The Matamata Record Published every Thursday SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1919 Brief Mention of all Minor Happenings In Matamata and Vioinity.

Matamata Record, Volume III, Issue 124, 22 March 1919, Page 2

The Matamata Record

Published every Thursday

SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1919 Brief Mention of all Minor Happenings In Matamata and Vioinity.

’' The Only Paper published \ in the Matainata County

Officer Tower Road P.O. Box 38 ’Phone 82

To insure insertion advertisements must reach the office not lator than Wednesday afternoons at 4 o'clock. " Changes of advertisements Must be * " .sent in not later than Tuesdays at noon.

it Patrick Lowery, who was ■'■ -found guilty, of the theft of cattle * t <atKaimai, was fined £SO. dominations for all events to be held at the Matamata Racing V: :; Clttb's meeting, on April 3rd, close ' 'to-tight.at9'p.m. ' * ' l ■' The surveyors commenced taking the town levels last week, and •' : it the same time are working in connection with the water seheme. The engineer, with the chairman of the -Town board,, this, week paid two visits to the falls at Okauia. ''\ , " She led the detective a dance, • literally and metaphorically. To . i lead him on a wrong scene she V stilV persisted in going to the ball, although she would rather have stayed at home and wept her eyes out. The story is Shoes that Danced" a Triangle film-to be screened at Matamata to-night.

" That ■ popular and delightful 1 song. "Mother. Mach-ree" is didactically 'an accompaniment to !) Triangle picture , "Shoes that Danced." Wallace • *\ ! MaoDonald as'.'- ...... sings it in one of the NgfYork *>•- • underworld cabarets. film 'j is soreening 1 at' ; to-night. ~'. jr jk- '.The question;oi;t]j 0 council K becoming j n a hydroboard wa£ raised by Cr. ■Banks at the Matamata County ■jounoil on Friday. On ■lis motion Jfa e following resolumn was J carr ied:—" That the County council desires a constituent part of ■bmbnred electric power board »the Thames Valley." Council should take Hares in the Auctioneering company," Stopford at the Kiatamata county meeting last ■week. ." Thelcompany," he con■tittiriC is paying a 5 per cent, ■rebate this ydar, an<Kl take it ■ that our busiaess with the comFj panV amounted to over £IOO. L/- The rebate woqld be a good X ■ saving." The' clerk waj instruct- '• to see if the cduricil coulrrtak* V .up shares in a" cornpany • and re- '.. i '. iport to next meeting. 'At the Town board meeting on Thursday,, when ,hydro-electric matters were being discussed, Mr J. Yj Vesper referred to- the fact ! that he had not, been elected to the executive;.of.-the., recentlyformecl local league. He thought > that a man who . ha\l ■ given as much time to the matter as he T had should have.been . nominated.

; l!he.chairman's offer to resign in "fM* Vpsper's favor was not agreed to by the\lattef. Mr "Price said the omission prphably' occurred thcough'Mr -.Vosper missing the

public njeeting.' , ' ' A unique and pleasing function yasheldat the residence of Mr ' and.Mrs<W.. Friday last, When :a large, company of a ?elat!ves.and friends assembled to f* "celebrate the; ninetieth'birthday ''■ v ': of MfvPatriofc Delaney, father of ,V> .Measrij 2L> and W. Delaney, of •« Matarnata. No .one entered into Inore than 10 retains ich of his Delaney his ninety ving serv;es in the ;er in the and wish s was reilly. - i thfl erec1. f iving 8H $r Messrs the lease be corner ver road, hite, two if Matartnership, mdertake k.