LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 21 February 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Don't forget that the' Bridge! meeting is to be held in Stewart's; sample rooms to-morrow (Thursday)! evening at 8 p.m.- • ' ' •

Tenders are called for the supply; and delivery of 100 tons of ti-tree; firewood to the Kaipara Dairy Factory,! particulars on application to "the.: Secretary, Mr J. C. Rimmer. '

Pure-bred Guinea fowls, 3 months I old are offered for sal 6at 3s each or; 5s a pair; A Gee and Potter courtland milk waggon, in thorough repair,; is also for sale for £20. ;

Tenders will be received up till; Friday, Ist March, , afc : the. District; Lands Office, for a lease for 14 years of a reserve of 88 acras on the maini Kaiwaka-Maungaturoto road. .:' ;

The Court House at Helensvillei has been Gazetted for the licensing; election which takes place" on the 12 th March. Mr R. Fosbroke* will act as Deputy Returning Officer. i

On Monday, February 26, the Auck^ land Farmers' Union wiil selUiby auction at the homestead of Mr Will-j ia^a Holmes, who ias. sold, his farrnj atTahekeroa, the whole of his live! an' 7 dead stock, The sale will eom-l mence at 11 a.m., and luncheon will' be "provided.

. Mr H. B..BecYoffc was .wedded yesterday morning to Miss M, Dormer of; Kaukapakapa. The ceremony took place at the residence of the bride's parents at Kaukapakapa. Another! wedding also took place yesterday at1 the Bridge Hotel, Kaukapakapa. i

The secretary of the Kaipara Dairy Facto] y statea that thfc amount paid! out for butter fat during January was L 1921 ss, the amount paid ouri for butter received being 43,91 71bsj The amount paid out for December! ,was,Ll92o 5s 9d. -. '

In another column Mr S. Ure Macaulay returning officer for Kaipara, gives notice that an election for the return "of'five members of the, Lipensing Committee for Kaipara willi be held on Tuesday, March 12th.; Nominations must be made ou or be-1 fore March 2nd at noon. The Polling; places aye advertised in this issue*

■ -Yesterday the ironanil wood from the old sawmill which has been pulled do^iy was sold by the Aucls> land -Farmer's Union; The iron averaged over a shilling a sheet for which there was been, competition,1 while the ; timber sold fairly well/ The Kaipara Dairy Factoiy Conipanyj realising-more than they anticipatedfor the old structure. i i

The North. Auckland Railway! Sports Club are holding : their annual meeting, at Mauhgaturojo on Friday, March 15th, when there will be, £70^ given away in prizes, The programme which consists of 21 events is a good one, and, entries for different events will bo received Up to Friday, March Bth, by the Secretary Mr W. Leslie, Kawaka, A Concert and Dance will be held in the evening.

Mossas Alfred Buckland and Sons having received instructions from Mr Gr. Sydney Smith, of Pipitiwai, Helonsville, who 'has sold his homestead and land to Mr James Stewart, will ■ sell the whole of his superior household furniture, and effects, bding con-i tents.of 12 rooms. The furniture isi almo?t new and will bo sold at the residence, on Thursday, February 29 commencing at! I am.

Last Thursday the Mayor oi Whangarei received notification from the Public Works Minister that the Government will not itself undertake the Wairoa Falls hydroelectric scheme, but the Whangarei County Council may do so, that licenses authorising the uso of the Falls for motive power purposes and also for the construction aud use of the electric lines, will be issued if the legislative requirements are confirmed with.

ThefamousßOSLYN Writing Pads obtainable from local Drapers and Storekeepers at Gd and Is each.-

Why-suffer with.oough and cold when you can cure same by taking Tonkings' Linseed Emulsion, From all ...chemists and stores. Is 6d, 2s 6d, 4s'6(l.*;

Owing to the rain the Church of Christ Sunday School picnic had to be heldin the Hall on Saturday last. The young people spent a V6ry enjoyable time to gether. The evangelist MrH. W. Milner will conduct the services as usual next Sunday, the sujgectjih the evening being "Res* —the living hope of Christ* "

Mr and Mr? E, J. Ralph Smith and party, including Master Houi Ralph Smith, Mr Herman A. Smith, of the Civil Servict Johannesburg S. A., and Mrs A. A. Smith, left Auckland yesterday on a motor tour, to Te Aroha and from there to Waikino, Waihi, Taurnaga, TePuke, Maketuj Whakatane, Rotorua, Taupo and probably Napier, returning via. Cambridge anjl Eamilton. The party hope to have some fishing at Taupo.

The annual conference of the Ordej,' of Foresters of the Auckland district was, opened at on TJHir«ftey lastly D.C.R. Bro. BarT6wrsupp(Sted by I.P .D.O.R.^Bro^elL r£her£were *or*j%.legaite3 Present, representing the* ©ourts of the-Jidiftriet'^-ralßa'nrany-visifcbTS. The main deliberations con-, sisted?6f the question of amalgamation of..oour^ieJc.;^UP.d.B;,with. the district funds. .p;h!e proposal irasf carried un--animouslyJ The,l Executive^ report showed that the past_y.ear_had__b9fgi a busy one. The total receipts in the funera|iund iwas £9Q9,2sdd^ feeing an increase?of "for year. The amount" paid in death! claims was £200 -less than in the preceeditig^ear;i}TKe crediEbaiance of: the funeral fund- was ±,9,674, 7s 3d. At <the "closei of like ..year: iheidjiwexe 2,821 members on fche books, an increase of _ 80. I^he ' number of Courts under the jurisdiction of the Society is 24, with total funds £36*90 Q. The total jnyestments of district T funds is £14,519. .The sick' paj 'disbursed during the year totalled £3" 524;^ JU.:'* - Eoslyn suits .are buflt . withiTa thorough Icnowledge of thevspience of correct suit-building. 7 . .'^L -~