LEVIN NOTES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8191, 5 August 1912, Page 3

LEVIN NOTES.

ruoii ou;i Om'.v cojieespondsxt. August 3. An officer of the Defence Department has been visiting the town in coimeclion with tin; projected drill liali. 110 has fn-pected two optional .sites; hotn arc on land owned hy tin: Government — line 111 Urn further end oi tin- town and the other on the ini I ;ier of tile county road nml St uckey .street. It is nnderi.too'l tiint the iii'i.v liriitslied will he i-rectcil on the hitter site. it is proposed that the shed will merely he an iron shell, with a ii;:v lloor. its dimensions will he :-i,dt l.v'dOlt.

A permanent suit:-.' erpi ant-inajor will take np his re-idence in Levin this week to superintend the local work of tiie Territorial I'oree.s. lie will work all tho surroundin'; districts as tar .south as Ueikioranei. , .Mr Hanna, of the Meraroa hoys trainin'' farm, has been appointed officer to take chart'd of the Territorial cadet forces of Levin, lie is an expert in physical culture, and Ins experience has lieen a wide one. Shannon's hi?' mill has been shut dou ri lor a fortnight, and it is reported that tho paddocks are barer ot fibre than they have heen for months past. It will prohal.lv he the end of next week before lie- mill attain starts, as tile swamps are still full of water. .Mrs A. Cameron, or 1 lea.therloa, was knocked down hy a cow pi Oxford Street, on Friday. She was rendered unconscious and conveyed to a l° f a IOS pital. 'file animal broke loose from a mob of cattle eomms “'em the raleyards.