Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1948, Page 3

Local & General

Personal • ,f i • ■Mr. and Mrs. R. Jude are spending a, few. days with. .Mrs. Jude-s parents, Mr. and Mrs» W Free, Vogei StreeW . • . / • Mrs. J. Auid, who has been visiting her parents, '3\tr. and Mrsl J. Astwood, Mangaore, left this. niorhing to return to her hoine at Trentham. .. ' . ; "• ; ... • .. ' / The friehds of Mrs. B. Clayton, Vogel Street, will' be pleased to learn that she has now returned home after undergoing an operation in the Palmerston North Hospital. ' " ' • At the annual meeting of shareholders of tlie Shannon. Co-op Dairy Co., Ltd., held on Wednesday afternoon, the retiring director, Mr. R. J. Law, was re-elected to the board.' The other retiring director> Mr. W. Moynihan, did not seek reelection and as the result of a ballot Mr. J. J. McErlean was elected. The assistant-secretary .of the Shannop Dairy Company, Mr. G. Beer, left on Wednesday- evening for Auckland, where his marriage will take place on Saturday. Prior to his departure he was the guest of the staff at a social afternoon when he was the recipient of a glft and. the best wishes of his fellow workers. ' Youiig Farmers' Field Day Members of ■ the Moutoa Young Farmers' Club held a field day on Wednesday, when a visit was paid to the grasslands division of Massey College. Later, in Palmerston North, inspections were made of a wire factory and woollen mills. The party reported a most enjoyable and instructive afternoon. Market Garden Sold One of the largest market gardens in the district, that formerly operated by the late Mr. Luigi Noaro, has been sold to the Rehabilitation Department for soldier settlement. ' The many Maori employees have been paid ofi and the camp will be closed ln the near future. Tliis garden was responsible, , for, producipg large quantities 'o'f bnions and' potatoes each season, and its closing will be a great loss to' the district. • ; -r .