LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 September 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

« I'livate Joseph MeiMillan, of Koputaroa, now on active service with the -Maori Contingent, has been wounded. Xo details arc available at present. A Victorian artillleiyman, now on active service in (France, 'Writing to a sister in Melbourne, tolls of a curious experience. "iihuigs are eventful enough here in the ordinary i-tni'ise of events, goodness knows," lie writes, •'but they .are ma<Y> livelier for nio by reason of my extraordinary resemblance to the Crown Prince of Germany. I never noticed it till the fact was forced on me, hut it's true.' I'm pitifully like the bounder. Get a good photograph of Little Willie and judge for yourself. How do you think the lamentable fact has been forced upon mo? I have been tw'ee captured by allied troops ard taken before the commanding officer under suspicion of lieing the u'own Prince in disguise. On the .first oeasion the commanding officer was a hit impressed, and it had to be demonstrated; that I was not the kaiser's hopeful heir. The second event, of course, was fronted as rather a good .joke, and upon my soul the little Frenchman who captured me looked so bitterly disappointed that 1 was half "■Try F wasn't W. Hohenzolfern, jnr. I even apologised. Xo man couldi do more. G. ns'der ible comment has been ar(!ii■.;•(! by Mr. •S l ibouroff's artlc'e in the •Ju'y issue cf the British C'he.ss Maga7.i:::>, on the production of chess 11111sMr. Sal.ouroff suggests the holding of an international chess tournament after the war. possibly iu England, the competitors to be the .er.ding masters from the various countries of the world, audi an equal number from each. Fifteen players is the •suggesepd number, each to play ore game against each other. All players mi the second category who win onethird of their guues are. it is suggested. to receive from the committee ceri tifii-ates of international mastership, 'I he London Times' chess-page editor, in a comment on the proposition for si tourney, says:—Strong criticism is directed. against one part of the proportion, in that it 'nelndes Germanv anc \ nstri i, with Dr. Emanuel Las'ker a-5 the-'r leading representative. Mr, A\ oil ard comments, in the Yorkshire P'.st, as follows:—"If Mr. Sa'bourofi thinks that Britsli .sentiment will wil'•nglv tolerate, much less invite, the pie:-:'nee here for long years to come ' ! chess players from enemy countries, he altogether tails to appreciate the .•strength of the Britsli determination to sevpr intercourse to the fullest degree possible with tile authors of the horrible strife that is now devastating Europe. It- may be. ami has been, arguedi that the 'German people have more distaste for the war than they dare express: but even if that be so, that, is their own fault. Everv conntry, ,t is said, srots the Government if deserves, and if the Germans cannoi a tor their .system cf government, tliex must he held rospons : ble for its action; and accept all consequences thereof' J" a concluding note to the quotation Times' writer says : — "AVliilo ii cou'ld, be argued that from a .logica point of view no tournament in fiitun years could be considered-internationa "" t'-.s it- included representatives fron Germany Austria, etc.. surely Mr " , s V,W the correct one ami logic- in this matter would have t( !f'e place to sentiment. The death of.the three-year-old, soi th.' Of' i'- « t€r ° CC,,rml Tosterday i, , H «sp.tal. The cause' o death was pneumonia. The funera «.» leave Mr W. Mudgway's residence ifSST- at 3 ° v,ock to — A cablegram from Sydney report: ■ji.it an ex pi os 10 n occurred on the i !°" Company's steamer "Wairuna " <I'' s <'hargin.« at Margaret ' reot Vl,ni ' / Six men were killei «nd three injured. The cargo in ir,c f oreholel included cases of benzine. A leakage is siipposd to have been tli< C.UISO. It has always been a recognised fact that wl en the Fox ton people set out to do anything they do it well. Aftei <-evotm<; a great deal of time and cpai ing no expense in the preliminaries. a pleasiing production was recent h stagt d in ,|< oston liv a company of over -10 local performers, and it was voUhI Wy everyone present as ,-t performance of extraordinary merit. There was not a dull moment in the whole show which went off with the swing and zest of a pantomime; tlu songs, choruses, dressing and mounting providing a display which roused the !»g .audience present to great enthusiasm. Through generosity of the Foxton performers, the public of iLevin wili have an opportunity next Thursday night of seeing this production staged at the King's Theatre, when the whole of the proceeds will be devoted to the Levin Patriotic Society.

The local member of the Salvation krmy are canvassing in aid of the aninal «e!f-denial appeal. The developiion'fc of this yearly effort of the Salation Army has been u truly remarkble one. "When first conceived by the a r-soring genius of the late General Hooth, it was practically confined to :he small numbers of members of :hc Army in exi.-.tence then, and con-i'-c-hI of many very noteworthy acts nf denial, not only of luxuries but actual necessities to raise fu<nc I ts for the ivork so dear to 'their hearts. With the financial effort, also goes a special nc:'k of prayer. Our own town has undoubtedly benefited in many, ways by the presence naid good work of the ■ army. T.evintes have not only direct evidence of the remarkable transfornuit'cu in cur midst but have all felt that influence of <V>votion and zeal. Apirt from the local work, the "Salvation Army is certainly one of the largest mivsicnary organizations in heathen l.ind.s. where it has met with sucw.* little imagined by people who are used to different methods in the conversion of the non-Christian nations. Within the past few months three homos for children have been open in New Zealand; children of fallen soldiers have the prefenoe to enter-these homos. The .Salvation Army has a.lso ;K".'ompr«hecl', much for the soldiers in the various camps in New Zealand and at the battle fronts. Donations in aid of the Salvation Army's work will b r > received by Ensign Glanville or ally "of t'lie authorized collectors. They deserve success in their self-denial appeal.