SHANNON NOTES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 February 1915, Page 2

SHANNON NOTES.

(..by oui- liesideut Representative. J

A picture show wiil be given in the Uillandia Hall on Wednesday evening in aid of tiie funds for asphalting the •dchool playgroud.

One of Airs x Wicklitfe's grandsons, who went with the Second Contingent, writing from Zeitoun camp (Jilgypt) says there were more than 100.000 men camped there altogether. The Turks were expected and would have a- warm reception if they came within twenty miles of the town. The troops were being trained daily. They intended to see the Pyramids an<] Sphinx on the following Sunday. Tiiey Jfii9 Ueen escorted to their destination by the Syd-

uey after .she had put the Einden out of action. The Egyptian natives were employed carrying the luggage, it was a common thing to hear ol men beiug killed in Alexandria and the writer thinks that both Cairo and Alexandria were wicked places.

The Levin Brass Band played a number of selections oil the recreation reserve on Sunday afternoon. A goodly number assembled to listen to their excellent music, and the gathering would have been mucli larger but for the gloomy weather.

Three potatoes, each weigTiing IBoz., were on view in Mr Gunning's"shop on Saturday. They were ol the Early Puritan variety and were grown by a local farmer.