LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1793, 11 December 1895, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Look out for Messrs Hetherington and Co,‘s replace advertisement on Saturday. . Gallagher's coach will run to the Waihou concert on Friday evening. • Ohinerauri County Council advertise .tenders for certain road works, also for 500 dog collars." . A. :yA'A'4-. A Mr D4Lurid on advertises a special horse sale in the Te Aroha Town Board yards on Friday next. < Captain Edwin wired at noon yesterday ; as follows:—‘ Strong North-east to East and South winds' and glass falling.’ Mr Alfred Elkin, the popular Auckland Dentist who visits To]Aroha periodically will be here again on the 16fch inst. Messrs McNicol and Co.’s sales will be found duly advertised in their usual space A fine lot of sheep and. cattle, are entered for the Waitoa|sale on Friday next, including 20 two-year-old cattle from Mr Dibsellj 340 - fcwo-toofch wethers; 20 fat lambs and 100 fat sheep are also entered." It Messrs McNicol' and Co will.‘sell, on tiehalf of : Messrl ‘Eeid” and Dickson, the - 'vifhole of their stock of buggies, carts, illcies, farm implements, aud a lot of iokamiths and wheelwrights tools. The -te is a bona fide one, and should attract a large -number of buyer s. The sale takes platoon at the businessq>rer : mises of .ftei'd;aria Dickson. 4 (

We are pleased tov'toe-’ Mr Ge6> Rribsori - about- again after his. long.. illjatoß, v ,Mr. Robson . purposes going away for r a- few days change and hopes 'hi;.ft' Y#34 short; timeio be.cpny.alescent. . ; ' ' 3 We would draw'speoial attention Mr - W.J. Hunter’s Speoialf Horse Sale to T»a held at 'Hamilton' ever; 200 horses of all classes have been entered, f ”>

Mr T.- Ch. Bell, of Te Aroha, has been appointed collector of Agricultural Satisticts for this district,' He'-will commence his duties at ah early date. ~... . ■ ■-'i- . I . i i J -r'| -5 ' • • Mr.D. Lundon, auctioneer of Tauranga, advertises in our columns thafche will sell by»auctiori a fine collection of Art productions and general merchandise in the TeAroha'Town Hall on Friday and Saturday and next, the 13th and 14th inst. The sale comnienoes at 2 o’clock each ..day.. connection with the above prizes will be given. j!( y- 5 *:r ■ 4Ay'

: A. Concert,. and ,' [Variety,. Entertainment by the Mons De Croir Company is advertised t 9 be given in the To Aroha. Town Hall on Friday and Saturday evenings.. For full particulars lee posters. We commend the patriotism displayed by onr enterprising fellow - townsmen Messrs A. W. Edwards and J. B. Johnson. These; gentlemen at theit own expense, are regrading and asphalting,the footpaths in front of their respective business houses.

. The lorig-lboked-fdr concert and dance in aid of the Waihou Public School funds, will be held,6n;Friday evening next. The programme is a good one and. appears in another column; Siould the weather be favourable no donbt there wild be a large audience. ; ,;V- s' ■.

It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that the Te Aroha business people have agreed close. on Saturday afternoon of this week, in consequence of the Hack : Sports hold on that day.'! 1 At the Public meeting*held, to consider Dari’agh’s case onfeMonday. evening, it was ; decided to communicate - ;with Mr'Elliott, and work in conjunction with him re the mitigation of Davragb’s sentence. ■ , ....' ;>'r4' vfi j ; Jt will beseen by reference to our advertising columns that it is intended to held hack sports on Saturday next, the 14th inst. The Te Aroha J.C. have lent the new racecourse, Te Aroha West, for the occassion, and the local brass ;band r will be in attendance; . The programme comprises some half-dozen events (post entries),: and exciting finishes and well-contested races are expected to eventuate. A foot-race will alsobe run;;; vr44'4 -.1; 44

When His Honor' took his seat ori the bench of-the Supreme Court on Saturday morning the jury engaged Tor tjiree days on the* trial''of John Sistoris ’Garratt," *oh 'two Charges .of assault, who had. been locked up all night, returned a verdict of not guilty. The accused left the dock apparently ’in a composed state, hut as showing the terrible tension on ,his„,nerves during the prolonged trial, and’the of:the night during which the jury was locked up, he fainted on reaching the passage, and it was a considerable time before he could he brought to and.remoYe£-The, only case remaining for trial was a charge of aggravated assault against a young woman named Lily Barrett, who was 'convicted of striking a man named Sullivan with a bottle, and inflicting-.a. deep scalp, wound. She was convicted and sentenced to nine months’imprisonment. This concluded the criminal sittings, and the Court, rose. . ' ' : • - •: .- i.'i^ ’■ , •Are you Furnishing? The best"; and cheapest stock is at ‘The People’s r Furnish-' ing Warehouse, Auckland. J, Tonson Garlick is determined to maintain-the position held so long for giving best value in furiishr «ing goods. He is selling very cheap, all kind of Furniture, Carpets, CarpetjSquares, Linoleum, Bedding, Iron Bedsteads, Woven Wire Hattresseß, Furnishing, Drapery and Bamboo Blinds. ;. He furnishes; a house throughout, and sends an illustrated' caff rilogne;to',intending!.buyers. Write;, to J., Tonson Gablick, Qneen-street; Auckland.' A Splexidid line of CHEAP-ENVELOPES Xjl FOR SALEi at jthe. News Office.