HOROWHENUA NOTES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9793, 17 October 1917, Page 7

HOROWHENUA NOTES

(From Our Darn Correspondent.) OTARI. Tuesday. At the patriotic shop, supervised by the . ladies of/ Bangiuru, on Saturday, some £(SO was raised for patriotic purposes. Nearly half tins amount was secured by Mesdamos (Dr) Hath wait© and 'Reynolds for. tho, sale of meat A donation of £5 was given by the combined hockey and football clubs. The chief ■ attraction in O-taki on _tl e ■22nd inst. (Labour Day) will be a bowling 'content ‘ b;tween rinks from the Ilutt (three rinks) and To H'iwi (two rinks). The green is in fine order. ■m There -passed away at Otaki on Wodnesday.afterno'On a popular young native, •Private-Manariki (“Dick”) Eansfleld, sec. ,ond son .of Mr Simon Ransfield, of Convent .road. Deceased left with the Main Body, saw all the hardships at Gallipoli, and passed on to France, where ho fought till he contracted an internal complaint and, was invalided homo. He was an ex-Otaki College boy, and a very fine footballer, having represented Horowhenua ini' important -unlatches. For a. number of years he resided at Oh-au; Deceased has two brothers at the- front, .while another is- on the way. The body was taken yesterday'to. Ohmi for burial., . In a- lengthy list -of vice-presidents appointed by. the Manawatu Hunt Club at its . annual, mooting are tlio following names; —Messrs P. A Gillies, Bon Ling, H. W. Pa ra ta, L. McDonald, T. Sevan and Colonel Samuel.