The Chronicle. LEVIN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1917.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 27 December 1917, Page 2

The Chronicle. LEVIN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1917.

A very pleasant function was held in the Presbyterian schoolroom on. TuCKtliaiy, of last weok when the Uible class held their breaking-up social. With games, competitions and irecita11oils l.he evening passed off very successfully and enjoyabiy. The clas; invited 1 the members of the congregation to be present as theur guests and entertained them right royally. Advantage was i':aken of this gathering of Presbyterians to aok 110 wiled go tlie service;' cf the Church organist, Miss A. Williams. At iv convenient stride oi the proceedings, the Minister, liw. Al. Bawden Harris, made a to her ol a cheque as a slight recognition of 'her scrvioes so • faithfully and efficiently rendered dluring the past years, and he wi-bedl her, 011 behalf of thei numerous subscribers, the compliments of the .season. Mr H. E. Keys returned thanks iin appropriate words 011 Miss Williamson's behalf.

A remarkable collision occurred near tihe cross-roads at Heatlierlea early 011 Monday evening between a mo/bor oar driven by Mr Annabel!, who is in charge of the Koputnroa railway station, and a horse ridden by a boy named G. Gay. The latter was coming to iLevlin Midi his horse is said to have bolted, evidently being startled by the evening train from Palmersi':on whidh passed just before'tho accident. At any rate the boy was unable to control the aninia.li and it galloped along until it struck the motor actually falling right on top of the car body. The car bad a full load, the. other occupants besides t'.h-e driver being >a friend of his, Mir Annabell's two children and Mr H. Jones','-' two daughters. By a stroke of good -foijiune none of these were serOou.sliv; hurt, though Mr Annabell suffered, some painful abrasions about the bead and one of the children sustained a nasty cut or two upon the hands tand arms. The boy riding the horse a,ll ; o escaped with minor injuries. The unfortunate horse, however was so seriously l:njuredt tliart it bad' to be destroyedl, its legs being shockingly out and lacerated. The ear was also badly damaged and! had to be brought to Levin for attention. I See Ken Aitken's advt. on page 4.

I The Government is reported to Shave purchased a bloclk of land a)j To Horo ifor settling returned soldiers. I A cablo massage from London stated iilia.t 'Noel Ross, only son of Mr Malcolm Ross, New Zealand's war eonres- ■ pondewt in France, di.ed from typhoid fever.

The total proceeds' of the Manakau gymkhana and concert, amounted to £99 lis, wlvile the. expenses wijU total between £7 and £8. Thus there should b® aiii least £9 clear for the "Our Day" Fund.

Mrs Campbell, who lias been an inmate of the Otaki Hospital for about a fortnight, died at that institution yesterday afternoon. Deceased, who was 58 years of age, was born in Scotland, and bad resided at Waikanae tor a short period prior to her illness.

Complain :s have reached the Otaki Mail of Billy behaviour by youths in Xte Horo and Manaikau. It" is said that at nearly every public function hold at these townships some evidence has been given of the foolish pranks of a few irresponsible lads, and the opinion lias been forcibly expressed liliat it is quite time the culprits received a lesson. During the concert at Manakau on Thursday night last, practical joker removed the vailves from several push cycles and motor cycles, causing serious inconvenience in some instances. A: the Te 'Horo pchool concert last Wednesday tlhe behaviour of a few lads was anything but gentlemanly.

Tlie fluctuations of the prices for produce at Wellington, are at times very annoying to sellers. A few days ago tho wholesale produce merchants reported )':ihat green peas were in excellent demand, and excellent prices were being realised. A Manakau grower, thinking to avail himself of the good market, sent a large supply of splendid green peas, only to find that they realised the munificent sum of Gtl per peck. An O'.aki Chinaman did not do so well, getting only 4d per peck for a good consignment. After paying railage, cartago, commission, and otlicir charges, the growers did not nett much profit.—Mail.

A letter of interest to Freemasons has been received by Mr "W. H. Smith, of Palmerston North, from fWor. Bro. Meldrum', of the Hunocrville Lodge. His letter is dated "Palestine, October 18th, 1917." iHe say.s:—"ln anticipation of being in Jerusalem before long, tlie Freemasons in the New Zealand Brigade have arrangements made to hold a meeting on the site of Iving Solomon's Temple—if possible, though a mosque is said to cover it; at any late as near the site of .the Temple we can get. That in years to come will 1 be of interesVi Masoiucally, but of course it does not obscure the fact to us that we have first to do some hard fighting."

Tlie heavy rain which fell throughout Monday seemed Ibo have little effect on the Christmas trade, fllie evening wa,s fortunately fine and Levin was throuilged with both town and oountry people, intent on making their Christmas purchases. The Levin band turned out in force under Bandmaster G. Davidson, and their playing 'was much appreciat. Ed by visitors. Despite the hijgli prices of most commodities business men report a. satisfactory volume of business, all previous records beiing broken in some instances. The popularity of Levin as a buying centre was amply demonstrated both on -Saturday, night and Christmas Eve, the number of mo. tor cars and horse vehicles that came in from the outlying townships and country districts! being generally remarked upon.

"A Victoria Gross has been given a young submarine commander for a deed which shows that the spirit of our Navy, is still of the very highest," writes Sir Thomas Mackenzie from London. "One day lie suddenly ,sighted two German submarines, one of which he was smart enough to sink, and plie otheir wars so taken by surprise that the crew surrendered 1 . -He then took command of the German submarine (it might be said that he -® an excellent German scholar), transferred the 'uniforms from Ohe German officers to his own, and set out for ■Heligoland, and, 011 arrival lie sent a wireless, purporting to detail his exploits and the numbed - of British ships he had sunk, and asking for further instructions. He was told to proceed in a certain direction, accompanied by a, German destroyer. In due season he eank the destroyer, returned home, and received a* well-earned Victo'ia Gross 1 ."

Mr W. H. Field, M.P. for the district, has received a- letter from the Minister for iDefeince, intimating that the motor ambulance donated by children of the Otaldi district, organised for the purpose by Sister Lewis, was duly purchased in London, and has tor some tijna been doing its good work at the front. 16 is a "stair" ambulance, witlh four stretchers complete, lettered in red, "New Zealand Expeditionary Force," and in script, "A gift from the Maori children of Otaki, New Zealand.'.' The Minister further intimates that two consecrated flags, purchased by subscription liaised bj fester Lewis at the same time, and which, on their return, are to be seitfj to Otaki and' Levin respectively, have been forwarded to- the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France. One will l '« placed in the Maori Ohureh at Otaki, and the other iin the S':ate school at Leviin. ■ Miss Ella Kate Cook, an _ Auckland nurse who lias been on military duty with tli o Q.A.I.M.N.S. for 2% years, is reported to have been instantaneously killed in Alexandria, Egypt, while on active scrvicc. Miss Cook was the youngest daughter of the late Henry Cook, of Auckland, and was on the staff of the Napier Hospital before leaving for the war. She served for some time ia Francc before going to Egypt. For the daintier kinds of Lingerie so much in demand ior holiday -wear. Ladies cannot do bettor than get acquainted with the "C.M.K." productions. To-day s , replace advt gives but a slight in- | dication of the values ruling at, ! Palmerston's Fashion Centre. j For polishing linoleums, floorcloths, • leather gqods and fu'rnituro, TAN-OL is most efficient and easy to u~e. | See Jones's special Christmas advt on page 1.