News Items.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43319, 30 April 1908, Page 1

News Items.

I A married man says it is-lit the jaws "of death that Worry him, but the jaws of life. Good manners is the art o* making those people easy With whom we converse.—Swift. * Experience is a grindstone j it is lucky for us if we are brightened by it, and ; not ground. ; v ' Dressmaker (standing ;ofi and admiring new dress); “ What a beautiful fit!” Customer : “ Yes j and what a beautiful fit thy husband Will have when he sees the bilk”/ There are 68 licensing; districts in the dominion, 1,162 licensed hotels and 203 licensed accommodation houses. The no-license, districts are Grey Lynn, Ashburton, Hlutha, t Mataura and Invercargill.* / A rather amusinjg -anil unusual incident took place in one of the local churches-onf Sunday, says the Wairarapa Daily News. , A Worshipper, when the plate same round, dropped two shillings into it. The collecter was moving off, when ■. the donor whispered, “ Stop a bit; I haven’t got my change!” and ‘ took “ back eighteenpence. . ‘ ; A noveity in the way of vehioles is to be seen in Dannevirke, where a • local medico has had bfiilt, from bis own design, a species; oft hansom cab. The vehiole is entirely enclosed, with a glass. front protecting the occupant and driver in ’, all weather. For additional v comfort, an oi} ; stove is fixed inside for * use in ! winter and night; travelling. There is a movement on in the Hamilton district. bring into use the cash coupon system for bread and . meatsupplies. The advantages and; disadvantages • of ; this pre-i payment method have bepoi very warmly discussed in other; towns. It remains to be) seen/ what the feeling is in Hamilton/ Certainly bakers and, butchers' have everything to gain fey tlfe; change. Mr Allen Bell, of Hamilton/ has already inaugurated an election campaign in Waikato. Mr Bell, who is the chosen Of) the Opposition, last week made a tour of the Raglafi district* and announced his views to the settlers. - Mr Bell stated that his campaign would be jeonducted pn clean . lines, and; without any petty personalities,* which sometimes crept ihto a strenuous political fight. ... h , . • A contemporary,; giving a graphic description of a local wedding, wrote as follows * The bride was given away: by' her father, Who'looked sweet; and winsome in a creation of billowy lace and white moussline de soie over silk, and a. pink, rosebud bonnet.’ We uuder- ; stand that the father, looking | neither sweet nor winsome, is 1 looking for the local editor, who has hastily gone' ;on a | holiday, leaving no address. At the last anuuhl: general j meeting of the No/ 2 Waikato . | Mounted Rifles, held -at '■ Te Awamutu, the balance sheet of: the Company showed a credit balance of £75. The financial committee elected for the yen/ suing year was as follows Captain Berry, Lieut. Edgecumbe, Lieut. Biuck, Lieut. Henderson, fcergt Major Rocket, and Quarter-Master Dawson; The firing committee: elected ! comprised Lieut. Efigecumbe, ! Sergt-Major Rockett, ,/Sergt/ : Temple, and Trooper Bawn. ; / | For Ladies, Neckwear, Belts ‘Laces, and Ribbons, a large variety, )at less than Auckland prices,. Try j Gahagan’s Economic. , v >