The Chronicle LEVIN. SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 September 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL.

w I i> .-[lit" 1110 perils oi (submarine war- | ''' 1 ' '*'*-',000 persons crossed the At- I 'a between Am 'rica ai:d European |.oi-.s as luet year 2-30.000 on 1 ;od Ve.-fiels. r Lrng t") Ins lii'ii; 1 .-, in Otiiki (sayix the .Mini), I'riratc Henry Wilson, a member ol the Maori Expeditionary l'o:frs, expresses tile opinion tlint wo w.II ,s-;on have tin- (J -r;n ui.s beaten. ■ ii.\\i n>r, he stater; that tlio Germans "'1 good fitrltto:s, and very clever in their modes of fighting." i he Wi'iio of marram grass an a means ! to eliminate the sand nuisance is daily [ •incoming nioie widely recognised, and , the Dnnstan people are making an effort t > increase the area planted with nr. t-« wh:ch flour shes so well in Oentral One of it* chief virtues (says the l imes) is that it is a great drought i resistor, while the fact that rabbits do not cit it is another great factor ill its favour. iSomp twelve months ago a small portion of a sand bank in

Clyde was plantctl. and .so well lia« it answered the purpose that 11.11 effort in a biji.ner way was decided on.

I alking with a 1 firmer in Northern China l , Alary Gaunt, the AiiNtralion journal>t. asked h:m how lunch .money he made as a rule. He answered that h ,s anuu ll pivfit. in a good year. was. about oOs. but that ol" voiiivo ho did not always have a good year!

•Mr .]. C!. Ucrdman. manager of the Napier hi-inch of .Messrs Dalgetv and C mip'iin s brtcno.'fs, who has been appointed to the management of the (lir s'church V.a'K'h. first joined Messrs Dnlifeiy and Company, when they opone! their Wellington branch. For several Viiars he was chairman of the H;n\ ke s May W oolbroker.s Association, wars a pronlnumt member of the ,V'_:riciltinal and I'asioral Society, and also th" {.himiller of Commerce, on which body he |ia« .served as chairman. He aNo ■ fenpioil a seat on (lie Xapior High. S liool Moanl of Governors.

Iwo well-dressed Fliiu'iiis. who re-

cently arrived in Auckland .from Fiji. )>!•( f'cn fed themselves at tin l city recruiting station on Monday (says the Herald) and offered themselves for service ill any capacity at the front. Tli" volunteers wore we'] educatedi moil and )i id paid their own fares from T'"i.ji to A ucklan 1. They evinced a keen desire to enlist. At first tile applicants were informed tlmt under tlie Defence 7)e- ---]) irtmcnt'.s regulations tliov eoulVl not lie accepted, but in view of their enthusiasm and fine physique arrangements were made for (heir eccommodat'on at Xanow Xecli camp. Hotli applicants, wlui are brothers. passed the medical test, and will go into training almost at once.

Mr M. H. E. Gorringe, who ' as enlisted for active service at the- front-, wil' go into camp next nion'h — w.i!i the 22nd Reinforcements.

The importation and utilisation d.' A*jitic eggs is again agitating the minds of Christcliurc'h poultry farmers who allege that the regulations referring to these eggs under the Pure .Foods Act are not being enforced. An educational campaign has been decided upon, with the view of having the regulations adhered to. It is .stated that if the Government nllowed swan's eggs from the Lake Ellesmcre district and from the Chatham Islands to be used, there would be no necessity for importing eggs. For bakers' purposes swans' eggs are said to be quite as good as fowls' eggs. — Christolnm-h Star. Attention i.s called to the in memoriam service on .Sunday morning in the Pi csbyterian Church, when specnl reference will be made to the life and death of the late Mrs Pollock. All relatives and friends arc urged to be pros:nt. Hymns .suitable to the occasion will be sung. Major loonier, who is in charge of the .Salvation Arm.v's centre, .north division, i.s visiting Kevin, and will conduct the services in the local Salvaton Anny hall to-morrow. The' mirjor is accompanied by .Mis Toomer, who will a-.si.st him at the services. On Monday night there will be n musical meeting and coffee supper. S:r H. Rider Haggard, looking well end hnppv after his great tour of the British Empire. left New York oil July 22 for London to report to the Royal Colonial 'Institute, which dispatched him 011 n mission of inquiry as to which of the over.-eas dominions is best suited for migration after the wor.' He expressed the opinion that Germany, deion ted at once, might want to engage Britain again, for which reason it was a patriotic duty, he argued, for (soldiers '"•id sailors migrating to go only to overseas dominions, rind not become absorbed in Argentina or the United States, where they would lose their identity as British citizens. "1 am able to state," writes the New York ' orrespondent of of a London journal, '■that .Sir H. Rider Haggtird's mission was a great success, and the raw material lie has collected, when digested by the Royal Colonial Institute, will form most valuable information for your Government." When a liandieapiKT goes to the trouble of adjusting weight to the exrct ponlid that should be productive of a dead-heat between various competitors it must be galling when a horse with anything up to a stone over its coreret impost wins in good style. The b ndicappcr for the Wa.gga meeting. ~ lys a Sydney writer, had an experience of this kind, four races being v.- :n by competitors cari'ying consider- . !i'v n:o:e thitri he allotted them. Mugball won the .Shirts Handicap with ' I!) overweight, while the same afternoon 1. land Prince with UJlb over-v.-e:ght. accounted for the (Maiden handicap, and Lady Anzsie 3-ilb over, va - third in the same race. These real's knocked the handicapping figures '■' 1 bits, but i;s both winners named were outsiders the handicapper at lenst had the satisfaction of knowing that the public regarded the prospects of Mugga'bah and Island Prince iis liope-l--<is with so many pounds more tban their proper weight. Then, on the s cond day Laemalac carried Bil.lj over when he pulled off the President's! Handicnp; and the Carnival Handicap winner. Waymea. put up 3Jlb over. Ites dts. such a.s these demonstrate that at times a handicapper's lot -is anything hut a happy one, rmd should also he something of an object lesson to those people who have an idea that a horse should run no better or wonse one week than another.

I A short mooting of the Levin :uul j District Patriotic -Society was lickl in ; the borough chambers last- evening. .4 | proposal from the Palmonston North 1 Ladies' Bed Cross Society that the heal Red Crovs Society co-operate in running the refreshment rooms at the coming Palinerston North show for the benefit of tlip Rod Cross was d.'scussed. i Ft was suggested that the proceeds he divided according to the contributions ' I foodstuffs sent in by eac-h district It was pointed out that the loml soi fifty can dispose of all the provisions it receives through its own shop here and no action was taken. An account amounting to about £-10 was passed lor payment for Red Cress purposes. The following workers were present a' the Women's Red Cross Guild (Levin Branch) 011 Friday:—Mesd.:tme,s •Pink. G. Phillips. Davidson, S. Parsons. Andrews. McTntyre, G. P. Brown. J. Nook. Goldsmith, Richtor, Keedwell. J. AV. Gibson, Misses Sedcole, Hitchiii2.s, Parsons, Butler, Weston. Mrs. Plaster saw to the tea. Miss Better and Miss Cameron were in charge of the Red. Cross shop 011 the Saturday (!>th September). Hie amount taken was £G 3s (id. Following is the list of those who sent donations of produce:— esdames Blickburn. Stewart. Nicholson. Palmer. Dean. Pink, J. AVhite, J. Davies. Hassell, Findlev. McDonald, Procter. Gorringe, Frechling, AV. Stewart, Gardener, AVhitaker. Bennett, Page, Richards, Park. Blonkhorn, G. P. Brown. Adkin, Stealcy .Goldsmith. Richter, \l i.vscs C. Parsons, Andrews, G. Better, MeNickle. Kyes. Messrs. \\ alklev, Newport, Davison, Davidson.