Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42753, 27 July 1905, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News

THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

2his above all—to thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day Ihou canst not then be false to any man Shakespeare.

The Te Aroha District Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., invite tenders, returnable up to 7 p.m. on Saturday, 29th inst., for the purchase of the season’s (1905-6) output of buttermilk at the butter factory, Waihou. Conditions of purchase can be seen at the secretary’s office, Te Aroha. Something for nothing is a rare chance. It may be yours by attending to this notice. Every purchaser of Hatrick’s well and favourable known 3s Kaiapoi fingering now sold during his cloaring sale at 2s (id, may have for the asking a patent wool winder worth 2s 6d.—Advt.

A privately owned estate of some historic interest is, says an exchange, about to be cut up for settlement at Pakaraka, in the Bay of Islands. The 1 estate, which is about six miles distant from Oheawi, was obtained from the Maoris by the late Archdeacon Henry Williams, many years before the Treaty of Wliitangi was signed. At the Agricultural Conference, Mr J. D. Ritchie (Secretary for Agriculture) referred to the fact of disease in pigs becoming more prevalent. Diseased pigs were coming on to the Wellington market, and on several occasions the officers of the department had actually had to go into butchers’ shops and condemn pork. He mentioned also that under the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, it was proposed to limit the killing of sheep for barter or sale to two per week for each farmer. Butcher had said that some farmers were going round and doing a larger trade than they (the butchers) were doing.

We are pleased to loarn that the young man W M ickie, who lias been an ininaie of Ilu rail ton Ilospi al foxsome months, is much better. He has indeed had a most trying lime, and great credit is duo to the doc;or ami aurses for pulling him through his serious illness. .'.““gj All tickets bearing da<o June 26tli returned to J hu.-on aud Wigg during July, face value will be givou in cash. —Advt.

Mr H. J. Hawkins is in receipt of a letter from Sir Robert Stout, thankiug him for a letter and also an extract sent. Sir R ibert lemarks in his note that the Japanese nation is, as the letter puts it, very interesting to us. The Bible Society reports a circulation of 5,857,645 copies for the yearending March 31. This total is an increase of 160,28-1 copies on tinprevious issue, and represents 2,603 tons of Scripture in bulk, About two-fifths of the issues are despatched from the Bible House in London, while three'fifths are printed and distributed from other countries. The Society’s rec >rd output last year, for one day, from the Bible House .done was on June 1, when 81 cases wen despatched representing a total of 9 tons of Scriptures in 28 different languages. The record output for one month last year was 48 tons of Scriptures which were despatched in 440 cases and 70 shipments ; this represents 116,370 books in 114 different lan guages. The record consignment of English Scriptures sent our, last'year was 22 tons in three days. Messrs]Johnson and Wigg’s custom--ers will please nore June 26th is de dared bonus day for the month.— Advt

Among Crown Lands shortly to be opened for sale or sdection are five sections of first-class light bush lanu and heavy and light scrub land in the Pirongia district, Kawhia County on the optional system. There will also be opened next month 4,316 acres of first class surveyed heavy bush land in the Maungamangero Survey Dis trict, Counties of Awakino and Kawhia for lease in perpetuity.

We are waking up to the fact (writes a Home correspondent) that the betting mauia in England is bringing ruin and desolation to thousands of homes, and the papers are full of pathetic stories about it, Iu the space of five and a half years betting has been responsible for 80 cases of suicide, 321 embezzlenents and 191 bankruptcies. And all the missionaries to the poor and the teachers find it a curse, aud we are asked to pass laws to prevent it. But what is the good of a law, without public opinion ? When “nice” people gamble at Bridge, and “ respectable ~ people gamble in the Stock Exchange and “religious” people gamble at bazaars what is the use of trying to keep foolish people from risking their all on a horse.

Importers of New Zealand butter a home are thinking of shipping some back again, owing to high prices ruling locally this winter. We feel certain they would not do so if they only knew Johnson ahd Wigg a<e selling some of the *very primest local farmers’ at lid per lb.—Advt. We beg to remind our readers that on Monday and Tuesday next, 31st July and Ist August, in the Theatre, Te Aroha, there will be shown for the first time one of the best performances placed before a local audience for' a long time past. The Bio Tableau Company’s pictures are spoken of by our exchanges as really first-class. The views include thrilling incidents of the Russo-Jap war. life in Paris, love’s disaster, robbery under arms, ballet dancing, and performing dogsSignor Zapateira (says the “ Waikato Argus ”) exhibited his biog-raphin the Hamilton Town Hall last evening. The entertainment was well patronised and some excellent pictures were shown. The collection included scenes of the Russo Japanese war, Parisian life, coloured films of ballet dancing at the new Opera House in Paris, and the erruption of Martinique.

Force is so well known now that anything we might say in favour is unnecessary. One thing only we would advise : buy it fiesh and sweet, and use plenty of it. See our window and you will have some idea what our turnover in this particular line is.— Johnson and Wigg,—Advt

At the S. M Court on Tuesday an action was brought against C. Hall by W. Reid, for £2 ss, value of powder and shot flasks and a single-barrelied gun, said to have been taken by do fendant in September, 1893. Mr Gil christ appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Porritt for defendant. Defendan idmitted haviug the gun, which he had restocked and was quite willing to return it as soon as the amount for re' stocking was paid. Mr Porritt con tendedj that the statutory limitation was passed. The S. M. ruled accordingly Judgmen was given against plaintiff, the S, M. refused to allow defendant costs uuder the circutnstances.

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