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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 August 1913, Page 3

A Press Association telegram from Tiinaru records that a family gathering at Temuka last night included five generations, the great-great-grand-parent being Mrs Ann Gow, of Dunedin. She was celebrating her ninety-ninth birthday, and was visiting a daughter of seventy.

The value of lucerne as a spring food for cattle is fully demonstrated at Aorangi this season. A farmer who has a paddock shut up for feeding purposes has a splendid crop of lucerne about a foot high, while a portion of the Held, which is in grass, is not three inches high.—Mauawatu Daily Times.

At a meeting of the Wcraroa Anglican Church. Committee, held in the schoolroom, \\ eraroa, the Rev. 11. T. Stealey was. in the chair, and a considerable amount of business was carried out. It lias been felt for a long time past that the building is quite inadequate for the requirements of Weraroa Sunday School scholars and teachers, and it is hoped that liefore long a suitable building will be erected for their convenience.

A special service was hold at the Otaki Methodist Church (says the Mail) in memory of the late "Rev. Tinsley. The preacher (Rev. Coftoin) took for liis text the wellknown passage: "I have fought a good fight; T have kept the faith; T have finished my course," etc. Tip gave a brief sketch of deceased's life, saying that, though only 65 years old, he was in the 45th year of his ministry. Deceased Had entered the Primitive Methodist Ministry in the Old Country, and had come to ~N"ew Zealand in 1.873, since which date he had occupied many important pulpits and had done splendid work wherever he had boon stationed. The preacher also touched on the lessons that might bo learned from the life and sudden demise of their departed brother, and handled his subject in an able and telling manner. At the conclusion of the sermon, the. Rev. Cottoni sang most -impressively Tennyson's beautiful "Crossing the Bar." The pulpit nhd table wove draped for flip occasion, and durincr the service the orsranist (Mr Cockrell) played the "Bond March in Saul" very effectively, the congregation standing, out of respect for the dead. The following team has been picked to represent the Wellington "Wednesday representatives against Horowkenua to-morrow: — Lindsay, Phillips, Evison, Little, Hunt, Christophersoii, Hawkins, Bramjey, Doidge, Hutton, Handcock, 'Scot'l, Mollinson, Brown and Graham.