The Chronicle LEVIN. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1916.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 May 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1916.

A fairly big line of 3-year-old bullocks (from the Koputa-raa Estate of the late John Davies) was sold it Johiisanville this week. They realiz'ed the excellent price of £19 ss' per head.

The name of I. Penrose, farmer, Lovin, appears in the latest list ot recruits for the colours.

Golf is being enjoyed by members of Heatherlea Golf Club this sc«B>n. Tlie links now are getting into better order, a® the long grass is daeappsiring, and the weather of late has been of n perfect quality for players. There was a good muster of members on Wednesday afternoon, both women and meal, and a moet enjoyable time was spent.

The Defence Department wishes it to 'be known that discharged 1 soldiers can O'nly wear their unjform on occa eions authorised 1 by the officer commanding the military distrot. Application for permission to wear the uniform on any special occasion should always be made each tame, when Mie no.e<l may arise, to th© local Del"'ice Office.

A returned Boldier who received: a bullet wound in the leg created some interest among his comrades at Napier Soldiers' Club by exhibiting the bullet with which he was wounded, aind' which was Ving in a small jewel-box. The following words were engraved on it: ''Presented to Private ; — in a most impolite manner for being too slow to dodge it."

Enquiries mad© at the Labour Department by a- Manawatu Times reporter recently,, brought to light the fact tli at there are still some 40 or SO factories in Palmerston North 'which hare failed to register this year. All factories should have been registered bv April Ist. The Department contemplates talking action after the end of the current week.

Rabbiis are reportedi to be increasing in the Kiwitee County. A Star reporter counted over 50 on the road betireon Kimibolton and Apiti on Sat u relay night.

The decision at the Government v> prohibit the export of buttetr from the Dominion,' save with the consent of the Minister for Customs, has been gazetted.

At the Marlborougii races the totailisator handled £8099 as against £9788 la.->t year. The President's Handicap was won by -Uareinah rie Gain being second and Gold Soult third. The Telegraph Handicap was won by Brada.ni ante, Mount Victoria second and Oariadi Dikes third.

Levin—Wandere. i'ootDall Club will hold its annual general mooting next Monday •voning, in the Levin Hotel. AU young players are specially invited to attend the meeting, and it is hopecf that a good team of tnird-grade players will be got together.

Tiie Anglo Gaiety Company contemplates paying a visit to Levin—next week. The company at present is playing along the mam trunk.line. Details a<re advertised on page 3. i'ho entertainment will be given on Wedinesduy next. An unobtrusive change lias occurred at the "War Office (says an English paper). Calling there after an albse ice of a. week or two, the. editor notices that the small boy messengers in the outer offices have been replaced by .iris in :rust*-colouredl overalls embellished on the collar with a gilt orown. 3no misses the exuberance of the small boys —their _ surreptitious scuffles, their gymnastic performances on the wooden rail enclosing the men dealing with the applications for interviews, but on the whole the service does not appear to have lost in efficiency, while there is a distinct advantage in quietness.

Tlie route to be taken by members of Parliament, who are. proceeding to England, is said to be secret, but it is understood! _that it will prove a most Interesting one. The trip will, from the amount of work to be done, of necessity be a purely 'business one, no banqueting or routine of entertainments being foreshadowed. A visit to the Grand Fleet and the trenca«s, munition works, etc., may be made.

The bazaar connected with the fres'bytoriau Church haivest iestiva 1 was brought to a conclusion m the Century Hall last evening when ttte last oi sue produce was sold by auction by JR- F. E. Parker. The oazaar was a great financial success duo mainly to the eneigetic work of the canvassers: Mesdames Cork, Middiemiss, Murray, Milues, Simpson, Devi tie, Misses Stewart and Middlcm-iss. The latter did rparticulurly'well in collecting no Jess than £9 for the sweet stall. Mesire W. Stewart, J. MeTaggart and J. Rutherford also did gooll work canvassing. The sweets stali was in charge of Mrs Porteous, Misses Stewart, M;ddlemiss andi Smellie. The work stall: Mesdames Simpson, Harris, and Miss 'Mawson. The produce stall: Messrs G. Mflnes and R. S'lotterhead. 'the tea-rooms: Mesdames Murray, Smellie, minamson and xuisses -'lur.ray, wuiiaroson, Walker and Stevenson. The management especially dee ire to thank Mr A. L. Williams and the Misses McKegg for the loan of the furniture for the tearooms. Tlie management --'ho is indebted greatlv to Mr D. TValdie for his general assistance and the loan of his phonograph .which played' many fine selection!!.

A nuw&paper 'proprietor was soliciting am advertisement trom a . hopKo pcr but was mot somewhat ruUety ami with an argument tiiat rah somewhat like this. "Oh, what is the use of advertising in your N newspaper, lio one ever reads it. Time passed along when one day the "same shopkeeper entered the newspaper prprietor'ti office*:md eaid, "1 was summoned to-day for a small eum, and J, don't want my name to appear in the Court report. I wish you would keep my name out of the paper.'' "Keep your name out? Why do you wish that?" "Well, you see, it might injure my credit if it appeared." "lly dear fellow, it cannot possibly jlo you any harm for your name to appear." "Why can't it do me any harmP" "Why, this is how it is. When 1 called upon you for an advertisement tor my paper you refused and assuredi me that nobody read® the paper. 1 accepted your assurance, and as nobody reads my newspaper the publication of your name cannot possibly do vou any harm—bo it is going in." Never mindi where this happened. Tt mighthave been in Eltham it might have been in Haiwera, or eomewhere else— but the story has the merit of being true.—Eltham Argus.

The Rev. M. Mullineux, the wellknown liiaitemational' footballer, wno captained a British team touring -New Zealand some yeans ago, has come to the Dominion to enlist. He has ''or some years been doing mission work among the seamen of San Francisco When the war broke out, he, liSe everyone of British blood, wanted "to get into it." At last he could stand it no longer and went to Tus bishop andi told him hie wishes. The bishop said lie Vwked to Rev. Mr Mullineux for the finances of the mission. "Will you let me go if I guarantee the finances of the mission tor a year?" asked Mr Mullineux. The bishop agreed', and by getting im a little money and sacrificing his year's salary, he managed it. Then he went to Captain Stringer, of the Moana, and told him that he hadi no money, and that he must give him >a job on board to enable him to get to Now Zealand, and so he wa« shipped as a sort of seaman-stoker. "I don't regrert {he experience a. bit," said Mr Mullineux. "I thought 1 knew the saiiorman, and I did. from the ontsidr. Now i know Mm from the inside" One thing he found he needed on (board was a new dictionary. as he could not for a fhffo understand the language of the stokehold.. He said lie found on lne arrival in New Zealand, that all the clergymen wanted to go to the front, and he was tho last to want to step over the heads of others in 'New Zealand in this connection, bo he Had asked to go in any capacity, and has been accepted for service.

Shareholders in Lerin Terminating Building Society will be interested in an acivt. from Mr It. D. Wallacoi secretary to the Society, appearing on page 3. The town and district of Shannon (in twelve months) has subscribed £500 to overseas charities. To the Belgian Relief Fund' £4CO was contributed, to the Serbian Rdieif Fund £50 and to the Poles' Refiei Fund £50. Another reason lor "tlie dear loaf" was unioktecl by „VLr R. H.. iiawiie, at a meeting of the Waimari Couaty Council when he declared that Cancerbury lost about 400,000 bushels oj wheat annually through the ravages of Bparrows and other small birds. It. was stated that Hie Cliristchurch Oity Council and the neighbouring bor- | oughs would do nothing towards subscribing to the cost-of overcoming the (small bird nuisance, although the oks | of the grain really affected town dwellers seriously. .