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Levin Daily Chronicle, 4 May 1918, Page 2

-Mr Jiinman preaches in tlie Gospel Hull t'.-in- i ciiiv a; 7 p.m.. taking for !>■'■■ i. dsn<;l.'\ -Jordan and the Dead Sea. As Mr Hinnian has vr-ito.i these places. where our hoy.s have been lately i'-iliti ne, it slhould be of .great interest to all. Hi- meetings have lii'i'ii and are b-:'iu;; attended; by 'iuteres, led audiences. Wo have ri et'i. Ed irom Mr . 'IT. Field, i1.1'.. a copy of a bill tod ;1111s11 _ i i■ -m, or.-. liy .S. l' .joscpllii Ward, providing for the telfin.s-itp <1 ■electric-poWcr b(:ar ; |j with power to bo i row moi:ey. eon■ L.ruot works fur the ;m aeration an:: trail-mi-sion of cltetr.c pi.ui r, Mtpplyin,; it to the public. The Board.- are to he -oh tped i>y the residents of llin d'st nets desiring to coiistivnie thc-ni selves nil electric poivnv district under the Aet. Tile, staff of the Levin District High School now consists of one teacher, Mus ]i!.adniiV?ter. <.' ; oii-.'<j[ueufc on the decline of i;he ai.tend 11 i-the Kducatton Hoard Has altered ite previous decision to appoint a temporary mistress ami lm« cancelled the appointment of Miss Kj-gleton. This means that the posj tkm of secondary assistant at the .school h.'-s burn piTiiwmcntl.v abol.sHed or at . least (until IRio .education. authorities consent to replace .die rural wiur. e hy a reasonable matricu'iition course and so restore the confidence of parents in tile school. Flig'htrldeut. PHil'l Fowler, an eld Kevin l'l hj'a School boy (son of Mr and Mrs Soilti'iey lfowler, ol Wilding), will shortly be in Xcw Zealand, be having been granted leave to vf.'sit his Iparents. ll© has been '10 months on continuous service with Eastern 'Mwlitcrraneait branch of tbe ißoynl J'lying service. lie was j>rc-cn.t when the GoeIjen and Breslau came out of Vilie Dardanelles, antli Wats flying immediately • over the Brcslau when .sha struck a mii:e and sank. For his services in lownitiij; roveral Hun ]i lanes, he h:;.s been sDeciall\' !;icntioiH:d in ■ des|>at■hes.—Mail. At the annual meet-ins of t-hc members of the Le-vin Tei'in. natin's; Ruii.dinc Society, to bo liekl in tlie Drmxlis' Hall, on Tnesdpiy eveniny; next, in addition to tihre usual business tlio meei> -"ne- will consider the matter of changing the Society info a Permanent Builliirjr and Investment Society. Tiro many advantages wliieli will be avaalable to members by i':he ehansie and which wiiJl ulso improve tflie linanciall position of the Society will be ,sd at the meebin'-i. and a attendance is anticipated. Members should -s-e ':liat they are financial on the (;he Society to make them oli;ible to vote on any matter before tlio niei -j t iii!». At the .sitting of the AVellinston Appeal Board yesterday, Frederick P'lews, evangelist, "Waikauae, applied for exemption on the erottnd that He wn* :v miniflier of tlie body known as' the Testimony of -Je.sus. His conilsel said tln'fe body was recognised as a religions organisation in Great Britain audi Canada, and lie asked that tlie reservist should be treated in a similar manner to other ministers oif religion. Tho Cfliiairman. pointed out tHaf.. tho members of the faith in question Had no written creed, and He "\von 1 d Have to advise the Board that tbe rcservitst ill question was not in the same position a'.s tlie minister -of -other recASniiised i'eliiiious bodies'. The. Boardi decided to 1 -11--in i.-g tlie appeal, tllne reservist to be • 'iven non-combatant service. i I Altoisretlhe-r £40* Has been raised by the efforts of the Girls' Friendly Society and their friends for the Mokuicslian Mission as £10 was in liaijd by sale of good's audi dicwiations at and before the u;ift tea in addition to the money raised at tbe sale oil A\e:liur : - tiny. -The expenses will not exceed £3. The workers are most grateful t'or all the help received, whiclh enables them to send so much more than ever before to the ilissl>>n Funds. Among ; those who did valuable work at the J 1 sale in addition to tlliose mentioned in - Thursday's issue were Mrs Howard - .Tones (assisting at the sweets sfcall), 1 Misses X. Snell, L. Butt, M. Taylor i and H. Beckett (at afternoon tea). - >Hisses Alice Hooper and Dorothy ) Smith (at work .stall) and Miss Rutli Newman (at Produce Stall).