The Chronicle LEVIN: MONDAY, OCTOBER 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 October 1916, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN: MONDAY, OCTOBER 1916. LOCAL & GENERAL

It is stiiti'il 111 nt the new .scheme tor ] 11 n> delivery of broad ill l.cvill is Hut i yet. working sati.slaetol'iiy. Olio result I iii I lint, in spile (it .tin- increase ill price, ] the Mi li-ri ih'im' the counter have increased gie;it ly. Doubtless llie dcliv- , cry will lie improved ill tlie course of , tins week. The llutt '.'.niuty ranger. .Mr R. C. Dick, met with an unpleasant experience last week while going run ml the county mi hit, duty bent. When driving in two burses, which lie louiul on tlu- roadside, lie was attacked by a man with a stone and knocked .senseless I l oin his house. We understand lie is i:n bed with serious facial injuries. Doubtless more will he heard: of the mat.tor. — Potono Chronicle. A telegram received here from Dunedin on .Saturday by Mr I'. l'atten atlnoiimvd the death of his father, Mr • lamen l'atten at the age of 7!) yeors. iDoeoased was born at Whitby. Yorkshire, Engl-nul. au:l arrived in this country 53 'years ago. 1110 was a prom-inent-member of the Methodist Church and also of the Order of Foresters. Ht> leaver .a family of nix sons and three daughters, -ill married. A 'London message says that the lit., lliil. W. F. Massoy and .Sir Joseph Ward arrived at Paddington at 10 o'clock ■:«fc night. There was a picturesque ticcnc at the station. A luidv of New Zealand troops oil the dimly lighted platform greeted them with routing cheers. iMr Massoy said a few words in formal thanks. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, many New Zenl.indiens. jind others wore present, including Lord I'lnnket: and .Sir James Carroll. A Press Association message snys: — •'A meeting of the Ngatiawa and Ngntiwhia natives wa.s held in Taihnpe on Saturday afternoon to complete arrangements for presenting to the Government a. further 20.000 acres of land in the Ohauko block, adjoining that given by the Tuwharetoa tribe, for settling returned Maori soldiers. The natives wish T)r Pom are to announce these united gifts to the Government, malting -to.ooo acres .altogether for providing farms for returned men. Jt i« averted that, on one occasion in a war not long ago, -when Lieuten-ant-Colonel Fox, the Master in Chancery, who commanded the Lincoln Inns detachment, composed mostly of lawyers, gave the order "charge," twothirds of life rank and file took out their notebooks and wrote down "eix and eight pence."

Rifleman A. Baker, formerly in tho employ of line well 'Bros., at Levin, was reported in Saturday night's casualty list as killed in action on Septoinber 20th. Levin's quota for tho 22nd Reinforcements are due to leave here next Monday. and a farewell in the form of a popular patriotic concert will be given them at the Century Hall next Thursday night. Tlie Pierrots, with all tho latest jokes, songs and dances, will provide the first half of the program, and some of Levin's best performers will be heard in the second half. The price of admission, one shilling to all parts, should ensure a bumper house, ' A variety entertainment combined with a display of Farland's Pictures will be given in the King's Theatre, Levin, on Monday 23rd October, at 8 p.m. The price of admission is Is. The adoption of the "repeater" in connection with the telegraphic system in New Zealand is progressive reform of immense value. A little while ago the work of transmitting messages from stations north of Wellington to the South Island entailed! an enormous amount of work and tho employment of quite a little army of operators, but now the human operator has been supfjTanted by the "repeater" an ingenious little machine that makes the sound and "boosts" it on to its destination, without other than supervisory aid. The general adoption of "repeaters" at what were known as transmission stations has reduced the .staff of operators needed at such offices, and consequently means a considerable economy *o the country. "With the aid ol" this little instrument, Auckland may now communicate direct with ( hristrlmrch or Dujiedin, and vice versa, and thai., applied to the qundiwplcx, means that. Auckland may send tjo audi receive from Duned.in. and ,T)uned.in may receive from and send to Auckland on a single wioj, without manual traiiMiiA-,-,ion. a very amazing performance to anyone not acquainted with the science of telegraphy. The ''repeater" is not exactly new to New Zealand. It was tried some years ago with American instruments, which did not come up to anieipations. and) were not used to any appreciable extent, but some time a;;o the department imported knjzlish "repeaters," with the mailt that Ui<v have been installed at all the ential stations with marked As a result of experiment!-. >'i 'he University of Caliloriu.i method ii:*.* been discovered ol caJliiinj.; olives without. lili/J'- or oi/n-i ii'i't.'i Alter picklinj', I.h's olive,-, arc U-.'l m a .'} per emit brine i,<Anl.nu iof w«> day.-,. They aj i- tli'-n hwlwt '■*' Fain. lit th<: cm!'*: ii:. arid p|ji';e't iu '.!■'■ '■ '>• '/'.V. nut any I&..*<• ft litlfi f.e.-;. '// 'J. i '. !■■ - halt an hf/ri-f. O.i •/«: J, ;i y Y.:r;c, k<-,p\ - ) .*. "■ '■ . : r u'.ir; ;• VV*7 -v, i;,-.-. • Ml Vi; ,1 ' " .V:: : C ii". OV.':; * ",(V l" IK- ."r.vu .--'1 "jliliu . 1 -i.' - : itiL: 'i-iJiw&is t-". "£•£ i ■iOir'!. ■''' .1.: 2420«fc** "'.i? : .>:■ .t::"»£'.*. . ■ i. C-U «.-,y :o i as-:-,n to the '.".r.e wher. ho wo'.iV. ; ;, c- V' r "- pared oul'.si. ' Wher. ;V,o Ros-a-= It loom Again." Very soon afterwards he received a flirt her communication Iroui Melbourne telling him that the roses were blooming in the full glory el their completixli splendour, and that consequently the time of his preparedness had arrived. Like a man lie immediately enlisted, and is now a proud Anzac. Tho enterprise ol aulturists su Denmark appeal's to be unending, and the remarkable progress which that little kingdom has made in recent yeans is not in tho least surprising. An existence with gratifying linancial results to all engaged in it is the da\ving o l ' vegetabkv, particularly cabbage, for export. A note in the journal of the Society of Arts states that in the winel - months large piles of dried cabbage may be seen on the quays of Copenhagen awaiting shipment. No fewer than 10.000 tons of this vegetable are exported yearly to Russia. The advantages of drying are reduction of weight, the dry cabbage weighing a little more than half of the livsh article, and hence a saving of cast of carriage ond duties, ;uul also prevention of damage from I'rofst. The export trade of "Denmark includes died potatoes, carrots, celery, and other vegetables. Cards to take a walk are the latest form of "rations." in Germany. They have just been introduced, according to the Vossische Zeitung of July 22, by the police authorities of Munich and Leipzig in order to better "control" the youthful population in tjie evening i hours. Henceforth youths under 17 years of age may appear in the streets only when provided with pornut._cards, ; mul thcfcO' will be issuyd to none but members of the so-called youths organizations. The system has been established in the hope that juvenile crimie, which has seriously increased during the war. may be checked. In Brandenbu rg-ou-the-Havel, near Berlin. children unaccompanied by .admits may not use the streets after 9 p.m. ww ii i i iii i ■ ' —■!! J-— ■ " ..T-SLIS;

j Commencing next Saturday, the monthly meetings of tho .Horowheii'ua County Council will begin at 9.30 a.m., until tiurther notice. A relic of old days, said to bo the first printing press brought to Is'ew Zeaj land, line been presented to the OanterI bury College authorities by Bishop Julius, to whom it wae conveyed by Messrs Marriner Bros., of Christchurch(.says the Lyttclton 'rimes). The press is believed to have been brought to iXew Zealand in 1830, and used in the 15 ay of Islands in the early work of the missionaries. The latest reports from Sydney .state that many rivers ore in flood, and are doing great damiaigo to tho crops and slock. Flood boats have beea Kent to Forbes where the Lachlan has inundated the district. Heacy leases of cattle' and' sheep are reported, and thousands of acres of wheat have been ruined at Gundagai and in the valleys of the Delubla ami Hawkcsbury rivers. Wide areas are inundated mild much damage has been done. Many settlers have been compelled to leave their homes. Because of the supply of paper not being sufficient the Mangaweka Settler appeared in half the ordinary size on iriniiv>d,ny last. In apologising for the appearance of the paper tlie editor says lie- trusts readers will not think the manager "has got 'em again." Shortage of labour is being felt severely in fiomu of the fanning districts ;it the present time, and no relief appears to be in sight. In the Hawke's liay district, for example, tho demand for competent farm labour is keen and' utinsit It'll" 1 !, and reports indicate that the f;u tdcri» iii<! IxtiiiK ombamussed sej vi fi'ly by inability to get the help that th«y for 'heir sprang woi I:, On* that, would have bc<-n K/i'i<"rDh'l'-r the ordinary ii-H! h;ut to be abandoned, it ih i-.ui"3 it) '-'/((hi 'piartcrs tljat tic- bUon-.iif': '/> jabou/- may have an ap|,i(production during i.lm' f.uuiinu, ii. In an '-rii.'-i uniiiiifi article on prize mi,ney and bounty, Mr Archibald Hiird ri- all'. t.fia' in i,no <<'iiMtance a century uu/i \Uiu-.h Kcar-Adiiiiral I'arker sent io hi- i:itiniv tio 11tlian £25,000, his of prim th'fnt>y. In 1798 three < tifitniiitt. for 'flz'Ttii a Kpanifih treasure <!(./ ?. r<-r-")Vf;<f £40,000 , every |ieu-u-v,;>tr, and the seamen £132. Hh'Uihv f-ays that an Irish sailor ti saving lik prayer* before the hatoi T'r;ii»ln;;ir u-w> asked by a lieutenant if rn- wtm afraid. He replied that not. "hut was only praying 'f<r< < : n«-.viy' bullets might be <lw- •- K- j'.'-'J on t}i<- wmc tcalo as the prize a-.',r,t-y -the lion's sharo to the offi-