LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 17 September 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An impounding notice is published in this issue.

On and after Wednesday, October Ist, the extra express train service will be re-started on the Main Trunk line. Dairy farmers are referred to Wai-, ternata Co-operative Dairy Company's advertisement about butterfat •' It seems there is no business like manners at all among you people. " — A parting shot by a ratcoayer who waited on Waiteraata County Council at last Friday's meeting. The Parakai Euchre Club's last social was veiy successful. The prizes were won by Mr A. Garry and Miss Piata and booby prizes by Mr H. Jirauly and Miss M Nicholls. Dance musif was supplied by Miss F, Donovan. . j It is estimated that the establish-1 mentof a cow-testing association at Pahiatua will ultimately increase the rot urn s from tho dairying industry in that district by £35.000 per annum. The dance held last Friday by the Foresters' Ijodgo passed off successfully. Thero woro about 30 couples present and all had an enjoyable time. Miss Danovan supplied the niusio and Ms.C. were Messrs M. Becroft and J. Gr. Russell. The Wniternata County is a inuehdeputationised body. It would appear that many of the deputations combine their pleasure jaunts to tho city with a call at tiie county chambers, as it fi-Riiuently happens that the business they bring forward is either of a trifling nature or refers to matters that should have been left to tho riding member to deal wiilr Thus a good deal of the Council's tirnw is "occupied and the ineotiiigs unnecessarily prolonged. From a notice inserted in our columns it will be seen fcnat the Gane Milking Machine Co. is prepared to indemnify customers against any other companies, claims re infringement of patent rights. The Gane Company intends to take action against the L.K.Gr. Company for infringement of their releaser patent. A few small farms handy to Helensville can be arranged to suit clients, locality particularly suitable for fruitgrowing.—W. H. Hutchinson, Land Agent, In response to an application for increased facilities on the railways for tho handling of stock, tho Minister has pointed out to the Farmers' Union that everything possible was dono to convey live stock to destination in the quickest possible time, and the Department's efforts in this direction would not be relaxed,