Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 May 1915, Page 3

Commercial.

WELLINGTON MTRRETS

Apples, choice dessert" is to 7s 6d, prime Cs to 6k 6d; cookers, choice <ls to 4s 6d case, prime 3s to 3s Cd; pears choice dessert 5s 6d to 6s 13d case, prime Is to os; tomatoes, choice 2s 6d to 3s half-case, others Is to 2s; cape gooseberries, 5d to 6d lb; grapes, 7d to 9d ib; lemons (locals), 6s to is case; passions (locals). 3s to 3s 6d box; porsimnir.ns, 2s Cd to 3s box.

Potatoes.—choice £5 to £5 15s per ton others £3 10s to £4 ; onions. £5 to £5 5s per ton.

Cauliflower.—choice 8s to 10fc sack, prime 5s 6d to 7s 6d; cabbage choice 3s to 4s sack, prime 2s to 2s 6d; beetroot 8s 6d to 4e fid sack; marrows Is to 2s Cd: pumpkins. 5s to 6s sack; swedes, ~(h ton; lettuce, choice 26 fid to 3s case, prime Is to Ts (id ; carrots. 3a to is sack ; turnips 2s 6d to 3s 6d sack : parsnips, choice 5e to 6s sack, good Ss to 3s 6d : French beans, 2d to 3d lb; green peas, 10s to 12s sack.

Eggs.—Fresh are selling at 2s to 2e Id per dozen, and preserved at Is 7d.

The Weraroa football club will hold its annual meeting in the Levin hotel to-norrow (Tuesday) evening at 8 o'clock.

The opening of the King's Theatre (Levin) takes place this (Monday) evening, when an address will Be given to the audience by the Mayor of Levin.

The death occurred yesterday, at Levin, of Mrs Swan-tuck, mother of Mr aJ. Scott. The deceased lady was 77 years of age. The funeral, which takes place to-horrow, will be a private one.

"Well, Mrs J , have you heard from your husband recentlyP"—"No, mum, and I don't know for certain where he is just now, but I believe he is either in the Jargonelles or the Sewage Canal." The full programme ot the concert to be given in aid of the fund® for the relief of the distressed Belgians will be seen on page 3 of to-day's issue. Wednesday next, /in the Century Hall, at 8 p.m., is the date and time of the concert. During the interval tickets in connection with the art union will be sold and the drawing will take place during the evening. ✓ In the course of an interesting letter from Cairo, written 'by a Palmerston South boy attached to the Medical Corps, he says, in describing the work. "After the scrap at the Canal, of which you have iheard, -we had to attend to about 150 wounded Turks among others. They were very glad to fall into our hands and receive attention from us. I carried one, whose face was roughly bandaged, and put him on the table for Dr Eugene O'Neill of Dunedin, to attend to. When wo removed the bandage, to my horror, tho poor beggar's eyes fell ouit. He had been shot through the temple* and the bridge of the nose. Other cases we had are too awful to write you about. It is an awful experience, which I shall never forget. I "believe we arc about to move From here soon." Tho writer is now in thp Dardanelles. — Waikouiti Times. 'Hie Chronicle has received from Mr W. 11. Morris, secretary to the New Zealand Postal Department, the message following:—A large number of requests are being made by relatives of Members Expeditionary r orce to Defence and this department for further information regarding nature of injuries or to convey messages of sympathy to troopers. The r office at" Alexandria is working at high pressure and will no dpubt furnish necessary details at earlest possible moment. In the .circumstances it is regretted that it is impracticable for the Defence authorities to reply to inquiries of any kind, except in cases reported of exceptionally seriously or dangerously wounded soldiers. Persons presenting telegrams seeking information of or conveying good wishes etc Ao soldiers reported as wounded or slightly wounded should be requested "to take advantage of the special low cahle rate provided for such telegrams tin the Soldiers Week-end' Messages. (E. F. M.) The demands made upon the public and especially that portion of tHe public which can always be relied upon to help good objects, have been exceptionally heavy during the months of this year. Under the circumstances it is not surprising that some should think it wise to abandon the special efforts made under normal conditions. On the other haricT, however, it is to Be -remembered that the good_ causes always with us need more than ever to be maintained in these times of special distress and anxiety. The Presbyterian Church workers were not without some misgivings as to the measures of success that might or might not attend their TTarvest fair; they were even alive to the possibility of failure. Nevertheles, in spite of the lateness of time to which their effort was pushed by reason of other crowding functions, in spite of the heavy demands made on workers and contributors to patriotic effort*, the committee bravely pressed on with their preparations, and have now brought their plans to a (splendidly successful issue. For this most gratifying result thanks and very high pratee are due, first to the Ladies' Guild aid their friends under the untiring generalship of £he secretary (Miss Stewart), to the ioung Ladies' Guild, under the direction of Meedames Cork and Bryson; and io the committee that canvassed the towi and district for producc, viz., Mrs Milne (Ohau), and Messrs 5. Mottershead, W. Stewart, J. Rutherford, G Milnes, F. Geddeson and A. Murray. Others who gave valuable assistance were MesdamesS. Hall, it. Brown, W. J. Simpson. Bryson, J. Al. Milne, Eggeltoii, W. Hughes, Hammond Murray and K. ffilk&n, who arranged the gift afternoon; and Miss McJtiegg, Mrs McTaggart. Messrs Tait, McTaggart, P. Stewart, Jensen, O. Brabyn, H. Johnston, Br STurray and ±<. Fletcher. The l'"air Commit toe desire to heartily thank the general public who gave such liberal and cheerful assistance by their gifts of produce, etc., and thus enabled so fine a result to >be obtained. Thanks are also due to Mr W. J. Simpson who gave his services as auctioneer. The net rwults /of the patriotic concert and fair will be that nearly £10 will be donated to the Belgian l''und and over £50 will be available for the Church funds, the bulk of which is to augment the fund for necessary improvements and additions to the Church for Sunday School purposes.