LOCAL & GENERAL

Levin Daily Chronicle, 2 June 1917, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

« An officer lately returned from the front told The Chronicle a good story. He was in charge of a detachment of men one day, and after a seven-hours' march they arrived, thoroughly weary, at a French railway station, where they were entrained. The carriages were labelled "Chevaux 8; homines 40." Forty men and their steel helmets, accoutrements, etc., jammed into trucks each accommodative of only eignt horses, did incm crowding. The men were fairly wedged "u. Out of the thick of t.*e cr-wl rose a plaintive voice': "There's only one thing for it, George; when I ■breathe out, you breathe in I" .- The many friends of Mr W. 'E. Hurley (late of. Koputaroa) will be pleased to- hear that he lias been appointed attache to the Valuator for H.M. Imperial Government, covering the South Island with Dunedin as working centre. Last Tuesday's Opunake Times had in it tlie ; paragraph which follows:— "Three years ago yesterday the first sod of the Opunake railway was turned. Hearing of the future development of this coast Kaiser Bill started the war just to block our enterprise, him." . A consignment of 373 pigs from the ,Haw-era (District was railed to t|he New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Meat Company on the 25tli April. It was one of the largest lots dispatched for a long time past. An English paper points out that "the milk from cows that have been feeding on artichoke leaves is dangerous toi infants. This peculiarity is said to explain cases of infant diarrhoea which occurred suddenly an« without apparent cause. The Waitomo County is a prohibited area. Recently a convivial gathering was held in that county. A report, of the proceeding appeared ir the Te Ivuiti paper, and the writer o) the report says:—The writer early ir the evening decided to join the willing crowd of revellers, and lost his knowledge of shorthand, and tlvrew aw a; notebook and pencil, and if things are not recorded as they should be, wil willingly shoulder the blame. ■. .T< sum in a few words: We melt to hono: 'Stevey.' We did it. Several thousand dozen of Califor nian eggs were landed iii Wellingtoi early this "week. As a consequence the price of fresh eggs (wholesale) fel from 2s 9d to 2s 6d, and again to 2; 4d and 2s 3d, which latter is to-day'i quotation by the auctioneering firms. A local bill promoted -by the iFoxtoi Harbor Board will be introduced t* Parliament in the approaching sessioi The bill will constitute the Foxtoi Harbor District and give power ti levy rates. Details are set out b; advertisement on page 3. Special interest attaches to the ser vices at the Levin Presbyteriai Church on Sunday morning, June 3rd being Empire Sunday. A windov erected by public subecription, in res ognition. of the brave lads -who hav gone from the congregation to <J< their ibit in the gigantic war, will b unveiled by the Rev. Joseph Whit (minister emeriti)the pastor, Rev Bawden-Harris, will give an addres appropriate to the occasion. • Tli military units will, parade, and it is es pected the Town Band and the Boyf Training Farm Band will head tli parade. Those intending to be pre sent are requested to be in their pew early so as to avoid disappointment The window is a fine work of arl showing the figure -of "Justice" hole ing the sword and scales, and repi'< i sents the object for which our boj are fighting so bravely in the trer ches. Returned and visiting soldiei cordially invited to attend this sei vice. i Councillor Hollis will move at meeting of the Birmingham Cit i Council, that no further grant b made to Birmingham University on . of the rates until the University hav definitely decided whether or not the intend to retain 'the services of an prd-war unnaturalized German pr< fessor on their stalaried staff. Levin Borough Council will hold ii ordinary fortnightly meeting nes ■ Monday evening, June 4tli. Hon whenua County Council will on 9t June (Saturday next) at Levin.

Kia Ora s assembly will hold a long . . uicrht dance on Friday next (Bth June) . ; in° the Druids' Hall, Levin. Detadts are set out by. advertisement to-day. Levin Terminating Building Soc'cty . ? will hold a general meeting on Monday, 19tli June, when wnl be disposed of to eligible member.-?. A sum of £300 is to be balloted for: 10 goes ifree of all cost to the hosier of the lucky marble in tlic ballot, and the repayments of principle will be by easy instalments. A further sum of £300 will be allotted to t.'ie tughes+ tenderer. Any member contemplating building a house w.wid do well to avail himself of this oppor*. tunity to secure money free of interest. T,he following workers were present _ | at the Women's Red Cross Guild last 1 week—Mesdames Edwards, Thompson, J. Prouse, Kirk, Vincent, Fulton Davison, Porter, Misses Aitken and SedMrs Fulton saw to the afternoon tea. Misses Marsh, "Wilson and , (Hutchinson were in charge of the iß<ed _ Cross shop last Saturday.;. £4 was ' '*; the amount taken. The committee , wishes to thank the" following 'for. d<£ ■ nations of produce, etc.: - . Sunley, Dean,. Kirkcaldie, Park, Son--; 'enson, ißlenkhorn, . Ricliter, Mackenzie, Prouse, !G. P.-Brown, Pink, Miss IMcKegg, Messrs Hammond Murray, ■ Butt, ~an<T I>. Gardener for another J cartload of pumpkins and melons. Tlie workers also desire to thank Mrs Jack Parsons for her kindness in sending scones for afternoon tea, as . ... she has done for some time now. . A man who appeared before the Medical Board at Masterton last week . was half an inch under six feet -in height and scaled Gst 81b. He was T • rejected. t A verdict of "Death from exposure" was returned on the body of an : unknown man Jound dead in a farmshed at Warlingliam, Surrey',' l'ast Fe--bruary- Apparently he was homeless, and had gone into tlie slied for •shelter from the inclement weather. Mr. R. O. Puglie, a chemist of Llanfairfeclian, Carnarvonshire, .has died at the age of 75. On his 71sfc birtlitlie top of Snowdon and back, a disday he walked from Llanfairfechan to tance of about 70 miles, in 24 hours.