LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 June 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

Tile Associated Board of the Royai Academy of Music and the Royal Col>oge of Music, London, lias appointed! Mr Charles Blenkhorn uts [honorary local representative for Levin and district. An 'advertisement on the matter is published on page 3.

Amongst M(6srs Abraham and Williams Ltd. sales of woo/ at Felling-

ton Uaisfc week was a line marked "Kereru/' comprising 3d bales oi croißIbrcd. This realised the good price of Is 4Jd per lb.

The Chronicle has receivedi from Mill. Leger, of the Village Egg Farm, Weraroa, a 4-page quarto circular illustrative of hie birds and their records. The viliage egg farm still is to the fore in the poultry world, in point of productivity, in stamina and as a breeding farm.

The name of Edward Blane, labourer, of Shannon, appears in the latest list (issuedi at Palmerston North) of recruite for the New Zealand reinforcements for the front.

A suggestion has been made to The Chronicle that it would be a graceful acknowledgment ot .New Zealanas debt to the seamen of the British Navy if a New Zealand fund were

raised, however small, tor relief of distress occasioned by the recent naval engagement.

A cablegiiain in yesterday's Chronicle spoke of a German demand for the recall of Yon Tirpitz to the command of the German Navy. Apropos of this, it will be of intorest to recal'« the circumstances of his retirement. A Reuters' message to the London Times, dated Amsterdam, 15th

-March, 1916, ran:—"A semi-official lierlin telegram 6ays :—t he withdrawal of Grand Admiral von nrpitz from conducting the business ol the Ministry o't Marine takes place with all I ononis. His resignation is generally regretted in view of his great services in the creation of the German fleet, the highly valuable instrument which it has proved 1 to be m the course of the war. In the choice ot his successor one Bees a guarantee that, as regard® the methods of naval warfare, no change will take place. Admiral von Oapelle has worked with Admiral von Tirpit-a, and his assumption of office means, therefore, the unaltered prosecution of the naval policy of the late Minister. It especially means that the submarine war will be prosecuted on the lines made known to neutrals in the well-known .memorandum."

Heaped on the deck and packed in the holds of the steamer Suruga, which arrived in Wellington from New York last Wednesday there were 000 motor cars. By the \Vaitomo, which arrived at Auckland from San JJ'rancisco recently > there also came 200

Some little dissatisfaction hats become apparent lately in the Post .uid Telegraph Department with the line of policy being taken by the Post *nd Telegraph Officers' Association, and it is stated .that there is more than a probability that a rival organization wilJ be established- under the title of the Poet and lelegraph Officers' Institute. It is understood that the Departmental authorities are not unfavourable to this new development.

Commissioner and Mrs Rodder, the head officers of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, accompanied by a number of staff officers, conducted a successful series of meetings in Levin daring the past week-end. On Saturday night Commissioner and Mrs Hodder addressed a large open-air gathering in Oxford-street. The holiness convention was weli attended on the Sunday morning. The afternoon service took the form of a "rescue meeting," his worship the mayor (Mr C. Blenkhorn) presiding. His worship congratulated the Salvation Army on the work which . it was accomplishing throughout the world, and also its work in New Zealand. The commissioner spoke 011 the Salvation Army socinl work and/ also read the report of the socinl operations in New /Teaiand during the past twelve months; in the course of his add reuse he said that most of the homes were full of [ inmates, and that during the last few weeks new buildings had been purchased for children's homes. Children of fallen soldiers would have preference of entering these homes. Mrs dodder (also Brigadier Bray, the men's

sociaj secretary) addrasqed the meeting. Jn the evening the King's Theatro (which was kindly lent by Mr Farlandi) was crowded with a well-at-tcnu c audience for the memorial m>r. vicc to tlie fallen soldieis. Prior to this 6ci vife ' thefif was a military parade of the cadets under JUieut. iriarker, headed by the local Salvation Armj band, which played "The Garl.uidi of Flowers" through the main street. After the opening hymn and prayer, the commissioner holding a Testament up in his hand, stated how Mrs Ensign Glanvillo's brother had his 'ife saved' by having the TeStanierit in his breast pocket during the fighting at Gallipoii. He also read a number of letters of thanks whicli he liad received from relatives of fallen soldiers for the Salvation Army's help and 1 sympathy. Mrs Hoddcr also addressed the meeting, after which the congregation stood while the band played 'Tho Dead March in Saul.'- The commissioner then delivered his final address which was an inspiring one, taking as his subject "For the former things have passed away.

It was a proud day for the Maoris when Boniewhero in a forest in Franco they were awarded the first prize for the best axemen in a competition that included three teams ot axemen from the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Battalions, and it ie well-known that sp>,«ndid axemen are prominent amongst this lot. The Maoris knocked spots off the other teams in felling three trees, cutting the time out in '22mins. 40secs., against the Australians 31 mills. Bsecs. and the Canadians •15 mins. 22sccfi. The Canadians and the Maoris had a" ding-dong go in the sawing competitions, the Canadians winning by a fraction of a second. The Australians won the log-chopping contest with New Zealand second. It must have been a gala day as we are told that several generals and prominent officials were present, " ah"ct that General Birdwood presented the prizes. The official cinematographer was piesent so that some day we sh ill witness this famous competition on the screen.