The Chronicle. LEVIN. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1918.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 8 January 1918, Page 2

The Chronicle. LEVIN. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1918.

Last week a young Anglican minister arrived in Ashburton from the Jvortli Jsland, looking for harvesting woij'k, states the correspondent of the "Lyttleton Times." The visitor mentioned that lie hn heard that labour was rikeiy to hscarce for lian?«?s iji the As'ibu--ton County. ne had decided ■*<- turn his h<> ; i.i:- \ s to useful ar>

A 1 auij ors f„ .. a w | 1() goeg .tor tomatf, grpn iug on a large s I (U, .' ie 'I," 8 ."- vjsitoi „o Levin yesterday oil en f w<l tons of prime quality 1hj;(- f OJ . sa le, but no busmass resu 1. The best quotalion lie g e j was fivepence per pound, ; lll( ] j u . considered the gap between (] 1;1 { figure and tlie retail price 0 f shilling a pound wa ft T;-'- "I would- rather put the old j 1( >rse [jj the trap and give i lie p'xliln(- |} u . benefit of the diftetence rnyseJf." remarked the wholesaler as j 1( , | e ft f 0 trv his lucli in Fo' x ton.

Mii.njyhi(;i], f] K > Shannon motor j oyolisi, \vi, ; 1.-vin on Saturday | fm : l he T'.y-post of testing the suit. | ahilit 1 ' |] 10 vacpfourse for nio- | ' or . • ll'' reports, after coj voring (IvsJ- course nt high speed. I <fial -v| ;u::i)'i-ably adapted for ; 'i'hi- bonrls are all good i ironi. of view and ! no need for greal ! • -a the corners. Man#-j ' i!'s some fast times to be <'*at The Levin meeting, i :l i.vfv (mile* an hour should l <• in' 'jn'ok-rn • At the Ash- '* 'a' 11 the leading ri,d( i s J ;•< .ii uiiii, Napier, Ha_ "stiiius. 3J| asioi 'ton, Palmerston , ami WelL'Jgjon sigjiifig'l their inj tention of presenf. -o i'uat :> ; great gathering of "spet-'d-e.-nri:-" is <• ".win or .Ta.miarv ■22, ' •

The Rev M. Bawd en Levin, leaves for Rotania IL.y c:C Plenty (list; "!>n three weeks' holiday. t Two 1 Ws> irarapa .vomit'' ladies urn at present <lrivin «r bai*p.n«' deliver carts. ' i 31;* T. I). Ho'.vcli, v.-li•) ri ijF.iiiiy underwent- a serious operation for appendicitis at "Wellington Rn.~ pital, has made a rapid recovery, j Rev- S. J. Serpell, of Auckland has recei%'§d advice that liis son, Captain Samuel Serpell, M.C.,J was killed in action on Deceiubenl 15th. M 'Mr Saunders, of \VelliagtcuH contractor for the Bank of N ciH Zealand at Otaki, will couimemw operations very shortly. Thog site of the building is new 1-»a?un-cleared of weeds, which 'have top long been an eyesore to the tmvu® people. fl I Pte- F. H. Bennett, son of and Mrs Frank Bennett, of Otxil®> who was recently reported as having- been badly wounded (gi' n " shot woirnds in both arms r n( l both legs) is now reported as being seriously ill. The death occurred last of Mr James Smith, one o- the oldest residents of Nelt-on, at the | • great age of 94. "TPe"well? .ip~ Nelson in the 'fifties in connect-? ion with the construct!m rf theDun Mountain tramway line. > It is seldom one sees the representatives of four geutfations walking together on the street. Such a sight was seen ii Otaki yesterday, (says the Mai) when Mrs Pepper, sen., Mz - s Cr. Bell, Mrs B. Ferguson and her daughter were strolling up tie main street of Otaki together.

Three boys, their a,?es ranging from nine to 12 year'sVcaled at a Palmerston labour agruey on Saturdy morning l , and asked Jor work. The agent asked the youthful toilers if tliey 'had any preference of employment..- The^youngest answered that he would "do anything," the next- expressed a desire to learn , rnilkirg machines, whilst the eldest wjs keen on "nawyiiig at 14-' Irib a'day!"

On the way up to Shakune a representative of the Wanganui Herald noticed some exceptionally fine crops of potatoes—between Marton and other towns on the Main Trunk line- ' fChristmas night produced a heavy white frost, and on the downward journey to Wanganui it wris noticed that practically without exception every plot of' potatoes had been ruined. The tops of; the plants had been turned as "black as your hat," as one passenger put, it.

A peculiar fatality, occurred a-t Pol- .V.• (Main Trunk line) recently, nig in the death of Jantes Mo; i voiiing ma-ii whose parents flo at; Ohsikugje. Deceased "aoTT'' {In- '. •)!( ' a new sawmill. W! hi i : their whare, after spe.ni.-u i'le ev< liiiig -with a friend, decoMT.o4. fct« ! ped upon an en. amelled jilato whict a cat had knocked off the table. The lad was thrown violently, and his skill wasbadly fractured by coivtact with the edge of a box. Avute hemorrhage se + .vnd death ensued in the spac-e t»f - few minutes.

The ne .vs m the sudden death of 5- Miss Daphne Hodgson, youngest daughter of Mr J. W- Hodgson, postmaster at Otaki, was received with d( ep sorrow iii Otaki last ' 1 > week. Miss Hodgson-was a nurse at the Waihi hospital. She had 5 " been holiday-making in Otaki a few weeks ago, leaving there for __ the North on November 27 last, and was then in perfect health. The first intimation of her illness came to Mr Hodgson on New Year's Eve, and lie left for Waihi, but on arrival there he found that —' his daughter had passed away that — morning, death being due to typhoid fever, evidently contracted at the hospital. Miss Hodgson was a young lady of a bright and sunny disposition and was partic3. ularly happy in her work to which __ she was devoted. She was born in ~ Blenheim twenty-one years ago, u and moved to Otaki from Foxton m with lier father. She was engap _ god in nursing at Palmerston be8 _ fore Moing to Waihi. Tl|> funeral of the late Mrs Pelo ' place on Sunday and i ■ . by many of her fn „ . i uii and country. As > i ' J . was '%'proTml 1 iirst wlnti- woman to take iv «• ■ resijdence on the site n of Lg\i '.. ■ !••<.» Town• Baud (of which 0 docijmeu s son, lili' J. P. Petersen, ■_ is a. member) joineTHforces with e the : ,' Salvation Army. Band and heated the funeral procession _ playing appropriate music, and ( » colluding with the Dead March 0 iron "San]" at. the graveside. The 0 fuiH'r.if service was impressively J conducted by the Rev. W. H. E. r Abbey. The late Mrs Petersen, 1 with her husband and son, came B to (Levin in 1887. Prior to -that ? thdy lived at Oliau for a few mon--3 ths, Mr Petersen being engaged on railway works and being shifted to ibis end of the r erected the first house be, the of There n d rs'.vrri ci r a is al

will when two and Shannon. teams -will l'epSesent Large, M. H. Walker, ley, Nye (s); totewaxt, Ba^^^^^l Walker, F. D/Vhibley (s) ;!*!■ sden, Mandl, Crawley, Hawke (j 3fl Elearley, Bryaut, McColl, WjP •* '" (s). f jpsr The 80,/ Scout, SergFT"""Eric Boyesy'bf the Northland (Wellington) troop, succumbed last -injuries received from a pea rifle at Waikanae, where, with a party of scouts, he was / camping. The funeral took place in Wellington yesterday, and was largely attended by Boy Scouts of the city. .To-morrow a tennis match will ibfe- played between the .Manakau and Levin Clubs, on the local Courts when the following will re. present the visitors : — Andrew, Ropata, P. Simcox, <T. Ileidy, Mesdames Burnell and Mickle, Misses Houghton and Maney. , Emergencies. Mataliaere and Miss A'. Cotter.

Two important unveiling ceremonies will take place this,, week —at Orbs# 'Anglipain Church on Wednesday afternoon, and at St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Maiuik&u, on Thursday evening:, when beautiful honour boards will be unveiled. The Vicar, of Paraparaumu will preach at the Hautere ceremony, and the Yicar of Levin at Manakau.

With the latest batch of sick and wounded soldiers to return to New Zea 1 and —1 ahded at Auckland on Friday; were Pte. T. Tliorner, of Otaki, and Sergt. H. W. Robinson, x -af Otahuhu (brother to, Mrs Howard Andrew and Miss Robinson', of Manakau). Miss Simcox, of Otaki, who has been engaged In nursing, also returned by the/same, boat, and arrived at Otaki yesterday.

That mtator cycle racing {Provides the necessary thrills to hold the attention of the public was, fjilly shown at the recent successful ."s'ports meeting, at Ashhurst, writes an Ashhurst correspondent. At times excitement ran high. One enthusiast was heard to remark that if Government would nllow a totalisator to run in connection with motor racing, it wouM bp a matter of only a- short time wfcen horse racing would be rrmsirlert'd about as exciting as watching '*? team ploughing.

A writ claiPimg' £1000/ damages for alleged stoppage of supplies of local beer, ale\ v and stout,, lias been issued by McCullougn, a Christchurch hot&}"keeper a-gainst the Canterbury L* cens fd lers' Association, jpembers of the Defence Committee Licensed Victuallers and,Py ewer ®' ™ Mr E. Gordon, secrq£ ar y t" Association-.' The ca£ e lleard at the. February wessioiis 0± the Christclrarfcli Snpref? e Court. Plaintiff is reported to M ve p° n ~ ■sistently refused to join tP e , *J n " terburyc Licensed VictiialleF 8 sociation, or to increase they retai | price of spirits. \ In a circular loiter Masons by Mr Oliver Nichi 80 ®' Grand Master of tin- Masonic rvj' ernity, an appeal is made for I~® maintenance of one or more lit* meoits in France for the This movement originated in Pair in erst on North and Wanganui\ The hutments will be managed I and administered by the'Y.M.C.A. \ organisation on behalf of the M'n vft institution, at an estin '» >f i jst of £500 per annum for is.-.- :■ J.ment. which- will be naindividually the "Masonic Ci, • 0 Hutment." • he visiting northerner getsquixe a .shook to see the ravages of blackberry throughout Wostlaind, alid to see if would break the hearts of our local farmers/' remarked Mr M. of Pnlmerston to a Standai - reporter when describing hit. yiVit i-o the "West Coast. disposes of the sitiiatJMßKßjtoming that are in the ixtends