The Chronicle LEVIN. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1917. LOCAL & GENERAL

Levin Daily Chronicle, 5 June 1917, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1917. LOCAL & GENERAL

* / A breath of West Coast iair must ■iiave struck our lnotype to-day. The lnnchni? has" been on a "reduced output' all day, and we have been obliged to leave out a press of interesting neys. It will appear in our next issue. ' A report on the unveiling ceremony which took place last Sunday at Levin Presbyterian Church will appear in our next issue. Mrs Barratt, of Levin, lias received a cable from the Defence Minister, informing her that her son, Private Walter Barratt, who lias been in France for nearly fourteen months, is now in hospital there, sufferisg from a rib trouble. A paragraph in last night's report of the manager of OLevis gasworks submitted to Levin Borough Council) roads: — . . . When I have iiiiislred iitting-iip work now in hand I will proceed with the erection of our nev.' street lam.js. Eight of these now lamps have arrived, ready, for installation." The lamps above referred to ;ue for installation in the outlying streets of the borough. The gas manager's report submitted to Levin Borough Council last night showed that the output of gas for May was a record one in the history of the gasworks. There was an increase of 130,000 cuhlic feet in the consumption. There were 53J tons coal carbonized, as against 42J tons in May, 1916. The complete capacity of the storage holder now is put out every twenty-four hours (20,000 cubic feet). Birthday honors issued by King George Vof England infclude the Mayor of Wellington (Mr J. P. tLuke) C.M.G.; Dr. Truby King, superintend dent Sen-cliff Mental Hospital, Dun. odiu, C.M.G; Colonel H. R. Potter, Trentham,' military camp, 10. M.G.; Colonel iN'. P. Adams, Featherston mil-, itary camp, C.M.G.; Mr W. R. Morris, secretary to the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department, 1.5.0.; Colonel E.' AV. C. Chaytor, of Marshands, Marborough, has been ap. pointed an additional aide-de-camp to King George.

'Mr T. W. Driver will give an, entertainment in Levin Town Hall to-mor-row night. A notice on the entertainment is crowded out, 'but details appear by advertisement' on page 3. A petition from residents in Queens-wood-rcad, Levin, asking for an extra lamp in tliat road, was received at last night's meeting of Levin Borough Council. The petition was referred to the council's lighting committee, which will report to next meeting of the council, The remuneration of 7J per cent to the collector of sanitary fees due to Levin Borough Council is to be raised to 10 per cent.- The council resolved to this effect at last night's meeting. Regarding the application for a. readjustment of charges for high-pres-sure water supplied to the Boys". Training Farm, Weraroa, Levin Borough Council's waterworks committee recommended as follows: That water be supplied to the farm baths by a seperae connection through a .separate meter at 4d per thousand gallons. As an alternative, the committee recommended that so long as the farm is conducted for "service boys" only, whenever the charge l'or water supply under the present system exceeds £75 per annum, the excess of such charge shall be the subject of special consideration by the council witlia view to reducing the same, it being taken that such excess has been used for the purposes of the swimming baths. The council adopted the report.