The Chronicle LEVIN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 August 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL

Umuania, which im.s just declared war on .Vu>tria, has a total population "I 7,o()0,()0(>, and the capital. Buclia-ic-;t i 2D5.000. The area of the country is -5:2.000 square mile*. The Rumanian Army irs the. most powerful of tlie JJalkan Armies, and in 1014 its peace strength was put down wt bein»•1 (Kia officers and moil. The first and second lines were estimated in KM.'5 at 120,000 and the country's war strength at present is probably 700,000. A Ii 11 iniiin n who was ill -Levin lately stated that ht» had information th'at the Hoinnaniaii army now numbered 1.100.000. ".uinania also litis a power--lul flotilla on the Danube, consisting of four monitors, seven gunboats, and a dozen torpedo boats. .'I iu- Hon. .James .Ulen does not think it will be neoe6s'ary to intern tile relatives of the alleged deserter. The man's father is an old man who h;* been thirty-two years in the Dominion and ha* a dainy farm in the Carterton district. The authorities are considering wfiat more can be done to protect the country from the enlistment of aliens in the Kxpeditionary Force* and to compel information to be given to the Department of any man suspected ot who enlisted under a false name, and who could 'be recalled at any time :imT discharged. Xo further resolutions are necessary. Ti, is being whispered abroad in Wellington (sayfj a correspondent of a TWanaki paper) that much of the support given to the postponement proposal was obtained by Ministers assuring their followers that if tho war were at an "end by the close of the year the legislation of last session would be repealed and the elections t'iiken at the usual time.

j The distribution of the 1?t. Hon. XV" IF. Malay's and Sir J. C 5. Ward's portfolios now 'is announced. Thc Hon. Meyers hits talcen diarize of the Treasury and 7)r McNlab of the Post and Telegraph. The Hon. •!. Allen is Actin<r-Primc Minister. TTarvoy and Co., huildcre, Levin, have completed the hiiildinsi of a.new creamery at Linton for the Levin Co-opera-tive T>;ii i\v Company. It was a "rush job, - ' commenced last Tuesday. and completed by Saturday. The firm will begin. .this week, tlio building contract for the Wellington Education Hoard at j Shannon public school. j

'The Gorman Imperial Chancellor has delivered an extraordinary tirade in tlio Reichstag. He defended himself against criticism in Germany, decl'jrinfi that "libel* and calumnies at home are loathsome."

J The annual conference of tlio New I Zealand Federation of Patriotic AVar i lioiiei Societies has adopted n resoln- ! t ion urging that the pay of members j nl the Fxpeditionary Force .should Ikj jos 1 (huv for the first month instead j "' s ' The I\l iii of Defence, in j ' i''" to i he letter conveying this resolution, -bites that the Cabinet has doe:ded that with the coming into operation of the [Military Service Act the rate ol' p.iy of members o: the Expeditionary Force shall commence in full | J Mini (he time of their coming into I en 111 p. and there shall he no deduction i for the first month in camp.

I.evin residents will do well to make "a mental note of the I'rcsbyteriaii concert to lie held I uesday, September l-\ I'.lK'i. M'uiy .special performers will make their liiKt appearance in Levin on that dale. Besides .Mrs. Kennedy, a pleasing singer of Scotch songs, tliero will also tirrivc from Wellington Mr. Gowdy, baritone singer: Mr. H. F. AVood, Wellington's loading tenor; anil ALaster AA'inston Alt-Carthy. who is de.scribed as the pocket edition of Harry Lauder. Other talented peiTormer.s are to come from AYangantii I'almerston North and Pahiatua. spite the Pact that the best talent available has been secured for' this !iig concerti, 'popular prices will prevail; namely, three shillings, two shillings and one shilling. I'libNc attention i« directed to 1111 advertisement relating to the concert, on'page 'i of to-day's issue. Lieut. 10. T. Ste.iley, in a postcard received by the vicar ol' l,evin this morning, says that he has \ieen removed from flallc to AJagdebtirg. Bread and partvls sent from Fngland have been leceived hv hint quite safely. I hough lie has been a prisoner since -Way, JUlo. he had only on .June oth. lUIU. bad liits Jirst walk outside the walls of the prison camp. He writes;

"It was a treat to walk about sevei miles just as one liked. We give ou parole for the duration of the walk.

hope we shall get out more." I'he fact that he met with an injury to his leg when taken prisoner may of course account for his close confinement to camp. He is apparently quite wefl, and says lie is picking up a little of the Russian language from his follow o (fie erf