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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 February 1918, Page 2

Oil Sunday, morning a war honour board was unveiled in St. Mary's Oiu. rcli, the ceremony being; performed by the Vicar, Her G. B. Stephenson. The memorial is a tastefully designed oaken tablet bearing a cross in brass and platen of the same metal for the names of LievSil Church men who hare served) witlv the [Empire's forces. It is dnscri. bed<, "Tk> the Glory of God," and already) bears tha mames of a large number of local soldiers. The memorial was presented, by the parishioners and there are still some names ito be added. The Vicar preached an impressive sermon, and special hymns, including "Onward Christian So''Tiiers,' and "Through the might of dwibt and sorrow" weiro sung. An old resident of Wellington, Mr Churles Joseph Cottle, of Cottleville Terrace, died on Sunday, ' aged nearly 80. He was born at Swains wick, near Batli, England, and arrived in the colony with his parents in the ship Kathleen Stuart Forbes on Tune 12, 1841. In the early days he carried on business as a blacksmith, bill eventually he took up farming at Upper Belmont and at Opaki,finally returning to Wellington some 20 years ago. The late Mr Cottle leaves a large family, the sons including Messrs J. J. Cottle (Kopuaranga), J. R. Cottle (Te Horo), and C. H. Cottle (Levin),

A demonstration was given at the Central Development Farm to-da.y of the light farm tractor which is one of the latest machines of its kind to be placed on the market in New Zealand. A number of Government officials Mere present, besides farmers from various parts of the province all of whom were keenly interested in the work of the "tractor, which drew a four-share plough tli rough a very stony paddock without any difficulty. Messrs Hope Gibbons, Sons and J. B. Clarkson, Ltd., are the New Zealand agents.

On Saturday next Shannon will be en fete when a great money raising' effort for the County Patriotic funds will eventuate. The promoters of the gymkhana have arranged a particularly attractive sports programme which includes foot races, horse events, chopping competitions and a big tug-of-war the prizes for which are gold medals for each member of the winning team. There is also a baby voting contest which has already excited considerable enthusiasm. An excellent afternoon's outing is promised, and no doubt residents of this nart of the district will patronise the splendid effort of their sister community in the common cause. Otaki's big patriotic effort takes place on Wednesday next, Fe- | bruary 20, when a carnival is to be held on the racecourse. A very attractive programme of sports, horse events and motor car competitions has been and good prizes are being offered. In the maiden jump for horses the trophy is valued at £2 10s and for the pony jump the_hrst prize is valued at £1 Is. Stalls of various kinds and refreshments will be on the grounds, while fhere will also be an auction sale of live stock and goods. As the proceeds are for the sick and wounded soldiers of this district, Levin should show its appreciation of Otaki's effort by patronising the carnival.

Mr W. Hughes, manager oi the local branch of the Bank oi Australasia, has received advice of the sudden death m Melbourne after an operation for appendicitis of Mr A. Pi Webster, Chief Inspector for the Bank m Australia, and formerly bank manager at Pialmerston North and„.later Chief Inspector for New Zealand. The late Mr Webster joined the Bank in 1876 as a junior clerk and rose steadily until he readiest almost the highest position in its service in Australasia. Hes was held in the highest esteem in all parts of the Dominion and news of his death will come as a shock to his friends.

Tho following note by a gardening expert in a contemporary should interest local gardeners at the present moment: —Nearly every gardener is complaining of blights taking this or that this season. Certainly there are a lot of blighted plants to be seen, but they are only where spraying has been neglected. Tomatoes and potatoes have suffered the most, but in many cases the damage done is not irreparable. In cases Avhei'e only a- few of tho tomatoes have been attacked, carefully pick off affected fruit, and also all leaves that have any trace of blight on them, and then spray the balance with the summer mixture of bordeaux (3-4-50). This will have to be repeated every 10 days or even oftener if it should happen to rain soon aftor the spraying was done. Potatoes need not trouble you much, a:s it is not necessary to pick off the leaves, but give them a good spraying with the soda Bordeaux. One pound of bluestonc and one pound of common washing soda dissolved each in live gallons of water and then mixed together will spray a large patch, and will clicck tho blight enough to allow the potatoes to ripen, when they can bo dug and stored. If they are not advanced enough for this give them another spraying at the end of a fortnight, and you will find that -very little of tho blight has reached the tubers.

The Wellington correspondent of the "Hawke's Bay Herald" says: The position of the Governent candidate in Wellington North has improved very much to-day. A good many of the real friends of the Eefurm cause who were not pleased with tliu nomination of Mr Luke as the Government candidate, have decided to support Mr Luke fully now, and he has had most flattering promises of support. In vulgar terms, '' the jig is up.'' The Reform people have seen what the game is r and they will have none of it. Mr Brandon is a Conservative, and is well-known as such, so that he can have no chance of being elccted for Wellington North, or any other constituency, nor is he a special friend of the brewers. He has political aspirations, but he ha.s been out of touch with the game of politics for a long time, and this is why he has made the mistake of allowing himself to te used' as he is being used. The only dagger, and it is one that need not be underestimated, is that lie will take a considerable quota of the Reform votes which otherwise would have gone to Mr Luke : , and that this may let Mr Holland in. My Myers would, in some respects, have been a more welcome opponent. Some of the votes that would have gone to Mr Myers will now go to Mr Holland., and make him the Mayor's most dangerous, rival. This is what Mr Masscy's pseudo friends have done for him in this business,. ai}d he will not take it lying down. If his man is beaten, it is possble that he will refuse to continue in office as Prime Minister, and this means an election.

The Discharged. Soldiers' Information Department reports that at 31st January the total number of men registered was 13,022, under action 1937, not ready for notion 1285. Of the men disposed of 4509 had work to return to or reenlisted for military duty; employment was found for 2305; 2(395 stated they