Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 March 1916, Page 2

Local and General

4 lhe extreme dryness ol the pre.sei season i-: shown by the quantity < water in the Mana-n-atii river -which >. lower at present tbnn it lias been f< ™ many years. The cup for the host drilled compan ) ■ at the I'anointu training camp was wo this year by C. Company comprised; ( men from Levin. Otaki. (Shannon an adjacent districts. Previously it hn been hold by a company from War Kamii. A chaplain on board a transpoi d,nring a heavy storm asked the pi): if there was any danger. "If t]i w aid does not abate or change in couple of hours we will all be in heav ell," replied the pilot. "God delivi? us." exclaimed the chaplain. Ou 111 to scarcity 01 feed severa farmers in the Shag \ a*ley, who ar lortnnate to possess willow trees, are cboppfnjr flieni dmvn to Iced for their stock. —TVaikouait Times. ' A \\ ellingtMii message reports tlin .t istatcaicnt is made that I'arliaiiioii may be eaMoJ together about Apri 20th to settV the recruiting qnest-ioi and possibly to deal with the proposeMinisterial visit to London for an in formal' Imperial Conference Ki.ii.it nirther cases ot infantile par iilysi.- were liotiiiod in the AVellinytoi: <•ist.net yesterday, two being in Wei I.ngion city. liiiee cases were notiiied rt I'oxtoii, and ihe other three ven at Orona Down.-, liitliam and Whak./i. inara (in the ilaweru district) respectively.-

A jiiit (.1 k>.iliikii u'coi is being muili to Luvm Uoauiii'yiug Society by Air (J K Dempsy. of i'ahnerstou., (througl j All- (J. LI. Pyke). Xlk> trees will bt piaiituij in the Levin J'eserves during the coming winter. ine same donot already has sent .several hundred oJ 1.-iralia .--reds to (he society, and these ; ie to in' planted lor Lii with. An iuteletting laci* was related u a .\*ajii.'r Xeiegraph reporter by Uap i.iiu -J. J huiiipson, ul tiie Uuroll Ogiivy now di'sc.iarying benzine at Napier I'irii* wato:. lie stated tlint the present late t.i 11 eight oil benzine 'rom -New York to New Zealand, was in the neighbourhood of iis per ease, but his company ha.'l a three-year-old contract for Heights with the Standard Oil | .1 rust and the ship s present cargo was brought I'ift here ,».or 1 : 1 cents (Is) per case. ■dr \\ . S. Hopkins, soci etary ol the (uiiier. nee ot ehcnust.s and engineers, writes iij t.iie Loudon Daily Ma-il:--"hi cry ounce oi cocoa, every ounce in linseed, Jard, unsapouiiied fats in soap, bogus sardine packages which contain oil instead ol fish, i.s potentially gunpowder a most dangerous kind. The German chemists who aie very adept in flic matter, can produce from eoeoa a.ppro.\imati'ly 5(1 cent ol iat. 'and front this Int. Audi also 11 mil linseed oil, 'lard, olive oii. o> any other fa<tly oil. c<i)i }>e ext-raeted ■10 per cent of g>yeerine. and from this glycerine can lie, manufactured nitroglycerine. Every 100 tons of fat wil« yield 10 tons of glycerine, which in its turn will yield L'o tons of nil.ro-gly-cerine ; in short. 200 tons of cocon will vieVl 2-5 tons of nitro-glycerine. Every ton of fat or tiro tons of cocoa (which seems to be accounted "of no 'null itimi value by the fiovernment) Trill give tin- necessary power to fire I'6(> Sin. gar*, shrapnel or high explosive j shells When combined with nitro-cotton in the ■ correct proportions,"

Kor sheer, downright, brainless direadiulness tiio New Zealand Defence Department is without poor on the roil ml earth, remarks the Auckland Obesrver. This; paper (ft says) lias been shown a returned solrlier's ■-milet. brought in By a- dozen returned soldiers of all arms. It is a hideous ■botch. liimle out of the "dreadful s-tuff known as "Turkey Red." and on it appears an a'lYiost indistinguishable crown in faint yellow ink. Returned soldiers won't wear this rag. paid the j corporal, showing a card entitling him I to wear this red abomination : "They | insult us by mkaing us loolc like a j walking ragsliop- -look at this lor a j uniform. Then when we've clane our j bit. they.issue us a cort of dog license, j entitling ns to wear this lump of red j rag. They get a bit of the cheapest ■ red rag they can buy. print it with a I crown yon e.rm't pee without mfcro- | scopes and give every policeman in the I country power to stick us up and inj quire into our right to wear it..'' Tho corporal showed the dog license. His ii;iine wis hastily scratched on it in blue pcnci'ii— not ink. The wliole thing is an outrage. Tlfe men wouldi have been content to wear a small enamel button with any suitable device. A tiny wreath of laurel with the letters y.Z. in centre wouVl hare filled the hill. The m£n will refuse to wear the Turkey ii<] abomination, and I the insane female who stops one of them and him when ho intends to go to the war is in for abad time. Tho police espionage part <>f the business is j absolutely typical of New 'Zeafcnif. It i gives a long-legged shirker in blue, j who has left Home to avoid military ! service, a chance to harass men who ■ have fought- across tV : p | -—■ i

ihe election for the vacancy seat in the Olaki riding oi the Jtlorowlienua. County Council was lielcl yesterday and icsult-ed 111 Mr i'. Kyder detecting his opponent Mr T. \\ mdley by sti votes. A total of 85 votes was cast for Mr -K.yd.er and 29 for Mr Windley. Alonday next—the unlucky thirteenth—will be unlucky indeed for any ifvin property owner whose rates in en remain unpaid. Alter that date, Levin Borough Council will a<ld 10 peicent, penalty to all rates owing to Ui e council. Councillor Venn, oi Shannon, ,vlio has been under-going treatment m Wellington lur some months past, nas improved in health, and it is likely that he will return home in a lew weeks' time. Horowlienua County Council's new ranger lias been active in both ends jf the county. A batch oi summonses has. been issued against offenders, and tlic.se are io come to hearing shortly, at Shannon. A story of how the German defeat ivas actually brought about i,y the French and the English in th • batli'r of the Manic, when the city of I'm is apparently lay at the mercy of the Huns, is told by a British ofiieer who "took part in the great batt'o. I(e says that six German army cor is iwr • marching in echelon—that is, in parallel line-- on the city: that the British were stationed on the north of Paris. The army corps commanded by theXrown Prince was the souriiornmost. and tliat a lack ol ammunition was also beginning to be telt by General Pan's men. The Frenchmen, however, decided to light on with the bnyonet-s. and the Crown Prince decided that his army should fall back. The action of the Crown Prince caused each of the four German armies on his , northern flank to fall back in sympathy; then the British advanced and smote them on the flank, and the French made a frontal attack and also [uislied in on the southern .flank. The Imperial officer states that, "whatever story may be told to the contrary, thin is the true one. and that, but for the tact that the German ammunition supplies tailed at a critienl moment, it is highly nrobable that Pans 'would have fallen.