The Levin Chronicle. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1918.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 28 November 1918, Page 2

The Levin Chronicle. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1918.

Mr A. AV. Sims, of Levin, is about again afteV two sever© attacks of influenza. One four-roomed house in Levin is reported to be inhabited by sixteen Maoris, men, women and children, and no fewer than fourteen of them are influenza patients or convalescents. Mir J. W. Farland, who was seriously ill of influenza, is now (making good progress towards convalescence. The gift afternoon, which was to liaw been held at Mrs Dean's residence. Devon street, has been postponed indefinitely. A pioneer settler of the AYairarapa and Hawke's Bay in tlfb person of Mr Norman Beotlmtn patted awav at his soli's residence, Culyton. after 41 short; illnej-fi. He was 05 and came to tihe Dominion in 1855 by the ship William and Jane. A Masterton fruiterer opened a case of apples on .Saturday in the presence of a well-known citizen. He produced hin invoices and after putting aside unsale-' able apples, proved that if he sold at sixpence per pound the would be losing one penny per pound 011 his pureluv-e. The profiteering in fruit, apparently docis not rest at til 10 door of the retailer. A person who drank a i|n.nitity of inhalant in Wellington did so with fatal resulitfe, and the public are warned to read the directions 011 the bottle before taking any medicine. The man hi question drank several doses of an'.inihalant and although everything possible wa« done for him lie did not recover from the effects of the poison. In the collide of hie reference to the Government Printing Office in tilve Budget, Sir Joseph Ward says: Prices of paper, stationery and 'materials used in connection with .the printing trade still continue to .advance, and in some cases the advance is fi'om 300 to 400 per cent over pre-war -prices. This will necessitate a considerable increase in the vote for this Department, as paper and stores must be obtained and the tendency is for the prices to rise even high er than tAiey are to-day. The matter is still further complicated by the difficulty in obtaining deliveries by reason of the shipping shortage."

The many friends of Mi' Neil Camp- ' bell will regret to fiear that his condition is causing his relatives great anxiety. Hor many friends will lie pleased f{> hear that Dr. Elizabeth Bryson did hoc iulfer a severe attack oi influenza, a heavy cold and overwork being the con-tributing-cause-, to her j.iuui>p: <it....1. ivhi. ii happily is now near its end. 1 Notahie deaths trom the epidemic are ; those ol' Mr I<\ V. Waiter.-, a-svaant ,So- j cretary to- the L'ost and Telegraph Department; Mr Walter Gollan, Oiiaef I Clerk-to the Justice Department.; audi D,r. C. I'. Little, well-known in North Canterbury. ' ' j ■'Hie war expenditure iai- the vear ended Ala roll 31, 1918, was 4:18.754,W0; l'p to 30 lose the war had cost ,\eiv Zealand £51,-11/0,000, and of ihi's had been raised, by loan in the I> 0111 in ion at a cost of Id's per cent. It is propei ed to ask lor authority to raise another ten millions. The attention of the traveling public is drawn to the alteration to lie made in the running oi the morning train from Palmer.ston. After December 1, tl'e train usually leaving Pahnerfiton at 7.18 a.m. will start at 7.10 a.m., eight minutes earlier, audi is timed, to reach Levin at 8.42. The funeral of Mrs Malcolm, wife of Mr Alex. Malcolm, of Tokomaru .Bay, and daughter of L\lr and Mrs G. A.stridge, of Levin, took place in Levin yesterday. The deceased was a daugh-ter-in-law of Mr Jas. Malcolm, the 'Jaunty Engineer. The Borough Coune:l was represented by the Mayor, Mr C. Blenkhorn, and the County by Mr I'. \V. Goldsmith, County Clerk. The ltev. J. H. Haslam conducted the funeral service. "Six drunks this morning." remarked Mr i<\ V. Erazor. at the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday, "lias someone found a secret spring i"' "A back entrance, L suppose," answered Inspector MaivaeK. "Tiealiy, these men are aiding and abetting an offence by the publican in obtaining liquor at all. Natural.iv, it is not much use ask.ing where the liquor was'obtained." The Dominion Butter and Cheesa Committee received. a cable yesterday morning from London stating that the sale ol the New Zealand 'butter and cheese output to the Imperial authorities has been comp.eted,. The price for the cheese is 10:jci and for the butler li>ls per c\v ; t. This completes the deal Lhat lias been held, up for 111011 tlis. Dr. Pomare visited the Motuiti Maori pah 011 Monday and saw each patient, and gave tilie Mucins some gouu advice. He warned tliem against tohungaism and explained the danger 01 interference by loliowing the old su-pciv-titions. lie said that the pah was Liie c.eancvt he had yet visited (wiiica, says the Fox ton Herald, docn not say much ior the other pahs), and, was satisfied that everything possible iliad been done to protect- the health of the Maoris. Oil Saturday night Constable Wood.visitcd a locality in the borough of Foxton -where, it was alleged, "King Country win-Icy'' being manufactured. and dispensed. The occupants oi the house were in bed audi stated that they were suffering lrom influenza. Another place was visited and the two male occupants wore found under the influence of the vile concretion. A flank containing the liquor wa.s commandeered. i'rom the smell, says the Eoxton Herald, the iiq-uor appears to be meth•yiated .-pints. The okkst inhabitant has been racking ii ;s memory ineitectualiy in an attempt to call to mind when Levin has experienced a. worse spell of -weather than that ol the past few months. Low temperature-,, high wiiicfe and heavy' rain have been the order of the day, the conditions being more in keeping with thoee of mid-winter than the "genial warmth of early summer. Growth, however, seems in 110 way retarded. Pastures are looking particularly well, and, 1 garden ond other grow ing crops appear to be in good, shape. A number of Auckland merchants have received ad,vice from London by cable that freights 011 cargoes from the Homeland have been reduced from£lo to :C7 10 all round. As with the old charge there will still be the addition of 10 per cent primage. The reduction is supposed ta bo due to the fall in the priea- of war risks, together with the fact that more .-.hipping has been immediately released, to resume -routine t.radie. A correspondent writing from Christchurch to a friend in Palmerston North says a section of the Christchureh people; including a number of well-to-do Icmales, fiiad shown themselves arrant cowards in the present crisis. tSoine of litem, he isays, were .known to have identified themselves closely with the work of sending white feathers out to allegedly reluctant men in tlhe early day- of the war. Speaking at the Magistrate's Court in Wellington, Mr T. W. Hislop mentioned that the name of Hindmarslh was vuowu in the annals of the nation's history. The late Mr A. H. .Hindmarsh'.s grandfather was one of Lord Nelson's faithful and. honoured captains, and lie bccame an admiral later in life. Nelson in his diary had referred to him in laudatory and loving terms as one who was devoted to duty. The late Mr Hmdmarsh had conducted himself as a •olicitor andi as a politician in the same manner as did his grandfather as a. sailor, making- duty his watchword and looking 011 the interests of others as more important than his own. At the Magistrate's Court at Waitara recently an elderly married couple, who have been residents of the district ior many years, parsing under the name of Stewart, were charged with failing to register as aliens. The Irusband admitted that lie had read the notice., but thought it- did not apply to him as lie claimed llie had been naturalised in England! in 1868. Both defendants were born in Germany and had left that country wlule under age, living in different parts of the British Empire. The police stated that except tor an accent in the husband's speech there was nothing to raise a. doubt- that they were not loyal British subjects by birtlh. Some two months ago they sold a chri t of drawers, which was purchased by a returned soldier, and he, on ex- ! .unhung his purchase at home' found two papers that Iliad slipped ' into a 1 fspaee., in the woodwork. These were 1 handed to the police and led to the profeedings which resulted in a fine of £2 for the husband and; 10s for the wife. ' 'lllie Hawera iStar has been hard hit : 1 »y the influenza epidemic, no less th;u> 14 of its hands were down, but the remainder stuck to their task and bro- ' ught the paper, out. The isanie condi- . tions exist in most centres but the loyalty of the staffs—or what was left of them—enabled most of them to carry 011. The Tnglewoodi Hccord was compelled to cease publication for the time being, and the proprietors explain the po- : sition in an advertisement in the New . Plymouth paper as follows: "The proprietary tender their sincere apology for the non-appearance of the Inglewood -Record, for the first time in its life. Altili'ough the staff all left alive and wefl 011 Saturday evening, only two showed up this .morning,- and one had to be taken home by motor-clu- within an hour, tile editor a'nd; boy. beingj»4Ju«Xmlyonetj left, rendered piibWeatioii nnposSlb,e ' . In this Mr H,- A*.' Drawbridge. Footwear specialist, of Oxford, street, : notifies that ho has removed to premises ' situated between -VTessr.s Clark and Keys' businesses. Mr Drawbridge has just opened up a very extensive line of 1 footwear, made in all the latest styles, uid at prices to-suit all pockets. The )üblie is cordially invited to inspect this ; Hgli-dass stock will en in search of the Jest, good fc'S't reasonable prices. The "Rosco" Writing Pad is a'splen- - lid proposition at Is -75 sheets ruled milk note, well bound, with blotter. 1 Hie C. M. Ross Co., Ltd., Levin. 1

There is no improvement to report egarding Mr A. Burrell, manager of he Levin Municipal Gasworks, wiio ; _o oiidition is somewhat serious andi is ausing ihis relatives' much anxiety. Another addition to the ranks of -the onvalescents is Mr W. G. Vickers, lonl representative of the Wellington 11 eat Kxport Company, who has been mder medical eare for some days. He rais so far recovered from a serious atack as to bo able to take an outing tolay. The Ivnku Dairy Factory has 'boon lard hit by the sickness. livery mem>or of the staif, except tilrc manager, Sir G. Woods, lias been down, jind :hee.s<i-ntaking had to be suspended, in avour ;>i separating. T?ic cream was lent to Otaki, but the istaff there vent down before tile sickness, and Le,'in being unable to cope with the extra ivork from the sailie cause, the Kuku :ream had to bo sent on to Shannon, ■vhere it is now being treated daily. Mr T. G. Vincent, of Messrs Parker md Vincent, had a rather severe attack if the prevailing epidemic, but is now improving, and was able to leave his K'd yoterday. He expects to be about again by tlie beginning of next week. Hie firm's staff was ratiher badly affected by the epidemic. Four were down in the earlier stages and three are still away, Mr Read), the accountant, having to carry 011 for a time by himself. The question of the reopening of hotel bars, picture theatres, and otilier places, closed by'order of the Health authorities, has not vet been considered but there seems to be 110 immediate prospect of their 'being reopened immediately. No risk; are being taken in this regard, and until there is positively no danger the places will remain closed. Evidently the advice given by the Hon. Dr. Poniare to the Maoris 111 the Kuku and adjoining districts to get into the open air -whenever possible, is being taken to heart. A Levin visitor through these localities to-day states that lie saw numbers of native sufferers in tllie convalescent stage walking about in the open, and taking every advantage of the prevailing sunshine. The patients appeared to recognise the benefit of the doctorV advice and everything there seemed to be an improvement 011 the conditions of a week ago. The l'uneral of the late Mrs H. C'lialinings took place yesterday, and the sympathy felt for Mr Channiugs and family in their bereavement was reflected in the large assembly of friends and sympathisers. The Borough Council was represented By the Mayor and members of the Borough staff, and the County by the County Clerk and Engineer, while there was a representation of the Druids' Lodge. The Rev. W. F. Grove performed! the last sad rites at the graveside. Sir Joseph Ward states in his Budget that there is no necessity this year to increase the burden of taxation for tlh'e purpose of meeting the immediate needs of the country. "Judging from present indications," he said, ''and from information obtained during my recent visit to England, I do not think I can be accused of being unduly optimistic if I say that the prosperity of the country is not likely to foe adversely affected after the war, and that in consequence it will be then possible, by a review of our Whole financial position, to reduce in some measure the heavy taxation which necessity lias forced upon the country, and which has been so cheerfully borne by the taxpayers. The vital importance of reducing taxation and diarges in some branches of the public service, where we can legitimately do so, must commend itself to every 011 c, including those in the ranks of the workers as well as those who are employers of labour. All classes of the community are vitally concerned in furthering the. advancement of our country after the war troubles have completely ceased, and it is essential to tflre welfare of the Dominion that agricultural, industrial, commercial and social life should, be promoted and worked undter the freest conditions possible."