Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVII, Issue 22693, 6 August 1903, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Presbyterian social in the Public Hall this evening. Familj advertiied for to run a herd of 140 cows on shares Clearing sale at Mr Thos. Davenport’s farm, near Waiorongomai, to morrow. Th,e members of the Oddfellow’s Lodge in this district intend holding their third anniversary social on Friday, September 11th, in the Town Hall. Members r-f the Piako Mounted Bifl.es and the Rifle Club intend practising at the range this afternoon. The adjourned meeting of Lodge Arolia, 7599, A.0.F., will be held in the Lodge-room this evening. A full attendance is requested.

We learn that Mr R. Jansen was very successful with his trial crushing of quartz, which he forwarded to the Thames School of Mines for treatment, and is now engaged in obtaining a further supply of stone. A meeting of the Te Arolia Fire Brigade was held at the shed on Tues day evening last, to confer with Messrs Hetherington and Laybourn, the members of the committee appointed by the Borough Council for I’ire Brigade matters, in reference to the requirements, of the Brigade for the ensuing year. A number of sug gestions were mode and rbe gentlemen present promised to jay the same before the Council, with their support. At eocclu-ion of the meeting Mr lietheriu ”ton Oidertained the members |of the Brigade, d n d a further talk on 1 manors in connection was indulged in Attention is_ direct,.-d to Messrs McNicol and Co’s c.‘ on ring sae o! Mr T. Davenports (hdry V vs, 010.. wi i ii t, kes ]) nee Vo morrow. Mftss; s McN ie d and Co. will offer at ihe next V\ aihou sale 120 choice - dairy cows and five- picked heifers from Alts J'j Bradley, who is giving up dairying.

The many Te Arolia friends of Mr G’O. Smith, the well-known Paeroa--1 Waihi coach driver, -will rogiet to learn that lie is at 1 lie present lime dangerously ill at theTh-iuv-s hospital suffering from an acute attack of in flammation of the lungs.

The usual monthly meeting of the Te Arohi Band of Hope was held in the Methodist schoolroom ou Monday even- ! ing last, Mr H. Lawn, sour., pixsidiiig. There was a good attendance of both yoang and old. The following items were rendered : —Duet, Misses i. and A. Lawn ; recitation, N. Robinson ; duet. Misses E. .Smith and N. Robinson ; recitation, Miss Elsie Rowe ; recital ion, Freda Robinson. Addresses were also given by Messrs Laybourn and Lawn. | Miss I. Lawn presided at the organ. The Wellington City Council has amended its by-laws regulating bit liard rooms. In accordance wi h the earlier closing o£ hotels, it was decided to closing *ll. billiard rooms at 10 o’clock, instead of 11 o’clock, until 8 the following morning. It has also provided by way of addition that no person under the age of 18 years be allowed to be on the premises, other than a paid servant of the licensee or a member of his family. It may interest volunteers to learn that regulations re efficiency badges for various arms of the volunteer service are published in the Gazette. The badges carry with them in many instances personal payments ranging from 5s for cadets to £1 for trained men. Of special interest to volunteer* locally • are the notes re mounted infantry, infantry, andcadets.

The average man is a creature of custom. Custom has more to do with drinking habits that anything else. When kings and queens set custom*, or publicly announce their approval of them, to a large extent society follows suit. A recent and a very hopeful sign of the times was published in the papers the other week. It was stated that King Edward, in reply to a correspondent, had said that his health would be equally honoured drunk either iu water or wine. This pronouncement will ha t ve its due effect on the social life of the Empire. The Auckland Star be littled itself by placing the cablegram conveying the King’s intimation in an out-of-the-way corner of its issue.—“ The Joyful News.”

At Homestead, Pennsylvania, U. S., a remarkable demonstration took place Fifteen thousand steel workers marched past Mr C. M. Schwab, president of th* United Steel Corporation, and, says the Telegraph’s correspondent, aa they went by there came from the ranks constant cries of "Hello, Charlie!’ Mr Schwab answered by such greetings as ‘ Hello, Bill ! hov/,s your boy?’ The occasion was the dedication of a free industrial school, which Mr Schwab has built at a cost of £25,000, to educate the children of the town. In the June issue of the National Waifs’ Magazine, just published, Dr. Barnarflo tells a wonderful talc of liow Ins Wellknown Homes have been preserved from want in spite of the extreme pressure of recent times. ‘ More Room ’ is his urgent cry at the present moment, Were the funds forthcoming, 25 now Cottages at the Ilfor 1 Tillage Homes would speedily occupy the new and excellent site that is available. Pathetic instances are given of little ones rescued from incredibly vile surroundings. Here is a photo, for instan e, of ' Six-year-old Bessie, whose Jife-story cannot be told. ’ Contrastpictures, showing the past and the pro-

sent of rescued waifs,, form a feature of the magazine, and the moral of emigration is tellingly pointed in the same conpecion. One photograph of a rural scene is titled ‘ Our Industrial Farm in Manitoba —No Overcrowding Here ! ’ A paper on ‘ Some Principles of Our Work of Waif Rescue, ’ by the Rev. W. H. Finney admirably sets forth the lines of effort along which the Institutions run. The point is strongly emphasised that no physical infirmity what ever precludes the immediate reception of any case of genuine .Institution. Under the title of ‘My Children and Grandchildren, ’ we have a pretty ' Idyll of the Homes, ’ telling o! the happy marriage of two young emigrants, formerly in the Institutions Life at the Watts Naval Training School at North Elmhain, Norfolk, which is now in working older, is dealt with m another paper ; and the story of the Girls’ Village Homes at Ilford is ably described under the guise of ‘ How I Retrieved a Blunder ! ’ In tins connection an intimation is given that the Annual Meeting and F under’s Day Celebration fixed for Saturday July 11th, the place of meeting to be the Vidage, which is within fifty yards of the newly-opeued Barkiugside station, ou the G.E,R. The Hemes have now, it appears, actually close upon 7,000 hoys and girls under their care ! A copy of the Magazine will bo sent gratis and post free to any one who makes application for it to the Head Offices ef the Homes, 18 to 2G, Stepney Causeway, London, E. Onions, Onions, Omens. 7s per cwt at J. B• Johnson’s. —A/lvt. Onions, Onions Onions, 3s 9d for sGibs at J. B. Johnson’s.—Advt.