The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. MONDAY. JANUARY 25, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 January 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. MONDAY. JANUARY 25, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dependents of the men who have gone to the front draw £9000 a month in Auckland.

At To Horo Mr Smerle has between nine and ten acres of land laid out for I'niit-gmwing. About 1000 trees are planted with small fruits between.

Mr Ladelle, who met with a nasty accident at Levin while taking a photograph 011 Xmas Eve, is now almost recovered. and will leave the Otaki hospital in the course of a few days. ,

T>r and Mrs Huthwaite leave about the middle of next montli for the north for three weeks' holiday. During Dr Huthwaite's absence, Dr Matheson, of Wellington, will bo locum tenems at Otaki. The handsome silver cup given, by the Levin .Co-operative Dairy Company Limited* for the, butter-fat competition at the Horowhen.ua A. and P. Show, is at present oil exhibition in Mr E. W. J. Smith's window, Oxford-street. The cup is one of tlie finest shown in Levin. The principal race, the President's Handicap, run at Foxton on Saturday, wa,s won by Vietoris (C. Jenkins). Mr F. G. Roe's liorse Improve was second in the Telephone Hack Handicap. The .Summer Handicap (1 mile) at the "Wellington Racing Club's concluding day was won by Pavlova, with Ogier second and Sauei 3. Emperador pub up a record for the course by covering the six furlongs in i.12 4-5.