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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 April 1916, Page 3

The "big pumpkin" season has come once more. Thy Waveriey correspondent of tho Fa'tea Tress speaks ot a pumpkin grown by Mr «. G. Rutherford, os weighing exactly 581b. It is doubtless a very fine pumpkin 'remarks the Taranaki Herald) but quite a baby compared with one grown by the late r A. Weils, at Mangorei -10 years ago. Tliip weigued 2131b, and was 27ft Din. round its greatest girth. It was cut in two, one half being sent to Auckland and the other half to Wellington for exhibition. Baiclutha ie evidently a place where much is known. At a FaXtwell there to soldiers the Mayor vMr Stewart; spoke very confidently and optimistic-" ally as to the war ending soon. lie said those men who are going away now, were in quite a different position from those who had gone oefore. Some of the latter hod come back wounded, and some had not come back at al>. but he possessed evidence that the men who were going away now wouii. not eee any fighting at all. He had it on very high_ authority through ttie agency of is friends at Home and on the authority of a British Cabin-. Minister that the war would end very soon. That was also t! e opinion oi a New Zealand Minister of the Crown) as he happened to know. ''T have no doubt at ail in my mind," continued the .speaker, "that our young men will be going a pleasant trip to Britain, and may take part in the trinmohnl march into Berlin, and that they will see no "fight." At a meeting oi tue ...anunatu CJon (Jill held this wce.k, it w«.s liioctfled that the matches in aiu ot the lieu Or litis bociety would be heid this year, one each month throughout uie season and instead ot prizes id was propusea to set up a Lauies' Goii (Jlub Patriotic l''unu ; , to wliieu members would be a . ed to subscribe. 1 have.uo fear at all that Great Britain wili run short ol money, but J. am quite convinced! that, owing to the manner in which Germany is _comixilsorily Bell-contained, she call go " on financially as long as we can, and cannot possibly be money-starred into submission. It is matter ot great interest to everyone how ioug even Great Britain can stand the terrilic financial strain tfirown upon her. financial shibboleths have been shattered, one after the other, as the titanic struggle has proceeded. We are lold that, owing to the utter disorganization of commerce a great war brought in its train, no conflict oi' mighty d - mensions could continue for more than six months. It has oeen going on for three times six moil this, and there are as yet no signs that the ghast'y cost is going to endi it.—Stead's R view.