The Chrønicle LEVIN. TUSEDAY, JAN. 15, 1918.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 15 January 1918, Page 2

The Chrønicle LEVIN. TUSEDAY, JAN. 15, 1918.

Fines amounting to £5 10s wei-e inflicted at the Levin Court in the quarter just ended on defendants who allowed cattle to wander. These fines go to the Horowhenua County Council-

Charges against hotel-keepers ol: allegedly supplying Maori women with liquor and allowing a billard room to be open for play at a time the hotel was ordered to be closed will be heard at the Levin Court on Thursday.

An Otiaki citizen, wlio never loses an opportunity of advertising his town, ha« authorised the Mail to state that he will give £50 towards an Otaki advertising cam. paign if taken up properly by local residents.

Six sittings of the Magistrate's Court in its civil jurisdiction were held in Levin during the quarter just ended, the 'Magistrate presiding four times. For-ty-tliree oases were dealt with, the aggregate amount sued for being £GB7 lis lid and the amoxuit recovered being £529 Bs.

Another New Zealand journalist has made the supreme sacrifice at the front. Private advice reports the death from wounds in France of Captain Hugh Bannerman, proprietor of the "Bluff Free Press," and an ex-Otago and Southland representative cricketer.

At last night's meeting of the Lake Domain Board, Mr J. Robertson jvrote resigning liis seat on the Board, and thanking the chairman, members and secretary (Mr Gardener) for their unfailing courtesy while he was a in ember. On Mr A. Dempsey's motion, seconded by Mr K. Aitken it was decided to nominate Mr W. B. Mac intosli, Captain of the Boating Club, for the vacancy, members expressing the opinion that he would be a very desirable membef.

• ):HlSf!th;r of the Godw" ; ;n!-iv<i[ jn Levin at 4 o'clock this :.i' in'lime for to-iiiglit's imiin;'' at Everybody's. Oi 1 j <_•; lo the very serious ill- ; uorts 'if Iris mother, who resides at Akaroa, Mr Frank Penn, of . Otaki; hits had to go South. , Of tin fifty-eight appeals set j down for hearing before the Miiit- : ary Service Board in Masterton on Wednesday forty were from re. servists connected with the land.

Mr Joshua Jones, we'l-known in connection .with claims against the Government in respect of Mokau lands, died at New Plymouth this week.

It is calculated that the fit men of class A of the Second Division will not be taken into camp until after the end of April, and that none of Class 13 (men with one child) will be wanted in camp till September.

. Miss Ivy V. Pink, daughter of Mr F. Pink, of -Levin, has again been successful in musical- examinations, this time passing first in her division in the examinations conducted by the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music held in November last.

llie local Corps of the Salvation Army are this evening giving a "welcome home" social to one of their members, Pvt. A. Walker, who has. just returned from active service, after an absence of three and a half years. Returned soldiers are given a hearty invitation to attend.

"We have a manager, first assistant and nine boys working at the factory," said the secretary of the Dalefield Cheese Company when appealing for a reservist at a sitting of the Military Appeal Board in Masterton. "This lad," continued the secretary, "has shown great aptitude for the work, and it would place us in difficulties if he were taken away just now." The appeal was adjourned till May-

That school committees have a hard row to hoe was shown by the Chairman of the Eketahuna District High School, when he mentioned that the capitation for the year amounted to £45. The cleaning alone absorbed £40, and the expenditure for the year was £106. He said the Board was expecting impossibilities in leaving a committee to finance to the extent indicated.

Adjutant Parsons, who for the past twelve months has been in charge of the local corps of the Salvation Army, is being transferred to Inglewood. The farewell meetings will take place on S\mday next; and the Adjutant will leave Levin on Thursday, the 24tli. _ His 'successor will be Captain Kemp, who will be given a reception by the local members of the Corps 011 the Thursday evening, and on Sunday, the 27tli, when welcome meetings will be held.

A general meeting of women of Levin and district is called for Friday""next at 2.30 at the Borough Office, Levin, for the purpose of making final 'arrangements in connection with the Pat. riotie effort for the .catering at the Horowlienua A. andP. Show to be held on January 29tli, 1918. The assistance needed for the work to be carried o\it in an efficient manner will mean that -30 ladies at the least will be required to. give their services on the day oi the show, independent of the work that will be necessary before the show is held. From what we have learnt of women's efforts for previous patriotic purposes, a very large number will attend next Friday's meeting.

"'"'Where shall we go on Anniversary Day?" is a question that needs little thought this year The motor-cycling carnival on the Levin racecourse supplies the answer. The surroundings provide plenty of shelter and lend themselves admirably 'for picnicking and quite a number of town and country residents propose to put in the day there. 'The thrill of motor nacing is in itself enough to draw a large gathering of spec, tators. Twenty riders are expected to compete, including such world's champions as Coleman (who last year covered a mile on a grass track in 51 2.5 seconds) and Dawber (who cut out 15 miles in 14 3.5 minutes), L. Mangliam, of Shannon, winner of the Austnalasian Championship in 1917, Crawley and Hinds, the Wairarapa. and Canterbury cracks, and it is just possible that Woodman, the one-legged wonder from Christchurch, will be seen outAll these riders will be out after record-smashing and the Levin course offers every facility for new times and achievements.

The official return, prepared by Constable Bagrie, showing the to. tal number of offences dealt with at Levin in 1917 reveals ia considerable falling off in crime as compared with 191G, eighty-seven offences being reported in the year just ended as against 119 in the previous year. The diminution is more than accounted for, however, by the totals under the heading of "Absconding from an industrial school." Whereas there were 86 escapees in 1916 only 52 pases were reported in 1917, a decrease of 34. There were 9 cases of drunkenness, one less than in the previous twelve months. Other offences, tlie JL9I6 1 figures being given in brackets, were: Abusive words or behaviour 5 (nil), cruelty to animals 1 (4), burglary 3 (1), disobeying orders of the Court 1 (2), failing to provide maintenance 3 (3), obscene language 3 (1), theft 6 (6). Only two charges connected with the Military Service Act were before tlie Court, two persons being charged Vitli failing to jjarade for me. dical> inspection. A large number of impounding and school attend-1 ance cases were also dealt with.

| • • ■ _ i lir Gerald Anderson, who is visiting Levin on Monday to give Lis war picture-story at the King's Theatre, has come through the ordeal of sixty newspaper criticisms without one word of hostile com- ■ ment. The distinguished war correspondent and pressman is ' hardly a stranger to New Zealand | as lie is the son-in-law of Dr Rutherford Waddell, of Dunetlin. There was a l»rge attendance at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning when tlie Rev W. J. Comrie, of Wellington, conducted a memorial service for the late Mr Peter Stewart, an elder and devout worshipper at the church ever since its foundation. A thoughtful and lielpful discourse, embodying a deserved tribute to the late Mr Stewart's fine character and many virtues, was listened to with sympathetic interest. Favourite hymns and psalms of the deceased gentleman were sung and the whole service inacle a deep impression on those who were present.