The Levin Chronicle. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1918.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 31 August 1918, Page 2

The Levin Chronicle. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1918.

The offertories at all Anglican Churches to-niorrow will be given to the General Church Fund, which is to assist back-blodks and struggb'niK parishes in the'ir finances. Owing to a reduction in Ohurcli rents and a wet .Sunday on collection day last year, the If und dad not benefit to tHiie usual extent. Congregations are therefore asked to give a® liberally as possible this year an order that the work in the bacik blocks shall not be .retarded.

Messrs -Abraham and "Williams, /Ltd., added another sutfccss to their .record of laiirl sales on this coasli on Thursday when fihe Glecron estate of 1.57 acres was submitted to auction. There was a b-g attendance of buyers and competition was keen with the result that all the sections wore sold. Mr R. A. Port, of Palmersiioii (North, was tfhie purchaser of the three big sections, the price paid averaging -about £86 per acii'e for nearly 150 acres. The homestead block was purchased, by Mr Port at £100 per acre. Ix>t Kb. 4, about 10 acres fell to Mr A. Rickard l , a)b £106 per acre. The average price for the whole estate amounts to oyer £89.

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The ladiies of St. Andrew's Church, Levin, have decided to hold a Paddy's Market shortly in aid of the Church Itmds.

Mr F. W. Pink acknowledges the following additional donations to the "Walker fund: Mr K J. Naidi, £1 Is; Friend, Oil an, ofi; Mrs Standen, 2e (id ; Fay Robinson, 2s Od. The Otaki collections total I'B3 up to the preseiK.

A biig party of boys from the Foxton School, accompanied by their teachers, visited Levin to-day and were entertained at lunch by the local bovs. In the afternoon a football match was played on the Park Domain, the Levin team being victorious by 9 points to o.

Tho Naval Advisor states that it is reported that an enemy mine has boeu washed ashore on the West Coast of tho North Island, about 15 miles south-east of Cape .Maria- Van Dujman. The necessary steps have been taken. —Press Association.

The death is reported in the Mail of Mrfc Kershaw, wife of Air W P. A. Kershaw, who lias been a highly respected reside™'.? of the Otaki district far some years. She had* not enjoyed good health for some years, but seemed to ibe fairly well on Thursday evening. White watching a gymnastic practice at licr residence, however, she suddenly collapsed and passed away shortly after from heart failure. She leaves a family of liwo boys and a girl. .

The Awahou Entertainers, who are to igivc a concert in Farkindl's Theatre on Thursday next in aid of the Maori Soldicfe' Fund. are a combination of Foxl'xm native artists who have made a reputation in their particular line. Their musical items are said to be excellent, while the hakas, poi dances, etc., sire always popular. An added .attraction is promised: in Toby 'Alanima's comic songs.

Attention is drawn to tlie advertisement relating to tlie clearing sale to be conducted by Messrs Abraham and Williams, "Ltd., on' behalf of Mr J. Giecv snn, ut his homestead at Alanakau oil Thursday n«s£, sth inst. TJite stock comprises pedigree Jersey 5 1 '" 1 1tl c by Hillcreet Defiance, the son of Waif U, a out who established a rcoord of WM lbs of buttcrFat in 12 months. The stock, including grade cows liwve win;'x»red well, ami the excellent order, and include 2000 feet of 13 incb galvanised pipes and 200 ieet of 2 incihi pipes. As all the property lias been sold tlie stock for safe with the exception of -he cattle.. on wbioli a slight reserve iw» been placed.

The question of the nationalisation of hospitals had been raised from time to time, remarked Hon. G. W. Bussoll in mi address at Christcluireh, but lie could not countenance such ti suggestion. He was very thankful to the various hospital boards for their very fine work, and he had no desire to see them wiped out and to assume the responsibility.

Warm applause greeted a remark of the Hon. T. M. Wilford at Wellington when he referred to a proposal he made some time ago that a special stamp should be designed for all letters pasted within the British Empire. Such a stamp should have these words: ''This letter reaches you through the might ox the British Navy."

Speaking before the Workers' Educational Association at Christchurcli, the Hon. G. W. Russell said that in one of the institutions under the control of Jus Department was an old lady who had reaehed the age of 107 years. She was an inveterate smoker, but he could not say whether this was in any way responsible for her longevity.

A Wanganui paper understands that instructions have been issued prohibiting overseas vessels from visiting the Wanganui roadstead, tlie reason allegedly being tliat some e.i.VXnS-Jni"®. 8 ~m?y~liave probably drifted iii that direction. This is obviously a matter of grave concern to .the Wanganui freezing works, especially in view of the serious shortage of insulated trucks.

"now Zealand's little training ship, Amokura, is nut nearly big enough for tlie number o± lads who yearn for u life on the oeoan wave. The Minister of Marino (Hon. T. M. Wilford) remarked at Wellington that if all the boys—a full complement—on the Amokura left one day he could fill their places straight away, for he had rcccived many applications from all parts of the Dominion. This was pleasant proof of the spirit of young folk "in these islands, and also of the confidence of parents in the record of the ship and tlie opportunities that the training opened up for their sons.

_ Among the business set down for consideration at the next meeting of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute is the following motion by Mr H. A. Parkinson: "That with a view to cheeking the present tendency, towards sectarian divisions among the people of the Dominion, the institute prepare and submit to the various churches a statement setting Out the opportunities that the Education Act allows for moral and Scripture teaching, and explaining the advantages of the Nelson system for tho carrying on of this work; and that teachers be recommended to co-operate with representatives of the churches in establishing the system wherever sucli co-operation is desired."

Mr T. M. Wilford told a story characteristic of German "Kultur" at Wellington on Tuesday. AVhcn the Hun warship Meintz was sunk by H.M.S. Lowestoft, he said, among the German officers rescued was Lieutenant von Tirpitz, son of tho notorious Admiral von Tirpitz. A British lieutenant took him into liis cabin, gave him a cigarette, and offered him whisky and soda, saying that it was all the fortune of war, and lie might have been the German prisoner. But young von Tirpitz's solo reply was to spit in his face. The young officer did not knock him down, but calmly wiped his face. However, the matter was reported later to the captain, and Lieutenant von Tirpitz finished tho trip in irons instead of travelling in comfort with tlie oilier prisoners. (Applause.')

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