The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1913. LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 June 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1913. LOCAL & GENERAL

Messrs Jiarraiid and Abraham, Ltd., of Palmorstnii North, have intimated to Mr I!. I)'."Wallace, secretary to the Levin Horticultural Society, the firm's intention to give Sutton's seeds to the value of til Is as a special prize at the next Levin flower show. Tin's trophy is to 'bo allotted to the farm produce class.

As some of Levin's hockey players were coming back from. Otaki yesterday, on Mr Suhan's motor car. they collided with a motor cycle that was being ridden by Mr fhicchu.s, ol Manakau, who had a- lady riding on the buck of.the- bike.. Two of the occupants ol' the.-car were thrown out, but. escaped without a .scratch, as they were hockey .players. The couple on the cycle wore not as fortunate, and both received some cubs besides a severe shaking.

Owing to a breakdown of. a. motor car.—.shortly after leaving 6taki—-the -Misses Quill and Tompsitt, and also .MY. Mcßajn, Manak.iuv «were unable to -take part in tbp; Catholic Concert lipid at .Levin- last night. Owing to tin's breakdown Mrs Woodward's songs failed to reach Levin, and .she had to replace them with other songs at the last minute. Miss Kate Lynch accompanied the song of Miss M. Lynch, and Miss Hurley accompanied the vocal quartette by the Misses Hurley and T/vnch.

The Sydney Sun gives somo striking instances oi' exceptional happenings at this month's Commonwealth elections for the House and Senat.o respectively. There- were man} thrilling instances in the Nopean electorate, where floods prevailed, and electors either plunged into tin ■ swirling waters and swam to the polling 'booths or made long detours. ■ Cheers went up when a young man carrying his bedridden father on his hack, walked into one booth, and on abled the old man to vote. The young man had carried his father three miles over a rugged bush road. At another booth where motor oars plied to and fro. an old lady unable to walk was carried out of a ear and chaired to the polling booth, where, having recorded' her vote she was carried back Again. So eager wore the electors of Nopean to put up a record poll that anybody wishing to he'carried was brought along. Motor cars were sent to the. various hospitals and conveyed the nurses to the nearest polling bootFs. Many of them were not over keen on politics, and did not know one candidate from another, but noticing men with coloured ribbons in their coats inquired what party they represented, and. said they would give their votes to them because the ooloui was the nearest approach to'that it their uniforms.

When yom- Hands become rough, chaeppd. 'and '.eraoked with the wol and cold, tr ya few applications oP "Benzoma Cream," and yon Trill he surprised <at ihp result. Tt works wonders in a single night. ' Price Is Gd from C. .9. Koo/Iwell, Dispensing Chemist.—Advt. ■ '■■

A .Kaikoura lady writes :~"J cannot speak too highly of yonr Tonkmg's Linseed Emulsion, which lias provod so benoficial to me. T have "sod it Tor many months now and find it tlio Lost patent medicine T linvo over tried." Nothing will cure n cold so f,niokly as Tonking f s Linsood Emulsion. Bottles Is 6d, 2s fid, 4s fid at chemists and stores.— Advt.