing the dialli Cecil Duff's name was used in error and the message sent to his mother at Bulls. Jt was a gieat shock to her, and slio at once telegraphed the sad news to all her lriends. And to the military Authorities at Featherston she telegraphed asking that the body'oi her son be sent to Bulls for burial. Eric Barrat t-, once a schoolboy at Levin (who is now in camp) happened to go into the hospital and went over to see, "as he expected, the dead.body oi young Duff, ""ho is a cousin. To his amazement the supposed corpse put out his nand to be shaken, and then it was discovered that a mistake had been made in the identity oi the dead man. DiuT wa-s that day granted leave of absence, and took first train tor his home. After a little delay another telegram was sent to Mrs Duff stating that he son was well. "When young Duff proente.l himself at- the door of his home lie Sav# the household) another shock, tor they thought it was His ghost..

The men lrom Levin and district in tile eleventh reinforcements are c -,t present on their final leave. Mr A. Kingliorn has been appointed head gardener at the Weraroa Experimental Farm. During the two days of the TVunga--11,11 ftsieiny Club's mealing the sum of W(),o<j-t was put through the totalizator, as against £57,1 *,8 K»r the corresponding period last year. At the Wanganui races on .Saturday the Jackson Stake* were von by Tete-a-tete, with Bimeter second and Flying •Start- tljii'd. The Wanganui Stakes v.-ere won by .Master Lupin with Tangihou second and' l'j 1 i Gallo third. ■No nomination for the vacancy on tlio 110 row henna County Council, causal by the retirement of Mr G. Watson have been received at the county oft'iee so far. The time for lodging nominations expires at noon on Wednesday, Ist ilist. Tlh' last squad of the Levin Territorials lelt tliis afternoon to;' tUe training camp at R,:uigiotu. ' Tlieiv remain now, in addiition to a iew who even hi these ti'oi rbloii s times seem to dodge the law and their conscienlee rega.rd/iiig military training, only those few who are unable to got away at-preseit. I They n ill attend the casual camps later on. -Ur .J. "Dr.vsdale. who was taken seriously id a l e-<\ weeks ago, is now improving. He has returned to his residence at the Experimental Farm, "here he will rest for a tew days prior to leaving tor the north. A'o fruit is heing sold from the orchards at the Wemroa' Experimental I'arm and the other Government orchard* throng-front the country this year. All the surplus fruit is sent to the different training camps for the 1 use of the soldiers. I

After same weeks of warm, dry weather light showers commenced to fall in this district on Saturday night ind continued! on Sunday, culminating m a heavy Nshower.. in the evening. The rainfall must havo been considerib'o in the watershed of the Ohau as a i'ood lot ol water • came down. The tall "ill ilo an immense amount of good.