The Chronicle LEVIN. THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1917. LOCAL & GENERAL

Levin Daily Chronicle, 3 May 1917, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1917. LOCAL & GENERAL

Welcome news is contained in a Government advertisement appearing on page 3 : the restrictions on conveyance of heavy goods by rail are to be rescinded as from the 7th May. The jik! of the coalminers' "go slow" proceedings is the cause of this welcome change in railway policy.

Three boys who escaped from the Wcraroa Training Farm, commandeered two horses and saddles at the Groua Downs school yesterday and rode away towards Bulls. Up to the present they have not been captured. —iFoxton Herald.

Two more Levin men are reported wounded at the front: Private I. J. Bartholomew find 'Private A. H. Holder.

Jvext Sunday services of the Catholic Church will be as follows:— Manakau mass at 9 a.m.; Levin: mass at 11 a.m. and evening devotions at 7 p.m.

A case of more than ordinary interest < a:ne before the police magistrate at Tnihapo la.st month. A local paper .states that it is probably the first instance in which action has been taken under the Food and Drugs Act, 19C8, and the judgment will in consequence form a precedent. Messrs H. D. Bennett and Co. were charged by the Health .Department with a breach of tho regulations under the Act, inasmuch as they did not have printed on tho papers on which they sold bulk but tr-r words stating that the butter did net contain more than the prescribed amount of preservative. The content tion of the defendant company was that it had no occasion to supply the printed statement when customers came for bulk butter without something to take it away paper'was supplied as a mere act of courtesy. The magistrate reserved l judgment.

In a case which came before the Auckland Police Court, the accused, an indigent man who was obviously suffering from lose of memory was asked by Mr F. V. Eraser, S.M., if lie would like a quiet sojourn on the "island." "What is it like?" queried the old man in a confidential manngr. 'I hare only been there as a visitor, not as a guest," replied Mr Fraser, "but I am of the opinion you will find the conditions to your liking." "Well," remarked the man "if it is good enough for you, it will suit me."