LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 October 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

An old-established and: wealthy English Insurance Company requires an agent for its accidqjit branch. Details are advertised in to-day's Chronicle. Private E. Harwood, of HoatTierlea, Levin, was wounded at the front on September Vtli. Private F. Gleeson, of Oliau, was wounded on September 16th. The death from wounds is reported of Private L. A. Rurcell, son of Mr F. • Purcell, of Levin. Among the lates to enlist at the local recruiting office is G. D. Ad-kin, of Levin. F. H. Hudson's (Levin) name is on the' list of those who have enlisted at Palmerston North. Services by the Salvation Army will be held to-morrow at 10 a.m. and at 3 j».m. At 7 p.m. there will be a memorial service for the late Rifleman J. F. Butcher. Those who are interest in the discussion on the question of the removal of the gas lamps from the centre of Ox-ford-street will doubtless be pleased to hear that this subject will be "threshed out" in a decidedly humorous way by the "The Pierrots" at their patriotic concert next Thursday night in the Century Hall. Second-Lieutenant H. A. Gray, of the "Wellington Battalion, formerly of the teaching staff of Levin Public School, is reported, in to-day's list of wounded. This is the second time he has been wounded; lie received his first wouncj during tho fighting on Gallipoli. His father is Mr. A. Gray, of Oxford street, Levin. Conditions nil over "We-tern Canada are extremely favourable for good crops#this season. Canada's field crops . last year had an aggregate value of £165,000,000. Twenty-four women, or 12 per cent of the total deputies have been elected to the Finnish Diet. The value of the manufactures in Canada in tho current year will, it is-, expected, be fully 400 millions sterling. Ail exchange of Germaar and British prisoners of war via Holland was expected to take place at the beginning of August. Commenting on the execution of Signor Battisti, ex-Deputy for Trent, after his capture by the Austrinns, .the Secolo says: The "Emperor of the hanged'' has consecrated another memory for the veneration of the Italians. The soul of Italy has but one impulse, one hate, one oath of vengeance, one firm determination to achieve victory against a barbarous enemy. ■Seller Gomez Garillo. who has visited various prisoners of war camps, writing in the Gaulois, says: "The British, though fully realizing the hatred • of the Geimran people, forget the insults in the German- press, the Zepelin outlages, and the mourning of their women. and see in their prisoners only unhappy men dieserving pity." A temporary arrangement is reported to have been reached between the British Government and the Icelandic Ministry guaranteeing to Iceland necesssary imports and giving Britain preference in the purchase of Icelandic fish. A convention is expected t(r be concluded .shortly guaranteeing Den-" mark the import of Icelandic products. "Women railway conductors and guards in Prussia have been ordered to wear the ordinary uniform, including "dark grey wide trousers/' Female attire will only be allowed when the employees are off duty. In the. Berlin elevated railway the women guards who have worn knickerbockers for some time* have been ordered to -wear long trousers. On "Wednesday after neon, the members of the Levin Methodist Ladies' Guild and several friends entertained Mr audi Mrs R. Bishop, of "Weraroa, to afternoon tea. on their leaving Levin for Australia. "Rev. "W. H. E. Abbey, in a neat little speech, referred to the long connection of the guests with the Methodist Church, and their generous response at all times to the needs of the Church, and expressed a hope that the gejiial climate of their native land would restore both to health, and that they would enjoy many years of happiness there. Historians in their idle moments often have speculated as to the results that would have ensued had many of the crises of history elided differently. .Suppose Alexander the Great- hadi turned west against Koine, or if the Saracens had defeated Charles .Marie!. or the Carthaginians conquered Home: what then ? How nearly Carthage succeeded people may .judge for themselves on Friday and Saturday of next week when the famous moving picture "Cabiria" will be shown by the management •of Farland's pictures. This picture shows the most terrible incidents of an epic struggle; incidents round whiclt romance has been busy, but in all its imaginings has never equalled such grim fact as the sacrifice of the children to the Carthaginian god Moloch, one 'of the most moving scenes of the, picture, which contains among others, the siege of Syracuse, the burning of the Roman fleet by Archimedes and the final destruction of Carthago. "Cabiria"' has been acclaimed everywhere for its magnificence and splendour. Seeing! it. it can be understood why it took two years to produce it at a cost of over £50,000.

Bagmi'akers at the cement works near Vise (Belgium) refuse to work in order -not iudirectly to help m strengthening the German trenches. The lailwaymen at Gcntbrugge and-. Ledebergk also refuse to work,, and some of them have been sent to Germany. The Census and Statistics Act imposes on all householders the duty of giving full particulars of every individual staying in their house on the night of October loth, when the Dominion census is being taken. The necessary papers are -at present being distributed and any householder failing to receive one should communicate with Mr J. T. Martin, postmaster, at Shannon. The advertisement referring to the subject on page 3 of this issue should be read carefully. -