Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News. TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1907. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43092, 14 May 1907, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News.

TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1907. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

7 his above all—to thine own sell be true , And it must follow as the night the day Thou const not then be false to any man Shakespeare.

After the present issue this paper will in future he producer.! by Mr L. J. Sleek*, who has had previous experience on the stall of the 11 Gisborne Times.” Our present editor thanks all correspondents and others for their kind assistance during his connection with the News. Sunday last was observed as Hospital Sunday at Thames.

We hear that the Ladies’ Hockey Club holds a social to-morrow night. The White Star liner Adriatic has sailed from Liverpool for New York carrying 3000 passengers. Notice of application for slaughterhouse license, appears in another column.

The' “ Rotorua Times ” reports great activity amongst the various geysers at Whakarewarewa.

Messrs J. Rowe and O. F. Pilling departed by the afternoon train yesterday on a shooting expedition. For Bronchial Coughs take Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d. —Advt Extensive alterations are at present being made in. the Hamilton Telegraph Office.

Americans are not in favour of the reciprocal penny postage proposed in England.

It is officially announced that Queen Victoria (Ena) of Spain has given birth to a son.

A number of resolutions asserting general principles of Imperial cooperation were carried by the Conference.

The total credit balance shown by the Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand Freemasons is £12,125.

The Hungahunga Drainage Board meets on Saturday next to open tenders for cutting the Piranui and Waiharakeke drains.

A very choice selection of the lat" est styles in dress material just arrived at L. Cullen’s Te Aroha.—Advt-

A gold brooch with pearls and sapphire, lost between Aratiatia and Te Aroha some days ago is advertised for with reward.

Cattle running on Mr Alf Scherer’s farm at Te Uruwhao is advertised, and if not claimed and expenses paid will be sold at next Waihou sale. Mr Herries M.11.R., visits Rotorua to-day. He will leave to-morrow for Taupo, visiting Tokaanu on Thursday, and returning to Rotorua on Saturday.

The ordinary meeting of the Piako County Council will be held at Te Aroha on Monday 20lh inst, at 2 p.m. Special business. To pass order for loan Cambridge bridge. The New Zealand Paper Mills Ltd. is a somewhat successful company. A dividend equal to seven per cent per annum has been declared for the half-year ended March 31st, with a balance of £1177 carried forward.

The first Piako Rugby Union football match of the season was played on Saturday at Te Aroha, between To Aroha and Morrinsville, resulting in a win for the former by seven points to nil.

OK ! Yes, there are lots of things that are OK, but our washing machine beats the lot. Try one. Johnson and Wigg.—-Advt. The “ Waihi Telegraph ” states that an effort is being made in New

Plymouth by the Opposition party to induce Mr W. 11. llerries, M.H.R., for Bay of Plenty, to speak in that town before the election on behalf of

Mr Okey, the Opposition candidate. Did you ever s op to think that Chamberlain's P;iin Balm is an anti.

septic liniment and when applied to ruts, bums, biuisuy causes them to heal without maturation, and in about one-third of the time of any other treatment ?—For sale by Johnson and Wigg, agents.

Mr Francis E. Severne, Governor, of Auckland gaol, died somewhat suddenly at midnight on Friday last, aged sixty-six. He enjoyed robust health until Thursday morning, when he had a heart seizure, but was expected to recover in a few days. A Rcefton man, bicycling to Ahaura to tell a father that his infant was ill, struck a loose plank on the Little Grey Bridge, which was under repair, and was shot over the side into the river, 20ft below. He fell on his back in the water, swam out, regained the bridge and his bicycle, and, wet and bruised, rode on to Ahaura and delivered his message. We only want half a wink, and our old black horse will be at your front gate with our O K Washer aboard. Two washings, a trial free. Johnson and Wigg’s.—Advt. The death is announced of Miss Grace Nerheny, the eldest daughter of Mr P. J. Nerheny, the president of the Auckland branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation of New Zealand, at the early age of eighteen years. Much sympathy is felt for the parents in their sad bereavement. Export buyers are now offering 52 per lb over all for lambs delivered to the freezing works, but the excellent prospects of the London market at present are causing many farmers to hold out, for an even higher figure. Fourpence per lb over all is being paid for freezing sheep,—Christchurch Press.•

For children’s hacking cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is. Gd and 2s Gel. —Aclvt.

Manchester has just erected a gasometer with a capacity of seven million cubic feet. In twelve months the corporation supplies four thousand five hundred million cubic feet of gas. This is in addition to a tremendous electrical installation. The price charged for gas is 2s 3d for lighting purposes and 2s per thousand feet for power. Electricity is supplied for power at one penny per unit. Chief-Detective Mellvoney left Wellington fur Monte \ iileo by the Paparoa, for the purpose of bringing' back to Now ZeaL.net D. C. Mclntyre, late superintendent of Exhibition awards, who has been detained at the South American port in connection with a charge laid against him of failing to account for money which he had received for space at the Exhibition. Mclntyre is not expected to reach the colony until early in September. Everyone js not looking for hard work. A whisper to these, buy, or rather get a trial of our Olv washing machine, and see if this does not suit you. Johnson and Wigg. Advt.-

It is not generally known, says the “ Bay of Plenty Times,” that but for the enthusiasm of a musical lady the people of Now Zealand would not again lie given an opportunity of hearing the Exhibition orchestra. This lady has guaranteed the expenses of the tour which the orchestra is now making. The salaries of the artists (who number 50) have to be paid, and no special concessions on fares are being allowed by the Government. Taihape waxed warm during the recent Mayoral campaign. The local ‘ Post,” referring to the opposition paper man (Mr J. Ivess), who was an unsuccessful candidate, criticised him as follows: “This man, who has without compunction insulted and sacrificed the residents of Taihape with his scurrilous and shameless screeds, now poses as tho Moses by which wo may bo led from our municipal murkiness, even allowing that darkness does exist.”

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and colds never fails, 1 s Gd and 2s Gd. —Advt.

At Hamilton on Friday Mr Medditigs, of the Telegraph Department met representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, who brought under bis notice the desirabiliy of establishment of telephone bureau accommodation at various Waikato townships. Mr Meddings agreed to do so on the usual guarantees being given. They were immediately forthcoming. This is an important step in (he history of Waikato, and it will assist materially in the advancement of the district.

A beautiful lot of ladies flannelette embroidered underclothing (samples) at sale prices at L. Cullen’s Te Aroha. —Advt.

Attention is called to the replace advertisement inserted ■by Messrs Iletherington and Co, inviting the public, to make an inspection of the latest novelties, exported direct from the Home manufacturers for the present season. Every class of goods required for wear, or for furnishing

the household, is represented in the stock, particulars of which will be found on another page. We understand that the public will receive every advantage from the excellent

terms upon which Messrs Hetherington were able to buy whilst on a personal visit to the Old Country. MILKING MACHINE TRIALS. Results of socalled trials are misI leading to the uninitiated. Successful exhibitions for a single milking 1 have been given by dozens of macli-

I ines years before the “L. K. G. ” was brought out. Where are all those machines now? How many farmers have rued the day they were tempted to instal a machine after seeing a brief trial? The “Lawrence--1 Kennedy-Gillies ” has been used night and morning by hundreds of practical farmers for the past two, three, four and even five years, and

is the only machine proved beyond a doubt to be non-injurious to the cows. Write for list of 250 satisfied users in New Zealand. J. R. MacEwan] and. Co. Ltd. Fort Street Auckland.

The Piako Mounted Rifles will join battalion camp at Raglan at the end of June.

Members of the Piako Mounted Rifles are notified to attend instruction parade at 2 p.m. on Thursday next.

At Invercargill a Universal Saturday Half-holiday Association has bee n formed with a view of supporting legislation that may be brought down next session in the direction of a compulsory universal Saturday half-holiday. Some of the Maungatautari settlers, says the Cambridge paper, are having trouble in the shape of a dog sickness. Quite a number of valuable animals have succumbed after a short illness. The symptoms seem to show pneumonia, and the disease is apparently contagious. On Saturday last Hon. J. Carroll, Native Minister, addressed a meeting at Omata, in the interest of Mr Edward Dockrill, the Government candidate for the Taranaki seat. Mr Massey, Leader of the Opposition, is also in the district addressing meetings on behalf of Mr Okey. Large audiences have met the candidates everywhere.

Before buying men’s wool underwear see prices at L. Cullen’s Te Aroha. —Advt.

The object of the Maori gathering at Waahi, near Iluntly (which has been referred to several times in our telegraphic news), as set forth in a circular, is to discuss —(1) The sufferings through injustice of the people of the Island Aotearoa and Waipo mamu; (2) the agreement of Queen Victoria with our ancestors in the Treaty of Waitangi; (3) the Parliament of New Zealand : (4) the Parliament of England ; (5) the prestige or rights (mana) of our ancestors; and ((>) the cause of the decimation of the Maori race. The circular concludes :—“ Come work with all your skill and with mine, and an object will be accomplished.” The number of Maoris attending is estimated at between three and four thousand.