LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 May 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chortle (8.11,) won tile cup at the Jiawke's Bay racu meeting yesteixlay. J : ;ilbua was second and Jlultiply third. '.i hue 2niins 3'3 3-56ccs. The. sunn ol £iy ; BBS wa6 put through i ic Totalizator at Hastings yesterday, Hi against JL23,G51) for the corresponding day last year. A well-know theatrical pre&siuan of Wellington dislocated his jaw by yawning one <luy last week. A Wellington newspaper reports that he was jiist retiring to bed at the time and the C'iroiiide reads into this that lie had 'bi.-eu ".sitting out" an Opera House melodrama. The llev. W. H. E. Abbey has ibeou o.dered away lor rest and change. He lenves to-day for Napier where he lujpes to 'thoroughly recorer his fit length. During his abeeuce, the pulpit of the Century Hall will be supplied by -Mr Wesley Bratt, a former eiudent of Cliff College, England. A petition containing the eignarfmres ol nj>wai<ls ol GOO lX'sidente of Foxtori is to be presented to the I'reinier praying that the Government acquire ■J'outoii and other large estates for cl 'Sor settlement; also the. "flax areas fci- the future protection and doTefop-rn-'iit nf the industry. A deputation will accompany the petition which w ; ll bo ])resented through Mr H. Field. M.P.-Times. An extraordinary "Gazette" issued yiTterdav contains an Order-in-Cbuncil by the Imperial Government requisitioning all steamers with insulated spjce. trading between Australasia .and tli- United Kingdom. The President ol the British Board of Trade and Customs in the Dominions, are vested with powers of the requisition of all such ships. Unlike , otTier baking powders. SHI\RLAND'S pure and sure compound coste no more than before the .war Save money by using STiarlanda. Lower .cost—extra goodness—these ■ the secrete of the wonderful poii'ibiriiv <>r Pii.Miig Powder. Your grocer sells it. Advt

The 'Levin Band will play the following programme in Oxiord-etreet tonigh (weather permitting).—Quickstep, "The High School Cadets"; waits, "Echoes of the Danube"; quickstep, "Our Director"; selection, "Our Miss Gibbs" ; maroh "British Pluck" ; valse, ''Fond Memories"; quickstep, "Bendigo"; "God Save the King."

A case of apple* was received at the Horowhenua Fruitgrowers' Association depot yesterday from the district orchard inspector, Mr Pierce. The case contained 38 different varieties, and are for the apple-naming competition which is now being carried out by the Association. Each variety is numbered, the name 'being kept toy Mr Pierce and •will be disclosed at the next meeting of the Association; The apples will be on view and open to inspection from now until the next meeting on the 14th inst.

Eight members of the Levin branch of the National Reserve, turned up for drill at the Drill Hall last night, and waited about twenty minutes. At the end of that time the doors remained locked and the faithful few liad to pocket their good intentions regarding drill and march home. They kept back their thoughts regarding the annoyance they have been put to lately. Several times they have appeared for drill at the hall, .'but it has not been opened.

In a note on the money market the New Zealand Trade Review remarks that the change in the position in the last three months amounts to an improvement of £3,618,387 as compared with an improvement or £1,365,614 in the corresponding period of a year ago. The position arises chiefly from the tremendous increase in the value of our exports this season. The above figures give ample evidence that there is an abundance of funds for all ordinary requirements for the present.

There will be an unusually fine array of all sorts of useful garments at the Presbyterian Harvest Fair next Wednesday and Thursday. For quality and value the articles on sale will represent the motto "Can't be ibeaten." The produce, too, will jue quite up to the mark in bulk and utility. Though the funds of the Church need assistance as much as usual, the officials have decided to devote 10 per cent of the proceeds to the Belgian Relief Fund, this in addition to half-share of the profits of the patriotic concert last week, which was devoted to the same object.

The number at the flower show last evening was better than on the previous evening, the reduced price of admission, fine weather, and anticipation ■]f bargains no dombt being responsible for the increased attendance. At 9 )'clock Mr T. G. Vincent, auctioneer, took charge and for the next hour and a half sales -were brisk, and the prob lorn of how to get their purchases home soon began to worry some of those who bought largely. One took the precaution to take a wheelbarrow to the hall and left with it heavily laden. Itbors staggered with well-filled sacks. Good prices were ebtamed for some of the produce, while some was sold at bargain ratee. The winner of the guessing competition for the number of peas in a bottle was announced and proved to be Mrs Corp who guessed Col. The correct number was 65(5. The competition for the best flower

decorated mantlepiece was won by Miss D. Goldsmith who secured 141 votes. Mrs B. R. Gardener wasßecond with 91 vo*es. Mre Harvey third and ■Whs Prouse fourth.