LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 August 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

Promotion to tin' post of manager at Feild.ing Tor Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltfl., lias been accorded to .Mr. AV. J. Simpson, of the firm's Levin staff. Mr. Simpson has been with tlie firm for several years, and liv hi* ability and urbanity lias mWle many friends and well-wishers, who will be pleased to hear of his advancement. ,\ .sin.ill laimly luncheon party was iieiil iii uuciviiiguani i'aiace, out mere was no oliieia I celebration ol the Ivilig'w ijiitiiday beyond 11le liymg 01 Hags on I>■ i. >i j <_• buildings. 1 lie treasurer to tiie Levin Patriotic Society lias received three subsoriptions to tlie County Fund lor relic! of leiurned soldiers, namely— A\ . 'S. Park CIO, J. W. Gibson, 11 Is, G. P. Brown, £1. ' Mi',a most extraordinary state of ti.iug.s iu -New Zeauuuii tor a man to Have to til lie bis valuables out ol 'us

I' i.nii \\ ilea be goes to the bathroom. •J iiis s a new development. ! have been travelling ill the Domin.on for very many years and have never hud anything stol'-n irom my room iu an hotel." observed the Chief Justice (.Sir Hubert Stout.) in the J'ahnerston Supreme Court when a theft froiu a. hotel bedroom cat,. 1 was iu progress. .\ir J. \Y. l'iiynton expref-sed the opinion at a public meeting at I'aluierston, tliat the rights of British citizenship weie too ea-\v ol aece.->s. tSonie enemy subjects became naturalised just to get the old age' pensions and other-, so that they might dig gum.

The Wairarapa Daily Times says it is reported that an inmate of the Solway Home, Alastertou, lias established his claim to a sum ol £02,000. which has been lying in Chancery for many years. The Queen ol the South, from .Wellington with general, and the Awahou with a cargo of cement from Terakohe. arrived on Wednesday Both vessels sailed last night, the Awahou for Greymouth and the Queen of the South, hemp laden, for Wellington. The Queen of the South is due back again this (Kndav) afternoon with general. - I'oxton Herald.

The final oi the Otaki Golf Cub championship was played, last week, over 30 holes, and Mr Tonihi l'iripi is to be heartily congratulated as the winner of the event for the lirst time: He has been playing good golf throughout the whole of the season, and has well earned the ehanipimiship. The struggle on tills occasion between him and Mr. Kirk was a- very memorable one. as it afforded the best exhibition ot golf ever seen on the links. — Otaki Mail.

A I'ress Association mesage from Ohristchureh says that the price for New Zealand's commandeered output of cheese, on behalf of the Imperial Government, shows an increase on the price paid last year. The whole" of the output is not required, and the price fixed should ensure a good average for the whole of the New Zealand production .even though the producers would have liked a higher price from the Government than they are likely to be offered.

Now tnat the orchard utx bill lias been passed by Parliament, it is tue intention oi the .New Zealand i'ruit-

growers Association to seeii registration under "The Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1897." ,As a condition precedent to this, it is necessary that seven societies of fruitgrowers sign the application to the Minister of Agrisuiture. The federation's constitution, passed at the last conference -has been approved by the Department of Agriculture, and it now remains for the various associations to take up shares in the federation as provided by clause 5. Each association may make application for one or more shares 0f..C1 each. One share may be granted for every fifty members or fraction of fifty.

Princess Zita, the wife of the Archduke Charles Francis Joseph, heir to the Austro-Hiingarian throne, has given birth to a son. This is the third son and the fourth child born to the Archducal couple, who were married iu October, 1911.

ilr Hichard iiagot addressed a large and representative audience at Milan 011 the subject of lia!> Knglaiid and the war ol to-morrow . Tie r. ih<- hrst lMigUsluua>u to add'a'i I. alia;- aud-i----etice 011 the relati'ii* ''v, «-n tnc I. v/o coutrics. The Bourse Ghk-' timt Mulish capital has been used since im> lieginning of the war to linance 355 Russian companies for the exploitation of gold, platinum, iron, copper, and asbestos mines. During April three new

mining companies, with an aggregate capital of £800,000, were, formed with British and French money.

Private Ai'thur Norman l.abalistior, Duke of Cornwall's Light lnfanity, fell over a cliff near Tennyson's monument, Freshwater, Isle ol Wight, wlr.le out for a walk with friends, and was killed. He was a married man, belonging to <t. Helieis, Jersey. At the inquest the coroner described at heroic the act oi Private 'Hughes, of the same regiment, who was lowered 400 ft. over the cliff by a rope in a vain attempt to rescue his comrade.

A i.ngely attended open-air meeting 1,1 the inhabitants of Poplar and Limciiouse unanimously protested against the alleged wholesale importation ol C'V'naiiien int. > the di trict. The resolution called the attention of the Home Secretary to the fact that 1,000 Chinamen are now registered in Poplar.

The I'ahiatua by-election held yester-

day resulted in the return of -Mr Smith, deform candidate by S3 votes. l'hc totals were: Smith, 1521; 11 osk, ii '

.M'.'l'iulaiie 1410. The total number of votes polled was 3200. At the election of 1914 the number of voters who recorded their votes war. -")043. Of this total the late Air J. Escott (Reform) si-cured 2872 and bis oponent, 'Mr J. Mathews (Liberal) 217 1 , leaving Mr KU:-ott the winner by 701 vote.

In the Wellington S.M. Court yesterday Dr AViliiam Smith was suedi by the- Wellington United friendly Societies Institute for £120. The statement of claim set out that defendant had been engaged by the institute to act as medical officer for three years ~.t

a .salary of £500. After acting lor four days, the defendant, undier pressure of the local bianeli of the British Medical Association resigned withoutgiving three months' notice or a «|Uinter's salary in lieu thereof as provided iu the agreement. This put the institute to an expense of £900. Defendant did not appear and a verdict was (riven for the amount claimed.

The "Levin and District Patriotic Society desire to express their cordial thanks to Messrs F. Pinny and Co.. of AVellington for -the loan of the upright grand piano for tTie "send-off" in t:ie Town Hall last overling. < iiie second day ol the Grand .V.tum-

,u meeting was heal at Liir.stchurci)

\esteroay. Sea down won t.ne August jJiindicap uith Oxeahopo second and Ulossom third. The Grand .Ni.noiKil itutdlcs was a line fact, Art getting tue verdict by haii' a head Irom -Master liegal, with Sir Solo third. Queen's Post was successful in the Beaufort Steeplechase, -New lurk being second and- Lady Bibbero tiurd. Sleight of Hand won the Spreydon Hurdh.s, Haitian second, Manaiii Park 3; while the Islington Handicap fell to (.■old .Soult with Meltcliikolf and Slogan in places. A cable message from Melbourne ;e----ports that Mr P. AV. Tewkesbury, wiio has returned from a trip abroad, states that while in London two days before Lord Kitchener was drowned he was in the same hospital as Kitchener s valet. The latter toldi him the uu ber ol people who were going to Russia with Kitchener. Mr Tewkesnury was surprised and shocked at the want of secrecy regarding .Kitchener's movements. It was also generally rumoured in London that the Arabic was cat rying a large quantity of bullion, .ir.d it was subset] uently contended tb.it that was the reason why she wan torpedoed. x.aiMc 11...-> . cell vuy roi.vcut u t.i,C Hl.ttlJ.Ji'. '"I lllv-11 SttO llitS IU-jt 1.1 vllv. \> a., it n.tii uv.rni.tny, in tnr uri, icc.i me Uol'iu. Nt a icin-'j' u ruten by uie London jjtj.tae..r oi me ayauey ,51111. on June lotii. s.iiic iigot is, lion ever, tluoun upon tiie iiuinoci ot .1' reuciiutcn 'Alio nave givcii tt.eir ii\o-> in the uoieace ol nieir ucio* ea country. ilie coriespoiicleiit, an .iu>tiaiian pressman, wiio was a, uaiapoii—says, inter uua, "llie immediate question is not the urea king point ol all the Allies, but the uivaliing pomt t,i France. f ranee lias withstood the Germans' most, tierce and continuous onslaught. She has been holding the beast diowu in Western him ope whilst we have been getting ready to slay luni. She has lost more than a million in dead, and her incapacitated number more. ft was assured on higli authority when in Paris recently that France's actual supply iiieu is not in serious jeopard}, hut liet resources in sound men of serviceable military age are very low. Those .vho have been putting the French case before influential men in London—they put it very well, being, like all Irenchnicn. born diplomats-have declared that by September France would have been bled to death. That, of course, is one of tho.se over-statements of the French case designed to spur Great Britain oil to greater efforts on the West front. But no one denies that our great Ally is becoming restricted in her fighting resources. ... It is pathetic to notice how casting aside false fslunno. the French ;> nation onslv face hare facte. On instanco is seen in the Government notices, staring nt you from many walls* urging upon the people the supreme duty of 'transmission of life.' These Government notices and the decision to pay high bounties for boy children show that the nation's needs will be regarded as a sacred duty."