Local and General.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42774, 5 September 1905, Page 2

Local and General.

The very excellent troupe of Mohawk Minstrels from Karangahake will, on Wednesday evening, give their refined and humorous performance under the pitronage of the Te Aroha Bowling C!ub. All who seek a good evening’s entertainment should make a point o visitiag this novel and successful combination of mirth and melody. In reference to a local in our issue of 29th stating that complaints of larrik - inism had been received from Manawaru, we wish to point out that these remarks were intended to apply on’y to Manawaru proper, and not to Aratiatia. A correspondent points out that many people think of Manawaru and Avatiaiia as being the same place,

The fourth social in connection with St. Maik’s church will be held in the Public Hall this evening. 'I he great, success of previous socials of this series, should ensure a large attendance.

Monday, August 28th, is a redletter day in ,the annals of Te Aroha. It has been declared by Messrs Johnson and Wigg to be their bonus day.—Advt, On Thursday 7 h inst. there will be held at Waitoa, a ladies’ meeting in connection with the Waitoa concert. The meeting will take place at. 2.30 p.m. Arrangements for this concert are nearing completion and an unusually attractive programme will be offered. Woo'd-Vj p itrons are again reminded that some capital T will be provided, and ’h t a special brake will run from T> Aioha and back.

J. R. E, Hit,rick begs to notify that as his new spiing goods are being opened up, the special sale discount will be discontinued on 31st August, but will continue g viog bargains in clearing lines until be finally disposes of his Te Aroha bu-iness.—Advt.

Mr T. B. LeamaU; of Aratiatia, wishes us to contradict tho run.oar that that Mr R.. Harris has resigned his position at the Manawaru Dairy Factory. There is absolutely no truth in the statement, as:Mr Harris is engaged for another season with the Company. Mr J. Squirrell, secretary of the Company, also writes as above. The special attentioh of the residents of this district is called to Mr Spitz’s Inst five days of sale in the Theatre. He has just opened the 1 prettiest lot of samples ever seen in the district, and some wonderful bargains are to be had. Farm hand, milker, advertised for,

In another column will be found the announcement that Mr N. A. Larney’s fine Clydesdale stalliou “ Colonel Gor dou ”is to stand nt Lauriston ” this season, and to travel the surrounding district.

On Thursday evening next, in th Public Hall, MrKintella, the Govern 0 moot Dairy Expert, will deliver a lee* ture on “ Dairy Methods in Ireland. Denmark, and the Argentine.’' Mr Kinseila lectures at Paeroa this events-

Of the 25.000 trout fry being sent down by the Acclimatisation Society, 12,500 arrived yesterday, and the remainder will arrive to.-day. Mr Stanley Brown, of Mangaiti, has installed a Lawrence-Kennedy milking set. Mr Robertson, the expert on these matters, is at present superintending the initiation of the new process, and in an interview yesterday, stated that his wide experience had shown it to be unwise to allow visitors to be present until the cows had got thoroughly used to the machiue: this usually takes about thiee weeks. Mr Robertson will be in Te Aroha on Thursday next. Those interested in the new departures recently made by local business houses will be pleased to hear that Monday, August 28th has been announced as bonus day by Messrs Johnson and Wigg.—Advt.

We call attention to the announcement of a meeting of the Piako Ratepayers’ Reform Association which is to be held in the Manawaru School this day week, at 7.30 p.m. We undtrstand that the Chairman and Secretary and members of the Executive will be present, when th 9 aims and objects of the Association will be fully explained, and the advisability of forming a Manawaru Branch of the Associattou will be considered.