LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43083, 23 April 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Farmers’ Union meets at Waihou to-night. S. Mark’s parish oners meet in the - Public Hall on Thursday at 8 p.m. Billy Berghofer's pastry is better than ever since the fire. —Advt. Mr and Mrs Ellery of Walton have left on a six month s trip to England and the continent.

No need to go to Auckland for drapery— you can do quite as well at L. Cullen’s Te Aroha. —Advt. Messrs McNicol and Company will hold their monthly stock sale at Waihou on Friday next, and on Saturdav will hold a clearing sale at Aratiatia on behalf of Mr A. Cochran.

For Bronchial Coughs take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is gd-Afl-

rspecTical ions arc now called- uy the ! Uungahunga Drainage Board, for I widening Hughes’ drain. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and colds never fails, Is 6d— Advt.

Mr T. J. Stanley, announces his candidature for the Borough election, promising, if elected, to do his best to further the interests of the Borough and to do his duty as a councillor without fear or favour. Everyone is not looking for hard work. A whisper to these, buy, or rather get a trial of our OK washing machine, and see if this does not suit you. Johnson and Wigg. —Advt.

MrMcNab, Minister of Lands, says that Avithin the life of persons now living the North Island will have a population 50 per cent greater than that of the South Island. Auckland will be the most densely populated portion of the colony. Misses Lavery, always to the fore in their particular line of business, are now making a grand show of choice winter millinery at their

‘ show-rooms opposite the Palace Hotel ! Customers cannot fail to be suited. —Advt. j The Borough Electrician informs ; us that the fluming was inspected at l eleven o’clock on the morning of the f day on which the recent stoppage of ; the electric light occurred. Prec- , cautions were therefore being taken l by him, but in future such inspectL ions will be made in the evenings after

, heavy rains. 3 Newest shapes in millinery selling ) like ripe cherries at L. Cullen’s Te . Aroha. —Advt. 5 The fact that last night’s house--3 holders’meeting at Te Aroha was as - well, if not better attended than last i year, shows that interest in school 3 matters is well sustained. Electors 1 are evidently satisfied with the out- ■ going committee’s work, for besides t replacing the two retiring members, 1 only one new member was elected. H OK ! Yes. there are lots of things 1 that are OK, but our washing ’ machine beats the lot. Try one. Johuson and Wigg.—Advt. Mr W. Garret, having retired from j the Government service, notifies that i he is now located at 8, Fort Street,

3 Auckland, where he may be consulted { with regard to transactions in buying 7 or selling land or arranging mortt gages. Mr Garrett’s, ten years’ ex--1 perience in this district as Govern- . ment Valuer, gives him an intimate i knowledge of existing conditions which cannot fail to be of immense 3 benefit to clients wishing to take up J land in the vicinity. 3 For children’s hacking cough at f night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure 3 Is. 6d. —Advt.

1 The means suggested for prevent- -• ing the further silting-up. of the i Ohinemuri and Waihou Rivers, is 3 for the local bodies to remit a portion l of the gold duty as compensation to ! the mining companies in respect of i the closing of the rivers in question : as sludge channels. The companies ! would then either extract the water r from the tailings and use them to fill 3 the stopes, or would carry them along ‘ fluming to fill up a swamp to make 1 dry land.

A beautiful lot of sample furs at reductions, low prices at L. Cullen’s Te Aroha.—Advt.

A Christchurch “ Star ” reporter, who made inquiries concerning the attitude taken up by the Exhibition Commissioners, learned that the Australian representatives have decided to withdraw their exhibits of wine and brandy, and not to submit them for rejudging. In their opinion any awards made now would be worthless. One commissioner said that the difficulty might be met by

giving each exhibitor a commemorative medal and diploma. Another tersely put the matter in a nutshell by saying. “ A gold medal would be of now use to me now. I would simply be asked over there," How

much did you give for it? ” We only want half a wink, and our old black horse will be at your front gate with our 0 K Washer aboard. Two washings, a trial free, j Johnson and Wigg’s.—Advt. If you are troubled with dyspepsia, which gives its victims no rest day or

night, and causes pains in the stomach and bowels, headache, dizziness and loss of appetite, constipation, etc., take a course of Chamberlain’s

Tablets, they will stimulate the liver and bowles to perform their work naturally and gently, and strengthen the digestive organs. For sale by Johnson and Wigg, Agents, i An order in time is worth two at a ’ rush. Order those billheads now at the j Hews Office,

When, the Minister for Lands was interviewed at Paeroa in connection with the silting-up of the rivers, it was pointed out to him that in. con-

sequence of the large deposits or tailings in the Waihou River, the flood in January last had ruined all the small settlers. Six settlers on the Ohinemuri River had lost between them £2182. Mr McNab promised that if the matter was not [Drought before Parliament by thcMinistei for Mines, that he would personally bring it forward.

MILKING MACHINE QUESTIONS. What is the secret of the wonderful success achieved by the . Lawrence - Kennedy- Gillies ’ Milking

Machine when every previous machine without exception proved such a complete failure? The answer is that the Gillies patents solved con-

i clusively t-he-great problem of successful milking by suction. These pai tents are embodied only in the L.K.

I d. ” and cannot lie used by oilieis i w jip,v.{ OifyU. wiittrenance 1 ~ TTliercfol’c. have other ' l new ana “ improved ” machines of even being equally successful ? How long a trail and what risks do you take in test-' ing a new machine to secure evidence

equal to the present 5 years’ record of the “L. K. G.” ? Agents J. B. McEwan and Co. Ltd.; Fort Street, 1 Auckland.