LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2070, 22 January 1898, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Band will play in the Domain on Sunday afternoon.

Yesterday was on® of the hottest days of the Beasou. The Hon T. Thompson left Cambridge yesterday morning for Auckland.

Dr Orpen has been arrested in San Francisco. He left the Alameda at Honolulu, and went on by the next boat.

A leather hound Spring Cart Brat® Chain ia advertised for, Finder kindly return to D. D. Macnicol, Ironmonger, Whitaker Street, To Aroha.

The attention of contractors is called to the Waitoa Road Board tenders in another column.

This afternoon the T® Aroha and Paeroa eleven play a return cricket match at Lipsey'a paddock. In our report of the Rennick-Mc-Lean wedding we omitted Miss Bella McLean’s name from the list of bridesmaids.

A number of the latest novels just received from Spreckley’s may be seen at the News stationery department. Works by Richard Le Galliene, Le Quex and Norris.

S’ightly damaged children’s 800 sizes 3 to 6, being cleared at 6d per pair, at A. W Edwards, usual price from 2s 6d to 5a 6 a pair.—Advt.

The Waihi band, with Mr Hemus as conductor, left yestesdav en route to Napier, where they are to compete in the approaching band contest. They have our best wishes for their success.

On Sunday evening at St. Mark’s Church, a Bacred solo will be sung by Miss Maxwell, of Auckland. The service will be taken by Mr Watson. Mr Watson is a theological student of St John’s College, and is to be ordained in March next.

In a coach accident on the Hokianga road, on Tuesday last, a number of persons were injured including Messrs A. J Allom, Clendon, S.M., Dr Lowe, Mr Reed, solicitor, and a Mr Kirkpatrick, a traveller, and the Misses Lloyd and Johnston, All were more or less hurt, some seriously.

Ladio9 and children’s hats must be cleared regardless of cost, A. W. Edwards.—Advt We understand that the accom-modatioTA-at the Waikato Hospital is severely taxed just now, there being 35 patients. In order to provide for this number some of the beds from the fever ward have had to be utilised. The fever ward at present is empty, the last patient having been discharged a few days ago.

We learn that the Government will in March next take over the Rangiatea Waitoa, of 4000 acres; they will also take over about “1000 acres of the Motamata Estate. This land is situated on the right bank of the Waihou River* Both properties are in the hands of the Assets Realisation Board and it is intended, we understand, to throw these lands open for selection forthwith.

A quiet but pretty wedding took place on Thursday afternoon, at the residence of Mr Moses Hotchin, whan Mrs Balcke, of VYhitaker-street, was united in marriage to Mr F. G. Lawn. The ceremony was performed by Rev S. Griffith, in the presence of the immediate relatives of the contracting parties. At the conclusion of the ceremony the toast of the “ Bride and Bridegroom ” was heartily honored, all joining in wishing the happy couple, health, happiness and prosperity.

All millinery goods reduced, to about half price at A. W. Edwards’.—Advt

It is not every day one has the opportunity of hearing a real live missionary. On Thursday next, however, this opportunity will be enjoyed at the Wesleyan Church, Te Aroha, when the Rev William Slade, of Piji, is to deliver a lecture on ‘ Mission Life in Fiji.’ The lecturer has laboured as a Wesleyan Missionary in Fiji for many years, where by his indefatigable zeal, administrative ability and pulpit gifts, he has proved highly successful. Being an effective speaker his lecture on Thursday will be full of interest.

The natives on the Waikato River are making extensive preparations for the big Maori canoe race for £IOO which is to take place on March 17th at the Ngaruawahia Rega ! ta. Recently a new canoo to carry 40 paddles was launched at Matahura, on the Waikato Last Friday the Ngatitamainu tribe felled a totara tree and started to make a canoe at Raglan, to be brought round the coast into the Waikato. On Monday a tree to make another big oanoe wasfelled stTaupiriby the Ngatihinetu people. These and the canoes which competed at last year’s, regatta should provide a very interesting race.

The Graphic this week presents its readers with as large a variety of pic torial and reading matter a? usual, and all of the subjects are of a kind to interest every class of reader. The pictures of Coolgardie and the West. Australian goldfields convey, an admirable impression of the character of the country and the conditions under which work is done there. The views of the Lyttleton Regatta will be specially noteworthy in the . eyes of yachtsmen, who cannot fail to be interested in them. An article on human incubation in New York throws a good deal of light on a subject of which little is known by the general public. The issue has in addition to these attractions a host of others, and contains all th© latest society gossip and news, 1