TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 January 1917, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[I'BB. PRESS ASSOCIATION.'] MISSING WOMAN' POUND. Carterton/, This Day. The woman Hilda Kobersbein, reported missing yesterday, was discovered last night hiding behind ain advertising hoarding. Previously, she had spent some time in a clamp of alder bushes a little distance away;. She; wa brought before "the Court this morning and charged with attempting suicide. She was remanded to Wellington, to appear there on Monday, and men-time sho will be given medical treatment. A DETERMINED SUIOED!E. Haw era, This Day. Ca<rl Schikker, a Swiss farmer at Oxakeho, was found on Saturday night with his head blown- open. Deceased placed a detonator in his mouth and fired it. A verdict of suicide while , tempoirarily insane was returned. THE DROUGHT BROKEN. Christchurch, This Day. The drought from which Central Canterbury has been suffering severely.. f'i'om during the past two months lias been effectively broken. Rain commenced to fall at 6 o'clock last evening and continued throughout tire night, and at 9.30 this morning the rainfall registered was 1.375 in. (Green crops, such as rape, turnips, _ etc.,' which looked likely to fail now are sure for successful growth;, and feed prospects are immensely improved.

Levin workers in the interests of our soldiers on active service will be interested in the following letter to hand from a soldier undergoing his training at Trentham military camp: Trentham, 7th January, 1917,'—T0 tfre Levin Patriotic Society: Having received one of your most welcome outfits of needles, cotton, etc., commoi'.iy, called housewives-, I am taking this opportunity of thanking you for same; it is an article which is much needed, and I hadn't had l it five minutes before I got it into commission'. I hope and trust that this awful war will soon, come to" a victorious end. Again thanking you for your kindness, I remain, yours sincerely, Pvt. P. J. "Woolford, A Ooy. 24th Reinforcements. The moon was doubly eclipsed in Levin last night'. Olouds rolled up before the phenomenon of the true eclipse had developed, and at the totality period no sight of the moon could be had) from Levin.. Between 9 and '10 o'clock rain" set in, and by early morning the district had experienced a much-needed soaking. The rain was the first local downpour experienced in five weeks, and jt was badly needed.