FLAXBOURNE

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 181, 3 August 1915, Page 2

FLAXBOURNE

[iTBOM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] Monday. The weather last month was too line to suit farmers hero, who are beginning to fear a repetition of last year's dry spc.il. At the present timecrops are looking well, turn feed lias improved wonderraliy; but, the raintali through the winter has -been deficient, and a good downpour would be welcome 10 bring the water supplies back to normal. At a meeting oi tiie local Patriotic ITuid C:onmitu:-<\ held on Saturday, the eu.uvsi.ssi.n.g ooaaniLUv imported tiiat £2;7J I nut been ta.iu .-.-.-d in easii, with one lu;t and souio gats of p:o----clucc to ooitio in. ili:j !:-.<iie:s-' cent- ' mittee are also working energetically at garments ior the st>idier.s, and iho rosponsa made to thoir ippeai ior nnUerirJ iun\ iunds ior puivhasinji s.'l-rae lias bven very gratii'yirig. Jlr John Cunningham \\ius appointed to represent the oomii.it-i* c o;i 1W Central E:;<:> u'.ive. iii ci;nj'.iii«juon with Mr Loe. Tho ladies' ciiiiuii^e txver holding a eoiicei-i.. ;..••.<{ uam.:o on August 27LL v.o i'ur.'!i..i' u.cir brancli 01 th:i Fund. r!'ho NaLiuiial K•-•;,.'< \\:- church parade or, Sunday Wits a: t».-'ni( v by a muster c: 36 ineriiboi . Tht Tov.:r Hall war ailed by the «o'i»nv-!sati.on, jmd stirring ii-ddrcst-eh wt-.e Utiivercd by the Ki-v. F. Qumtreil a.'jd, MrAshton. The loe:\! b:.^;- L.in.d, ~\uidejJJandmastcr liayi^., j.-i^Acd V<v the i parade, and ilicii- iiiareh music was j much i.'.:vp: f-ciaUv.l by i-!io '■le^r-i'vt;. | .UN'.ci'K-i1.-. ;•:;„ 'i.:.: ■.. :v. 1.;.