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Levin Daily Chronicle, 12 July 1917, Page 3

The Tarana-ki Fanners' Meat CSoropifiiy hav put through already this season 34,000 sheep and lambs and 6100 cattle. The wor'ks to date have cost £84.400 and the building of additional storage is contemplated.—Opunake Times. A member of Parliament for a 'Scottish constituency, seeing one of hissupporters emerging from the postoffice, thought he would have a little .joke over the man's tliriftiness. "iHiavo you been in to buy your war saving certificates, Sandjy?" he asked'. "No," replied the thrifty one, "I've only been in to fill my fountain pen." ■Mr F. Ward, .Mayor of Soutlnvark, stated that when one of tiie most prominent employer of labor in Soutlnvark volunteered under the National Service Scheme he put himself down as "organizer." To his surprise he was sent to the docks to help to unload ships. When he protested, it was found that the girl clerk who luatl dealt with liis**npplication form had entered' him in the record as "organ grinder." In a council school in 'Newcastle the djnss were haivjing a history- flesson, and the subject under consideration was the life of Queen Elizabeth. The tPßK'her. after outlining the career of this wonderful woman, who found England poor, weak and divided and left it strong and conscious of greater possiJflitics, -asked: '"JXdw,- can iSuivone tell me when_ Queen Elizaibeth died? Perhaps Tommy will tell the class?" "She's not- deed -yit," replied Tommy, , .bccaas Aa hiard mc fether say she was fighting in tli' Dardenelles!" A gold swastica, lost in Levin, is advertised for.