The Lebin Chronicle. SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1919.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 May 1919, Page 2

The Lebin Chronicle. SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1919.

Harry Liuder, the .Scotish comedian, lias arrived at Sydney. He received a (•able ano'uneinjr that the King had conierred knighthood oil him. Mr AV. 'H. Feildi, M.P., has agreed to take part. in the peat-e celebrations to be held in this district, aiul during the titnothey are on will visit various parts k>f his electorate. "'dud helped the Arabs and the British sent them materia,! assistance," Such was .stated at the hearing of the Arab's claims in Paris before the Council of the Allied and Associated, Powers—the simple explanation of the success of the Arab revolt against violent Turkish oppression for 400 years. An Otnki local rink of howlere—Knight, A. Smith. Noble and Windley (s) — journeyed to* Levin 011 AVednesday and indulged in n friendly game of bowls 'with a quartette here. An enjoyable game resulted 111 favour- of the home team by four points. The Levin rink were AVilliams, Thomson. Broughton and Hull (s). The death occurred at To Horo 011 ' Wednesday last of Mr Joseph Frederick Spiers, father of Messrs Spier* Bros., well known throughout Te Horo and 1 district. 31f Spiers, who was 72 years 1 of age, lived, for many years at Karori, where he was lield in "the highest esteem, A great deal of unemployment among j returned Soldiers exists in the Auckland district (says a Press Association j message). The Repatriation Board has 011 its books a total of 123 men seek- | ting work, and the Patriotic Association's employment bureau has a total of 152 men out iof work. A few of the , same names may appeav 011 both registors, but the number in. need of work can safely bo set down at from 200 to ' ■')(). I'lifortunately. the majority of those out of work are men who, by reason of their injuries, cannot accept , anything but light employment. I An unusual opportunity awaits Levin ladies at (Stiles and Mathesun's. Thev are offering very smart lines of drew materials at remarkably low prices. Read about them in Stiles and Matlieeon'a advertisement iu this i&sue.

Weather permitting, tho Levin Band ' will render a musical programme in Oxford street this evening. Tlio 040 acres of the Davies Estate, auctioned in Levin 011 Wednesday, averaged £52 13s per acre. : Labour disgraces 110 man ; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labour. llr J. T. Bryant lias disposed of liis "Matangi property, in the Auckland district, to Bird Bros., of Palmerston, for £20,000 Mr S. Harris, of Qucenwood load, lias forwarded two samples of ''Painted Lady," a remarkably line cooking apple which arc certainly a go;;d advertisement for Levin as a fruit-growing district. Dr \V. H. Geary. Koinun Catholic Bishop of Auckland,, has been an inmate of the Mater MiscnVordia Hospi- , tal, Mount Eden, for the past fortnight, ' reports the Auckland Herald. Oil two | days during last week his condition was j critical, but 011 .Monday he showed a marked improvement. A considerable quantity of pinus insignis trees are being turned to account by local millers. Messrs Harvey and Co. state that this timber is iirst-rate for lining, box-making and similar purposes and is of special value owing to its being immune from attack by the borer. They are converting a large, quantity of these trees into timber and their experience is that it gives general satisfaction.

As showing the value of millable timber at the present time it might be mentioned that a local resident, who lias a small patch of native bush 011 his residential property was offered a price equivalent to £8 each for a few matai frees. The owner, however, valued them other than for their commercial worth and 110 business resulted.

A local resident lias ad. pted a>novel inetbodi of storing apples. Instead of using a covered building he places the fruit in open cases in a patch of bush adjacent- to the homestead, where it is fully exposed to rain. He claims that the bush regulates tile temperature, which is desirable for fruit, and that this method of storing as a consequence gave every satisfaction. At the election of the Auckland City (Schools Comittee an outsider {Mr Weaver) was elected Chairman of the meeting. On taking the chair lie turned to the. members of the old committee, who were seated, as they 110 'longer held office. they step down, with the exception of the secretary. This, after a little hesitation, they did to the accompaniment of applause. The shooting .season opened 011 Thursday morning, but the bright, clear weather was against big bags and local sports had little shooting. A "sportsman" was heard liaving a few preliminary "sighters" in the vicinity of HoIvio the morning previous to the season opening and judging from the reports from that direction must have bagged a few brace. "Wo have killed the last suction gas plant in the city," said the City Electrical I£n(ginecr of Christehurch"proudly 011 Monday (reports the Lyttelton Times). He said that the electrical revenue in 1913 was £18,000 and in 1918 £54,000, and at the 1013 rates it would have been £120,000. By reducing rates, however, everysuction gas plant had been "fluted" and he had received very pathetic leters expressing the hope that they would never be needed again. With the object of alleviating the coal scarcity that was experienced in Masterton last year the Borough Council decided to establish a coal supply depot at which the people could have their requirements fulfill ed in small lots. The depot has now been opened for a.bouf one. month,, hut it is found there is not the scramble for coal that was prophesied. Of the seventy odd tons in stock only about twelve tons have been disposed of, in spite of the fact that the winter is near at hand and under ordinary eirc 11 instances consumers should have their bins full. The Palmerston Times is indebted to a Palmerston resident for the following quaint observations concerning the weather, which were made and handed down from ancient times by the all observant Maori:—"He 11a tenci ra, lie liuka kai rakau to te po, lie ua apopo." Rain to-day, hard frost to-night, rain to-ni'or-row. His conclusion might well have been that Nature, which looks after her own. had wisely ordained that frost, to be. continuous, must fall upon diry ground, otherwise' vegetation would perish under a coat of ice. Another True weather prophet in old New Zealand said "Tokotoru, nga ra hukti, ara ka maka to ua"— three days of frost, then rain.

The following appointments have been made by the Wellington Education Hoard : Miss E. Tv. Hayes, of Oil an to bo assistant at Levin * District High School; Mr J. S. Webb, of Tokomaru, to bo assistant master at Newtown, Wellington : Miss S. U. Best, to be assistant teacher at Koputaroa ; Mrs F. Mortimore, recently relieving teacher at Levin, to be assistant at Hutt 3>istrict High School; Mr J. J. Rodgers to be head teacher at Waikanao. Owing to the increasing attendance at the Shannon school, the Hoard has decided to invite 'tenders for additions to the buildings. The application of the headmaster of the. Koputaroa Schtool {Mr Forsyth) to reside temporarily iiu Palmerston North has been granted.

Mr J. L. Barniccat, who for the past 26 years lias born manager of the Union Bank at Palroerston iXortli, will retiro in Juno after serving the Bank since 1873. Mr Barnieoat will probably take up his residence in Wellington. Considerable interest was taken in the ejection of flavor and Councillors at iShannon. The retiring Mayor had an easy win over his opponent. Mr [lone McMillan, the well-known picture theatre proprietor, topped the polj . for the Council. His win was cxceed- • ! ingly popular and was greeted with v | cheers when announced. The only three - j of the old councillors who stood were re-clected. Three Labour candidates ( | (Mews Hillier, Kelly and Scott) were , ulected. Mr X. Campbell at a meeting of dairy factory representatives in Paimorston complained of the treatment meted out in the Press to those in the b.liter industry. He said that the papers were continually attacking tile butter people The public believed what the Press :;aid, about them and as they did not contradict the statements made, the public thought they were true. He suggested the establishment of a fund to socure a man to write articles to give publicity to the arguments for the butter trade. Mr P. Hansen supported Mr Campbell. He said the establishment of a "fighting fund" bad been mooted 1 I at the last conference in "Wellington, I but nothing bad come of it. Messrs ■I'-wington and .S. A. Broadbelt also spoke in favour of the idea and it was decided to bring the matter up for discussion when the delegates met ill Wellington. At about 8.40 oil Wednesday a fire alarm was given by the Otaki brigade's ! syren, and it was discovered that a fivej roomed dwelling in Biverbank Bond, occupied by Mr and Mrs Geo- Renwick I was ablaze. Unfortunately there was jno hope of wiving the building. Two or three small articles af furniture were | saved from the building, but otherwise everything was destroyed., Mrs Henj wick left Otaki that evening for Levin, jvhere her husband was working. She "left everything safe, as she thought, but , it is surmised that possibly something > was left smouldering, which caused, the lire. The building belonged to the Bright estate, and was insured for £280 in the Liverpool. London and Globe office, while Mr Benwiek's household furni- ; ture was insured in itlie Northern *> ce I dor £100, and Wie piano for £50 in the 1 sanio office. Much sympathy is felt for Mr and Mrs Renwick, who' are heavy losers by the fire. A very large number of people assembled to watch the fire, the syren being distinctly [heard some miles away.

During the next three months, the Levin stock Bales will be held fortnightIv instead of weekly.

The Sydney Sun of 10th March publishes an article from London 011 the work of the Light Horse, in which complimentary references arc made to Bri-gadiier-GeneraJ Sir Edward Chaytor, of Palmerston North. It says: "Perhaps lie has been the finest Divisional Commander of the war. A clean, honest soldier, a great leader of men, the Light Horse was proud to serve ;under Chaytor.

Major H. G. Gibson, 11.A.M..C., who died at Abbeville, France, was a martyr <0 scientific research. "He died," says the British Weekly, ''at almost the hour v hen he had completed tin uvcovoiy of what is probably the causative germ of the influenza epi'i •e.ie Ills eagerness led him to work so hard that he fell a victim to the virulent germ with which he was experiine 1"i i,:

S'oine very strong remarks were made "by Magistrate Mr E. It. Burton, at Taumartmui, in reference to the slygrog question. On Saturday he was in Te Awamutu, and was simply astonished at the amount of drink going into the license prohibition area. It was a revelation to him. Two railway trucks were piled up with parcels. He would like to fine anyone who mi plied a person against whom there was a prohibition order—the fullest penalty.

The luck or cliance in war is a very uncertain item. One soldier goes through Gailipoli to the finish without a scratch, another makes the supreme sacrifice at his first engagement. It is seldom, indeed, that all male members of one family come through without a sciatch after several engagements (remarks the Tiniaru Herald). Such is the experience of Mr William Foster, recently returned, and his three sons, the youngest son firsC volunteered and fought at Gailipoli. The second enlisted later and fought chiefly in France, also did the third son. The father then enlisted and fought side by side with a son at I lie Battle of the Somme, all four coining through the ordeal unscra telied. As the .'King himself remarked, when, he gave Sergeant-Major John Williams the V..C., D.0.M.. and 'bar; on 'February 23 at Buckingham Palace, it was the only occasion, on which lie had given .so many decorations at one time to one man. Hiis Majesty also added before he finished his chat and shook hands with Williams: ''Men like you should stay in the Army," to which Williams replied: "I'll join up again if there's another war sir." SergeantMa,jor Williams is a South Wales miner, enlisted in 191-1, and served continuously till severely wounded at the end of the war in the 10th South A\ ales Borderers. His old employers have presented, him with his house, coals and light Tor life, and his proud countrymen in the Ebbw Vale coalfield are subscribing about £2000 to be presented to him as a token of their appreciation of his heroism. Jt is stated that, this is the largest purse -which has been given to a V.C. That the firing lines of France liavo not exhausted the strenuous experiences of our soldiers is proved by a record of hard luck which came before the executive of the'Feilding Patriotic Cociety at it.s meeting this week. Some time ago the Society advanced £70 to a returned man to help him purchase a motor-boat in which he was going to supply the Wellington market with fish. An apology for delay in making repayments also gave the reason for the delay. The boat had been caught in a storm and was blown over to Cape Campbell, the two men being in the open at sea for two nights and days without food. They were preparing to take the boat back, when her engine broke down. "An old man and myself stayed out here for five weeks, but it blew all the time. Wo got ready twice and were blown back each time. ' The boat is still at Cape Campbell and an effort is being made to get the Government steamer Ilinemoa to pick her up. The executive decided .to advise the insurance of the boat and will return the cheque (forwarded with the apology) to assist in the insurance. A good deal of correspondence lias latterly appeared in the papers regarding British war brides of New Zealand soldiers, but there are wet to arrive in the Dominion some German women w'lio have been maried to our soldiers. 111 a letter to hand from Bernsberg, Germany, a New Zealand soldier writes:— "I saw in the paper the other day the anouncement of a wedding between a. New ealand soldier and a German iady. They must evidently understand ■each other in the universal language," he adds. "What kind of a reception he thinks his wife is going to get when lie brings her back to New Zealand is more than I can say; yet- this is not an. isolated case, as there are quite a number of others in the same boat, the husbands being New Zcalanders, Canadians and British. How they wtill treat these women under the new alien laws is another question. They will look pretty if they are not allowed to take the little maidens home with them. As t saw a "Digger" strolling along the street beside a frau'lein. a German friend pinched my arm and said in a quaint slow way: 'The language of love is universal."

The Auckland Star says the vital point at issue is -whether the. present land policy of the Government is econically sound and it, in point of fact, getting the men torn the land in sufficient numbers to strengthen the economic position of a producing country. The need for increasing production is too grave to permit of halting and tinkering half-way measures. Let it be clearly understood that there is 110 gift to the soldiers in the process of merely

advancing cash at a rate of interest in excess of that which the State pays for its loans. If the. .State borows money

at 4i per cent., less income tax, and lends it to soldiers at 5 per cjent.. taking a mortgage over the land or bill of sale over the stock, that is merely "business; whether it is god or bad 'business depends on the price paid by the Government in the acquisition of land, the contribution it brings to the national output, and its potency in solving problems of repatriation and unemployment. On the other hand, there is positive disservice in allowing men to stagger along for 2o or 36. years under a burden of a Pwarlinflated valuation. There is not elementary justice for our soldiers in such a- policy, while for the country it involves the burden of carrying abandoned farms when men break beneath the financial load.

W. M. Clark, "Levin's Best Store," announces that new goods for the winter season arc now ready for inspection, including millinery, costumes, fur necklets, etc.

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