The Chronicle LEVIN. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 June 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL

- f Under New Zealand law a soldier under 21 years of age though able to make a will, cannot execute a power of attorney for the management of his affairs while he is away ■tram New Zealand on active service. Several .•ase.s of hardship arising out of this baa - have com© under the notice of Mr W. ii. Field, M.l\, and he has 4pproached the Attorney-General on. the matter. Under date ol June I9th, Mr Field received the following reply from the Hon. A. li. Herdman, Attorney-General:— "I have carefully considered your letter of the ißtli 111 st. with reference to the execution of powers of attorney by members of the Expeditionary Forces who may be minors. I agree with the view expressed by you, and provision will be made to- meet such cases when the War Regulations Bill 19 in committee. - Yours faithfully. A. L. tierdman." It is reported from bounty Roscoinlron that James McGann, lias just died at the reputed age of IDS. He nad t navel led widely and was at one fcimo well oft as the result of good fortune in the early days of the Australian gold rash.

Ln an ejeot.inenfc application at Thames Police Court it was stated; that English people were finding id cWficulfc to get apartments owing to the influx of Belgians, who would pay £5 or CIO more for the key of rooms. A licensed grocer, prosecuted at Aberdeen, admitted 1294 offences against the Liquor Control Regulations. He was liable to lines total ling £129,000 and 147 years' imprisonment. Ho wa« fined C4O. the Sheriff remarking that the facte should be reportedi to the Central Control Board. Quartermaster-Sergt. Joseph Rowo, East Surrey Regiment, tue old Manchester United, Surrey County and Kin-gstcm-on-Thames footballer, has just returned to the deport for light duty after convalescence. fe'moe September, 1914, Howe lias received 83 wounds but he hopes to play football again. Mr A. ran der Enden, a young Dutchman, who has taKen up a wager for £8000 to do 60,000 miles of globe trotting in five years arrived in Dunedin last week. The traveller left Brussels on March 13, 1914, but his two companions have been dropped, and Ee is pursuing his way alone.

Glass For greenhouses which before the. war could be landed: in Levin for 12s 6d per hundred feet, now w«ts £2 ss.

A curious ■thing about the street collection in Napier oil Saturday is the fact that up till the completion of the count on Saturday evcing 1000 florins were received. Still more peeulinj- was the fact that the shillings also tmtaliled exactly 1000. When tlie sixpences were counted they also leached exactly 1000.

While going his rounds at Rotherhani, near Sheffield, a 14-year-old milk boy picked up a cigarette case containing three £40 Banii ot England notes. The owner nas just clai.ned them at the police station, giving the boy 2s reward.

The funeral lias taken place at Harlow of William Macdonaid, critic and man of letters. He was born a cripple bnt triumphed over physical defects. He graduated! at Edinburgh University, and was with Henley on the National Observer.

There was n pathetic incident in v,onnoxion with the screening of some Gallipoli pictures' at the Grand Theatre at Wangaimi last Friday eveming (says the "Chronicle"). A mother who now mourns the loss of her son recognised him on the screen, assisting to carry a wounded comrade to the beach at Anziac. Mr AV. G. Vickers, of Win. a breeder of .Rhode Island K-ed l'oultry, sent three Girds to Palmerston \Vinter Show this week. Ho achieved the excellent result of first prize (for a cockerel) and two second prizee. Mr J. Drysdala, formerly manager ol the Werarca Experimental Farm is at present spending a few days in Levm. Amendments to the uischaigedi Solfliers' Land Settlement Jiill, proposed by the Premier in the House of Representatives the other nignt, and agreed to, provide that £100,000 per annum instead of £50,000 be set aside to assist toldier settlers on the land by way of the purchase ot stock and affecting improvements and also prescribing that the following limitations of area apply under the net: —Beyond five tniies of the four chief centres tirst-plas« 'and 100 acres, second-class 5250, third-class 625, or 625 acres of two or more 01 sutih classes of land without exceeding tTie limit fixed for each class. The Minister may impose a 50-oere limitation within five miles of the four chief centres.

The death took praco yesterday evening, after a short illness, of Mr Josepn Barnett, of Cambridge-street. De(cased, was born in Herefordshire sixtytieveii years ago, and was resident in New Zealand for the paat forty-nine years. He was a proiniiiont member of the Salvation Army. The funeral will leave the residence of Mr V*. E. Itamett, Cambridge-street, to-morrow (Friday) for the Levin cemetery.

Subscriptions at the Levin Council office (in aid of the widows, orphans and dependents of sailors who have lost their lives in British naval engagements), additional to amounts Already noted in The Chronicle, are: Mr and Mrs John Kebbell £10 10s, Jack and May Keys 2s, "A Friend" 2s (id, Mrs G. Nation and Miss Prouse £1, I'. P. Walkley 10s, Mr and Mrs. R. Frechtling 10s, Mrs W. Hughes 10s. The list" will be closed on Saturday next.

The Otuki Mail reports that a very pretty wedding, which caused a great deal of interest, was celebrated at St. Alary's Church, Otekij on \Vednesday, when Mary Margaret Kathleen Quill, eldest daughter of Mrs Quill, an, old and highly respected resident of Oatki. was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Mr Leslie Ihoma-s Allan Mci Donald, son of the late Mr J. RMcDonald, of "Heatherloa," Levin. The church was effectively decorated for the occasion, while a 'large number of relatives aind friends witnessed the ceremony—a very impressive oneconducted by the "Rev. Father Melu, assisted by Fathers Maillard and Henry. A number of altar boys were also i i attendance.

Tlie beautifully mild weather we are experiencing at present has not been taken advantage of by tihe cottage gardener on account of the mildness not expected \ and tlie tradesmen prepared for the cold weather with heavy boots and warm clothing—but the seasons will not stock to men's calculations. The iirst spit of rain will be announced by the hanging out ot' oilskins, eou'westers and hobnailed boots; then we will know that winter is on us. It is noticeable that the early spring in Britain was the severest expenienoed there in the memory oi men. Our turn may yet come. Opunoke Mail.

A teacher in one of our schools (says the Glirifitchurcli Star) recently received tlie following note from tlie mother ■of one of her pupils;—" Dear Miss,You write mo about Whipping Sammy. I hereby give you permission to beet hiim np cny time it is necessary to learn liim lessons. He is just like hi.-- father you hare to learn him with ti elubb. Pound noledcge into him. 1

want to git it, and don't pay no atenshion to whn.t his father says; I'U handle him."