WEATHER FORECAST

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 September 1916, Page 3

WEATHER FORECAST

Wellington. This Day

The indications are for south-easterly winds moderate to strong. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather The might will probably be very cold. Thr> barometer is rising at present.

Mr B. C. Freyberg, formerly of Levin now i.s it captain in the British Army, with the rank of Temporary Lieut.-Colonel In a letter to Mr D. S. Mackenzie, da.ted oth August last, ho says that in February he was offered i permanent captaincy by the British War Office: and'he decided to take it. Tie now is attached 'to the 18th Battalion of thq Hood Battle Division, and lie writes that he is "very much ;n love with the life out here, and do not mind, In.-in a selfish point of view, how long the war lasts." He has now coir:maudf.'d his battalion for a year on sen ire, aswl "i« learning quite a lot about thai as, ;i■ i' 1 developing (ju>ite a hnb't of commanding men. I have a who'.e section of the defence, with a thousand men, ten Maxim guns, trench mortars, mul four batteries of guns under my command ; it is all like a dream. I have a telephone just by my pillow, and r.vn buzz up my guns or trench mortars at a minute's notice and give the Huns a taste of their future whenever I wish, and I can tell you I do it regularly." Councillor Herrick informed the borough council at its meeting last evening that it was bis intention to retire from the council next April—the time of the biennial elections.