Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News SATURDAY, JULY 1 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42742, 1 July 1905, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News

SATURDAY, JULY 1 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ihis above all —to thine own self be true , And it must follow as the night the day lliou cansi not then be false to any man Shakespeare.

A lady’s fawn kid glove awaits an owner. .j&All tickets bearing date June 26th returned to Johnson and Wigg during July, face value will be given in cash. -r-Advt. A southern contemporary calls attention to section 35 of the Electoral Act, 1902, which states that, every person making any claim (for transfer) must sign the same with his name in full. It would thus appear that the usual signature, even where the name in full is written in the body of the claim, will not suffice, hut. that the name in full must be wriuen by the applicant, The printed form of claim and transfer contains the word “signature,” which is usually not the name in full, and is therefore somewhat misleading.

Messrs Johnson ami Wigs’s •rs will please note' June 26th is declared bonus Aaf for the month. — Advt. j Miss Hamertnn has been appointed agent for the New Home sewing machines.

'■ Importers of New Zealand butter at home are thinking of shipping some back again, owing t<C high prices ruling locally this winter. We feel certain they would not do so if they only knew Johnson ahd Wigg are selling some of the very primest local farmers’ at lid per lb.—Advt. The Eev E D Patchett, one of the Ministerial Staff of the Upper Thames Methodist Circuit, will preach at the Te Aroha Methodist Church to morrow morning and evening, and at Te Aroha West in the afternuom. Mr Patchett is a New Zealand boy and was ; educated at the Three King’s College, Auckland, and is regarded as one of the most promising among the younger men of his church. No doubt Mr Patchett will have large congregations at this his first visit to Te Aroha, Force is so well known no\V that anything we might say in favour js unnecessary..... One thing only we would advise ; buy it ftesb and sweet, and üße plenty of it. See our window aud you will have some idea what our turnover in this particular line is. Johnson and Wigg, —Advt p.

The well known temperance supporter, T E Taylor, has paid a visit; to Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island, and reports go to show that he had a magnificent reception.Many vowed they would give him a warm time when he visited the Premier’s Electorate, but these boasters were as calm as possible. He pro duced a great impression, and disarmed prejudice in a wholesale manner. He made a lot of converts to no-license. The Secretary of the Manawaru School Committee (Henry Howin) has received the following letter from the County foreman (Mr E Johnson): “ As instructed by the Piako Count} 7 Council, I have looked at the bridge over the county drain, which was recently placed there by your committee, and reported to me as dangerous. I find on inspection that it is quite safe for any ordinary purpose,, and will report to the Council to this effect, provided there are two planks or posts placed, one on either side of the bridge, to obviate any danger from slipping into the drain off the ends of the bridge If this ii done the bridge will be quite safe,”

You can get almost anything you require at Manson’s Economic Drapery, Millinery and Boot and Shoe Warehouse, on the corner of Whitaker and Boundary streets. Mr Manson, in order to keep pace with the times, has j ust received and opened up a choice lot of boots and. shoes, of all shapes, makes and sizes, direct from the manufacture! s. The goods are all new, no. shop-worn stock on hand. A first-class dressmaker and milliner on the promises. ' “ ’• - ' ;