Local and General

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 November 1912, Page 2

Local and General

The nut- profit from ihe Old Kn<rlish J''aii', Levin, amounted to tho sum (if CI 30. The debt on .St. Mary's schoolroom, which .stood approximately at £"200. lias now boon reduced to £100. The sum oi' CI 1 is to lie banked for the Wcraron scliool-roojii fund, and the remainder will go to strengthen the existing church finance. Owing to the heavy rain yes torday, shearing operations had to lie .suspended throughout the Levin. Shannon and Mauafcau districts. TUu Mayor of Levin (Mr R. 11. Gardener) leaves Levin Id-day Cor a brief holiday. He expects to bo awfly for about a fortnight. The Mayoress (Mrs B. It. Gardener) will formally open tho flower show in the Century Hall to-morrow •afternoon. The latest time, for receiving entries is 5 o'clock this (Tuesday) evening. "Slioi'ir .sheep luivo not come up to their usual numbers at the local sales," remarked a, Levin fanner yesterday. Lambs, he added were not selling so well on account of the sappincss of the grass. Tho bad weather was tho reason why shorn sheep were not coming forward in such large numbers «ns usual. An energetic' band of horticulturists has been labouring t<3 place the Century 1 J all in proper order for toj morrow's show oi' the Levin Horticultural Society. This season for (lowers has been inauspicious, but there h«s been a pleasing assistance bestowed upon the society by Levin's 'amateur gardeners, and a fairly numerous entry has been received. Arrangements for the show are now complete, aixl all that remains to be done is the giving of a satisfactory degree of patror/iago tfi the show to-morrow afternoon and evening. The opening ceremony will lio pel-formed to-morrow afternoon l)y Mrs B. 11. Gardener (Mayoress) and fhe hall will remain open until 10 p.m., when tho show terminates. Levin's win over Shannon at cricket on Saturday was a creditable performance, although from Levin's point of view the dismissal of several of its crack batsmen for no runs was unfortunate. Levin have now two strong teams, and there is reason to believe they will make a very big fight for the Hugh Hall shield. Shannon is a good all round eleven, and has some really good bowlers and batsmen. Weather conditions are most trying at present, but both clubs did the right thing by turning out on Saturday, despite the bad morning. Tf a wet wicket has occasionally to he played on it should not damp the ardour of players. Some of the members of the club aro reporte<l to have expressed the opinion that the weather was too wet to play on Saturday. The crease was certainly greasy, but nothing compared to what many other clubs have to put up with. An ordinary bowler should be in his glory on a fairly soft wicket. Save your roses and other plants I■•, j. -''««; them with "Cirengol" .i' ' '. :nys green fly and var- : . ■:l r pests. Non-prisonous effective. A shilling tuhe 20 gallons in a few min/btainable from 0. S. Kesdhaxmacy.—Advfc.

Mr E. Hopkins, who last year sent a pen of fowls to Vancouver, yesterday received word that he was second in tho great egg-laying competition. He was warmly congratulated by tho Vancouver Government on his success, while residents here will bo pleased to learn of his achievement.—Otaki Mail.

The fine weather of Sunday attnicted many Levin residents to the Hokio beach. Some very good catches of fish arc reported. The nets were used freely at nighttime, and considerable quantities of flounders wore hauled in. Mr James I?ose, of Levin, was one of the most successful fishermen during the weelc-end.

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. Mr Massey) has a notice in the Gazette that by a proclamation dated IBLII September, IUI2. the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia has prohibited the introduction into Australia of straw or hay for fodder purposes.

Pelonis Jack has a rival, but as lie is as far away as Scotland, no trouble is looked for between the two. The newly discovered pilot haunts the upper reaches of the Firth of .Forth. As soon as an approaching .steamer sounds her siren, the whale, which is only 10ft long, and apparently just a plain whale, goes down the .Firth to meet the newcomer. When the animal sights the ship, it swims round it, and then precedes it until it has reached the wharf.

The following further donations have been received by the secretary in connection with the tlorowhonnn A. and P. Association :--Mr W. J! I". Simeo.v, C'.i 3s; .\\-w Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., C 2 2s; Wellington Meat Export Co.. ,C 2 : Xew Zealand Ware-housemen's Association. £2 2s; Messrs J. ftbaple:and Co., £2 2s: Mr JO. .S. Lancaster CI Is: Mr .lack Johnson, i'l Is. The schr<l nli , . in connection with the show is now ready, and those wlio have not received one by post can obtain one on application to the secretary The Bishop of Wellington, the Might ]{ev. Dr. Sprott, will preach at St. Mary',,, Levin, on Sunday morning next, and in the evening will hold a confirmation service in the same church, at 7.30 p.m., when some !•") candidates will be presented by the Vicar. All candidates are requested to meet in the schoolroom soon after 7 p.m. The Bishop will he present at a social evening in St. Mary's school-room on Saturday next, at 8 p.m., to which all members of the church are given a hearty invitation. It is expected that the Bishop will pmicli at St. John's, Oliau. on Sunday noxt. at 2.30 p.m.

At the Xew Zealand competitions at AVellington, on Saturday, in the violin solo test piece, "Jlalliade, , ' Morcoaux fantastiques, by A. Unzzini, Op. 43. the entrants were:— Miss Maud P>omington, Levin; Miss M, M'Laughlin, Wellington. The result was—l. Miss Maud Remington (Ud marks): 2. Miss M. M'Laughlin (70 marks). Mr L. Cohen (the judge) said that the piece selected as « test was a most diilicnlt one—one, indeed, that would take «■ really fine musician to play. Probably evou 13azzim" wonkl have all liis work cut out to give a fine rendering of it. It wa.s really plucky of the contestants to take it up at all, for it was a more difficult piece that ib at first seemed. All tilings considered, Miss Remington had given a very good performance.