The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 December 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

« Jn view of the eliort tune at its dispusaJ the Levin Patriotic Socioty has dtcidod reluctantly tb abandon for tho present, <m offioiai B9nd-off to the town and district voiuuteers I'or tho eleventh rciuforcemente, who go into camp on tho 14tk hist. it is the intention of the Society to organise u. farewell function ior January when an oil'ort will bo made to have all the men from thin district present. Thie will include those who go into oamp apart from tho regular drafts from the district. Very few members oi the Horowhonua Kj'uitgrowerß , Association turned up for the monthly meeting that wa« tu have been held laet evening, and, in consequence the meeting lapsed.

y The Levin Croquet Glulj has received .several trophies ior competition tiiis season. Trophies ior the doubles have been presented by tlio president, 'Mrs l'yke, a trophy lor singles by Mns Heading, while Mrs W. M. Clark has presented a handsome gold star for challenge Urn year, and to bo won outright next season. Mrs Lancaster, tho first holder of the star lias had to hand it to Miss Herrick, its first -winner. The competition lor the star is expected t.n L'j very keen.

In St. Mary's Loviu, on .Friday afternoon, the marriage took place of Mr Ojril jbartholomew to xUiss Maxwell JJrown, of the Levin public school teaching stalf. The bride was attended by her sistor, Miss Jessie Urown, and was given away 'by her lather. The bridegroom's best man was Mr Hugh Campbell. The service was choraJ, ami the ceremony wan performed uy tho Kev. i±. T. ytoaley, M.A. Tho wedding party was entertained at Miss Duff'B whore the health of the bride "-and bridegroom was proposed by the vicar, who also ma do a speech in response to the toast of the bridesmaid's health, proposed-by the bridegroom. The sorvioe at tlfe Church was marked, by o pretty scone, -when a number of Miss Brown's pupils, dressed in white, formel a lane in the aisle, and (as the wedding party passed down it) scattered rose-leaves on tho bride and bridegroom. - Tho happy couple left for Wangaimi iby motor car, where t'ha honeymoon will be spout. Mr Bartholomew goes into camp shortly with the Eleventh Reinforcements, preparatory to leaving for the front.

Local gardens are, Jn most cases, shwiiyj indifferent .results, owing to the double ravage or' wire-worm and blight. _Po.{.atoe6 in particular are affected, but the wire-worm hae also played havoc with the cabbages, working right into the stems and killing tn"e growth of the plant. Near the beach, the underground pest does not appear to thrive go well, owing to the quantity of the sand in the .soil, but bligM ..has caused the small grower no ]i£Tle trouble. When spraying has been resorted to, better resulte- have been obtained, some of tfio gardens from this course, being 'kept mitiroly free from blight. In other ga/rders the tubers hare b'ecn saved by cutting off fhe stems to prevent the bright working its way underground. — Weetport News.

••\ The surfacemen in the employ ofthe Horowihenua County Council, wIK" be granted the usual Clirietmas holidays, this year commencing on tEe~ evening of December 24th and ending on January 2nd. The county office will be closed from December 24th to January sth inclusive.

v/Ihe tender of Or. K. Douglas at £2"; "lor tlic erection of a bridge over the Mangaoiie stream at lteikiorangi, was accepted by the riorownenua County Council to-day. Evangelical services (undenoniiuationalj are to be hold in tlio Oddfellows' Hall, Levin, on Sunday evening and each succeeding night until next Friday (inclusive). The evangelists are tlie Misses Bcgbie and Billings. The Manawatu Itecruiting Office by its secretary (.Uγ G. xierbert Hankin.s) invites the residents of Levin and district to make regular consignments to the lecruiting office, oi books, magazines, etc., for use of the military hospitals in Egypt. Air i< , . W. Jones, bookseller, Levin, will receive books or. behalf of the recruiting office. This oflice already has sent to Egypt some two tons weights 01 books and! magazines, but a shortage still is reported from the military hospitals.

V The Horowhenua County Council will pay all wages and all urgent accounts up to December 23rd will be paid: bofore Christinas, theso payments will be \confirmed at the January meeting.

To-morrow afternoon!. Sunday) the Lovin Brass Band will give a farewell concert to Bandsman Ueddison, who is leaving Lovin to go into camp witli the Eleventh Itein for cements. A iine program of band pieces ~nasTToen selected. Lovers of bandi music will know from the following wliat is in store for them:—March, "New Zealand" (Lithgow); march "Swing Along" (MooreJiouso); march "Moimrcn ol Ocean'' (Lawn); valse "Britannia" "Hearts and Flowers" (Tobanl)'; march "Ocean" (Pryor); "Bandon"' (Purelay); valse "Queen of the South" (Trussell); "Cross and Crown,' (Newfbwn); march "Sons of Tew Zealand" (Raymond Hope); "God Save the King."