LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 June 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

.Mondayisation of holidays has spread to Levin, and the King'rs liinthdiay Anniversary, which falls next Saturday, (3rd Juno) is to be observed as a holiday on Monday. The Ohronicle will not be published on that day loth June). Lance-Oorporal I<. E. Lucas writes to a friend in Levin that he is settled in his new duties at Trentham training camp, and finds the general conditions excellent. Two fiiste, one second, and. two fourth prizes were gained by Levin Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., rut Hamilton (AVaikato) winter show, this week. Tho Government advieea that private meeages for members of New Zealand Expeditionary Forco in France or England shoufcl .be addressed "Vanquisher," London.

At the Farmers' Union banquet on Tuetday evening) Mr T. Aloss, provincial ( resident read telegrams from the Prime Minister and Minister of Deictic -acknowledging 'the receipt, of the congratulatory resolution parsed by the conference that day. and thanking it tor its appreciation of whait tlie tto'. pixment had done.

There are now 1700 members of the Wellington Provincial li'ranch of th New Zealand Farmers' Union. '.i'b>s announcement was made iby the p »sicVnt ('Mr T. Moss) at yesterday's Ir. t incial conference.

At about noon to-day, clothes hanging in the kitchen- of Mr 3>. Watson, baker, W-eraroa, became ignited (through contact with a bu'ming log that fell out of the fireplaxse. The clothes were destroyed., and "the walla of the room were damaged to some extent, but fortunately a*y spread' of the flames was averted.