The Chronicle LEVIN. MONDAY, APRIL, 3, 1916. A COUNTY PATRIOTIC FUND.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 April 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. MONDAY, APRIL, 3, 1916. A COUNTY PATRIOTIC FUND.

Ihe rubol-vo ui_ Levin i aiiiutjc .'society to pio.noie a movem-m t-.-r ujo ei>ia >• li&JnueiTt of a_ Cuinuv raLrietic j-iiiiii is commendable. Jhi ou-jjiout tioioM ilOlllia t-OUllty a IHiUi'm I ->i purely 'oc.il imills have been to:med, tor tue purpose of relieving i«. v ; • <-a.-es ,»i necessity a.mong soldiers u u t -111 . anu returned invalided soidaers. This is a commendable work, i,iu the iart remains that a lund lor the whole county couJd i>e adminiKti'ieij uith better purview and wider U?n. jit. .For urn reason we led favourably disposed towards the Levin Society's proposal, and we hope it will be prosecuted to a successful issue. The local funds could bo maintained, il the discretion of file several societies guides tliem that _woy, but at. the same time it would be quite in order Jor the respectii e executives to make dona tions t°. a g'enera.l county tuud to be adn»mfScerecl by representatives of all ihe contributing bodies. One feature oi the proposal for osta-blfehmen-t 01 a county fund that should appeal favourably to all those \vm.> m;egnise the need -ior a strong ii nance in>ueii' matters is the proposition t :at townsmen and country settlers slmuid be to make regular eoiuribu Uons to be banded over to honorary c-,:-11 1 ctors who '"will wait upon subscribers, savs once a mouth, to receive moneys. time should be lost in getting the scheme into working order. ft is a matter of history that <ilter war neriotls invariably have proved to i.e times of -stress, and there is ''vasonable ground for thinking that the war now in progress »ill be no exception from this experience. Tlieretoro, it is very necessary that no diminution ill endieavonr should characterise tJie efforts of all those who have at heart the movement to ameliorate . distress amongst those people who are dependent. upon the men who for benefit ol -ic empire are bearing now The stress and danger of active service. lvipling wrote a long while back, in retereneo to general sentiment or togland in times of peace. "Jt's Tommy tJii«, and Tommy that, and Tommy you're a brute; but- it's 'Thank you, Mr Atkins!' when fa.. gim.s ijcKin I to shoot!' The better feeling is pre- j dominant iioav. and it seems to be the unanimous opinion of the people that the soldiers needs, present and prospective, should be adequately met. Whether mere will bo any die: .a ri u i'e lli'.jni tins standpoint in future times Jian to he proved; lnit in tin • meantime it is well tn t>:ike the favenn-a bio set of opinion as it exists, and to tref t, -ether as much money as for the needy days that are lain to come ! upon a great many of tho>.,. now i, : .ar- | mg arnns for the empire's hem-fit. I