The Chronicle LEVIN. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 9 June 1917, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917. LOCAL & GENERAL.

It has been computed that close 011 eight hundred motor cars—rallied in the aggregate at about a. quarter of a million pounds sterling—were at Obaki on t<li© first day of the races. The Railway (Department did not allow tlie New Plymouth and 'Napier express trains to stop at Otnki 011 race days, and Hi is decision caused an extraordinary number of motor cars to be pressed into the service. From all parts they streamed in, and no less than 2GO cars wore counted 011 the 'Horowhenua Village Settlement road, Levin, on the homeward journey on the first day of the races.

Mr J. W. Perkins, land agent, Levin, has a, special bargain to offer, until 12th June. It is a straight-out lease of I§o acres (110 goodwill) of the best land in this district. The ground ;is suitable for a Wellington milk supply farm, and a 5-roomed house, cowshed, and all 1 necessary farm building* is 011 tlie place. The purchase money is guaranteed to be lo»v enough to ensure a speedy sale; so prompt application is necessary.

The Military Service Board dismissed the appeal of John Thompson, minister of the Seventh 2>ay Adventist Church. The Board stated that appellant was not an ordained piinister, and his calling up would not be contrary to public interests. The dismissal was accompanied by a recommendation For non-combatant (service. The -Nelson Colonist states that a Takaka resident who was recommended to try lemon juice for the removal of corns had an unenviable experience. He trimmed the growths and applied the juice, with tlie result that blood poisoning se't in. He was admitted to the Nelson Hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate one of his toea. An interesting fact was stated by the I?ev. W. O. Monckton in-the course of an address at Auckland. Spea'king of the' intensive culture of Belgium, lie pointed out that the country itself tvas 110£ the size of the Auckland Province, yet it supported a population seven times as largo as that of the whole of New Zealand. Every scrap of land was under cultivation. A lecture entited "Modern Spiritualism Exposed" will be given in Levin Town Hall to-morrow evening (Sunday) commencing at 8.15 o'clock, 'by Mr T. W. Driver. [Details are set out by- advertisement on page 3. Treasure every word I say; No wild rumor, but wise humor, In a gay, Miltonian way. | I don't sell you when I tell you That I'm absolutely sure Laryngitis and bronchitis Yield to Woods' Great Peppermint Cure—Advt.

At iLevin S.M. Court this week, Thomas Hawthorne, formerly of Mayinorii camp, and of Otaki, was charged with three offences of false pretences; (1) obtaining £o from Elfreda Pcarcy; (2) obtaining £4 from llichard Ingram Low; (3) obtaining £2 from Elfrcrl'a Pearcv. Accused pleaded guilty to all three charges and was sentenced to terms of six months', four months' and one month's imprisonment, the sentences to be concurrent. At tho same sitting of the ■Court, Mr Kenrick imposed a sentence of one month's imprisonment on Tom Brown, a stableman, and ex-jockey, who used obscene language while drunk in Oxfordstreet, Levin. On the charge of drunkenness a conviction was entered but no penalty imposed.

It is stated that tho reason P. G. Webb, M.P. for Grey, is not appealing against his sentence of three months' imprisonment for seditious utterances is that the War Regulations Act provides that persons convicted under the Statute must remain in gaol pending the issue of an appeal in their favor. He estimates it would take two months to set the machinery jn motion, and by the time the appeal had been adjudicated lie would have served the sentences imposed on him. Tii the circumstances he has decided not proceed with his appeal. The Homebrook estate at Southbridge, Canterbury ('between 1000 and 1200 acres) ban been purchased 1)v the Government for returned soldiers.

A mistake in the Government Statistician's Department placed a young man named John McEwan, of Levin, in an awkward situation. He was charged at Levin S.M. Court last Thursday with having failed to give notice to the Government Statistician of McEwan's change of abode, within fourteen days of such change being made. McEwan actually liad done .so, and fortunately for him lie was na.ble to produce in Court the card of the Statistician's Department acknowledging receipt of McEwan's notice. This, of course, wos unanswerable, and Mr Kenrick, S.M., dismissed tho charge, remarking that the case served to show the need for preservation by all persons concerned of nil official .acknowledgments of applications, no-

tiees, etc. A ring with the words embossed "I cling to thee" led to the identification at the inquest held 011 one iHenry diaries Scott, aged 19, of CUiddlesborough, whose body was washed' ashore at Redear. The ring was given to him two years ago l>y his mother. Scott left home in January to go as a fireman on the Ida (Duncan, which vessel was blown up in the 'North Sea in February.

Horowheua County Council had a field day at Levin S.M. Court on Thursday, when suits for recovery of over £150 were called on. In every instance but two the claims had been •confessed or the money pa-id into Court or settlement otherwise arranged. One summons had not been served. In the case against E. G. Webbey, claim £40 3s, defendant fai!«?d to appear, and judgment by default was entered for plaintiffs, with us costs.

There was a fai rnnistar at the Y.M. C. A. rooms, iLcvin, last Tluijrjjday evening, when Mr. W. L. Williams, wlvo lias generously offered to tako charge of the gym. deijartment gave a ifine exhibition of the various methods adopted by experts under whom lie has had the privilege of training. Xext week other pastimes are likely to be in full progress, and thus enable the young men to get fit. It is hoped that our fellow townsmen will continue their old practice of giving trophies for miniature rifle shooting, and so forth.

Among the men called up this week are two well-known in Levin: viz., W. MoLellan, for some time was •with Mr Sheargold, of Ohau; also J. Hesson, who was with .Mr Keys, V of Levin. MeLellan volunteered when in Levin and went into camp, hut while visiting his relatives in Southland, on final leave, he caught a severe cold, and has been in hospital for many weeks. Though now discharged, it is doubtful if the call of the ballot will see him again in camp, as he is still unfit. "Jack" Hcsson applied to he enrolled in the active service contingent when in Levin, but did not pass •the medical test; so he entered into business rft Hedgehope, Southland. He may be successful in passing now, in jwhich case he will have to dispose of his business interests.

AVriting to a Te Aroha friend, a district soldier, who served in Egypt, Gallipoli and France, and is now located at SalJsbury Plain training camp, says: The food rations in camp are very" serious now. Those things the common 6oldier calls "spuds" are .rare things now." , Meat is rather plentiful, also carrots; but I don't know why these dreadful soldiers yarn so terribly over them on cold nights. Some even talk aibout hitting one or the other over the head with a "tater," but when it comes to deeds there is no weapon to bo found. Mobilisation panades are driving the man crazy. Rumours, or "wireless" go round the camp such as "The Germans have tried to land 011 the East Coast," "The navy had a great scrap," and "AVe are going to Clapham Common to man the trenches. ''Such a life it all is! The I9th and 20th reinforcements went to bed with their clothes on. The older hands (that's me) went to bed with clothes off. We don't worry in the least about the Germans coming, and tve are used to this jabber. The •amp had all out this aftehioon for a route march to iSt.onehenge. They just were tired when they got back home again. The weather is very showery—snow showers, in fact— and, oh, the wind is so cold and unpleasant. The men s#y this about Salisbury Plains: 'The Government ought to give it to the Germans and apologise for the fact.' " —Te Aroha News.

Gaptain Morton, of iLevin. is reported dangerously, ill at the front. Tho name of Private A. A. MoDjonjo q.sji s ( £u'p-o} xxt sjuoddu 'u{AO'£ '[)[U men wounded during the recent operations at the front. To decide whether or not Shannon shall become a borough a poll of the twnspeoplc will be taken on Wednesday next. There appears to bo quite an epidemic of ''louts" in /Levin judging by the advertisements in ithe '(Chronicle! columns this Inst few issues. A't one of the local churches, too, we are informed, a kocpsnle was inadvertently lost, as a sixpence, with a hole in it, was dicovcred in the collection. Tho loser can recover his or her property by applying to the officials. , The Government meteorologist, at noon to-day wired :—lndications are for northerly winds, strong to gale, and backing by west to south. The weather appears to be likely to prove cloudy and unsettled; rain probable. Tho barometer is falling, but should rise after aibout twenty- four hours..