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Levin Daily Chronicle, 10 November 1917, Page 2

Mrs MciH&rdio, of Otalki Railway, has received the news that her son, Private Shirley MoHardio, if; one time on the Otaki post office staff, is ingAmong t'lib estates of dieceased persons certified' for stamps duty during October are those of John (Dannies, £27.520, and Denis Glacikon' £3504. The (Railway Department will shortly brins? in a further advance of ten per ceni';. in fares and freights. TWo ■amended! charges will be announced in a few days, and will operate before the holiday season commences. A meeting convened at Te Horo by Crs. Clonic and Cately in connection with the County Elections was attended by a'bo-ut a dozen electors. The Councillors addiressed the meeting. Mr W. H. Field forwarded to the Horowlienua County Council at to-dayV meeting ia copy of the Rill, now statute (law, arborising the severance of the iHorowlhenua Oonnty from the Welling, ton Hospital District and its addition to tho Palmcrston, Hospital District.

Newis has been received that Lieut. -A. C. J3irsr. son of AI i~s Hir . a t one time a resident of Levin, has boon killed in action. Lent. Birss, who Mas only 21 yen i* of ago, ileft Xew Zealand with Jilio Fourth Battalion of the ißifle Brigade.

Tho Horowhcmiia County Council at 'y meeting received from t/h'o 'Kpcruiting Board (lie first portion (names from A oo E) of tho Second iDivision roll. The Council was ia»kedi t> check the lists and advise the Government Statistician of any man being placed in a wrong class on omitted,.

The preparations for the Church of lOng'iand Sale of Work, to bo held dm ihe Century Hall next Tuesday and Wednesday, November 13 and, 14th (not the 20th and 21st as previously arranged) are well forward. The concert in the evening will consist oif

i elections from the most excellent patriotic concert organised some months «:ro bj' 'Mrs R.. D. Wallace and Mrs Cork.

On the motion of Cr, Catlev, seconded by Cr. Kebbell, the Horowhenua County Council decided to-day to j ay over to the County Patriotic Assoc ation the sum of £100 placed on the esti. ma.:cs for that purpose. The vote was the result of a letter written to .libe Council earlier in the year by Mr F. P. Walkley, lion, secretary to the County Fund.

Carbide is practically unprocurable in New Zealand at pre=ent. The prowar quotations was 35s to 37s per cwt. The present price is £7 iSs Gd and even £8 has been quoted. Otaki, wlrch -s dependent upon carbjde for its street lighting lias had to discontinue the service. The contractor for lighting at Te Horo wroiie to the Ho row he una County Council at its meeting to day asking for an increase in the contract price and the matter was referred to the councillors for ilie riding to deal with. The contractor stated he 'had padd £7 18s (VI for the last supply.

Lady Byron has richly earned, her title of dame commander by her sensible and practical war work. When war broke out slie heard that the army had cigarettes but no matches, so she promptly sent 100,000 boxes for our soldiers, each box bearing the inscription, "A match for our matchless troops, from Lady Byron.''

Soaking his clothing in gasoline, which he also poured round the room, John Kreibich, a Philadelphia German, set fire to himself in his room. Then lie shot himself in the right temple, killing himself instantly. When the firemen arrived they found a note partly burned which, read: "Good-bye, I am through. I am a German and cannot stand this sort of thing any longer." He was about 40 years old.

There was a considerable crowd at Charing Cross station, when a party of the Women's Auxiliary Corps departed on their way to France. They started from their temporary headquarters at the Connaught Club, and marched into tho station four deep, looking very smart in their brown uniforms and khaki haversacks. The officer —or should one say ofliceress? —was very brusque ami military in her commands, and the formation of the corps on the platform would have done credit to the Guards. There were a few parents present, but, strange to say, no tears.

Somebody, certainly no friend of the allies, started not long ago, a campaign designed to force the allied fleets to go in and attack the German bases, says tlie Scientific American. In these days of the mine, the submarine, and the heavy, long-range gun, practically the only result of such an attack would be a frightful loss of allied warships. The German coast defence system is probably the most perfect work, naval or military, in the whole German system. Just write it down as absolutely impregnable, and you will not be far from the truth.

Lieutenant-Colonel .Toaehim. Chief of the Chart ographic Division of the German General Staff, died in Berlin recently. Hi- v.a.i the «">n of the late famous violinist Josef J'.ucMm. The interesting feature af ihi<; officer's death is that for years bcfor.'thc war he was a resident of Paris, ost - :.;'-ibly as partner in a business ui.J. r'aking. T-:-

mediately on the outbv. ui: of hostilities Joachim (who was :;:i officer by profession) returned to Germany and was appointed cliicf and ''reorga'.nser" of the general staff's e:;Hre map department, a slimgo t;.;:! for a "civilian" resident abroad as a "business man." Tie married a well-known French violinist, Mile. Chaigneau, and while in I'aris is said to have devoted himself zealously to the "musical arts."

The trials of the world's first seagoing concrete ship, built of steel-con-crete by Fougners Steel-Concrete Shipbuilding Company. Moss, Norway, took place reecntlv. the trials, extending over five hours, were run in stormy weather ,\vith a heavy sea running. The vessel was proved to be a splendid ship in every respect, moving as steadily and quietly as if the sea had been smooth, manoeuvring well, and of exceptionally great stability. The vibration from the engine was approximately less than in similar vessels of iron or steel. The ship, which is called the Namsrnfjord. will run on tlio fjords in the north of Norway, near Namsos. She is propelled by a Bolinder motor, capable of giving a speed of IV., knots. The engine-room is aft, thus giving the ship one large, clear hold.

Mr John Hopkins, represeifjing tho ■National Committee olf the \ 31.0.A. was in (Levin to-day completing arrangements for the screening of "T'le Batt.e of tfiie Anore" at (Everybody'.- Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday. It is reported by cable thai Lieutenant F. J. Swarland, Auckland, serving in the Flying Corps, has boon killed in action. Sir James Allen (Minister of Defence) announced last night that the 30th Reinforcements had readied a port of call. All well. The following local names appeared amongst last night's list of wounded: —R. I>\ Hannan, Levin; A. E. T. SigMarton; L. H. Martin, Levin. Claiming that tho "spirit of murder and disregard for law has led to the killing of more than 28,000 negroes during the last thirty years,'' a new political party was organised recently in Atlantic City by a convention composed of four hundred prominent negro clergy and professional men. The party is to be known as "the National Independent Civil and Political I'arty of America.'' Judgment was given by ILr W. G. Riddell, S.M., at Wellington, in a case bearing upon war rent legislation. S. G. Radford claimed £2 5s from W. Kraig as balance of rent due on a dwelling-house. The defence was that the rental charged, 25s per week, was in excess of the standard rent under the War Legislation Act, I'JIO, and was, therefore, not recoverable. The rent prior to the war was ' 20s per week, and the Government valuation of the property was £583, which on the S per cent, basis allowed by the law would not permit of any increase. The Magistrate nonsuited plaintiff, and awarded the defendant one guinea solicitor 's fee, one guinea valuation fee, and ordered the rent to remain at the pre-war rate.

It has been arranged that Sccond Division Reservists arc to have twelve weeks' leave without pay after medical examination, before they are taken into camp. This privilege does not extend to First Division men who may bo called up with the married men. The First Division men in the twelfth ballot and subsequent ballots will bo treated in every way similarly to tho First Division men in previous ballots. Tliey will go into camp, unless they appeal, with the first draft leaving their group after fourteen days from the date of their medical examination.

Yet another Feilding patriot, Private W. Shirley, has made the supreme sacrifice, having been killed in action in France on October 20. He was for some years on the staff of the Sash and Door Factory, and went on to the land live years ago. He married Miss G. Inncs, of Feilding, and his father and mother, now living at Pahiatua, were residents of Feilding for 30 years. Pte. Shirley was "an active and enthusiastic worker in the Anglican Church and Sunday School in Feilding.

Month after month says a writer in the Globe, Professor Delmar, interned in Euhlebcn, saw our British "seamen go squelching past my, barracks in columns of four on their daily half-mile tramp for a basin of coffee, and I have still in my ears the spirited, rhythmical clank ,clank of their wooden clogs over the icc and frozen mud in tho first war winter. They were a rough, hard-bit-ten, wratlior-fcratcn, band, these inarticulate men of our mercantile marine, whose hearts «ere siuunch, the most British of the British in the camp. 'There thev go,' said a Nottingham man to me one day as they passed. 'No pro-Germans among the lot, thank the Lord! If you treat 'em fair they'll storm hell fr-r you. but let 'em onco get it into their heads that they're not being squarely dealt with ,and you're right up agin it! "

A falling aeroplane crashed into another over the Thames near Purfleet, and both machines fell into the river. The pilot of the first, Lieutenant Doyne R.F.C, was killed, but the pilot of the other machine, Lieutenant Timmis, hofl a r"m?.rkable eseapc. "It seemed as if Lieutenant Doyne's machine failed somehow, said an eyewitness. "Ho was flying at a fair height, and the other machine was a little below him. He swooped down suddenly towards tho other aeroplane, and the wings met. It was all fo sudden that one really did not notice exactly what happened. The next thing we knew was that one machine had gone right down in deep water ,and the other had dropped into the mudy shallows between the training ship Cornwall and the Essex shore. The pilot had got out of his scat and scrambled up to the tail of his machine which was sticking up in the air. lie was rescued by a boat from the-, shore, though one of the Cornwall boys swam across to help."