Local.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 48, 22 August 1913, Page 2

Local.

Bargains are still procurable at ( L and C.'s great which ends | on September Ist. The widow and family of the late Mr W. Reds haw tender thanks f >r services and sympathy ! received. Mr F. H ’.riL, secretary of the '(’miral Vestry, invites tenders for painting the Vicarage at Huntly (inside work) and for ! insLiliing a hot water service. In order t > provide for the comfort and convenience of the shooting members, the Rid and Gun Club has erected on its groun 1 a commodious shed furnished with lockeis for storing j birds, etc. Only two minor accidents "•r .-urr »d during the week, one at ’ !• min -s. The trouble in each case was a crush'd linger, and the ims u : ■ M r Th •. Moll* »v a u 1 Mr Harold Pomfrott. As notitijd in an other column tii* members of the Political Reform League are lequested to ait md a meeting to hr hold in th* King’s Hall on Tuesday . ev rung next when business of i iiuportancj will be discussed. What is eupliemisticaliy called the ’’Maori epidemic” is still comparatively prevalent about To Kauwhita and Mercer where, among the ordinary mild cases. • i are, (judging by the photographs seen) several of a very S severe type indeed. At a meeting of the trustees ■ fill* Public Library on Tuesday night it was decided to proceed with the cataloguing of tho I books, to procure the works of the standard authors, and to . adopt the card system. During the greater part of the evening | the trustees sat in committee. Assistant Health Inspector Burt has received instructions fV. m his Department to supply : with provisios needy and ! destitute natiyes living in in districts affected by the pr valent trouble. A commencej ment with the rationing was | made on 'Tuesday, when the Waahi natives w«.re provided r | with beefand flour. 1 Owing, it is stated, to the - timely preventative men -ires . taken, Waahi is now prae icall-y . ; immune from the prevaiiing epio j demic. The natives f . il to understand why, in tiio cdcitm- ; stances, they are n >l allowed to j outer the town, declaring that, as j there is neith r small pox nor R {..chicken pox in or near the setTement, t o embargo should be j withdraw *. i At e i : a is directed to the ad% omt of the Huntly C *- t ;.•• •• e Society which stands ■ : ■ fair deal and a square deal v ry time.” The aims, objects v id benefits of the only co-opera-dve store in the North Island are i j briefly sketched in the Society’s 1 : leaflet which may be had on ap- - ! plication at the store, Glasgow i Ii ) ul —next tiie Miners’ H ill. | A case of considerable interest, ; ! t!«e inspector of Mines v. Mr W. ‘ ; Wood, manager of the Extend;* 1 ! Mine, will come before the 3.M. !Mr E. Rawson, to-morrow, the ' j groun 1 of action being the * ! refusal of the defendant to allow 3 idle nominee of the Miners’ Union ’ : to enter the mine for th ‘ purpose of inspection. Mr Porritt, of J j Paeroa, and Mr Tanks, of ‘ , Auckland, it is stated, v ill ‘ ! appear for the respective parties. s | ' NOW’S the day ” for saving i money, and “NOW’S tho time” t to scoop the bargains at G. and r C.'s Sale which continues until Septr. Ist,

The economical housewife will ■ save money by aking advantage of the sale prices now ruling at ! G. and C.’s. At the Rotorua S.M. Court held , recently a man was fined <£s, | with costs amounting to £1 ' 6, 1 for having in his possession ! trout out oi season. , h ! t: The residents are notified that j a Misses Berry and Brownlie j t Dressmakers, have taken the p shop in the Main street next that • l of Mr E. W. Slieeran, where they t j will be very pleased to meet old t ! and new customers. I | Over 300 fowls, prize strain, J; | and utility birds, have been t j already entered for the auction sale that takes place next Satur- v ! day afternoon on the vacant g ■ allotment adjoining the King’s \ : Hall. An auction sale of acclimates- 2 ; ed plants, ilowering shrubs, and j * 1 pot plants from the stock of Mr | * { rhomas Costello, Nursery-man, ‘ j will be held at Taupiri, on Friday, j 1 -9th. in*-.., at 2 p.m., and at I ; Huntly naar the King’s Hall, oil | * Saturday, 30th, inst., at 1 p.m. j Our readers are reminded that 1 1 Messrs Harris and Berry, on be- j half of the National Piano Co., of • Auckland, are holding a 10 days’ j ■ sale in tlie King’s Hall. The ! « firm has kindly lent one of their ! < famous Roger pianos to M« M Coyle, and the instrument will I : be played at the pictures to-nior j ■ row evening, so that tho public ! will have an opportunity o! j ' judging the qualities of the in- ! strument. i The second of tlie series of | ; lectures to bo delivered under the auspices of the Peoples’ Sunday League will be given in the Miners’ Hall on Sunday, 24th. ins .. at 3.30 p.m. when Mr Tom H. Marshall will speak on “ Chris: nity and Rationalism. ” All are requested to attend, an 1 question i are invited. Mr W. K. Leather will preside, whilesolos will be sung by Miss Leather and Mr,D. Reid* Mr 11. Farrinmnd contributing instrum vntal selections. A proclamation issued by the Chief Health Officer forbids, until further notice, Maoris or Half- j Caste Maoris to be brought by I means of the New Zealand • Government Railways from any place situated within j any infected area in the | Auckland Province, or from any | place situated in the Auckland ! Health District to any other j plae.’ in New Zealand, unless such Maori or Hnlf-Catse Maori 1 produces a certificate under the ! hand of an officer of the Public j Health Department authorising j him or her to travel upon the said j