Local and General

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 21, 13 December 1912, Page 2

Local and General

A m eeti n g •»t’ tho Hunll y Scots Society will 1)3 held on the 17th ins t. Oil an 1 after to-dav the Bank of New Zealand office will ho the ! King’s Hall instead of the j Library. The name ot tho post office ! has been changed from “ Pukemiro ” to “ Waikokowafi ”. J Merchants and others note the alteration. vviffl Tho examination for certiti- j cates of Proficiency and Competency is being conducted in j the district school to-day by Mr ; F. T. G. Cox, one of the j inspectors of the Auckland j | Board of Education. A large swarm of bees in the j box on tho telephone post close to the Post Office lvas given the j ! linesmen a considerable amount 1 jof trouble. The forcible ejec- i tion of the bees entailed quite an ! amount : f ingenuity. A mission will r un nonce in i St. Anthony’s Catholic Church | on Sunday, De«. 15>\at 11 a.m., and will close on Thursday, 19th. . The mission will be c inducted by ; | the Rev. Father O’Connell, who ! ; is renowned through >:i: the Alls- ; tralasian c Moires a an exi perienoed m : -doner and a fluent j speaker. A « State Briquette Works at Westj port will rank among the | institutions that wore. The boilers will !).• sent to the Runanga Stale mine, while the | briquetting plant will be stored, and the building sold for removal. Th - lease of tli? site, now required f*r rad Ley. purposes has expired. On Saturday morning the home which Mr Hunt, PreCovUu ian H -me Mission? was riding, and which had not been exercised for some weeks, began to plunge in a most vicious manner. After backing through a closetl gate, it reared again, and losing its balance, fell back on its rider, who sustained some nasty bruises on the arms and leys. Mr Hunt’ escape from a serious injury was almost miraculous. Mes i\' J. Mohan, (winding engu. E. T. Kennedy (stationary engineer) and E. Land on, (fireman) who were elected delegates of the Engineers’ and Winders’ Union, left on Monday t > attend a conference over which Mr Marie (.riles, Cmcifiafim Commissioner, will prosidn and at which the direct >rs of the Taupiri Mines will be present, the business of tho conference being the formulation of a now award. The holiday excursion rates in connection with tin* N.Z. Railway will commence on the 18th Deer. next, and will continue to o? i'-suad until Jany. 2nd, 191.3. These holiday excursl.n tickets will be avaiab 1 e for returnup to : and including 13r.h Foby., 1913. For the special excursions our readers ait 1 referred to the advertiseinsnl appearing in this | issue. 1 It gives us pleasure to direct attention to the advertisement of Mr Bouskill, m mumental ma-on and si nipt or, Hamilton, which appehrs in this is-ue. Tim many specimens of his work that may be seen locally afford eloquent j testimony to (he high class nature of the work turned out of r Auckland and Hamilton firm. Mr I Fitzwilliam, the Hamilton manaI ger, is always as ready to give ad vie 3 as h • [> 1 • quote prices. At the AU' !.i mil Flower Show held last • week Mr das. Rock F.R.H.S. w.s a succ Sjsfiil c- >;up.3tit’ >r, r h iwing t • t ' . ral t ) the city ha had no effect |on liis ard >ur a a h >rticulturist. jin the carnation .s?ction(ama- , teur) li 1 obtained first for | nine distinct varied • s an 1 ! two sec-o ld' f>r " sV; ; ” an l “ f uncle For ; in the open section took first place for 21 distinct blooms and a second priz' tV* 12 blooms, a success that i a" 1 th> more deserved in that ho competed in tire imse classes again t profe sional nurserymen. A strange denizeh of the deep was recently strand *d on the beach at Tamaieraa (Wiia igarei) and crated considerable interest. In shape the fish was i like a great globe. It was measured and found to be Bft ' from head to tail, and its body was 12ft in diameter. The monster had no teeth, and instead of scales it lial a skin three inches thick. Its estimated weight \va - half a ton. The Northern Mail surmises that the fish wa- of the -un-fish variety, which i- exceedingly rave in these part' The one found stranded is the first yet recorded to have made its way to the Whang trei harbor.