LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 December 1913, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

* The persistent, rains of the last few months have at last affected the onion crops, the the yield will be very small this year. Hound the district mid down at Ohau the bulbs are beginning to blight and The services at the Presbyteiv iaii Church on Sunday will be conducted by llev.'A. C. ltanderson, M.A. The music will be of a Christmas character, ami in the evening the choir will render carols, and Mr A. Mottershead will sing l the "The Star oi Bethlehem." Three wise men of Shannon are closing their business premises from Thursday to Monday next (Christmas holidays). Their advertisement of the matter appears to-day o npage 1. Peaches in early November! This achievement speaks well for Koputaroa as a gardening centre. Mr Douglas Gardener gathered ripe peaches from his garden early in November, and now the live almost has finished fruiting. It stands in the open garden, but is sheltered by (lie house and faces the sunny north. The uracli-considered problem of the Christ mas'gift is troubling many people just now what to give. In this issue Messrs Stiles and Matheson extend an invitation to all to inspect their windgw display for suggestions. .