LOCAL & GENERAL

Levin Daily Chronicle, 12 July 1917, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

N : ew South Wales State Brickworks have been closed clown. The Joss on the works since, they have ibeen in operation has amounted to 12s per thousand bricks. A [wag suggests that the failure of the venture .is due to the increased price of raw material occasioned by the war, great quantities of clay being now used for purposes of .trench parapets at the front. The New Zealand Minister of Defence, when questioned in the House of Representatives this week by Dr. uVewman, M.l\, said it was Kew Zealand's duty, and his resolute resolve, to maintain at the full rate the original number of monthly reinforcements till such time as the -British War Office was prepared to say it could ■be varied. The monthly quota, he staid, was fixed on the British War Office's estimate of the needs. Gallipoli Assembly's dance will be held in the- Levin Town Hall to-mor-row evening (Friday). Private Pringle and S. Morgan (returned soldiers) will 'be welcomed and a send-off will be given (J:i Ser,gt-|Maj.or MJathid<on and Privates (Millies and Prouse. B|yt error, an acknowledge for ten lamlbs, donated 'by Smith and Son, was made in a : recent issue of this paper; it should have read donated by (Messrs H. iand E. Saint, of Oliau. The donation realized £9 os. Amongst the speakers at the sendoff to Mr and Mrs Hurley and family, at Mana'kau, was Mr. 6. (Blenkhorn, mayor of Lievin. The accidental misplacement oif a line of type in our account of the proceedings made it appear that another gentleman was the mayor of Levin. The Kuku Dairy Company 'balancesheet for the year ending 30tli June, 191", has just been handed to this paper. The year's working shows a very satisfactory result. The directors have declared a bonus of fid per lb on butter-fat delivered for the whole season, which brings the price paid on butter-fat up to Is 9d per lb for the whole season. As prospects now are. it is anticipated that even this price will be exceeded in the conning season by this solid little company. A letter to the press from a farmer was road at the Military Service Board sitting recently. He pointed out that he was fully qualified to manage a farm, and had replied to many advertisements from farmers drawn in the .ballot, but m everv case was unsuccessful. Jt was alleged tho baloted men did not want managers preferring to go before the Service Boards and secure exemption for a longer term under the circumstances! Commenting on the letteir, a member of the board said it was a wry nice letter, but- he was inclined to the opinion that a man who could write such an epistle was more likely to prove a. failure ail farming. This, observation seemed to appeal to farmers present |in the Court, for there was a broad smile on every face. Evidently the man of letters is not looked upon as a capable fanner.—Te Aroha i^ews. Conversing with 'a representative of the Wangianui Chronicle an • officer who has lately returned from 'France, said: "I have never seen a case of the predominance of mind over matter demonstrated to such an extent as was the case on one occasion when we were making an attack. We had to go over the parapet when a youth—for youth he was—seemed to funk it, and he immediately jumped back over the parapet. He dropped luis rifle, but just for a second. He picked it up again, and, with a bound, he was over the parapet,-and showing great speed Boon regained the line. At that moment an explosive shell was accidentally placed, and this poor fellow, with several comrades, was blown to pieces. * When he had apparently 'funked' he had no doubt had a presentiment that his hour had arrived, he halted momentarily, but death before dishonor was the ruling passion with him. Therefore he bounded forward to meet the death that awaited him. A hero indeed is he who can go forward and do his duty 'fully conscious, as the result, may be, of a messa,ge delffvered by the Unseen, that his earthly career "has ended."

;B.\l present appearances. Levin | f s certain to lose tlie right to one day's totalisator racing per annum that she has been given for the past tew years. A meeting of Horowhemia Stacing Club is convened for next Tuesday evening," at Levin, when the present position of affairs will be given full consideration. , An unreserved clearing sale of ■dairy stock is to be held at Maniafciu on 20th July, on behalf of Messrs. D'Ath Bros., who have enlisted. A preliminary notice of the sale is given to-day by the auctioneers: the Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd. "Oh, Clarissa, my dear, come quickly here! I'm certain poor baby is dlyling—it's always a fatal sign when a croupy child ceases crying." "Oh, talk sense,filly! and don't bo silly: He's improving, for I've made sure— Oome close and peep at the darling asleep! he's had Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.—Advt. "CUiLVES RELISH "OEREMILK." As one farmer of large experience puts it: "Tlie way the calves clean, up their tins is the best recommendation the food can have." "QOREIMILiK" is just (pure concentrated food made from the, finest cereals grown in Xew Zealand and specially prepared for young stock. It is easily digested, highly nutritious and j has the important qualities of palatalbilit.v. There are no chemical colorings in "CEJRRjNrrT.K"—absolute pur- I Jty is guaranteed. It is so well bal-' anced, too, that the animals develop ' splendidly without being troubled with ■ scours. At all stores and factories.— Fleming and Co., Jervois quay, Wellington.—Advt.

A good deal of interest and quite a gathering of sight-seers were present at the post-offioe steps last week, the attraction and the interest therein was a £10 aside trotting (harness) mslfccli between lAljessrs J.' JJiametfc's and Sims' horses. The distance arranged was from Rahotu to Opunake post-office. Officials were appointed to give both competitors a fair field and favors. The starters lined up under sunny conditions at JRahotu, and here again there was an interested crowd. The favorite with tho local public was the liahotu representative, but a few were faithful—at odds on the. game little animal from Te Kiri. After a bit of advice from the general pu/blic the starter set the competitors going, followed by one or two motor cars filled with interested passengers. Mr Sims took the lead and maintained it to the Oaonui bridge when Mr J. Barrett speeded up the going and passed the Te Kin hope. From thence onwards Barrett consistently increased his lead arniiving at the winning post (Opunake post-office) by a long lead. The time given for the winner (Mr Barrett) was 34mins., and for Mr Sims niii'.s. 'Seeing that the horses were not trained animals this is fairly slic'k time. After the race was over the critics judlged the competing animals at the stables. I Examined their mouths for constitution, felt their pulse or ribs, smoothed the fetlocks for ringbone and guessed their pedigrees, and seemed quite satisfied the winner won.—Opunake Times. The brother of Mr A. T. Ross who lives near Ohau writes an interesting letter from "somewhere in France. The following extracts may interest our readers:— '"J took part in the wrapping round White Sheet and the Messir.es affair and came through topping. I had an unusual experience at the latter place. J was so excited when I started out that I forgot to take some scran, and so about day--11 ght in the morning 1 was feeling sharp neb. About that time we were bombing some Bosrhes out of a row of deep dug-outs where they were hiding. It was like getting rabbits with a ferret. When we had made all snug and dispatch?*!) our bag—3s Hmns, about half of them more or less blemished—to the rear in charge of a youth who was getting niamniy-sic-k, T posted a Johnny, Dug Carew, of Weraroa, it was, to keep 'cave' in case any 'long-noses' came swooping around, and with a prisoner who could talk a little English for a guide, who 'I iliad kept back for the purpose, to inspect the suite of triooms. Regular palatial, as the papers <say; sliehw round the clay walls like Robinson Crusoe, and a system of drainage into some bilge down below, which we could smell in spite of the lyddite fumes. At last I came to what was evidently the larders. All these cellars were connected up by narrow tunnels as well Slaving steps to get up into the trenches by. This pantry place was a species of off-shoot from one of the large chambers and there was a lamp burning in a sconce on one wall. It was a small place, about ten feet by twelve feet and raised aibwiti two feet above tjhe imiain cejllkvr. ftYliafc interested mie, however, was a number of loaves of bread and five large fresh-looking sausages of the type which we now call Belgian. 'I helped myself to a large sandwich, and as I did so notice:! my captive, who had been carrying an improvised torch, as our operations had' upset the lighting scheme in the mann dug-outs, make a motion as if to protest. I gave him the ifrosty °ye and he desisted into rigid attention again. Our papers tell us that the Germans are short of meat, but 'I must saiv T enjoyed that sausage. But T noticed a sort of mocking sensation in the eye of Fritz, which made me think there r was some roguery afoot: so I frog-jostled and otherwise caressed him till I though he was respectful again and then advised liim to spit it out. 'He trundled ahead with his soi-called English till I caught'the word "eadaverwerke," and he was pointing to the sausage. I pretty soon tumbled. I have since found

out by questioning other prisoners who could talk English properly that the censored account of their corpse factories that was allowed to leak out of Germany was all faked. Anyhow T wasn't going to have all the laiugh agn/i'nst me, so after warning Fritz I invited tlie rest of the platoon down and regaled the.m right royally. Some of them looked prettKi sick when they found what tlidy had ibeeii eating, but naturally they passed the fragments of the feast on to their friends till blue joke was widely disseminated and diluted.