The chronicle LeVIN. TUESDAY, MAY,8,1917 LOCAL &HRNRTSL

Levin Daily Chronicle, 8 May 1917, Page 2

The chronicle LeVIN. TUESDAY, MAY,8,1917 LOCAL &HRNRTSL

'j ho ballot for tlie 31st draft of Xew Zealand Reinforcements has been published in a Government Gazette. It will be printed in Wednesday n:orni ii g i:ewspap?;s. Several men from j Levin and district are included in the list. Lieutenant T. G. Vincent, of the firm of Parker and Vincent, Levin, ;t.rn3re.:l back 'in Levin from the fiont in Franc?, a few days ago. Li rut. Vincent was "gased" in the operations on the Sommc, and has been invalided 'home. T r i:o finish Canadian Rangers left B.ib!iu en February 2nd on the conclu'icn cf their tour of Ireland. They wcrr> accompanied to .North Wall by several military bands. A l.'rso number of women conductors attended on Sunday, the foiiirier- t'h I'liiiual church parade of traffic wc kor.= at St. Mark's., Kensington. The Bishop of Woolwich preached. , The subscriptions received by 'the ; lord Mayor of London for the Lord | Kitchener Xiatiional Memorial Fund in aid of disabled officers and men. have now reached over £410,000.

! A warehouse in Manchester, occuj pied by fancy goods and print nier- : chant*, was burnt out recently. The I damage is estimated at from £40,000 to £50,000.

i Tt was stated at a meeting of the j West Sussex Farmers' Union that in 1 e-nsequence of the ravages of game, j (lie Duke of Richmond has given farmers permission to Skill pheasants found in their hedges. An address on "Lloyd George, the Man and His Work." will be given by Mr H. Grinsted, in the Church of Clrist Ohapel, Sedclon-street, 'Levin, next Thursday. Details are advertised. Private H. Hiassell, of Levin, 16 expected home from the front this I month'. j In an interview in Auckland. Madame Melba stated: "I have raised I £60,000 now 'For the soldiers, and until , the war ends I shall not take a penny fotr singing in any 'British < country. All my money shiall be 'for the great cause." | On a charge of stealing various sums ; of money, totalling £1 6s, belonging .to •!. A. Thomson, grocer, of 'Marton and Wangianni, Kingsley Harrison. • who "Wins a candidate for municipal lr nors at Mai-tori last week, has been ■ fined £10. i j A "long nigh.t dance" is to be held t in the "Druids' Hall. Levin, next Fri- | flnv. Detail/; are advertised on ; page 3.

The 31 oa Dairy Ooirfpany has been considering the proposals to manufacture casein. It is stated that a guarantee of 2d pr lb butter fat would be guaranteed above cheese. The proposal was going very well iint/il a supplier characterised it as a Hunnish proposal when the nation was sorely- in need of focdstuifs t.i turn around and make billiard balls. This upset the ossein pot.—Opunake Times.

The municipal Elections tat iGireymouth were contested on the conscription v-ei:siis anti-conscription jfelsue. • The same issue was fought on the hospital election. What this 'has to do with local affairs only West Coasters can say. They do like a contest down there. It was due to these contests tha't Mr Webb, M.P., got warmed up and is now in the cooler. —Opunake Times.

Mr Marco Posella, who went to Dunedin last week (011 behalf of the Horowhenua Fruitgrowers' Association) to- attend' the National Apple Show, had the misfortune to be taken seriousty ill. He is now in a private hospital at Dunedin.

According to a telegram fro Vienna the Austrian Emperor last week received the Teprejsentaitives of the antonombus counties of Upper (Austria, Salzburg,. Btynia, Sasrirobliia, Garnolia, Gorizia, Grandisca, Moraivia, Silesia, Tirol, Vorarlberg, Galeia and the ißukovina, who a 1! expressed their unshakable loyalty to the Emperor and the Empire.

>Oontrac!|iet( ; ng; a recent iGernuan falsehood to the effect that Belgium had pledged to England the most important and valuable part of the Congo, and had ceded the Katanga province, the Belgian .Government rtaites officiallv that the loan of £3,600000 needed for the colony's economic development was contracted on the racst favorable terms, which :in no way compromise the colony's integrity.

Three hundred thousand workers, including several thousand women, are assisting the Italian military engineer; in tiho war zone. They work seven days a week from six to twelve hours in the twenty-four, and receive from 3d to Gd per hour with a ten per rent increase for night work. Meals, lodgings (in baracks, huts, and tents) medical attendance, tobacco, and postcards are given free.

Several months ago Mr P. C. .Webb, M.P. for Grey, was challenged bv a section of his constituents to resian a net" contest the seat upon his attitude in regard to current questions. The challenge has been repeated since the annouueemet of the result of the municipal elections. Mr Webb now says lis will accept it, and re-contest the Grey constituency if he receives a

requisition from a thousand electors of tlio district to that effect.

:Horowhenua County Councils iordiriary monthly meeting will be helcl in the Council .Chambers, Levin, on Saturday, 12th May, at 11 a.m.

Tlie worst salt subsidence of the last 20 years occurred 011 London-road, Norwich, immediately after an omnibus, the driver of which felt the back wheel sink, had safely crossed the thoroughfare. The cracks extend a hurdrcd yards. A crater 60ft long and 1 70ft wide lias swallowed up the road surface, and some abutments of the bridge crossing the River Diane have sunk in the cavity. An o'd curiosity shop is supported at an angle of of oOdeg. by an adjoining painter's .hop. The road is compl:t°ly b'ocked.