Local and General.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42797, 26 October 1905, Page 2

Local and General.

The other day the Ashburton police took possesaion of, a travelling trunk marked “ personal luggage,” which was left at the Tinwald railway station. On examination the trunk was found to contain 50 bottles of whisky. The police handed over the luggage to a man who claimed it, and took a receipt.’ It is likely that a prosecution will follow. Mr Crease, the well -known chemist, who is starting business in Paeroa. will open iu a few day’s time. Another disappointed female Dowieite has written to New Zealand and the WellingtonJPost publishes the letter. She says work is scarce and food is dear and Zion is “ like living iu a graveyard,” A correspondent to the Wairoa Bell from Eelensville writes : “ The Opposition appear to have some understanding with the brewers, and it seems a remarkable fact that though the Opposition canditate is a Prohibitionist, his canvassers, in many instances, are working for the brewers too. The working men have kept the hotels open, and they naturally are begining to feel resmtm nt at the rumour that the trade are joining forces with the Opp sition against the workers' government. It is well known that there is going to be a Slumping vote for No-Licen-te in Kaipart, and it only wants confirmation of this rumour to give the Prohibit onists an easy victory. Hundreds of votes w uild go as a protest for NoLicense, and already a consolidating movement is afoot in the Liberal r .nks that threatens to close the pubs t\ ith slamming doors. Naturally r he lemperanee peoplesee their opportunity, and they are watching to make the best of iti

Correspondence which is proceeding in some of the English newspapers alleges that the New Zealand footballers havo hitherto met only untrained and amateur teams and urges the selection of the best possible Buby players regardless of the difference between the Northern Union and the Ruby Union. The French Dreyfus case will come before the Court of Cassation for revision about the middle of November Chaff, oats and all home feed being such a tremendous price, a bike not requiring any of these, why n-t go in for one. Johnson and Wigg have a good stock and will sell on any terms. - Advt, Petitions containing over 6000 .signatures from the Auckland pro* viuee have been presented to Patdiament for the abolition of the totalisator.

It is stated that the official opening of the Waihi railway may be delayed until the 13th November instead of the 9ih, as previously announced. Attention is called to the postponement of the clearing sale of Mr WH. N !U\« «' WV m. •>nuourr<ed for L .ami .y uexi.. Meb&rs McN*eol will hold the sale about two weeks hence.

Ladies should make a point of inspecting the choice stock of millinery at Misses Lavery’s, dressmaker Advt. The Auckland Education Board have decided to engage the services of an itinerant instructor in agriculture. The classes will be formed of the public school teachers who are under the Board’s jurisdiction.

The Dunedin S ar «iys that the general electmu will pr drab.y take place on Wednesday November 29 h. Those having old bicycles, either ladies’ or gent’s., can get good value for them by buying one of our English Pioneer up-to-date machines Taken as part payment, Johnson and Wigg. —Ad Labour Day, says the Wellington Post, was celebrated by several men barricading the bar parlour of the Imperial Hotel in Cuba street and fighting furiously. With 60ine diffi- j culty the licensee effected an entrance j to tho compartment and sep irated the combatants, but not before they bad splintered a door valued at £2 ss. The sequel to the occurrence was the appearance before Dr A M‘Arthur, S. M,, of a middle-aged man named John Thompson on a charge of having damaged *.he door in question. His Worship, after hearing evidence, ordered the defendant to make good the damage, aud fined bin 20s or seven days imprisonment. Three inebrates were each fined smaller amounts, and another was remanbed for curative treatment.

What is in a name ? A good deal. Well the name you should have on your bike is Pioneer. Johnson and Wigg ate stocking the line.—Advt.