LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 August 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

The undermentioned men from Horowhenua County have been warned to prepare to go into camp ior the Reinforcements J. Ayre, Otaki; J. H. Doyle, Koputaroa; J, E. Griffiths, Otaki; A. F. Hill. To fforo; A. A. McDonald.-, Levin; G. 0. McDonald, Levin; J. H. O'Rourke, Otaki; [«'. I. Oldridge, Levin ; A. S. Thorburn, Shannon ;G. Wood, Weroroa. For the. Mounted 21st Regiment:— C. K. C. V ebb, Koputaroa. More infantry are required to make up tho, quota, for the 20th Reinforcements. Names arc to bo given in at oneo to Serat-M*.|or Sell or to Mr. C. VS. Tveedwell.

Ihnkara Patriotic Society lias received from the an acknowledgment of the Ihnkani donation of £'50, made for the liiipp.'y el comforts to wounded soldiers at the front. Tl.e £00 will be personally distributed by Mr. Varney, of the i.M.0.A., who left for Europe last week.

The war (says a contemporary) is having a. 6erious effect upon some of the provincial newspapers. Some weeks ago the 'Bay of Plenty Times, Tauranga announced that, because of the increased price of paper, printing matorial, and the necessaries of life, an increase of 50 per cent would be made in the subscription to the paper, and a like increaso would take place (in advertising charges. i heincreases do not appear to be popular, as the proprietor has decided to publish the paper as a tri-we-ekly instead ot a daily. It is stated, in the Rotorua Chronicle, which sympathises with ,ts coastal contemporary, tTmt the Chronicle may possibly have to follow suit in the near future.

According to a letter received by a Pnlmersbon resident three months ago 2000 soldiers from North Schleswig (Danish Germany) had been killed/, in addition to a large number wounded. Since Denmark had prohibited the -.;k----porfc of cattle to Germany, the Germans hud commandeered all the stock in Schleswig. All tile bacon, corn, rye, barley and oats had; been commandeered—if the people did not like it, the authorities took it just the name. Aiant and starvation are experienced in many parts of Germany, according to the writer, and the poor jiooplo rtie living on dry bread, potatoes andi filt. The writer also tells of a mother who has three sons at the war, who relates that before they were sent to storm p fiitioiis at Verdun they were given t\ snidll 'ration <rf flood and a*> nun": brandy as they could drink. I irwould explain the statements made that many of the Germans captured after assaults were in a drunken condition. The above statements are from a thoroughly reliable aud unbiased source, and reveal in some small measure conditions in Germany.—Standard.

Wellington reports that another d.eath from cerebo-spinaJ meningitis has taken place at Trentliam. General Henderson states that, there are no other cases iti either of the big camps, except one suspected at iTrenthatn.

'Word was received yesterday that J. Revington-Jones, soil of Mr and Mrs ltcvington-Jones, formerly of Mauakau, was killed in action in France 011 July 29.

Says the Duuedin Star: "The Prime Minster says there is no such thing as a cost of living problem ; the Minister of Finance says there is, only it is insoluble. Having reached such illuminating and conflicting conditions, the Government dismissed Parliament with their blessing, and expected the general public to applaud the be>nefficient w!ar legislation of IEfIG. (Stripped of all its flimsy garniture, the record of the National Cabinet respecting the cost of living is one of dismal failure. Speaking at Woodvilie, Mr G. Mac(Farlane, Labour candidate for Paliiattia made personal explanation concerning himself and his two eons. He understood that there were some people who wanted to know why his two sons were not at the front. Those two young fellows were now out of his control, both being over 21. They also liad put all their money into some land but they had t« work on; it to get the return necessary to pay the rental. If the landlords of this land would dw what the Government was doing and remit tlie" rent while the boys were away at the war, then- there would bo two reorurijj on the morrow (applause). Tunes.

The cabled rumour from London that the Government was taking over the Union Steamship Company was officially denied, last night by Mr Massoy, who added that he had nothing more to say on the matter. The actingchainnan of directors of the Union Company, Mr John Roberts, states that there is no foundation for the rumour that the Government is taking over the Company s fleet, and that no communication has passed between the Government and the Company with a view to the acquisition of the fleet.

There is considerable- perturbation among the congregation' of_ a-, Masterton church over the method of celebrating the Holy Communion. F#c some time past it has been the practice of the minister in the interests of health to wipe the sacramental vessel with a cloth when passing it from one communicant to another. This practice Mis now been discontinued, as it is held to be contrary to the teachings of Scripture and to the usages of the the church. The result is that tliero is a pronounced falling-off in the number d' persons attending the celebration of Holy Communion. It remains to be seen whether this appeal will meet with a response. A great deal of anxiety is felt by the congregation in the meantime, over the adoption of the new practice.—Age.

The following workers were present at the lied Cross room on Friday afternoon :—Mesdames J. P louse, N. Kirkcaldie, Vickers, Mclnty.re, Keedwell, Gibson, Porteous, Pink, Phillips, Andrews, Gdrringe, Go'ldsm.itlu Misses Sedcole, Butler, Weston. Mrs Plaster looked after the tea. , Misses Rotter, Stewart and Cameron were in charge of the Red Cross shop last Saturday. the amount taken being £2 2s Hd. The list of those who sent donations is as under Mesdames. Gorringe, Moxham. Harwood,.Ste*ley, i jj. Rotter, J. Prouse. R. Proitse, Smell iu, S. Hall, Kin'gdon, Richards, Vickers, Pink, J. Whitaker, Duncan, Thompson, White', Hond, W. Simpson, Kelly Roberts, Watson. Findlay; McDonald, G. P. Brown, F. O. Smith, : Keedwell, Malcolm, Procter, Goldsmith,- Mies G. Retter, Smart, Cathie, iMessrs Higgi.u----t-on, Kirkcaldie, C. Frechtlhig, and "A Friend." Next Saturday, being the .second Saturday in the month the proceeds of the shop are to go to the Cardigan Jacket Fund. 'Everyone is asked to send their donations as usual as this fund is a deserving one and; the ladies find it a-big tax on their resources to keep this gift going.

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotchman were having an argument on the. closest thing they ever saw. J he Englishman said the closest, tniftg lie lie ever saw was a horse race where the the. judge could only decide the winner by a wart oir the horse's nose. The iScotchma.n said the closest tiling lie ever saw was a bcatrace in which judge could only decide the winner by the paint on the boat. The Irishman said the cloeest tiling he ever saw was was a Scotchman.

I/inton cheese factory and creamery were destroyed by fin- yesterday morniiiig. The Levin Co-operative Dairy (.'•ompany in the owner, ot tlie property wlrcli is insured in the South British office for £1025. The place is valued at £1700. The fire was discovered by a .Mr Walter Leakey at 2 a.m., !:iit nothing could he done to save the building.—Manawatu Times.

Since the beginning of the war to August 7th,. 191 ft,' New Zealand Expeditionary Force has lost a total of ]o.<j(W men. Of this number 3441 are dead: 1605 being killed in action; 74(3 have die'T of wounds; 3G9 .have died of disease; G66 have died of can sets unknown ; and 37 have been drowned. The rest of. the list is comprised in 20 miesing,, 22.. prisoners of war and 7120 wounded. Before their arrival in France tljc Xew Zealand,ers had lost 8300 men. In .France the lose so far has been 2300..

A meteorite, or some similar manifestation of the majesty of the heavens, was observed on Sunday night at about seven o'clock by many residents oi Oamavu (says the "Mail"). A short flash, so vivid as to resemble the near explosion of a huge quantity of magnesium powder, occurred directly over head, rendering every detail of t-ho landscape as clear as at noonday, and almost blinding those who looked at it. The night was clear and starry, and the loud, rumbling crash 'which lol■lowed the .phenomenon by a full lialfminute came as an even greater surprise than the lash. The theory lias been advanced that the flash was caused by the combustion ot the meteorite upon entering the earth's atmosphere, and the crash by its immediate explosion. This is probably the case, as tho flash ended in a marvellously brilliant burst of stars.

Recently a "Sisborne Timet!? reporter had a conversation with Mr J Quirk, who has just returned from a visit to Australia. Mr Quirk stated, that .New Zealand tvJiite pine ami rimu arc finding a ready market in Australia at present. l'he rimu inosi saleable as that suitable for dressing 'lhere it little demand tor rough ri.ua. On account of the climatic conditio'-s. rough lining and papering of diwelli.i&s is not nearly so general as in New Aealand. This is accounted -for by tlia fact that match lining, for which the dressed timber is does i'ot aftor d the same harbour tor insa-t posts that are prevalent in the warmer cl mate. He went on to say that uiiu could not help being impressed the largeness of the Australian timber trade at Sydney, where he visited ono yard that covered 25 acres. Located on tlie waterfront, the vessels came right alongside and the timber was unloaded and stacked by cranes. One large box-making company alone requires no loss than 10,000,(TOO feet of white pine annually to fulfil its orders, tl'he New Zealand rimu, lie found, was being mostly for flooring and lining, the Queensland maple, several otlier Australian timbers, together with Japanese oak and otlier imported lines, being mainly used in the furniture trade.