LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 September 1917, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

An inspection of Waiopeliu fc'cenic ' Reserve Domain .(Queen street. Eat) is to be made by the controlliig board at an early darte. The may 1 - ■ 'j or of Levin (chaiman of the board' 3 ence of Dir. Cockayne, of the Central Exprimental arm, on the occasion of . tltlhle approaching visit! tk> the treiserve. An invitiatfon .to organize [special services in Levin in connection with! the day of National Prayer fixeo for nnest Sunday, hap been sent to the - mayor of Levin by the Minister fpr the Interior. In speaking o the invitation Mr Blenkhorn told the council last night that lie felt disinclined to move personally in the miait'ter. The death is reported from New Plymouth of Mr Charles Maxwell Lepper, chairman of the Hospital Board and well-know"n in racing circles. ~ Dr Bryson thought it would be well ot sen(} the letter on tibe local mnisters. Councillors Matheson and Aitken agreed wuth his su@ges.ion. Eventually it was resolved [the malter of miakin arrangements wiptthi, the local ministers . should be left to tlhie .mayor and town clerk. Closet upon £16,000,000 had been. subscribed to the [Liberty Loan up to last might.- TMs exceeds tibe offen- " ing (one-half of the total required) 'by four million pounds . sftiarlinig—a highly satisfactory result. Our apprentice left us to-day without previous notice; our linotype refused duty for half a. day; and as a result many news items are om !J J*ed from to-dayi's Chronicle. We ask our readers' indulgence in these. , circumstances. '