The lebin Chronicle.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 April 1919, Page 2

The lebin Chronicle.

A re; ;;i l ol' tlie official Anzac Day irvi. .• j :i I 'viu la.st night. letters to

lie etVt: r. and a ipiantity «>f luther rea--1 iiitc matter is crowded out of to-day's issue and will appear on Tuesday.

Tile tailoring busine.ss of 'the late llr /reehtling will be carried on as usual in the premises iin Oxford street. The taff includes ;i competent cutter andorders entrusted to the firm will be executed with the best workmanship and despatch as previously.

An instance of 'the early growth experienced in tlie Koputaroa district in .•videneed by tlie advanced, condition of flowering bulbs, in .some gardens blooms appeared -as early as Easter in previous years, but the told snaps have put the plants backward somewhat tin's season though tliey are wonderfully developed all. the same.

The Rev. W. F. and Mrs Grove and Family arc <at present in Wellington awaiting the departure of the Athenic lor England. 'Hie sailing date is HOW fixed for Tuesday next. We .join 'Vitli Mr and Mrs Grove's many friends ill Levin and the district in wishing thorn "bon voyage" and a safe return, and we tru.st tlie change H ill be so beneficial 'o Mr Grove'* ■health that be will be back amongst us in a few mouths renewed in health and vigour. The Rev. •John BlacTvliurne, who will be in charge oi the parochial district. has arrived in Levin and will occupy the Vicarage during his stay here. He will conduct service as announced to-morrow.

At the social of t)he Wanderers' FootbaM C'liil) last owning, Mr B. R, Gardener made a feuv interesting remarks :<;n the future conduct of football in Levin. He said it would he a nmtnko to put all their strong men in one team and lie therefore supported the classification system. By having one strong team they might ho able to "lick creation" lint the proba'blilitits were tliero would be 110 creation to lick, because they would not get an «>utsidr> team to come here just for the pleasure of being routed. He thought three teams could bo raised in Levin of equal strength by a proper distribution of the good pjavens and if this wore done lie was sure football would progress throughout the district.

Mr Hare 1 ! Cookrell. of Otaki, wa* " liar it'll to Miss Usher (at one 'time on the Otaki Hospital staff) at .(Wiikato). I in* ti>cui cost of the epidemic to Hawke's Hay is renorted by the chairof the Hawke's Bay Hospital anil Charitable Aid Hoard to amoiuit to '1 !h> population of Wellington and suburbs is 10-I,COO. It is estimated bv the Government Statistician that i'.\ '2~i years tho population will bo just under ro.cao. A lnotcr car which was removed from tlu i <■:>r of a I'alnn-rst ;n hotel t-n Saturday evening last by .tonic unauthorised person, has been recovered at Waipukuiau. Mr W. C. Kicloton. Into of Levin, and a prominent football enthusiast in tlie p'amy days of Rugby in this d.isl triet, 111 as been elected a irc'inber of 'the I Pahiatua Borough Council.

Walf-'rsid ,m\s engaged at unlcViding tiie damaswd steamer Bessa at Wellington are receiving a flat rate of o/4 an hour and 6/4 an Tioiir lor S mdav work.

Tlie Minister of Justice announced -day 'that the_ majority for Continuance is now •">1)72. ihe soldiers' voters in New Zealand have now been counted and resulted as follows: For Prohibition, 1171 ; Continuaucc 3874.

Mcic'i:! Orlando. Prime Minister of Italy, one of the Big l'\nir at the Peace 'Confer em.-. 1 visited Australia

•.>,02. While in .Melbourne he met his presen: wile, ■who was then a waitress at a coffee palace. Her persona] ciiarm so attracted his that they becamo .'ngaged, and soon af.er were ni :i lied. Thr batch of bonny EngH.sh pcir.s .vhc have con.e to New Zealand by

the icr.iic as wives of th'." soldiers ere.vied a vcrv favourable inipressiain, ar.l

the sp.«la;'o cf many of the "diggers" carving babies in their anus fired the enthusiasm tlio wailing crowd. The you 11 <r wives were quicklv made to feel Ciiat tir.-y were truly welcome. —Auckland Star.

A I cable message received by the "Chronicle" to-day gives details of the Anzac Day procession and celebrations in London yesterday, which were carried out with out great military display. The cable mentions that New Zealand troops were absent from the pageant, but, strangely enough, gives no reason for their non-participation in the celebrations'. The story is told of a French peasant woman, who sat in the ruins of her house, bargaining with a soldier over the price of butter. The soldier in exasperation, at length exclaimed. •Hut the next time a shell hits here your house will come down," "Well," said the Woman, looking at .him iinperturbably, "my house may come down, but the price of buter will not." The idiea that pinus insignis was no use as timber is now quite exploded, as good-sized trees are saleable for the purpose of being cut tip for fruit cases. At Karalka, in the Auckland district, men are employed cutting down big pines, lone avenue, a mile in 'length, having been .sold. The logs are sent down 'to a mill where boats can get at high tide. Durinsr a voyage from Alexandria 4 S'e,iitlhanipto'n with wounded zo'.-i (Tiers beloimiug to England the hosvtal shin Mahcno. which arrived at Auckland yesterday, passed very close to a drifting mine. As the regulations Him in force precluded hospital shins carrying arms of any description, the mine could not be exploded. A volunteer crew was left neir the mine in the vessel's launch, and the Admiralty

was communicated with. A submarine destroyer put an end to the floating menace.

A pleasant function took place in the Centurv Hall on Thursday evening when the Methodist Church Trustees and congregation tendered a social to Air F. O. Smith, who for many years has been secretary to the Trustees, on Hie eve of his departure on a trip to England. 'Rev. .7. H. Haslani presided and on behalf of the congregation wished ilr Smith Godspeed and expressed

<th<! -hope t'hat on his return he would again take up his residence in Levin. Musical and elocutionary items were contributed bv Miss Middlemiss, Miss AVnlker. Mr Mottorsheadi and Rev. J. H. Haslam, Mr .T. H. Hayfield acting as accompanist. Messrs J. E. Dean, P. W. Goldsmith and W. G. Adkin .spoke oq behalf of tha Trustees. On behalf of the congregation and Trustees 3Tr dkin presented Mr Smith with a pair of field glasses :as a souvenir of his connection with the church. Mr Smith feelingly responded. After supper had been dispensed the proceedings terminated with tlie Benediction.

Passengers held up by the Niagara's detention at Auckland found relief from the monotony of their enforced idleness in tacklinsr arrears of tliedr private correspondence. So considerable was the -virtuous wave tjlvat swept over the ship's company (says the AMck'nnd Star), that all available stamps, L T amO'iint<in<r to -almost £20 worth, were quicklv requisitioned. The fever not heinir exhausted the stroam of letters continued to find its way to t'->o office, acrvmpanied by the 'humble penny. To those who were pluming themselves on a long-neglected duty well performed, lit came as a very unpleasant shriek to learn one morning

that a neatly-tied bundle of 100 'unstamued letters written bv passengers had been nicked up on the beach. The myfltorv of hiow they found their way i"to the sea, to be eventually washed md on the short, instead of arriving s-fclv at the post, lias not yet been solved to anyone's satisfaction.

Americian newspapers have been trying to discover how many apples Adam and Eve ate in the Garden of Eden. One reporter said.Eve B and Adam 2 f'live ate and Adnm too,) The Nebraska 'Herald" savs Eve 8 and Adam 8. total 10. 'Hie Mississippi "Gazetto" does not see it. Eve 8 and Adam 82, total 90. "Oh, no," savs N.Y. "Judge," "our contemporary is entirely wrong. Eve 81 and Adam 812 total 893." The Ohio "Advertiser" reasons this way: Eve 814 herself, and Adam 8124 Eve, total 8!)38. The Illinois 'Telegraph" show?! that to be a small protion of the banquet, and aserts Eve 8142 know how it tasted, and Adam 28142 see what it might be like, total ''3.284. "Wheeling" proves that to be wioiisr. liavinsi had a rcspmsontative on the spot. He declares Eve 8142 ruin the liunvan laiii'ilv, and Adam 81242 have a .share in the ruin, total 8!),384. What a lot of apples were necessary to invent modern civilisation!

Writing to tlie Aiuuiiand Star from Apia <in American planter say*:— "One fil'th of all the people of Western Samoa are in their graves as the result of influenza plague. As most of those who out were the strong and able- 1 . wY.-ed men. 'it is my estimate now thr.t m: more than seventy per cent, of the real workers are alive today. Jho e who remain are dispirited beyond measure, and the wh:'e ccir.itry wears an aspect of sadness. On every side are, to be sfen great numbers of widows and very many orphan children. These mourners 'o"k to New Zealand to' <V smnethiiii_r to mH:snte their sorrow-

fill circumstances."