The Chronicle LEVIN. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1917. LOCAL & GENERAL

Levin Daily Chronicle, 15 March 1917, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1917. LOCAL & GENERAL

A "Bend-off" was given in the Levin Hotel on Monday niglvt to Mr Bert. w yiti-r, who has now gone into camp. ■.-Li- J. S.nith occupied the chair, and i fU'i the usual toasts, presented Mr i> int r with a Loewe pipe (in case). Speeches wore made b.v many of those present (including Private Lowry, who had just returned by tlio last hospital ship). Mr Winter was also presented with a wristlet watch the gift of Mr and Mrs Suhan, of the Levin hotel, in wlicse employ he had been for some time.

The easa of Sapper Bevan (of Otaki) ill at the front, still is reported as severe. Advices have been received in Levin that Private C. Bartholomew is amongst these officially reported sick.

"Reason," an Auckland monthly published at the moderate price of 3d, has been sent to the Chronicle, for a review. The journal is brightly written, and is worth much more than its annual subscription rate of 3s 6d pj:t lire. Some helpful articles on business, besides several dealing with literature and general topics, are in

tile February number. The Joint editors and proprietors are -Messrs. Thomas Walsh and Charles A. "Wilson.

A lady who had made every preparation for a voyage to England has been seriously inconvenienced 1 by the Government's restrictions ion (travellers. Her husband was recently killed at the front,, and being practically alone in New Zealand, she decided to return to her people in England. Her homo was sold and a ticket purchased when she found that she could not get a

permit to leave, so she has been obliged to remain here, though her relatives are all in the Old Country.

Mr David' N. Grant, of Nelson, writes a contemporaiy: "I see in your paper a request asking if anyone could state if they 'knew a oanary that could articulate words. The writer had a canary about 45 years ago that could say 'Pretty Dickie' as plain .as I could. It also chuckled to my liens, and whistled on my dog, just as I did. The bird was reared by my wife, who always had it on the table when by herself. She was in the habit of saying to it 'Pretty Dickie' and 'Pretty Hoy.' and it could say 'both. It lived for 12 years.

Something in the way of a record lias been put up by an old lady, 80 years of age, living in the Wai-iti district who 'liars picked hops every season for over 30 years without a 'break (pays the Nelson Colonist), This year the old lady ,is again-in the hop -gardens, and her output isi said to exceed that of many of the younger pickers.

Some interesting information relative to the supply of potash was given at the last meeting of the Board of Agriculture. According to an official report, a long conference with Mr Aston, agricultural chemist, took place in connection with some proposals that had ibeen made to the Board regarding the supply of potash. After the matter had been fully discussed it was decided to recommend that tlio department should make enquiries as to the practicability of utilising wood ashes from sawmills for mannrial purposes; also to ascertan whether anything'could be done to obtain potash and iodine, etc., from the seaweeds on the New Zealand coast. The value ,of potash has enormously appreciated since the war commenced.

Farmers are reminded of the important meeting to be held in Levin tomorrow morning, to select trustees for managing absent soldiers' farms in this district. Full details are set out by advertisement on page 4.

.An ollici.il visit to Levin was paid yesterday by Mr Ayson, Government J?islicrj iiixperl. Tue visit was paid at uk' icq u\<t "I' -Horowlieiiua I/ake .i>..inain Bcac-cl Icr the purpose of pers raiiy 'inspecting 'Lake liiorowhenu.a and reporting as to the most suitable lisli lor iU watei'3. • Mr Ayson was favorably impressed witli the lake and

;is Siii 11,a;;ut'g:, ai..l ;u' ->.> 01 up.ii..;ii that many classes of .lisli: would 'thrivo and multiply in it. His written -n.--i. 1.1 >_• bui.ra Will follow, and 110 doubt will prove interesting and beneficial to the district generally.

Privates James and Maurice McIntyre, of Levin, .wiite to their father that both of them are at the front in J? ranee, and keeping in excellent •hoiiitii. i*'j irate L. '.Smith, son of -Mr. F. 0. Smith, of Levin, has returned to viie front alter spending a brief iurlo.i.uh iu England.

A final chance for registration of dogs at the reduced fee of 5s is advertised by Lavin borough Council. The council intends to prosecute all owners ii unregstored dogs whose dogs remain unregistered after 31st March, IS, 17.

A l>ig Alston gathering takes place at WaiKanae :n Easier Monday, when a .-.ale ol -Maori curios, etc., will be held, f:.•!!•,wed by a concert at which high-class performed will take part, ii.o [unction, v. iiich is being organised !»y the Maori ladies of Wnikanae, promises to be n big success, and the funds derived will be handed over to Lady Liverpool and Mrs Pomare's funds for Maori soldiers. Mrs Tom Paraia., assisted by Mrs Davies ,hae made a line Union Jack of lace-bark, which measures 3ft. x 2ft. . It is entirely band-ma !e, and worked in colours. This will be auctioned in the evening together with s.'vera! other splend d articles, iucludirg piu-pius, kits, etc.— O'taki Mail.

When the question of the appointment i:i a 'steward to see that no horses

wcio <iup.'d prior to their starting in a i ace was befere the Masterton Racing Club at its meeting on .Saturday, _ a ui'.iiib v who owns racehcrses stated that he considered «uch an appointment of little use, as at one race meeting he had scon a horse doped under the very eyes of the Stipendiary Stewards. Time was when in England yellow brass turnings were entirely unsalable they average 6d per lb. Old tinfoil Brings Is (3d,, and syphon tops are worth Is Id. Bones fetch £5 a ton alter everybody's picked 'em.

A member of the Eighteenth Reinto rcfcinents writes to a northern news

j- a p : T.:o nnv.iy old men and - too miny weaklings are allowed to leave New Zealand. The authorities here 'absolutely veiuse to send a mail c. c-i 43 years of age to the front. With ■the" 'Eighteenths we brought at least 20 to 30 -men over that age. All arc now at C ! c rife I'd waiting for a steamer to take them back to :Xew Zealand. Likewise there are at least 'another 30 thrown out on account of physical disabilities. When it is remembered that it costs nearly £1250 per man to land New Zealand troops (alter lour months training) in England, it- is worth while exercising a'little care.

At the recruiting station the doctor was examining a recruit, in a natural s'.ate. and looking for identification marks. "Have vou any scars on you, my man?" he asked. _ "Xo! but there is a packet of yellow in me coat theie, boss!" answered the obliging youth.

The following workers were present last Friday afternoon at the women's Hod Cross Guild: iMesdanies Pollock, ■Fulton, Pink. Gibson, Vincent. Vickei'6 Porter, Andrews, Keedwell, Richtcr! ■>. Proline. U. P. Brown, 'R. D. Wallace. Misses Sedcole, Stewart, Rettcr Aibken. Mesdames Goldsmith, Gardener and Richtcr were in charge of the Red Cross shop last Satuidaj. There was a large amount of produce sent in. the proceeds from the sale of which (£l3 13s Hd) are to go to Dr. Barnardo's Homes. The committee wishes to thank the following for donations of produce, etc : —Mesdames G. P. Brown, J. Pronse, Sorenson, Procter, Vickers; Wright, Keedwell, Kirkcaldie. Hitching, Bagrie, Ricbter, Goldsmith. Hail, Tatum, J. JDavics, Jones. Bertram, Gibson, Richards, Butt, Mackenzie, Bennett, R. D. Wallace, KUbeistein, J. Page. Blcn'khorn, J. Milne, Kirk, 'Eggleton, • "\\ alkley, Hughes, Nicholas, AY. G. Bishop, Storey,' Daniels, Mclntyre, Smith, Chaplin, Broadbelt, Pyke. J- Rettcr, Pink Porteous, Misses Sedcole, -Jean .Thompson. Rita Gat'.cy, "L. Hughes, Nina Procter. iMeesrs R. G. Lester, Blackburn, Gibson. Reading, , Percy Roberts, liipgiuson, Glasst'ord, Percy Prouse,' Pyke, Master Desmond Morgan and "Anonymous" (per Mrs Duckworth). '

The additions to Levin Presbyterian Church 'ai)s .approaching completion, and the building will be opened on March 25tli by the Hon. J. G. W. Aitken, -moderator elect of the Presjyterian Conference of New Zealand. lhe new parts added to the Levin fcuikling will give the church a length of 53ft, and the new schoolroom in the. rear of the church will supply another 5411 of accommodation. Six stained glass windows, five of which have been given by members of Levin church, will beautify the edifice. Five out of the six windows already arc in position. The church itself gives the sixth window which is "to l>e a memorial to the member's |and adherents of iLcyin church who have gone to the front. This window will bear a representation of the figure of Justice.

Rugby football is becoming very popular with both officers and men in France, and the inter-regimental and garrison matchcs are always watched by an interesting crowd of spectators. The game is also being adopted by French and Belgian troops.

The hand that rocks the cradle! At a Tasmanian race meeting recenth, when the official raised the minimum totalisnior investment from 5s to 10s in the women's reserve, the women went on strike, and refused to bet. The officials at once returned to the old conditions,

Levin has some embryo novelists whoso romances are word of mouth only. La!cel;y the theme of itheir" imagining has been highway robbery and other forms of theft. Some of the cases reported have .arisen out of genuine belief in error; others are purely the' efforts of folk who regard

truth as the restrictive bond cf folk who are too humdrum iu tlnir out-

look on life. the Levin police have been investigating three eases during the .last few days. The first one arose out of a genuine mistake. A Levin driver missed £5 from his

waislcfiit pocket, which he had left hanging in his 'bedroom. To his eye, the window seemed to have been raised higher: than die liad left 'it, and he surmised that "the" Palmerstcn burglar" had been iin Levin. Hfe reported his loss to the police, who examined him as to his movements. He had bren gathering blackberries , some distance from his home on the previous day, and the police advised him to go to the patch and make a thorough search. Ho did so, and there discovered the missing banknotes. Meanwhile the crse had been reported in the Otaki and Palmerston newspapers as on<j of robbery. A native - who is reported to have been

"held up" has left a doubtful impression on the minds of the police by his account of his experience; but even if his account is accurate he has the "satisfaction icf knowing that tliero was no profit for the would-be thieves, r« the complainant had not even a pipe of tobacco 'about his clothes. A native woman is reported by "Rumor" to have been robbed, but enquiries by the Levin police have failed to bring forward any complainant. Last Saturday niglit a Levin man raced into town with the news that lie had just escaped from ihe two "armed 'burglars' 5 in a istreet 'that he named. The investigators who went promptly to the locality found two schoolboys reclining on the roadside, discussing the recent swimming sports. Levin,

: n short. is suffering frsm a mild form of hysteria amongst certain of her people; and there are others who ■ iiirht to he wearing the budge of Tom Pepper.

At a meeting of farmers at Colchester, Engl and, ; a speaker said there were more dogs in England to-day than there were sheep. In London alone there were about a million dog 6 , many of them costing 18s » week each to keep. In Germany the dogs had either been killed or sent tp Switzerland. and lie thought dogs in England ought to be killed except those needed for stock purposes.

Olie of the many things made solely by 'Germany before the outbreak of was the lead mail-bag seal. When the Government ran short of seals it advertised for tenders for makin<r them. The tender of a Chri6tchureh company was accepted, and now that firm is busily engaged in making them. The company had no data to go upon, so it had to design the seal. * The result is that it i>s now turning them cut at the rate of a million a month.

At Monday's meeting of the Foxton Borough Council Councillors Coley and Henderson reported' in reference to acquiring water rights over the conservation area at Shannon to 'provide Foxton with a water supply scheme. They visited the source of the proposed high pressure water supply on Tuesday, 20tli February last, following the course of the Otarea stream to the site r:t' the proposed dam and for a. mile of 1 so above this. They found that the stream contained a -plentiful supply of water. It was recommended that steps be taken to ascertain the cost of acquiring the water right over the conservation area. The report • was adopted'.

Yesterday's Gazette contained the names of 220 men who have been drawn in the Fallot but cannot bo found.

-Mr W. Webb, of" Wanganui,, and' exchampion oarsman of tlie world, is in 'Palmerston North as the representative of the (Spiral Pipe Works, and is superintending the laying of the new pipe line a.t Tiritea.— Manawatu Times.

Travelling in a train to Wellington tlie other day, some people observed a man to be in distress. They inquired if they could d'o anything for him. "No," he said you can do nothing, for me. I liave lost my five sniis at the war, and I am ju£t coming back from putting my wife in an a.svlum."—Manawatu Times.