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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 September 1910, Page 3

On Monday Inst, at St. Luke's Church. Grey town, Mr "W! M. HorsIhm'lc. or tlio s.s. AUienic, was married to_]\liss Amy Keedwell, sis tor of .Mi- C. S. Keedwell. of Levin.-

An enthusiastic nmntoin , gardonerrosiili'vo; near the centre of Now Plymouth, was very much disgusted :i day v.v twn a<lo to find his newlysown vegetable- beds had been scratched about bndly, and the .vned romoved by tlie culprits. Poisoned wheat was dc-it'led upon to put a stop to the nusiance, and was duly scattered over the ground The gardener, however, omited to jioii up his own ducks, and when he strolled into the garden novt morniji<_c h: , found them dead.

Levin tradesmen who patronised an itinerant almanac maker some two mouths ago will l>o interested in the following iv:uagr:\ph, which we dip from the Oiaki Mail:—A court case that was expected to have oc(••isic,ne:l considerable interest in which AY. McKp-W. >\. l>. Howell, !!. Gillies. 11. Tf. Yann, and E. A. Kvros wore c.incerned as defendants, went ,by default at the Pal-niei-stoii North court on Tuesday. The plaintiff, a man named Smith, sued each defendant for C 2 ss, cost of almanacs supplied. The defendants intended to contest the case, and loft here yesterday movnin» for North, but owws to the train being delayed Judgment had been entered prior to their appearance. In all each defendant will now be obliged to pay nearlv C' 3.

At the- Palmorston Horticultural Society's Spring S'liow yesterday, I.evinitcs secured a number of |iri/.es in the decorative classes. .\li«s Jessie I'roiise secured first pii/.e fen- a bridal shower bouquet, and Miss MabH I'roiise got fn-st for a lady's spray and buttonhole, and a second ior a hand bouc|iiet. _ In a collection of twelve narcissi >Ir T A. 15. Ifudson won a first prize. :in] >fif> H. I , rouse a first in polyanthus (1-2 varieties). She also se.-iired first in a collection of pninreses and first in single stommed primroses. Tho Levin specimens at ibis spring show were easily ahead of' these which come from the PalHK'.rstcMi district.

The Trade I'eviou', issued yesterday, roniarks: -"iMciuoy is in g'ood supply :it rensDiiable rates, but we still 'lii':ir complaints of want of (•(■nfidcir.'O and an absence of enterprise, wi'atover the cause may be. .Utor a liriintl win)! season and a spleiifliil- year lor the dairy farmers it scours strange, to liear re-l>,-ii'ts, only partial, of of money in country diis-tri-ts. This is 'probably ntt-rihu-t.:ib!o to the very 'Im'jjli terms on which many of the dairy farmers of t'ne present day are occupying their lands, so a record season falls s!i:irt of the elfects that it ought to procure in the district. . . We are now thnnig.h. the winter, and with the start of .spring the expert of dairy produce has made a Jip.niimiiig, which will cause a helpin! flow of money in country districts, no doii'bt-bringing with it an improvement in trade all round. Town trade is still characterised by •i tone of quietness; apparently a number of people have left the place to seek employment elsewhere, and this 'has left several houses empty., thus checking biiilclin<X enterprise and bringing a restriction oi business all round. However, prospects for the coming season are hotter, and there is every reason to anticipate a general improvement in conditions before long. Financial obligations aic, on the whole, satisfactorily met, though reports differ some"what on this.