LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 August 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Jy.ii.'y Company. Limited. lieu ■ts aiiinuii geneial meet ills' :u Oha .'ast iiiglil. The roiiriuji rtirmors (Me-ors J. D. Hiowti and Ji. ili.gg "i'iv ro-o.'octod. Two offer,s of !)>i per <; -lor iii ,season's ciioe.e were coil sidrod, but were not accepted. It wa decided to .scud ilu< <>,ir;j 11i to .Me.-j.;r t lenient. and Son.-;. London, on opei consign nu-nt. The prospects lor tin- sea "oil are regarde ! to be part ieiilarl; bright. Ihe Bishop ol Wei!ington wid lion the annual conJirinatica in Levin oi AYo Ine.sday, (Xuobor 2"ilk. I otilii uiatioi '"•■asi ' being .via i led liy tin- vica thi.s week. I wenty-five head oi tue primest o iat liin ofks and cows seen this isoa.soi passed ibioiigh Levin on .Monday after noon, i >1 route to JohnsonviLe. The chief wireless operator 'in tli North Sea was, as a lad, ail inmate o one oi the Cluiich ol Kngland home for waifo and strays A Alasiei toil resident lias received ; '••iter li-Oiii )i;n son. ,stating tiiat tin mail ulio d< (scried t:j the enemy wa. a member of tlio \\el'ingi:on Battalion A inal hine gun was turned ii])on lint as lie lei t. tor the enemy treadles. on in: escaped. A good deal ot interest is boim s'niW:! i i [hi l Anz.'c s Assembly's fane\ dross ball, to be held next Fridai night. Prizes are being given I'oj the best dressed lady and goiitlemar respectively. Details are set out hi advertisement ill to-dav's Chronicle. Throe .applications wore received las evening bv the Levin Jjoiongli C'oun cil for the position of sanitary ran tractor for the borough. !'. M. Cam ci on was appointed. At tile borough council meeting la.s evening Councillor France moved aiu Councillor Robertson seconded : "Tha tli:s council tenders its sincere svnipa thy with Mr and Mrs A. C. Astridge ii :i:o lo.Ss of their son. an<l records it appreciation of the gallant i-aeriliei made by Private Ast ridge in dying fo the cause of the Allies in the greai wi r." Councillor Dempsey moved am Councillor France seconded: ''Thai thi: ■oimcil tenders its sincere sympathy with Mr and Mrs B. Hook in the losi if tlieir son. and records itfi appreciaion of the gallant sacrifice ma tie hi 'rivato Hook in dying for the cause o he AlTies in the great war." The twe notions were taken together and pass •'I by the council. I ast night the I.evin Borough Conn •il passed a total of accounts amount -■g to £164 14s. Levin branch uf the Red Cross iSoei ■ty is co-opei ating in a gigantic sal' it flowers lo be held at u dlington oi Friday next. The proceeds will be de 'otcd to purchasing clothing and ome lecewjaries for the men oil the T'hilo nel and Pyranius. The Red Cross :'ooins in Levin will be opened oi rhuiS'.lay afternoon to receive towns leople's offering oi flowers, which wii ■>e forwarded to "Wellington the sann evening. The attached letter receive< l>v the ladies of the Levin Red Cros ■Society from the lion, secretary to tlv collection committee, explains the nee( for ilie movement: —""Wellington. 141.1 August. The ladies' auxiliary of tin Hrit'sh and Foreign Sailors' n Wellington are arranging a sale o floweis to he hold in the streets of \\Yl ling'i n or. the 2?) th August (Friday) The ! b.jfct of the s.i'c is to raise a sun of money to buv thin elothinsj to seiK to tile sailors of the Philomel and I'vra inns who are now. a'ul hive been fo -ome time, in the Persian uiilf. Cap tain Hall-Thompson says tliey are mud needed, for the heat is great, and thesi things are not supplied to the men Our navv his done and is doing si Hindi for us. and were it not Tor tin nary Xew Zealand and many othe paris of the Hrit'sh Fmp're might loin before this have lieon devastated am ruined bv our enemies :' also the navi has made it possible for our soldier; to he Rent safely to help in the dotVnci of our great Empire. A committpi has been forined with whom Mrs Hall Thompson and Mrs J. P. Luke (mayor ess of Wellington) are working. Coil tribution.s of flower,s will he gratefnll' received by the eonim'ttee who ask the* should be addressed to Mrs H. S. Had field, care Y.M.C.A.. Willis-street, Wei Huston, and sent on Thursday. 2-ltl August. A 1 trains will he met on tha' day. You are asked if you will influ ewe vour friends and fellow-workens t< send flowers on tiiat day. Misse; Cooper an<l 'Mo'is are giviim the pro coeds of their patrioti-e room for tin •week 'to the 'fund.-- Flvtabeth n'. Hadfield. Hon. See." The N.Z. Poultry Industrie's. Ld. re]>ort that tlu> wholesale price of eug> is Is Id, the supply being about equal to the demand. Artor several years of practically do-■.ei-lion a I'U'lio numher i f passed through Opunake on Friday on their way to Parihal™. It is expected to bo one of the biggest gatherings heh! for many years past. Land matters are expected to he the principal korcro topic, savs the Opunake Times.

Tlie Otaki Mail understands that as a result of the recent meeting <" I armors in Levin, and subsequent negotiations between the committee set up and the auctioneers, at least some ol (lie tanners' requests with respect to the Levin stockpiles will be granted. , 1 lie most pleased man .11 Opniia-ke 011 I'riday was the man who carried a > r.idie iioni the cabinetmaker's , slinp homewards. The remarks of the byst..mie.o were; "Good 011 you — the couiitr.v needs 'em." ''Providing i'oi the 10th Bt'ini'oreemeiits." We do not know whether the cradle has yet arrived home but the pleased man h<ui to mnKo ,':Meial stoppuvj; places as the congrat.ulai ion,-, were numerous.---Optl-:i»kr Time,.