The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 March 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Donations of cardigan jackets to the trooper* now training at Treiithum have been made from time to time by the Levin Ladies' Patriotic Committee. Several acknowledirments of these gifts have been received by Mrs Coldsmith (secretary to the committee) from the actual recipients. One letter runs:

"Dear Madam.— A line »o thank v u n very much fur your kindness in sending woollen coat, which is so good and useful, and is very much appreciated ; and I would ask. you t<> thank the committee very much. All Levin boys well down here. — Yours .sincerely, O. R. Maeindoe." John "Whellan and George Widdows write conjointly:-

"Deal' Madam.—We are in receipt of your kind and u.scful gift. and wish to sincerely express our thanks to the ladies of Levin tor so .suitably remembering us. TTnstinji: tc may be permitted to uphold the respect sliown to us. — "We are, yours most faithfully (signatures).

A meeting of the Girls' Friendly Society was held in St. .Mary's schoolroom on Monday night. The balancesheet of the missionary pageant and •sale of work showed receipts to the value of £29 Is. The expenses for the hire of the Century TTall and also advertising amounted to £2 10s. As the result of the effort £2fi I'ls will lie forwarded to the Melauwian mission. The Levin branch of the G.F.R. has promised to provide £5 a year, beinii half the cost of a bed at the mission hospital, Marovovo: the Oisborne branch has promised the other half. ,\. programme for the winter months was also drawn up at the meeting.

Mr T .Horrobin 1u.., realised a .sum ol .£!) friuji the letting oi liis bosits cm Lake Papaitonga. This sum he has handed to the Rev. fT. T. Stealey, who is Forwarding the money to the Rev Prebendary Carlile. representative of the Church Army, an organisation of the Anglican Church which is supplying regular contributions of food, money and clothing to the distressed Belgian refugees now in England. Of these there are one million souls in the Mother Country.

Single plants of the sunflower arc seldom seen in these parts, so that the sight ol' a long row of theitt on a settler's holding in the Heathleu settlement, prompted the (juestion as to why they were sown .so plentifully. It was stated in reply that they were lor poultry food. The seed contains a large percentage of oil and for winter food should prove excellent. Tim growing of sunflowers in Russia, for the oil. is an important industry. Tinseeds are pressed to extract the oil and the residue is fed to stock,

i'rzie.s of £2 2s and £1 Ik are offered by the Levin Horticultural Society lor the best exhibition of farm produce, grown or manufactured by exhibitors. '['he Society is specially desirous of .securing representative entries from the town and district, as the interest evoked by this class in last year's show was one of the most noticeable manifestations - of appreciation given hv the public.

Prom the Fox ton Herald The Levin paper puts in a strong claim for the erection of a municipal hall in that centre. With Levin's endowments the scheme should not present any difficulties.

On page 4 to-day appears the con- I tinuation of the Shannon notes. • to- I gether with the High Commissioner's i report of the London markets and tin,- I N.Z.L.M.A. report of their Levin stock j sale. As quite a number oi meeting have been convened for this week ,tlie initial meeting of Levin War Club and Soldiers' Friend Society has been postponed until next week. A reminder is given to our Shannon readers that the concert in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund, organised by Mrs Moynihan and her friends, will be held ill Crillandia Hall this evening. Tile following are additional names of contributors (per Mrs Goldsmith) to the Belgian Relief Kunil : -Mesdaine.s D. Richardson. J. I'ronse Palmes. Ray Brown, H. Hall. S. Hall. A. Barber, 31. FrechtNug, -.Stealey, li. Campbell, Butler. M. C. Ryder, J. C. Xeill. Remington, J. W. Boulton, Rippin senr.. W. Palmer, C. Blenkhorn. H. Condor, G. Thompson. McKain. l'o,sella. Rending. H. AValker. Retter senr., A. F. Wilson. W. Salmons, J. Oak, Mioses Fitzherbert. M. Hitching*, F. M. Evas, C. O. E\ys, Mrs Duckworth, and Mr B. R. Gardener. Some excellent crops ol oats are being grown around Bongotea and Feilding this year. Mr T>." Matheson, of Levin, who returned lately from a visit to these parts, reports that there have been phenomenally good yields around I'aoiangi. In one paddock he counted eighteen large stacks, and on almost every farm evidences were to be seen of record vields.