LOCAL & GENERAL

Levin Daily Chronicle, 25 January 1917, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

An article that svili be read svith interist by bowlers and others is printed on page lof to-day's Chronicle. On page -I some interesting notes on cycling appear. Derails to hand by. this month's mail li'om England show that Colonel Freyijerg's courageous exploits in action towards the end of last year, for which bo sva.s awarded the Victoria Cress, were cf a particularly brave and inspiriting quality. To-day a,

citizen suggested l to Tho Chronicle that it svou'd be a- commendable action on the part of some leading citizen of Levin if an address cf appreciation to Colonel Freyberg were sub-v scribed to by the whole of the tosviw- j people. An .illuminated address might ho prepared, and the whole of -the adult population of the town and uTstnet could sign it as in token of their - appreciation of Colonel Freyberg's daring and coinage.

A strange accident befel the three-venr-cld daughter of Mr J. Oak. Levi'!. t>:iay. While the child was playing in a. paddock a gust of wind Ivlosv ia gate from its hinge» air.l c:.

It against the little girl, who;e hft leg was broken, by the impact. She was taken to Otaki hospital.

The V\ e! ii.gi'Oii Racing Club meeting \vaa ci.ndiuLd at Treiitliain yesterday. Cxi imoi:e won tile Summer Handicap

;.l! i lue principal sp'rint event went to Hyginas, who ran six furlongs in imin. 13 j.sec. 'ihe Kaltoke Handicap' (five furlongs) was won by Form-

p in the f i-t time of "0 ! •"

An aiiioiiX'Mie built for the Czar can be converted into a motor sleigh by replacing the front wheels with runners and p-L.eing chains on the lear or.es.

The Indian coal, two cargoes of which have come to New Zealand, a recent visitor says, was mined some 180 miles inland, and lies there in enormous quantities. (He saw one day 30 ships loading it at Calcutta.

A returned Masterton soldier states that soldiers oil furlough in England arc treated' handsomely. They are given a free pass over the railways for a fortnight, and are handed the sum <.f L'lo and receive an allowance of 2s per .'av food allowance.

On October 13. a German ainn.au, after having thrown bombs on Eelfort, was forced to descend owing to lack of petrol near Solouro, Switzerland. He has been interned.

Subscriptions to the fifth Gorman War Loan reached, according to a Berlin wireless telegram, £500.000.000 of which £'125,300X00 were subscribed

avings 'lwiiks.

AVo often hear of people paying"conscience" money to the State (says fie Stratford Poet). ffe wish that newspaper subscribers wliose subscriptions are in arrears would become afflicted with the same complaint. We especially refer to those people who "silently, secretly and surreptitiously" sneak away from the district leaving newspaper bill unpaid. If at the last day our account books are submitted as evidence against the people whom we have in our mind's eye they will he doomed—we were going to write damned—for "a certainty. They will he sent among the goats, and the sentences will' not wring leans of sympathy from our eyes as we pass ovenand take our rest amongst the sheep. Tli© treasurer o: Lov.n Patriotic Society wishes to acknowledge receipt of ;t diecjiie ior £13 10s iroin Levin Brass 13 a lid. This amount is one-half tl' the net proceeds of the band's carolling round oil Christmas live. 'J lie rules d.aftcd for control of the iloiwhenna County Patriotic iS'ooiety's x und have been revised-and in a day o-r two's time they will 'he submitted to the Minister in Charge of Yi'ar .Funds for his approval. The secretary to the association (Mr C. S. Kecdwcll) has been informed by the Manakau Patriotic S eoc ahtytit££iT Manakau Patriotic Society that Messiv J. 11. Andrew and' P. tiimcox have been appointed delegates to the association to 'represent Manakau on tho management. e;;mmir.toi;. Amongst the latest applications for re iisti'at ion papers received at Lo.vin is that of iNorman iJorrcbin. Mr. iH'orrobin lias> sold his Queen street farm in anticipation of his application for enrolment being accepted, and he hopes to embark Jor the front in company with his brother "Walter, whose spell in New Zealcisd lie na etaoin spell in Xew Zealand since his discharge from the Army as medically unfit has rehabilitated him in health. A sitting of a Military' Medical JSo ii'd will be hJd in Levin next .Monday, when a number of local cases will be examined. The proceedings will not be open to the press. •Seven well-bred young English mares - , sent to Australia from the studs of Si'r Thomas Dewar and the Messrs Brice, will be offered for sale in Sydney early next month. Tliey represent a variety of fashionable blood the sires represented in tilie collection being Santoi. Aqnascutuni, Neil Cow. Flotsam, Marta'gou, Gardefin and Fowling Piece. On the second day of the Fo'xton RaCns the "big money" event was won by .Settler, the other place-getters being Dribble and Master Moiitoa, in the order given. Need won the principal sprint event.

It is seldom that a horse starts in two rac.s in succession, but at a rocent meeting in Hobart Eonian won thj C'luiovinas Puree and canio out; again for the next event, tho Welter Handicap which be also won. Levin -Schwl Oommjtrtee met last nipuht .Mr A. Sims (chairman) presiding. There also were present Messrs Abbes', ]3ro: iiie, Smith, Bull Mackenzie and Gapper. Correspondence i-uivivcd from the board regarding the vacancy for a female asssitant <tt Levin public school notified that Miss E. M. Adkin had been appointed to the post. iDisi-ussion took p'ace as to re-open-ing the school on January 30, as originally agreed upon. It was decided to communicate with the Education Board at once, to obtain their decision as to - whether a postponement should be made to allow of the septic tank work being completed.

Fat cattle and store lambs wore easier in price >nt Addington fat stock sales .ypyterday (Wednesday). Fat lambs were .firm but fat stock ir.icgulai.

The sale or work and produce organized by Nurse Lewis for the of raising funds for the purchase of a motor ambulance for the Maori Contingent proved an unqualified success. The various stalls were well stocked svith a variety of produce, all of which found a. ready sale. All connected with the sale worked bard to ensure its success, and it is expected that the fund will benefit to the extent of £'10. A

pair of fowls realized £5 at the picture theatre last evening. Thanks are due to the various donors for gifts of money and kind, to tho children of Levin, and to Mr liurlinson who so kindly allowed the Training Farm Band to contribute to- the success of the effort, "ill's Cork is deserving of specifA thanks for her indefatigable efforts on behalf the fun 3.

The Red Cross Guild, Levin, resumed wsrk last Friday afterncoiv, in ihe new rooms. next to 0. M. Ross and 's, Oxford Stre?t, ' Those present v v -a.ro.: Mesdames Jamo - ; Prouso, 'Gibson, Vincent, Keedwell, 'Goldsmith, K.irk, Wallace, Richter, and Misses Hut'cr. Sedcole. Stewart, and Aitken. On Saturday last, Mesdames Keedwell and Richter were in charge of the Red Cross shop. Tho takings amounted to £4 2s 7d. The following sent, donations of produce, etc. :— Mesdames ,J. 'Prouso, Hall, Tveedwell, Gil) so n, E. O. Smith. Rulliman, Richter, Duckworth. Rlenkhorn, Hitcliin.gß, Cork, Pvl-e, J. Whitaker, Stewart. Butler. Walkley and ISfiss Eyes. y grass fire at the northern end of T-evin caused the ringing of the fireboll and a. turn-out of the fire brigade this morning. A sitting of the S.M. Court was held in Levin to-day. Details will be publisliVd in our next issue.