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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 24 August 1917, Page 3

£ The Minister of Defence has been j a 'vised of the safe arrival at their ! destination of the 26th Reinforcements, l and also of the first portion of the 27 th | Reinforcements. \ A couple of death notices in the * Daily Times of Monday bring back to J memory some of JSaseby's old-time j residents. One states that on August j IStb, Mrs W. Aschoff, died at George j street, Danedin, at the age of 69; and \ the other that Mrs Thomas Pinder j died on the same date, aged 67 years, j That "Jack is as good as his master" ] May be all well as a jest, j Despite sueh patter, in men as in ! matter, j The best will be always the best. ! In the keen competition for trade, i Worth alone can succeed and endure For coughs or colds this principle holds

In Woods' Great Peppermint Core. I Sir James Allen announced in Par-i Itament that ths second part of the I 27th Reinforcements had an ived at a j port of call, and that the health of the j troops was excellent. j The Daiiy Times says:—A young ! man, who stands about 6ft Tin high, j was arretted at Ranforly yesterday, (Tuesday) and was brought down to ; Dtmedin ' last night by Constable , Bandy. He "sill be charged in the Wlice Ccurt to-day with failing to . register under the Military Service Act. A junior and aschoolboys' teams of footballers visited Ranforly last Saturday. The visitors were beaten in each instance, the Ranfarly boys winning by 11 to 8, and the juniors by 10 to nil.

The first assistant (Mr M'Donald) in the post office has been transferred to Wellington, one of the junior members of the staff here (Mr Holland) being raised to his position. Recently we lost our popular messenger, Master J. Marslin, who was promoted and transferred to Mosgiel. Both of these young officials were very popular owing to their obliging and courteous disposition. The annual meeting of the Maniototo A. and P. Association takes place at Ranfurly, at 2 p.m., on Saturday afternoon, 25th inst. As the question of holding or postponing tha show this year will probably crop up, all members holding strong opinions one way or the other should attend.

The Farmers' Union shooting match, last Saturday, for the Mathias Shield passed off very successfully. The winner proved to be D. Duncan, jun., with T. A. Lowis second. We expect a report next week.