THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 12 NOON FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume XII, 27 March 1925, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 12 NOON FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ri H u W F. Massey, born M -.rch 27th, 1855. “Ha • mswn■ til’s Business En- . yc-lopedia and Commercial Eduitor,” in fortnightly parts, 1/9 per copy at the PRESS Office. The capital of the Olay and Porcal.-iin Co ;>t Glen Massey jb cribed, th bO.OOO shares < ff *r«*(! to the pub it .viug been t .ken up. At tho Church of England next Sunday night and the fol l.)\vi*ng Sunday, the choir wil ! sing the very beautiful “ Story o ' e Cross” in view of the ap p; n iching season of Passiontide. Owing to the restrictions no. eing I.ft ••<!, the c >mmitt< eof the I marly Picnic Athletic Asso iri n find it necessary to post ■vine the Hat** for holding their sports from ’he 28ill inst , untthe 24 h of October. The “wearing o’ the green” labels are not by any means popu i r with local motorists, especi ally those with cars colours blue. The number plates ar very inferior, being flimsy and hard to read at any distance.— Exchange. The annual meeting of tin Huntly League Football Clu! will he held to-morrow night (Saturday), in Mis T. Stephenson’s tea-rooms, at 8 p.m. sharp. The prospects for the coming seasi n are very good and the ocal club should have a prosperous year. “Some of the country pubs in North Canterbury are rough and ready,” commented a tennis player to a Christchurch Sun writer. He had spent his hoii days wandering round the northern end of the South Island. “J went into one for dinner the other day, and he waitress said : “' v ' >t’ 1 yer have—beef or mutton ?, Mu ton’s orf,” The Education Board has written to 3ay that the name of the Waitangi School is to be changed to Pukeoware, so as to coincide with its postal address, and to avoid confusion with Waitangi in tin- B i.v ofl-Lmds. It is interest in to ivc 11 n ■ fact that the lit! 1 ;* Pos! (.ffic at Pukeoware was < fficially and ce;■em niously ' oneni d years ago hv Si Joseph W rd, and was named after him ; Pukeoware means Wards Hill. — (“Waiuku Times.”)