LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1752, 20 July 1895, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

V' Father Hackett will celebrate Mass at Te Aroha to-morrow, at 11 o’clblk- -

The settlers of this district will be pleased to know that .Mr Frank Marshall baa leased the horse Pinfire from the oxecutora of the lata John McNicol, and proposes to travel him rGnnd the Piako and To Aroha district. Full particulars as to places and dates will appear in a future issue. Just to hand, direct from the' mills, a large consignment of Kaipoi blankets, flannels, wools, hooiery, shirts, tweeds, and men's boys clothing, which are being offered at Clearing Sale prices. A. W. Edwards," Te Aroha.—Advt - Window panes of porous glass are being made in Paris. The minute holes in the glass are too fine to permit of a draught, and yet large enough to cause a pleasant and healthy ventilation in a room.

Mr Pavitt, engineer to the Waitoa Road Board, advertises tenders for clearing about 2 miles of toa-tree on the Ngutumauga road, also for clearing about 3 miles of drains and making road at Manawaru. Specifications may be seen at Mr Pavitt’s office, during office hours. All tenders must' reach, the Chairman, Morrinsville, before Saturday next, at 10 o’clock.

The sale advertised to be held in the Te’Aroha Town Hall by Mr J. Kenne y Thursday last did not receive the support it should have’ done, consequent y _ Kennedy has decided to abandon the 1 of a regular auction sale in Te Aroha, will always be open for engagemet lor special sales on the most reasonable tei Mr Henry Reynolds, of the firm of Reynolds and Co, arrived from Englan y the mail steamed Monowai, which arrived in Auckland omWednesday. Milk suppiie, s will->e pleased to learn that Mr Reyno will be present at the meeting cf delegates in Hamilton on the 24th inst. He will be able to give some very important particulars re the English butter market of last season and its[future'proapecta.

To keep the trunks of [fruit, trees fresh and green and smoothe all the year around cut into pieces about the size of hen s eggs common hard soap, and hang it up m the trees. The more alkali „the soap contains the better will be the result. Place the ooap in a coarse woven cotton cloth, as early to the spring as possible.. The rains dissolve the soap slowly, and it runs,, down the body of the tree. If possible so locate the ooap that portions will find their way to all sidea of the trunk. One application will last two or three years, and its good effects be shown for several years thereafter. As an indication of the rapid growth of of tho butter-producing industry in the and Manawatu counties it is reported that the Palmorston North sa3h and door factory anticipate turning out over 700,000 butter boxes during the present season, being double the number oi last season's orders.

' An Italian paper says thejPopo is much disappointed with the reception of his Encycical dn England. The coolness with which it has been received among the higher clergy has convinced the Pope that he made a mistake in writing it‘