The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 July 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

J{<jx should be thrown at all those who write sox for socks, and their lox should bo shorn by tho mail who gaily mox niispelling that thus shox one's sense of correctness. Tlic Shannon Presbyterian Church pastorate is being filled by -Mr. 13rennan—a recent arrival from the Old Country—during the three, months' absence of the Liov. J. A. McKenzie at Trenthain Military Oamp. \ The first quarterly meoting of the t re j:en tly-consti tu ted Levin Me'bhodiet r CircuiT' was held oil Wednesday last, j Messrs. J. W. Gibson and H. Soreiison > were elected circuit stewards for the ensuing teirm. it was decided to spend £50 on, much-needed repairs and alterations to the parsonage, and a committee 'was set up to arrange details. The subject oi church finance was discussed, and it was resolved to make a special effort to augment tlio receipts. A sum -of £12 was subscribed -by tlie meeting. The farm of Mr A. G. Merrick (off the Levin-Foxton road) has been sold % .Messrs Parker and Vincent (as agent) to Mr Edward -Newman. M. P. Unveilty-five-farmers with their teams aggregating 92 horses, (says the Napier Herald), assembled at tlie home, at Tongala, of the late Lieut. R. Miller, who died of wounds at the Dardanelles, and ploughed, cultivated and drilled 70 acres of crop for the widow. The whole district generally helped, providing seed and manure gratis. Tho ladies provided' refreshments for the workers Lieut. Miller was held in very liigh esteem. The Levin Urass Band will play the following program in Oxford-street tonight at 7.30 (weather permitting)-}— Quickstep, "Wairoa," vaisette "•Dewdrops and Daisies," quickstep "Major v. Minor," selection "'Sydney by Night," march "No Surrender," schottische "Lily of the Valley,' 4 quickstep "High School Cadets," God Save the King."