Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 March 1916, Page 2

Local and General

A cheery letter from Driver JR. A. J'riujjli- (A.S.C.) arrived at the Chronicle ofliee on Saturday. When the letter was written (.January 15th) the writer was at Zeitouii camp, Egypt,, attached to the Mounted liilies. us one, et tile supply section. He then wa» working at tlie base depot. He has incL many of tJie Levin men—J,. Smith. JL Munro, H. Bell, Horrobins (4), O. \\ hiiehoii.se. W. Sandman, W. Mcl.eavey, V. Mc-lndue. (j . Km nee (in the New Zealand hospital./ and one of the Dawson bovs. The iood, was better than that supplied m the Nov.- Zealand <■:11jij>s, and 111 ere was little to complain about

I Poultry farmer- in Victoria, are reported to be doing well thi* year. Since last Christinas the price of egg,*; has not fallen below Is 3d per dozen in Melbourne, and at present is 2h per dozen there. At the same .inie tlie price ol wheat and pollard, has been tailing. A ijoy who ielt the Merttroa i raining i'ann in company with another boy on February 17tn. is advertised for by his iaflier, Mr J. H. Claasen, Kongotea. Anyone knowing of the 'ad's whereabouts should communicate with Mr Claasen. A full description ol the lad is given in on advertisement on page 3. A young man who had been rejected lor military service and, was prosecuted for foiling to attend territorial drill, asked in the Magistrate Court. .M-iaerton. "If 1 can't go and light, why should I go and drill?" ilie \\ estport Fire Brigade Conference resolved that i.t be a recommendation to all fire brigades that no person eligible for military service be admitted as a member of any brigade during the war. Asked whether inlantiie paralysis had, any affinity with the cerebro-menin-gitis that was prevalent at Trentham and other camps a few mouths ago, u Cliristchurch doctor said that undoubted,ly it had. Iniantile paralysis was evidently first cousin to cerebro-menin-gitis, but fortunately was not nearly so severe. It is evident- that some ot the shopkeepers are not as patriotic they should be, says the Hawke's Bay Tribune (Hastings). One d<iy this week a Tribune reporter asked a tradesman lor a- certain article, and received the following answer: ''-No, we haven't any '1 hey're made in Germany , mid we shan't be able to get any till after the war." The Itev. If. T. .Stcaley has forwarded the Mini ol £7 Us to the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society, being the proceeds (after deducting expenses) from the children's operetta, given under the management of Mrs Matthews in the Century liall last weeks." Mr Henry Ford s telegram to Home invoking the assistance ot Benedict Yll. in his peace mission, seems to have been sent in ignorance ol the met that Benedict Yll. has been dead for nine centuries.