LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 September 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Last night, in the Upper House, the New Zealand Public Debt Extinction Bill was read a third time, ancl passed

'Mrs Anna Elizabeth Hall, wife of Mr J. Hall, of Bristol street, Levin, has died after a long illness. She is to bo 'buried at Pahiatua.

The silver jubilee of the ordina--11011 of Father Cognet was celebrated at Otaki this week. Incidental to the proceedings Father Cognet received a presentation of a. pinrse of sovereigns, as well .as a bo'iilid missal and other devotional literature.

At last might's meeting of the Boating Club Air C. E. Shaw, the retiring captain, was compelled to decline re-election on account of being unable to give the 'requisite amount of time to the position. Air Shaw succeeded to the position on the retirement of Air J. Devonshire, and during his term of office took a keen interest in the welfare of the club.

The annual social gathering for adult members of the Anglic-a.ii Church, Levin, will bo held in St. -Mary's Schoolroom, on Wednesday evening next, at 8 o'clock. Admission will be free. A musical programme will be rendered, and refreshments provided. Violin and flute solos, interspersed with songs, will he contributed' by members of the congregation. A hearty welcome is extended to all church members of Levin and Weraroa.

The Land Bill is already doomed, says a Wellington writer. It is stated pretty freely in the'lobbies that the Government leaseholders will stonewall the Bill while it is before the Lands Committee to such an extent that it will be too late to give it serious consideration this session. The dangerous principle of compulsory leasehold acquisition i.s now generally recognised and even Government sup]K)rtei's a din it that the Cabinet has made a serious blunder in introducing suah a. measure.

NV> service will be hold in the Town Hall, Weraroa, on Sunday evening next .on account of the lay render appointed to conduct it having recently _ left Levin. The afternoon service will be held, as ad'by the vicar, awl in future there will be a fortnightly service only, to bo held on the first and third Sunday in eaoli month. With the exception of the last service in each quarter—which will bo an afternoon one—all the above services will begin at 7 p.m.

General sympathy will be felt for Mr and Mrs N. H. Heath, in the loss of theiv hoy Wilfred. The lad, who was in his thirteenth year, died as a result of rheumatic fever which followed on a chill caught while he was present with the Levin cadets at the Kitchener camp, at .Tohnsonville, during the early part of this year. The lad was under treatment at Otaki Hospital, but nothing could be done for him there, and on Friday last he was brought back to his parents' residence, where ho lingered until thi.*, morning. A theory as to the ravages of vegetable flies from Horowhenua Lake was ventilatoi in The Chronicle yesterday. A proof that at least "some" excellent on utifloivors can be grown along the lake was afforded by Mr H. E. Keys to-dav when he left at The Chronicle office as fine a sample of a cauliflower as an\one could desire. An exceedingly well-grown leek, elose upon five feet long from root to leaf-tip is another exhibit left for us, and we have handed it over to the mem'- ! her of our staff, who writes his name with a prcliminarv Ff and daily assures his friends* that he comes of a race that stood fast in'. Cambria and was never conquered.

One of tlio most enthusiastic com- | mittee meetings ever held in Levin I took pl.nne Inst evening at the Conn- • Chambers in connection with tli, suggested scheme of promoting tin t weMare or the district. The Mayo, i ! J{ - Gardener) presided', .and 1 took the opportunity of thanking i the members for turning up in such large numbers, which was an earnest of their endeavours to make the scheme a. success. The business transacted, last night was the formation of committees, the intw(luction of now members, and tlio fixing of times and the place of meeting. A full report of the proceedings will appear in Monday's Clnoniele. The secretaryship was offered to Mr G. Cameron, those present promising to arrange the question of remuneration. j

At the Gosepl Hal], Levin Inst I evening an int-ero.stin.fr lecture illustrated by lime light pictures was given by on _ India. Alter prayer and. praise, the lecturer pointed o-ut that they had come to hoar something about the great Indian Empire. rt was a land of darkness, n land \vitnont ili-e knowledge of <-*0(1, and lie came before tliem that even,n ? to enlist their sympathy with Christian effort in that country. Those who had been brought ;ip under tlie influence of Christianity Knew tlie I>lessings it had conlenred upon all communities, and lie hoped that as. a result of that mothering son Is would be moved. to ,loin the army of missionaries, and go to India and n reach the unsearchable riches of Christ. Christ had to be preached, and it would, indeed, be well ir some one from that audience would depart and tell the people of India something about tibo lnniili nf Got! that takethawav the sins of the world." The pictures dealt with missionary work in .Hindustan, and were of an interesting and, .instructive nature.