Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News SATURDAY OCTOBER 21 1905. Local and General.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42794, 21 October 1905, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News

SATURDAY OCTOBER 21 1905. Local and General.

2hiß above all—to thine own self be true, A-id it must follow as the night the dag JLou ca isi not then be false to any man Shakespeare.

Attention is called. to the announcement of the concert to be given by pupils of the Convent High School on November l-Rh. On Sunday morning nest, a special Church Parade of t'ie Piako Mounted Xt:lies will beheld in commemor tion of Trafalgar Hay. Pall in at 10.20 a.m. in l>omain. Recently a number of Auckland merchants asked Sir J. G. Ward to introduce a system of giving receipts for money in p epayment of tele<>rams. '1 he Postmaster-General has replied that receipts will be given on

payment of one penny extra for each telegram. It is understood that, the merchants concerned are not satisfied vi ith the reply. . The Mataura Ensign says : -^ot even Mr Seddon could find fault with the manner in which the birth-rath for the Gore district is increasing. Last year the registrations amounted, to 199, whereas for the quarter just closed no fewer than 70 births were recorded.’' We may add that this, is a splendid record for a Prohibition district, and one which no-license supp rters may feel proud of. Chaff, oats and all home feed being soch a tremendous price, a bike not r quiring any of these why n t go in for one. Johnson and Wigg have a good stock and will sell on any terms. - Adyt. Mr Soddon announces that the Canadian Government have agreed to subsidise a service to New Zealand, and that there is, therefore, the possibility of such a service becoming very shortly an accomplished fact. It will cost this colony £IO,OOO. Is it not time that wo considered we should not put our money in this service rather than in the San Francsi o servic ? The latier is gaining a reputation for unpunctuality. It helps the American manufacturer to unload his stock in this country at a cheap rate, while our producers get no corresp mding advantage. The Americans show no inclination to meet us in any way. We are decidedly of opinion th >.t the time h i.s come to discontinue th’s service, and to see what can be clone :o accelerate the service via Vancouver, If wo added the two subsidies toge hor, we believe that in All-Rod sii'vice could be <>bt lined that would meet all .requirements,— Hawke’s Bay Herald. The attention of fanners and others is called to the auneuncemen made b* the Farmers’ Union in another column. Mr Auriol Bar leer is visiting the district for the purposo of spying eattie, on the 24tli inst, at the Waitoa yards, and Mr Dan Casey’s a‘ Wiihiu, w >rk to commence at 8 o’clock. A large number of cattle have already been bookod, and it is expected that many more will be forthcoming.

What is in a name P A good deal’ Well the name you should have on your bike is Pioneer. Johnson and Wigg are stocking the line. —Advt. On Tuesday next those County Councillors who form the committee of inspection of the new bridge ovor Coleman’s Creek at Aratiatia, will arrive in Te Ar ha by train at 1 20 p.m. and will then proceed by buggy to the bridge.

At the la est meeting of the advisory board of the Farmers’ Uui'>n, questions lo be submitted to candidates st the coming election wore decided upun. Th y will be circulated to branches in a few days. Those having oil bicycles, either ladies’ or geut’s., can get good value for them by buying one of our English Pioneer up-to-date machines Taken as part payment. Johnson and W igg. Ad There is one saddening refaction comes to us in connection with the blessed institution of a six hours’ day. The people who want it don’t control he capita! ! 1 hey don’t realise that. They re isou that toe boss” cannot g.>t along wi'hout the worker, but forget *h it the worker cannot get along without the “ boss ” —and his on sir. They can refuse to work for the nen who hold the cash, and the men vvho hold it can close down their wo. ks. It won’t matter to the worker whe her the sta'utory day is a six-hours’ one ■ir a sixteen —if the* o is no work to d ». —Wellington Free L nice Wales is the richest part of Great Britain in mineral wealth. England produces annually about £2 to each acre, Scotland a little less than £2; but the product of Wales amount to over £4 per acre.