The Chronicle LEVIN. SATURDAY , OCTOBER 20, 1917

Levin Daily Chronicle, 20 October 1917, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. SATURDAY , OCTOBER 20, 1917

The Money Market. Enquiries in financial circles in the Dominion go to show that the money market is tight at present, and this condition is expected to continue for some time to come. Owing to heavy demands in connection with the recent war loan, and the financing of produce which is detained in the Dominion because of shipping difficulties,; the banks are conserving their resources for these purposes, and also for legitimate business requirements. Advances are not being made by the banks for the purchase of land, the erection of buildings, for investment or speculation'. Some of the principal lending institutions outside the banks are now charging per cent for loans on first mortgages* an advance of half per cent on the recent rate. It is evident that the present condition of the money market will continue as the Government will be making new demands in connection with further war loans. Financial authorities therefore emphasise the need for the continued exercise of caution and economy.

On Monday next, the 22nd inst] (Labour Day) there will only be . one delivery by letter carriers, commencing at 8 a.m. In other' respects the Post and Telegraph i Office will observe the ordinary | hours of attendance. i

Mr. A. Robinsor, son of Mr. R. Robinson, Levin, goes into camp on Tuesday. •

The resolution passed on Saturday by the Horowhenua County Council, that the ranger be taken off the County roads, referred only- to the Te Horo riding.

The Levin Bowling Club will open its season on Monday. The Green will be open for play in the morning, but the official ceremony will %e reserved for the afternoon, commencing at 2.30 p.m. Visitors are expected from all the neighbouring clubs, and as the Green is in capital order a pleasant day should be spent.

Next "Wednesday the Ohau Red Cross Guild will hold a function in the Ohau Hall in aid of the local Red Cross and " Our Day" Fund. It will consist in the main of a produce sale, at which will be sold garden and farm produce, meat and poultry, vegetables, sweets and goods of all descriptions. The sale will be opened by the Mayor of Levin at 2.30 p.m. In the evening there will be a concert and the sale will continue. Every preparation is being made for a successful day and a large attendance is expected.

Mr Tuiti' McDonald, who is managing the tour of the Maori entertainers, has a very definite connection with the great war, and it is not surprising therefore that he should be deeply interested in the welfare of the soldiers. He has one son and fourteen nephews at the front, while five nephews have given their lives for the Empire. The first native soldier to fall in the war—during the Gallipoli campaign—was one of these relatives, and the last one to go was Charles Sciascia, of Koputaroa, who gave his lite in the fighting near Messines. Mrs Sciascia has received the following letter from her son's company officer, which alone is a fitting monument to his memory. The letter says : "Itis my sad' duty to write you a message of sympathy on the death of your brave son, Charlie. I had been intimately connected with him for over a year, and in that time 1 learned to admire and trust him with everything, just as he was admired, trusted, and looked up to by every other soldier and officer in the company. He was one of the bravest, cleanest chaps I have ever known, and he should have received decoration after decoration for the work he did. On the second of August, while engaged in tbe great battle, he fell. His death cast a gloom over us for long afterwards, and everyone of us will always remember; the day when we lost our bravest and best n.c.o. He was buried by his comrades on the field of battle, with full military honours, and not one of the boys left him without a tear in his eye. His grave is marked, and he lies ten yards to the right of the road at the northern end of the village of La Basse Ville, which he helped to defead. At the earliest opportunity we are going to have a cross erected in honour of one of our greatest comrades."

At the Wellington S.M. Court yesterday. Bertha Wardle, a dairy farmer, for selling milk containing added water, was fined £25.

The owners of freehold hotels in the Auckland provincial district have formed an association to protect their interests. They value their properties at £250,000.

No trace has yet been found of Miss Martin and Young, whose clothes were found among the lupins a few days ago, says the "Otago Daily Times." Mrs Young is proceeding against her husband for desertion, and a warrant has £een issued for his arrest. The police has issued "missing friends" notices regarding Miss Martin, not entertaining the idea that it is a case of suicide. The usual crime reports have been circulated with regard to Young.

'' Everything is deteriorating in quality to-day while the prices for articles are up," said Councillor McKenzie at Monday night's meeting of the Petone Council. "Even ladies' stockings are constructed of such poor material that you can see through them." The remark created considerable laughter, the Mayor stating that it was not poorness of material, but the fashion. "Why, the girls wear short dresses so that you can see through them," he added.

"Haa it been noticed that since the anti-trcating epoch and since alcoholic 'liquor came to vanishing point, men invite one another to caps of tea and get quite feverish over their pota-' tions?" asked the "'Daily Express." "Yesterday afternoon an actor who is 'resting' confessed that he had consumed nine cups of tea since breakfast timoi They had certainly changed his condition. He was .terribly restless. Glittering eyes, rapid, nonsensical, voluminous talk, high temperature, an uncertain temper, a fluctuating pulse, hands nervously clenched—all ttiese are the signs and tokens of tea drunkenness. " ■ •, .

At Hornchurch hospital centre, where there are some 2000 New Zealand soldiers receiving treatment, Mr H. Fawcett, of Dunedin, is in charge of the Y.M.C.A. Arts and Crafts Department. Classes for carpentry, wood carving and other branches of useful industry are in active session under Mr Dawe, a London architect,- and Mr Tarrant, an exstudent of South Kensington Royal College. This work commenced on June 26th with only six men, and by July 13th the number of men receiving instruction had increased to 114. Colonel Tewsley has made attendance at these classes compulsory, and it is looked upon in much tho same manner as a parade for massage and electrical treatment.

Speaking at Wanganui on Sunday night, Captain-Chaplain Blamires said lie had pleasure in bearing testimony to the noble spirit and manifest unselfishness of the men aj, the front. Physically, our men stood out, in contrast to others, and their kingly and manly I bearing in the 1 greatest difficulties and dangers was worthy of the highest praise. There was a great deal of Christian unity and charity among the chaplains and other workers at the front: the men had no time for denominational differences. As for the chaplains, they were attached to battalions, not denominations. He himself had learned to appreciate all that was noble and true in men of no creed, though at times some of the chaplains had to fight against narrow and petty prejudices. There was abounding cheerfulness, unselfishness, devotion to duty, and wonderful courage and bravery in the face of great odds displayed by the men. There were very few sceptics; he had not met an agnostic. Men did not trouble about theology. Some of the noblest and best traits were found'in men who had big vices, and our theology would have modified. Hard and racking coughs can be eased j ''Nazol." Take it to-night and enjoy sound slc-op. Good for old and young. Get the (genuine "jVAZOL." doses Is 6d.

News has been received that Private C. Bridle, of Shannon, is in Codford Hospital, England.

Mr and Mrs W. G. Price haye received advice that their son Harold, who went with the 1 Fifth Reinforcement, has been wounded for the second time.

Constable Satherley has received word that his son Roy has been wounded and gassed.

Word has been deceived by the Mayor of the retu:n to .New Zealand yesterday of Sergt-Major J. Young, a wellknown and popular resident of this district, who has been on active almost • from the commencement of the war.

. Amongst the wounded; in the latest casualty list is Private 0. Horrobin, son of T. H. Horrobin, of Ohau, and Private C. S. Allaway, son of Mr -~W. S. Allaway, of Shannon. Other Shanndn boys wounded are Lnce.-Corp. W. Ellis, son of Mrs E. R. Kelly, and Private W. A. Carter, son of IMfr S. W. Carter.

The Hokio Development Association, which has been formed to popularise tjie Eokio beach, held a meeting on Wednesday, when' several matters were discussed sfid postponed for further consideration at a meeting to be held next Tuesday evening ,