LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2106, 26 May 1898, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Cad man- will address his constituents at Paeroa to-morrow evening..

Monthly meeting, of the Ohinemari County Council onThursday, 2nd Jone. We are compelled through pressure on our space to hold over our reports of the sports,..concert, etc., which took place: on Tuesday; until Saturday’s issue-

The ‘Herald” of yesterday contained a full and exhaustive account of the opening, of the ne w bath-ho Mr Cadman, on Tuesday. We note also another admirable account of the ceremony in a Paeroa contemporary'We- understand that a fire occurred at Mr Thomas farm, at Te Ar.oha West yesterday* by which: a barn wa® burnt, arid 10- or 12. tons of chaff destroyed. We have not been: able to; learn any further particular's.. The young-salmon exPangatira and Jlimutaka are doing very well, but now that the youqgest are- about three weeks old it is found that a considerable number are deformed..

. ‘ In our notice in last issue of the gold medal presented to Sergt Salmon by Mr \\. H. Knock, we unwittingly conveyed the impression- that Mr Knock had undertaken to present a similar medal every time tho Belt was wuti in the stipulated manner; T’his is not so. Mr Knock informs us that •the corps will provide future winners vyith medals- .

We remind oivr readers , of the unique and high-class musical entertainment at the Wesleyan Church to-morrow, conducted by Revs H. R. Dewobury and Arthur Mitchell. As there is sui’e t-> Jbe a crowded house, it will be wise to- be early in order to secure a seat. Admission, is by silver coin.

A very fine saddle* of mutton (ingeniously decorated) was presented' to 'the Te Aroha Footballers in honor of the l occasion of the Club’s dinner, on Tuesday night, to the Hon. A. J. Cadman, patron, the Presidents and vicePresidents, of the Te Aroha Club, by Mr J. Ghssidy,. of Pheroa.

It was announced some time ago that the South Australian Government intended to take immediate steps.to* .improve the Port Darwin line* which 'had proved hopelessly incompetent to ideal with the work thrown upon it. Since the outbreak of war matters jhave bedn worse than ever,, owing to ;the great increase in- messages; and; the delay, especially to- .Press messis intolerable, yet all the South. Australian Government: has done .so far ia to order some copper wire, which a message to. the- postal department here says will not arrive for-some time ! and, as it then has; to be erected, no improvement upon the present state of 'things can be expected for a eonsiderI able period yet-

■ Says the Sydney- correspondent, of’ the‘Age’:—A good story is beingtold now at the expence of our German cousins. A large dealer in chinawave sent a pretty stiff order to Germany, .amongst the goods being a lot of cups and mugs, which- are beautifully illu minated with a variety of legends “To. my brother; ’ r “To my wife,’’ “To a friend,” etCi, etc-. He had ordered with the rest a lot of moustache ,cups; They were well’ and duly made but were rendered valueless from the .fact that the German maker illuminated them ‘ To. my sister/ *To mywife/ ‘To my mother/' ‘To xny- betrothed/' and' a number of otherfemale relations.

XFor Coughs and Colds take Wood’s Great Peppermint Clu-e. 1/6 and 2/6

Some person or- persons unknown have had ‘ a lend’ of Mr El 0. Hugo, who being a physiognomist, should have been able to tell whether his informant was likely to be truthfulMr Hugo has .written to the Colonial Secretary to the effect that wholesaleexportation of the tuatara lizard' goes oh from. TUuranga and that the reptile is in danger of extinction. He also says that a- Gerrnun scientist took away 200- As to the latter sentence we know that Dr Thilenius did take 'some,, but nothing like that number, and as to-the exportation, this is entirely false, and we do not-think that!, a single lizard has been takumby anyope else-, There-is,.very little danger of the reptile becoming extinct, as they are numerous at Karewha, the Ruarinias, the Hen. and Chickens and a ■ rock near Mayor Island. The reptiles have been protected since 1895.—8. P. Times. ' - - > William Jibe Gefct Chinaman, ia the latest Wellington bankrupt. This is a portion of hia statement I see* my troubles endless to come, lam helpless. During the last three-years over 36> creditors support my business ; during; last two months not one, 1 lei me have- penny on tick. Pish never live iin a dry pond without- water. Engine can’t well move along without well, support of coal. Boy can’t % kite without.tail on it. Housekeeper pour all tea to., the cup, no refilled how she give more tea., you require all-empty E-‘That just, the way withmy business;. ; The GoldfieldsAdvocate-has been acquired 'by Mr Joseph Ivess. The late proprietor Mr A. W. Ellis will act as general manager of the Karangahake district.

Let- the croaker croak, and the hard time howler howl. We know hard times as bad as those in a sick household. The start — a slightjcough, gets worse, keeps everybody in the house-awake, father swears; mother ditto.. Avoid troubles-. Keep- a bottle of Woods’Great Pepperment Cure in the house; it never fails, a half crown . bottle. will cure the whole family,