The Chronicle LEVIN. TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 June 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Correspondence iroiu Mr James lYouso (oil the dairy factory Woubies written oi by Mr jolm Koberuson) and ii-om Mr iiiiani Head (oil conscription) will uppear to-iuorrow.

A verdict of accidental death was 'returned at Lambeth, on April 2(ith, at au inquest on William Turner, otj, a 'bottii;r employed by Messrs Plowman ■and Barrett, \ <tuxlut.ll, who died from injuries resulting Itoui tile bursting of a beer barrel while it was under the pre&uro of carbonic acid gas. It was stated that the deceased, having turned on the tap of the gas cylinder, might have loft it too long. Hie coroner remarked that the accident was a very remarkable one, as one would hardly havj expected .a sound oak 'barrel to burst in suoh a man nor.

Curiosity occasionally leads individuals along lines of enquiry that entad a great deal of labour, but have their issue (htayii the Ota-go Daily :'J < nios) in a somewhat proiftiess result. A stowalnl of the Central Mission recently imposed upon himself the task ol counting thq coins received in the collection plates on the oocawon of the lv.itche.ner Memorial Service; aind the result Wits made known at the anniversary gathering the other evening by the Hev. C. Eaton, who prefaced the announcement by remarking thait they were not a wealthy congregation. The collection was composed as follows:---Four half-crowns, <5 two-shilling pieces. <52 shillings, 322 sixpences, 887 threepenny pieces nind 121 peimieis—a. total o) 1594 coins, amounting in value to £23 6s lOd. These figure k were greeted with much laughter, which was redoubled when Mr Eaton remarked:— "1 think we should pass a vote of thainks to the threepenny pieces."