LOCAL, & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 July 1916, Page 2

LOCAL, & GENERAL

Reuters correspondent at headquarters »ay« it is possible now to write with some fullness tile story of tlio ■northern attack by the British force. One almost .shrinks from recording so terrible a toll. The East Ltmea.shires and the and 'Lainasters, advancing as if on parade, lost the hoariest )i-oin the concentrated machine gun fire of the enemy. Of one battalion onljy ome officer and .six orderlies were unbounded. The Warwick's Rifle -Brigade, Somersets and Hants Regiments also suffered fearfully.

On Wednesday last, the local in-KP'-ftor of factories made a round of the shops in Oxford street and found several with the front <loors open after 1 o'clock, the time fixed by the factories Act and Shops Act for (losing on the weekly half-holiday. It

is understood that more will Tie hea "l the matter.

f*' the Horowhenua Fruitgrowers' Association Depot. Levin, the demand for apples, poar.s and potatoes continues to he goodi, at the prices ruling last week.

Ihe N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Co., I'd., report on the wool sale hold at Wellington this week, to the effect that eager competition took place for nil lilies excopt very seedy wool. Sheepskins sold ot level of last salts rates. luit hides were slightly lower, as a *>o was tallow. There was a

flood demand for crossbred free ol seed, at prices slightly in excess o: la«: sale's rate.

1 (i-inoi row is Home Mission Sundav in the Methodist Ohurch. The gene:al secretary of Home Missions, Rot, T. f». will preach in tlie morning at 11 o'clock. On Tuesday evening tlie visiting minister will tell the f-torv of Home Missions. At the services and public meeting collections will be taken up in aid of Home Mission work. A new load is in course ol construction to the westward of the .State iarm, Levin. It is being made by the Hoiowhenua County Council, at tlie expense ol a special rating are-a in the vicinity of the State Farm. The contractors for the work are making good progress, «nd the road will be completed, at an early date. It will give access to some good laud.

'J lie forestry branch of the Department of Lands and Survey have in view the encouraging 01 comity councils. road boards and farmers to piajit tioe.s for shelter, forest plantations, fencing timber, firewood ant! other purposes, mid in pursuit of this objective is piepaied to tell to the above bodies and, farmers trews most suitable for tlie aforementioned purposes. Km" trees or trees for town lot* will not be supplied. Applicants in this island should apply to the superintending tinl'sorvniaii nt Whakarewarew-a. In Parliament yesterday, it was sugested by Mr Fiekli (Otaki) that the Government should definite<y express the opinion on behalf of the people 1 of Zealand that any German guilty of ill-treating the British prisoners "uiil be punished for. the crime after

the conclusion of the war. Mr Massey undertook to forward « commuuication through the Governor to the Tniperi.il authorities though mot ex-

actly on the lines of the question. "We are concerned for every one of he soldiers,'' continued Mr Massev, 'hut we have a special responsibility o our own soldiers, and if any iilreatniont of TJow Zealanders takes lace on the part of the Germans T :>r one would be inclined to apply the Iconic law and applv it to the' very ■iter."

lilo splendid program shown by i'ariuiu s pictures last uiglit was keenly enjoyed by those pm-ent. The thrilling incident in ■■ rj 10 J, x -key 'of J)eaih noon placed that picture nigh in the estimation ol the people who witnessed it while tho charm and pathos of '" L nelo Tom's Cabin'' was felt and retained all its old influence. • The | touching ineidentn of negro life in the slave, .States in the middle part of last <jcut,ir> and the lj«rslines* oi Simon Legre, are scenes freeing which fewcan remain unmoved. A feature of last night's exposition of this picture , tiu ' "'"Sing of appropriate hymns by the members of the Woraroa Choral .Society. "Tho Jockey of Death" and "lnck> Tom's Cabin" will be shown j again this evening. -j ■Eggs (guaranteed new ]„id) arc ! (jnoted at Is 9d per dozen wholesale <m ! \\ ellintgon market to-day. ■