THE Ellesmere Guardian SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1021. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XXIV, Issue 4248, 19 February 1921, Page 2

THE Ellesmere Guardian

SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1021. NEWS OF THE DAY.

With which is incorporated The Ellesmere Chronicle Published at Leeston, Canterbury, N.Z, ,

More than 200,000,0001b of binder twine are being used annually to harvest wheat, oats, rye and barley m the United States! Rubber trees grow at a.tremendous pace At four years old from planting a rubber tree williS measure eighteen inches in girth *- and is then ready for tapping ' • wL he S^ le of the year °pAis: on Wednesday next. Heavy reduc* turns m all departments. See S columns on Wednesday next.-~ Chapman Bros. 93 . Bo Christchurch firms think we m the country are children to be caught with that old cry -Buy ! jSO^ 1?•"»<>*? of us remember j the Wholesale Club. * Deception never succeeds. 2 _ Nottingham, which has cam& the reputation of being a weft? Kfl- CS-' decided t0 abolish a street lighting for three months j m order to save two pence in the pound on the rates. ~*'* of the rolling s toc3i used on the highways of Canada^' equal to that of the entire capital stock of the i 2#]RW the automobiles alone in beingvaWat-- _ The maximum traffic passim? through the Suez Canal ni any ISS le ear o^rred in 1912 when 53<3 ships of 20,275,120 net tons, made use of the international ■JF 16'°13i? 02 net tons passed through the canal. "Keen as the razor's edo-e invisible.'.'—Shakespeare. We do not remember exactly where, and ' f re-i°S». b? sy t0 lQ cate it, butsurely it. bhakespeare lived in the Eliesmere district to-day he would I say; Keen as Brown's keenest drapery cuts. 1 Much amusement has been.' aftorded to readers of the Ellesmere^ Guardian lately. There has beei^' quite a pnce-scrapping contest/X. but the whole thing boiled ' down' points to the fact that Ellesmere people do not gain much by trading in the city. 99 Mr M. Brown, of Leeston, is at present confined to bed through the effects of an injury received, while on active service. His lrifcinr.' friends will hope, for his speedy recovery, and that he will soon be able to attend to his business, again, which he as been compelle^l^ to relinquish at a rather bus V** time. The attention of Guardian readers is. directed to the-two new replace advertisements of Mr Bernard Brown, which appear on page 7\ °! v lssue' Owing to the fact that there seems to be very keen competition in all grocery lines at * the present time, the prices quoted are well worth perusal and comparison. Messrs J; and W. Jamieson, the contractors for the N.Z. Farmers' to-operative Company's new prc^ mises in Leeston, are 'making good . progress with the -work . The terro-concrete walls are,gradually climbing skyward and the principals for the front portio.n are now m course of erection. At the prePt Ut 7fit of Pr°Bl>ess» the building should be completed well within the scheduled time. _Good progress , : is ,beng mad,i : ;^- ---with Mr J. C. Mercer's new>ar-e ; : age, which is being erected in High *Mv street, Leeston, next the Post" Office. When finished it will be a rather imposing structure, with .'^S brick front and plate-glass wiri-^J»'; dows. The garage will be equip- W^ ped with all the latest appliances ror dealing with the repair and . overhaul of cars, as well as gener- - , nl■ ■engineering work. - When coni^ ' ; i plated the liuilciing will be a: greaf ■ -:, acquisition-to -the vtownV :;">^;;^^^-^: '"r-