LOCAL & GENERAL

Levin Daily Chronicle, 22 March 1917, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

The following workers were present on Friday afternoon at the Red Cross Womens Guild: Mesdamee 'Heslop, J. Prouse, Vincent, Gibson, Porter, V joker's. Davison, Keedwell, iGoldsmith, Andrews, Rtfchter, Misses 'Weston, Sedcole. Stewart, Aitken. Mrs Plaster dispensed afternoon tea. On Saturday the Red Cross shop was in charge of Mrs R. McDonald and Miss Better. 'The amount of £3 was taken. The list of donations will appear nest issue. Levin Terminating Building Society will place a sum of £300 by tender at the society's meeting on 30th March. Another sum of £300 free of interest will be available by the beginning of May, and will be disposed of by ballot, in which all financal members will be viartieipators.

• A Gazette notice issued last Friday shows that two magazines published in the United States of America( "The Delineator," a fashion journal, and 'The Masses") have been prohibited from importation into New Zealand. An extraordinary general meeting of Levin Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, will be held on 4th April next, when ia special motion will l>e submitted for resolution by the shareholders, effecting the adoption of new articles of association. Details are set out by advertisement on page 3. The Te Aroha News lately has republished two of The Chronicle's leading articles as Te Aroha News leading nrticles. The compliment is undoubted ; but it would 'be greater if the Te Aroha News acknowledged the source from which the leading articles were reprinted. Three snappers and a shark were the catch of a iLevin angler at ilokio 13each last Sunday. The shark was about three feet in length.

Mr John Ivebbell, of Ohau, lias been coiifiiiL'd to his bed for the past week, but he now is recovering though still indisposed. ° It was through his illness that lie was unable to attend the nic.tjng cf farmers at Levin last 'Friday to appoint trustees to supervise farni3 of soldiers absent from 'New Zealand! on active service.

Under auspices of the (Methodist Ladies' Guild, a. most enjoyable garden party was held yesterday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. IBowen, kindly lent for the occasion. The day was perfect, and the attendance most satisfactory. The brass 'band of the Boys' Training Farm, Wereroa, was present, under Lieutenant Herd, of Wellington, the bandmaster, and its music added greatly to the life of the entertainment. The maypole dancers made a pretty picture as they danced and reflected [great icredit on their teacher, Mrs Hanson. Some interesting and amusing competitions were in. luged in and the baby show w-ell patronised. The results are as follows: Baby under 6 months, Mrs Gettins, 1; under 12 months, Mrs Abbey's 1; under 18 months, Mrs S. Goldsmith's 1. Apple hunt, Miss C. Butler '1; blindfold driving competition, Mr Foeman's team 1; nail-driving, Miss But-

ler. Afternoon tea was dispensed bv a number of willing workers under Mrs Sorenson and was thoroughly appreciated. The ladies' guild desire to thank all the ladies arid gentlemen who assisted in making the garden party such a success.

Attention lis d'rawn by advertisement in this issue to the n?-opeuing services of the Presbyterian Church, when the Hon. J. G. W. Aitken, of Wellington, will preach at each of the services. Mr Aitken is wellknown as a forceful, practical speaker, and this visit will afford the people of Levin, an opportunity of hearing one of Wellington's leading laymen in his capacity of moderator-elect of the General Assembly. Our Presbyterian friends have gone in for extensive alterations- to their premises, which means better facilities for doing Christian work and so exerting a greater moral force in the neighbourhood than under the limited space of the. old ; >uildin,g. The new school hall and vestries will prove a great acquisition. The elders hope, as a result of the offerings at these services to wipe off the amount of money raised on mortgage to complete these alterations; and so open the building free of debt. The choir under the leadership of Mr H. E. Keys have been busy preparing anthems, etc, so a musical treat may

be expected. The, entertainment promised at the garden fete for the benefit of the .Belginn poor is to take place on Thursday, the 29th. The children have btpn iprai'tising for .some time and should give a good account of themselves. The boys from the Training .Farm iare (by courtesy of Major liurTiism) to give them assistance An elocutionist from Christchurch has also promised to give an item.

A Palmerston butcher had the misfortune to lose two very prime fat beasts from the abattoir paddocks last week ,and although diligent search has been made no trace of them has been found. Perhaps remembering the lieight to. which meat has risen of late the misguided beasts have gone up in a Zeppelin.—Manawatu Times. The woman, Myrtle liarvey. arrested iti connection with the recent burglary in Otaki will appear at the Otaki S.M. Court 011 Friday. It is understood that she has a lengthy list of previous conviction. While being l taken 10 Wellington a few days ago she was asked by the guard for her ticket. Her ready response was that lier husband (she was being escorted by our local constable) had it. The joke was much enjoyed by those in the carriage.—Otaki Mail.

"The Monk Rasputin," whose machinations in Russia during the last decade have been written of from timo to time, was repoi ted murdered some nine months ago. But a British Red Cross Commissioner lately returned to lingland' from Russia asserts that Rasputin stiil is alive. Through the Overland Xews Agency (says the Commissioner) a legend obtivnod currency in May last that Rasputin had been assassinated. It was als alleged that the war party in Russia had caused his removal, because his strong advocacy of a separate pence; and, incidentally, it was pointed* out that the Count AVittc had died suddenly and mysteriously when it became known lie was using his influence with the Czar towards peace. "Certain writers published articles lauding ißasputin as a martyr. They will, therefore, be relieved to learn that Rasputin is still alive, and that his influence has not appreciably diminished. 'He is still regarded as a mystic and marvellous personality. My latest advices are that lie has dicontinued his sconces in Petrograd because they were many men in that city who for personal reasons are thirsting for liis scalp. . . . My obj'ect (concludes the writer) has been not .so much to ;:<ssnil Rasputin, who might very well be left to oblivion, as to show, by what means he reached the Court and became an influence. 1 also wish to make it clear that the pro-German intrigues in Russia are doomed to disappointment, and 1 that the whole Empire was never more united than now in the determination to prosecute the war to a successful issue/' That very "" determination, it would seem, is indeed the root cause of the revolution. Rasputin and other proGermans would appear to have "tugged" the Czar too far their way, and the Duma and the people and the Army have found it necessary to intervene.