Local and General.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42780, 19 September 1905, Page 2

Local and General.

From an unknown sender we have received the following Why do not people teach their sous needlework ?. It is a great mistake not to. A late Colonel m- the Guards bad all his sons taught it in the schoolroom along with their sisters, These boys, he said,will probably knock about the world in colonies and elsewhere without a seamstress at their elbows all the time. They did, and their early lessons, with the needle came to bo highly appreciated. Besides, it is a recourse. On a wet day by the sea, for instance, a woman often "finds a useful resourse in he needle, while the maa hangs about with his hands in his pockets cursing the weather, Of course in colonies men have to do it perforce as they best can A gentleman who could do needlework told a friend tnat he found the occupa- 1 tion very soothing to his nerves. ‘ Mr. H, J. Tutschka, ofiHamilton, in.forms us that last week ho was favoured with instructions to tune the piano for the use of the candidates for the London Trinity College musical examination, and had the satisfaction of receiving a •’estimonial from Mr Mistowski, the examiner. This fact alone speaks volumes in praise of Mr. Tutschka’s capabilities. There is an exceptionally bad piece of road near Mr Cufain’s at Waitoa, on the Thames-Waikato road. This portion of the road is for some distance a mass of holes. On Thursday night last a sulky, landing in one of these, was brought to an abrupt standstill, the sudden shock causing the horse to plunge forward, breaking a trace rind other parts of the harness, and at the same time placing the occupants in great danger. The hole is fully eighteen inches deep, and ought to be tilled without delay for the safety of the travelling public. On Thursday next in the Presbyter ian Church, Mr Ohas. F, Wilson will give an illustrated lecture entitled “South America, the Neglected Continent, It's People, Customs and Religion.” At the quarterly inspection parade of the To Aroha Defence Rifle Club held last evening, Captain Pavirtin command. The men were drilled under the instruction of StafLsergt. Major Macdonald. At the close of the parade Mrs Somers presented rifle* man Jas. Stanley with the Cup (baited by Mr. R. L. Somers. Monday, August 28 th, is a day in the annals of Te Aroha, Jtfias been declared by Messrs Johnson Rnd Wigg to be their bonus day,—Advt,