The Chronicle LEVIN. THURSDAY. JULY 19. 1917. LOCAL & GENERAL

Levin Daily Chronicle, 19 July 1917, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. THURSDAY. JULY 19. 1917. LOCAL & GENERAL

The New Zealand Times reports ill;:t the O'hau property until lately owned by Air. George Glackin, has been disposed of by Air Glackin for 17:2 per acre. Ail persons who keep bees eve : bed 'that- applications to register their apiaries will be receive;! by the Government department up to the ..ngn •. eey.t. There is i:o charge "itute far registratiin, but a fine up to .Co may be inllirt'.d f. ;• i ; register A meeting of Paekakariki settlers was held last night (Wednesday) \rhcn a branch of the Horowhenua County Patriotic Association was formed. ,Alr K. P. Walklcy was present as representative of the Association and Air Kinniburg. of the Government ;i r Funds Department, was in attendance.— Tlie meeting showed itself whole lieartedly in favour of the County scheme, and appointed Messrs A. Ma okay and John Smith as delegates to represent Paekakariki at the. Association's executive meetings. ,=>

I 1 "rom France, Private J. GordoniGlassford writes an interesting letter to his parents at Tawhere, Levin. On May 7tli and Bth lift regiment's quarters had been through a lively bombardment. and lie lnid had to turn out of tent several times during tho night and run for shelter. The letter contains one passage of more than ordinary interest; can it possibly be « reference to The Chronicle? "We are, ahvays g'ad to sec 'The Ra.g.{ " he writes; "it has greatly improved under its new title and is now quite a newsy paper." An interesting reference to French formers is made in the letter. "They are very thorough farmers, and get absolutely all there is to bo got out of ■the land. but_ are terribly slow: we could do twice as much in half tlvc time. They plough, plough, plough year after year; it all seems to be iii the .soiling- system. I've asked one

or Iwc French people their opinion of milking mil chines, and they say 'Par boil, LMonsioitr' l(no good. niister)t'"

The writer •makes appreciative reference to the work of his mother and sixftor and all othcn' workers at the patriotic functions; "there isn't one of us," he says, "who isn't proud of our dear people in iXbw Zealand for all they are doing for us." A "naming competition" is advertised to-day by the new picture show proprietary, Town Hall, Levin. A special donation by the way of 2000 printed envelopes and sheets of writing paper, has made to the Horowhenua Patriotic Association Ibv Mr R;. G. ALacLean, of P>araparumu. We understand that this is the second contribution that lias 'been made by i\lc Mac-Lean, and has enabled the Association to commence operations under very little expense. "Whilst the management committee expect to have to> pay away money for office necessaries it is very plesing to have gifts of this, kind, thus conserving all the funds possible for the soldiers.

Through the courtesy of Mr. M. ■Sciiel. the proprietor of the new Picture theatre which is to be opened in Levin next moiitli, a novel turn .has been promised for the program of the Patriotic Concert and send-off to lie given in the Century Hal! to-morrow night (Friday). Mr. Hcott, the manager of the tlieatre. has consented to provide a portion of the evening's enterta'nm'ent with an exhibition on the lines of Hugard's Conjuring Entertanment. Scott will first of all provide some sleight-of-liand trickSj and will then follow tliem up with some which are not. so simple His work is described as neat and running fire of quaint Yankee humor, which keep the audience on the laugh throughout the exhibition. The time at his disposal will not allow llr Scott to give 'many of the items which have created a reputation for h'ini throughout New Zealand, particularly the human target act. which lie hopes to present to Levin audiences at a later date.

• A fair number of workers was present at the Tied Cross Rooms last Friday afternoon, when a good deal! of useful work was put through. Those present were Mcsdnmes Kirk, Heslop. Pink, Grey Phillips, Fulton. Vickers. Gibson. T. Edwards, Davidson, "W. Thomson, -J. Prouse, G-. P. Brown. Keedwell and Plaster: [Misses O'Donnell. Kedcole and Aitken.

The office of the Horowhenua County Patriotic Association has been connected with the telephone; the number is 17, Levin.

A particularly good result, from a financial point of view', was rtchie-ved at tho local Red Cross shop !!ast Saturday, when the fino day, coupled with the activities of two energetic ladies, Mesdmes G. W. Heslop and W. Windelev, resulted in the sum of £I'l 13s 2d being handed over. One of the attractions of the day on Saturday was :a goose which had been presented by Mr. Toti, of the Beach road, and which was disposed of by medium of a weight-guessing competition. A sum of £1 3s '"id was netted in this way. The winner was Mrs. Allen, otf Oxford street, 'th exact weight being 4l!bs 12oz. Other donors of the fine display of meat, vegetables and eatables of all sorts which were on sale were: .Mcsdames Prouse, Edwards.

Hrrrick, Wright, Gregory, MeF,ar!ane Ryder, Davis, Heslop, Windelev, Crowe. Mellon Towers. F. P. Walkley, Hill. Hughes, Sievers, Hall Keedwell. Tj. He-Donald. G. P. Brown, Pink, iLaiug, Broome, I?. Brown, 'Reading. B?enkhorn. Hughes. Matheson, Hanson, Wliitaker. Frechtling, Higginson, Lancaster, Gardener. Tully. Hook. E'asther, Pylce, Procter, kidvcaMie. Porter. Page. .Misses McKegg [Lavender and O'Donne]],' Messrs Scott. Toti and Pio.