The Levin Chronicle. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1918.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 6 April 1918, Page 2

The Levin Chronicle. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1918.

Mr J. A. Xaaii, Mayor of Palmerston, was a visitor to Levin this afternoon.

The engagement is announced of Dr Elizabeth Macdonald, Medical Inspector of Schools, Auckland, to Dr Hobert Bryson, of Levin. The marriage will take place shortly. "

A farm of 40 acres close to the of Levin changed hands recently at a price running into Three figures per acre. And there were no buildings on the property 1

Mr C. 11. Hinman, one of the best-known evangelists in !the North Island, is visiting Levin, and commences in the Gospel Hall to-morrow, evening a series of lectures on Biblical prophecy, of which he lias been a. close student for many years. Mr Hinman is an excellent, speaker and a clear thinker, and his lectures should be well attended.

At the Levin Magistrate's Court on Thursday, the County Ranger secured convictions against the following residents of Shannon for allowing their stock to stray on the roads: J. liickett, A. Spencer, S. Anderson (two i:barges), P. Gill, J. Setter, fined 10s and costs 7s each; It. Bil'derbeck, fined 20s and 7s costs; T. Woods, ordered to pay costs 7s. Messrs B. P. Gardener and F. G. Roe were the presiding Justices.

At the Police Court 011 Thursday, Walter Henry Leaky and Laurence Alfred Stubbs appeared on remand before Messrs A. E. Clausen and C. E. Wal degrave,. J.P.'s, and were further remanded, on the application of Mr Gifford Moore, their counsel, till April Bth. The charge alleged against Leaky (an employee of the Levin Dairy Co.) is theft of cream, and against Stubbs (a railway porter) receiving cream knowing such to be stolen. Eor Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6dj 2a 6d.

Advice Las been received of the ilealli of Itiflenian G. C. Lancaster, son of Mr S. It. Lancaster, of Palmerston, and liepliew of Mr E. S. Lancaster, of Levin. Itiflenian La ncaster wen I to Samoa with the advance guard and returned to Xptt Zealand in time <o join the Main Body.

There is just as keen a demand for farming lands in this district as ever judging by the experience of a local land agent (Mr J. W. Perkins) who reports selling £15,000 worth of property this week. The farms include those of Messrs A. Murray (near the Central Development Farm) and A. Morgan, at the end of Oxford street. As a result of these sales three new families come to Levin and the other two will still reside here.

By the death of Mrs J. M. Milne, of Gladstone road, the Presbyterian Church lost a member who for many years was a willing 1 and useful worker. The deceased lady was organist in the Te Kui( i Presbyterian Church for some years and it was while carrying out her duties there that die met with an accident which was partly instrumental in bringing on the illness which cut a • isrful life short. Her parents, Mr and Mr* Hewitt, of Glad-

stone road, and her husband, Mr •T. M. Milne, have received many messages of sympathy tin the sod bereavement that has overtaken them so suddenly. Owing to an error, the wifmg initials were attached to Mr Milne's name in an Earlier reference in ur columns.

An Irish correspondent writes to the London "Morning Post": "We in Ulster cannot imagine the stal|p of affairs described in the London papers on the food question. We want for absolutely nothing. Our butchers' shops arc full of meat of all kinds. We have no trouble in getting as much milk as we want. As for butter, you should see the lovely butter that anybody can get without the slightest difficulty. Bows hams and bacon, delight our eyes in the grocers' shops, and tea is displayed in the windows by the chest. We know nothing about restrictions regarding the sale of intoxicants before a certain hour in the evening, save that we are supposed to close our public-houses at nine instead of the old hour, eleven. We are a free and independent people."

An officer holding an important command on the western front, writing to relatives in Stratford, states:—"With the coming of spring, the Germans are preparing for a big offensive which will probably mean the greatest battle of the ages, but the enemy will never break through; whatever losses we suffer, the Germans will be more terribly punished. There will be many surprises in store that the Huns have never contemplated. While it may appear that wo are perhaps over-confident, it must be conceded that we aro in a position to know tlie full strength of the enemy for practical war purposes; and, aware of our own resources, we know that we can hold him, and win the war. This is the faith on the western front, and, as events must prove, a faith that is justifiable in every respect. Of course, t cannot give details of the knowledge that makes us confident, and now can only say, wait and see.''

Tlio price of gas in Greymouth has boon increased to 8s 4d per 1000 feet net. In a report to tlie Borough Council the manager of tlie works (Mr J. Kennedy) says: "Two years ago our coaJ. cost from tlie State mine was ,I.os per ton. To-day it costs 14s per ton for slack, equal to 40 per ccnt. increased cost of the primary requirements, and we use nearly 3000 tons per annum. This year the increase for maintenance through cost of iron, tools, etc., will bo at least £300, while the wages will be about £200. Similar increases in expenditure are now general throughout the world. The prises now charged for all materials used at the works are startling. For instance, prior to the war we frequently landed goods at 75 per cent, off the list: 25 per cent, on the list is now charged; so that instead of paying £25 we now have to pay £125."