LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 14, 17 January 1924, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Through the death of the headmaster. Mr. W. P. Roberts, the -marriage of the first assistant, Miss Barr, and the transfer of the second assistant, Miss Byatt, the Putaruru school will have an entirely new staff on reassembling after the present vacation. Comment is made by local residents on the blackberry in the railway grounds adjoining Lichfield road, Putaruru. They point out that whereas the Government takes stringent steps to force private landowners to clear their properties of such noxious weeds it seems very negligent' of its own land ir this respect. The question of the constitution of tbp Putaruru district a- a separate circuit was considered at the <iuarteily meeting of the Matamata Met’n- . odist circuit held ai Matamata last memorial to conference asking that the separate circuit be constituted provided the home mission fund could make it n yearly grant of £IOO to allow a married minister to be ap pointed to it. However, it is under stood that the matter is to be reviewed by a special meeting of the Putaruru Methodist Church trustees which is now being- convened for the purpose. The attention of anglers is drawn to Mr. T. F. Snell’s special announcement on page 1A Mrs. -IC. M. Wright wishes to announce that the Pos+ Office Tearooms, Putaruru. will be opened to-morrow (Frida} ) and refreshment? will bo always available ;h rough cut the day and evening. Specialities, such as ice creams . after-picture suppers, r—- “Sbftr drinks, etc., veil l be a feature. A special address. “The Worth of the Working Man," is to be given by the Rev. C. Scrirngeour at the morning service, Putaruru Methodist Church, next Sunday. All interested »in the present-day industrial and social problems of the world are in vited to be present.* The high percentage of protein contained in ‘'Moose’* Nuts cannot fail to have a beneficial effect on the cows at this time of the year. Although AUae pastures are now at their best the protein content i - not sufficient in keep the cow in the good condition necessary for her tu produce to her limit right through the milking period.*