Local.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 6, 20 March 1914, Page 2

Local.

For boots and shoes at bedrock cost, visit G. and C’s tomorrow. A fairly large number of new books have been placed on the shelves of the Public Library. The successful tenderer for Mr J. Kerr’s house in Makanoa Street, is Mr J. V. Johnson. The meeting of the local branch of the Political Reform League, which was dated for last Monday night, was adjourned. Mr T. McGill’s new residence has now been taken over by the owner. The building which was erected by M r C. C. Porter is credit to all concerned.

G & C’s sal ■ is still in full ! wing. Mrs Bird, who has purchased j dr W. Spiers’ confectionery! business, solicits a share of ' >f public patronageThe railway station is now i connected by telephone with the j mreau, a convenience that will j >e high! msiness people of the town. Letters from the Premier I concerning the approaches to i mdge form another proof of Mr | R. F. Bollard’s solicitude for the ! ►v elf are of his constituents. The rain that fell on Monday j light and during Tuesday was Tailed as a boon and a blessing, j die recent shortage having made ! people more than usually ap- I preciative of the precious fluid. | We are informed that the j Miners’ Union intend to agitate j nice more in favour of the Main i Irun-k express trains stopping at! bluntly,. Failing that, a more l , adequate and efficient train j service will be requested. In order to testify to their appreciation of Sergt. Major j Leech, the Brass Band, conducted by Mi* Guy Miliar, played out-| side the Miner’s hall on Wednes- ! day night before the doors v. >re opened for the farewell social. j Vv e like the ‘ R. and G.’ brand 1 of hats and caps very much, they I are so comfortable, light in j weight, perfect in style and j very durable. Ask your local ; clothier for the ‘ R and G.’ Brand everywhere. In accordance with local custom, Tuesday (St. Patrick’s Day) j was observed as a holiday by the ! mines, the bu the schools. In spite of the wet ; weather a large number oil Huntly people went to the Nga- j ruawahia regatta. The date of the examination for Underviewers and Firemen and Deputies Certificates to be held at the Mines Court, Auckland Exhibition, lias be* n altere 1 i from 9 a.m., on Friday, 27th, j March, to the same hour on i Friday, April 17th. Messrs Briggs an i M have just finished a buildingj in remind- j their existence guarantee g >od work at rates satisfactory tv) i both parties. All comm uni ca- ! tions addressed to them at P.O. Box , will 1 mediate attention. The secretary of the Sports ( day’s meeting that he bad written the Minister of Railways asking | that visitors to the Sports be ! allowed to tiaval on all trains at

j excursion rates. He ha l also j requested the Premier to ” ’ hi i influence in this direction, but, so far, no reply had come to | j hand. i Wednesday, April Ist., has! been declared a special holiday i by the Auckland Board of 1 Education for schools in the j Waikato and Waina Count -, a to I enable toackers and pupils of ! those schools to celebrate the I unveiling of the monument j I erected , n the site of the Battle I of Orakau, and the fifty years of I peace that have followed Revi’s ; great fight. The recent accidents that have medical aid —proves the urgent | need of telephonic communication between Waikokowai, Ruawaro Huntly, and, with'the settlers should not rest until the Department has kept the promise made just prior to the strike: Those who desire to join the classes in English, shorthand and book-keeping about to be started under the auspices of the School of Mines should at once '-end their names to the secretary, Mr E. A. Jones, in order that all unnecessary delay in the engagement of teachers and in making the obvious arrangements may be avoided. The opportunity of obtaining expert tuition in those useful subjects is one that should not be neglected. Mr Elliot, reports that at his last auction sale bidding was not quite so brisk as usual, (hough the great, majority ot lines offered were disposed of Fowls brought from 1 - to 21: ducks, 2 6: and jugs (young), from 10 6 to 11 -. ' cleared at 5/6 per bag, and a large number of cases of apples brought 3 - and 3/6 (first-class) the second class lot beingdisposed of at 2/6 per case. The small amount of furniture on sale brought good prices. The owner of the only motor car that can bo hired was called out of bed at one o’clock last Saturday morning by a would be passenger whose mother-in-law j was so seriously ill that it was j imperatively necessary for him j to catch the north-ward bound j Main Trunk express at Mercer. The journey was safely an i expedition fly negotiated ; the train wa sjc a light; th e 1 1 ire of the car was paid for; and all seemed 1 well -until next morning, when unsuspecting and unsympathisingcreditors awoke to the fact that the loving son-in-law had done a I ; “ moon-light flit ”, leaving in I lriemoriam accounts to keep green | ' all recollections of his brief stay ! ! in ' : another argument in favour of a j ’ cash trade, and is illustrative of i 1 the converse of the old saw which : ought to read —” He was a i stranger, and h - took them -in”. ! • The creditors si ill have hope to j live for, while (he debt >r makes for those tropica! i d ■ which j < are immume from such details as j ; extradition laws, and where ( • mythical mothers-in-law may | ( recover as best they may.

Respite the phenomenal turnivcr at G & C’s on Saturday last nd during the present week, here are siill nmiiy bargains to ked up. As the motto is, ■ ; First Come, first served, ”, | here is no time to be lost by the | louse-wife who desires to effect musuai economics. At the Ngaruawah'a Regatta | leld last Tuesday, the Huntly latives more than upheld the I ■eputation gained on many j >ccasions. In the Kopapa race | or crews of 10 the canoe W »ipa j Mine second ; in the Maori |* riiTs Canoe rice, the three >rizes went to Waahi and Rakaunanga; the War Canoe race for >6 paddles was won by the local ribe after :i gallant‘struggle £the ’anoe hurdle race, the chase for he ! iri the Hors • swimming •ace, the War Canoe race and ;he Canoe Hurdle race also came his way. Two out-hack, residents who iad just returned from the Regatta at Nganiawahia, and vho had evidently indulged in j various libations, after giving heir opinion on the merits of he aquatic function, started a i !i-:cussion on the game of bowls, | md the necessity for a*bowling 1 . Eh, non.” said one with an accent • could he cut with a knife, ds a gran’ game —there’s no mother like it, that I ken o’,” It is that,” said number two; ITi fell fond o’t tae.” “Bowls!” \jaculated Number Three, “I like them as well as eitther o! con ; but my kind is the flowing howl' that you up-end and ■avalSow.” “ That’s ganging frae the blime to the sooblime,” replied No. ! as lie and His brother irundlcr hurriedly left in disgust to catch the punt.