LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2094, 14 April 1898, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A lost ring is advertised for in another column.

The tenders for the erection of a Presbyterian Church were opened on Tuesday night. Messrs Sutton and Sou's tender at £223 was accepted.

Among the new advertisements in Friday’s issue appears oae from Mr EL Dunbar Johnson warning persons against trespassing on the property known as ‘ Mangauheuga.’ Persons on the look-out for a bargain in the shape of a compact little farm could not do better than visit Mr Lovegrove’s at Waihou—about one mile from Te Aroha—with a frontage of 25 chains on the main road.

We have to call attention to Mr A. W. Edwards’ replace advertisement in another column from which it will be observed that he has just opeued a new stock of boots o,f all makes and sizes..

For Coughs and Colds take Wood’s Great Peppermint hure. 1/6 and 2/6.

Miss Spooner, of Te Puke, who is at present staying wi h Mr and Mrs Copeland, had the misfortune to break a blood vessel on Saturday night last, and has since been confined to her bed*

On Good Friday a cricket match was played atLipsev’spaddock between the Taupiri and Te Aroha Clubs. Te Aroha, in tlieir first innings, were all out for 27. Taupiri followed, and put up 31 for the loss of no wickets.

At a sale of rare postage stamps, held by Messrs Yentom, Bull and Cooper, at St. Martin’s Town Hall, Charing Cross, the following were amongst the prices realised :—New Zealand—2d. no watermai’k, perf., unused, £l3; 2nd, vermilion, wink, lozenge, £?.

For Coughs and Cold's take Wood’s-Great Peppermint Cure. 1/6 and 2/6 "We were shown to-day an old cartouche bos found on' the island of Moutoa, where the celebrated fight occurred between the Hau Haus and the friendly natives in 1864. The box contained a couple of. ball cartridges, in which were wrappers composed of pieces of the London Times of that period, one of which contained a paragraph anent the late Prince Imperial of Fiance, who, it is stated, was going through his militajy training by deputy, a sub stitnte. performing the youthful soldier’s military duties. —-Yeoman.

Good progress is being made- with the new Wesleyan Churches now being erected at Waihi and ICarangahake. The framework of each is already up, and the opening serviceva’-e expected' ito take place, about Whitsuntide. Yesterday the memorial stone of the of the Waihi Church was laid by Mr R. Trembath. and a simitar function takes place to-day at Karangahake a f 3 o’eleck, when the Stone will be laid ;by Mrs W. Goldsworthy. Addresses wil' be given by Rev. 8. J. Serpell from the Thames and the resident ministers. Should the 145. train to, Paeroa., he punctual, visitors could attend the ceremony and return by the train. The coaches run Jto suit both going and coming,, and an interesting afternoon could thus be secured.

For Coughs and Colds Trke Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure. .1/6 and 2/6

It has long been known that quicksilver exists in different parts of New Zealand. Cinnabar is found in the auriferous drift gravel's as far south as Waipori, in Otago, andi between that goldfield and Waitahuna, and' .as far north as Ohaeawai, in the Bay of Islands. A few years ago Mr McKay, Government geologist, discovered einnabar in the bed of a gully at Puhipuhi, in Whangarei County. At Tui Greek, near Te Aroha, cinnabar was found in the centre of a large lode of highly-mineralised quartz, and .also in the bed of the Waiorongomai stream, on the opposite side of the Te Aroha Range. Quite recently another discovery was made at Maungakirikiri, a branch of the Kauaeranga River, distant about eight miles from the Thames, in a large lode formation of flinty quartz, mixed with a considerable quantity of decomposed countryrock.—Mines Record.

The GreatFire.— Tortson Garlick & Co are selling their stock at Hoffman’s Buildings, Elliott-sfcreet, behind the Opera House. Ten Thousand Pounds worth of Carpets, Linoleum, Bedsteads, Fenders, Rattan Furniture. Overmantles, Bedding, Drawing Room Suites, and Furnishing Drapery. Such a sale as. this will he has held beenneverin Auckland.—Advit.

Our readers will be pleased to learn that Mr G. H Oornes, son of Mr John Cornes of Te Aroha, who proved so successful in passing the University matriculation examination and subsequently the N. Z. junior and senior civil service examinations, has received an appointment in the customs at Wellington. The consistent suceess achieved by this young Te Arohoan speaks very highly for the educational ground work he received at the local school at the hands of Mr Marsdon of the Te Aroha District School, whose system of teaching has been attended in so many cases by such excellent results.

Be wise in time I ‘Tis good advice. Man Gets his change but seldom twice ! And therefore do not be cajo’ed Into neglect of cough or cold ! For bo'li there is no nostrum truer Than that of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

A curiosity in the shape of a giant tortoise has been bought by one of the Rothschilds, and is now en route for England on board the s s. Oceana. The monster hails from Tonga, weighs hail a ton, and is 120. years old. Its present owner gave £129 for it, and has insured it for £2OO. I’m not in the waggon business. I am strictly in the tip business. I don’t want you to lose sight of the fact that my tips will do you goo-1 if you good if you take hold. Now, you’re a family man —children not over strong—doctors are expensive— 1 winter’s coming on.’ Keep a pottle of Woods’ Great. Peppermint Cure in the House ; will stop the inevitable family cough. Cost, Is (id. Saves doc.tors bills cheats the undertaker. Nuf sed.‘

When completed, the tunnel which is being cut through Pike’s Peak, Colorado, will he the longest in the world. The main bore will be twenty miles long, and connecting with it are subsidiary tunnels with a rtot&l length of thirty miles So, in reality, the task that has been put under way is that of digging fifty miles of tunnels, and every foot of this vast system will be under Pike’s Peak and the mountains that tower on each side.

Wefasles are becoming very plentiful at the Thames. Within the last three weeks no less than seven have been killed, one being at Parawai, another at Tararu, three in the Hape creek, and one in Shortland, while one was captured by Mr John Ellis on the verandah of his residence at the Terrace, Block 27.

A Sydney cable says Lord Ranfurly speaks eulogistically of the prosperity of New Zealand, and of the great, strides it is making in agriculture and miniug. The viee-regal party are the guests of Lord Hampden. They leave shortly for Mildura. In our loader in Tuesday’s issue we spoke of the want of sympathy with what is known as the Colonial move meat so fi-cq.uen.tly exhibited by the so called ‘ governing classes ’ in England. As an illustration of .this we may cite- the cavalier- treatment of Auckland’s proposal to station a naval training ship in the waters of the Waimate at the hands of the Lords of the Admiralty. Their Lordships remark, we gather from the Hawkes Bay Herald, that seamanship, forms but a small part of a seaman’s training. It is indespeasable that the handling of every modern gun and torpedo should be learnt. ‘An isolated training ship consequent^ 7 would, afford very imperfect means of educating crews for men-of-waiv’ . This is one of these shallow departmental excuses colonials find so particularly galling. Boys trained in Home training ships do not learn any of these things. The Press in England is very severe on the tone the Admiralty Lords have chosen to adopt in treating a laulahle colonial aspiration. It will never do, they say, in- these days to let the colonies suppose that the Empire 's made for the system, and not the system for the Empire. The prevailing opinion among, the democratic classes at Home that it would be just as well for the Admiralty department to put a little more sympathy and a little less pedantry into its official replies to colonial overtures, which are at least well meant and inspired by an Imperial sentiment worthy of all encouragement. For Coughs and Colds take Wood’s:Great Peppermint Cure. 1/6 and 2/6 The Government Gazette notifies that cock pheasants and Californian and Australian q-uail may be killed within the Auckland district, consisting of the counties of Rodney, Waitemata, Eden, Marmkau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Rsg’ran, Waikato, Waipa, Rotorua, Kawhi, and Taupo West—excepting the islands known as' the Little Barrier and Heu and Chickens, and that portion of Lake Road district, County of Waitemata, bounded on the north by Wairau from its mouth- to the main road from Devenport to Waiwera, on the west by s id road to its junction with Sea View Road, on the south by that road te the sea, and on the coast by sea to the point of departure—from May 2 to July 31; licenses, 20s. The chief postmasters at Auckland, Thames, and the postmasters at Cambridge, Mercer, Dargaville, Papakura and Pukekohe are appointed to issue licenses. Native game may be killed from May 2nd to July 31st-

Both the British Admiralty and the War Department are testing under various climatic conditions, the new method of conserving flour. One objection to the establishment of national granaries has been the difficulty of storing wheat for any length of time. '1 he grain germinates and is ruined, and to keep vast quantities in a sound condition has been pronounced by the Royal Commission impracticable. Experiments are being made with a system of compression into bricks by hydraulic pressure. The trials show that flour so treated is not affected by damp, even under unfavourable conditions, is free from mould, and is sweet and wholesome. Moreover, compression destroys all forms of larval life, and flour is therefore rendered safe from the attacks of insects. The saving in storage is enormous, as the cubic space occupied by 1001 b of loose flour will hold more than 400 lb of the compressed article.

Wheels in your head, ungreased. That’s awkward. Not drink ? No. Flu Fu, you know what that is ? Inflenza, that’s not brought on by swallowing a box of dominoes. It’s a very severe cold in every part of the body ; the treatment is pure, simple and effective. Take Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure; it knocks it out every time. Paste this on tne kitchen clock.