LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43337, 13 June 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The. Ohinemuri County Council invite tenders for road and bridge work, Tenders elose on 18tli inst,

At the Board of Education meeting on Wednesday last an application for a new school at Lower Waitoa was again declined,

1 This will interest you. Special job line of sample hosiery and children’s underwear at English cost prices. Gahagan’s Economic. —Advt, Some thirteen applications were received by the Te Aroha Borough Council for the position of assisant electrician. The final voting resulted in Mr Frank Driver being appointed, Mr Hugh Poland, M.P., delivered a political address in the Minors’ Union Hull, Waihi, on Wednesday evening last. Mr Poland was well received, and at tlie close of his remarks was accorded a vote of thanks and confidence, Bov, Win, C, Blair will conduct the service on Sunday evening at St. David’s Presbyterian Church, Subject of address will bo Heredity and Environment j how they deepen responsibility.” Received this week, direct from the manufacturers, a ease of furs, also % urge parcel of ladies costume skirts the lost value ever offered in the Dominion, b, W. Edwards, Direct Importer, Te Arpha, All sopfs of pptps ni|d Hfjuids havp been planed on the market, fur poljuhiflg Ijjipjeurn mid furniture. * Most of them rub ip the dirt and polish on top. Tan-ol not only cleans the linoleum but polishes as well. Those who try Tan-ol onou never use a paste again. Sold in bottles atall stores. Advt.

The monthly meeting of the Baud of Hope will be held in the Public Hall on Tuesday evening next. A good programme bar b :en arranged. We understand that steps are being taken to form a Golf Club at Te Aroha, and a meeting is to bo called at an early date to arrange about links, etc.

Miss M. M. Lockhead has beeu appointed pupil teacher at the Coromandel District High School. For the position of teacher at Tahuna (Piako) the name of Misses Mooney, Braithwaite, and Wilson will be snbmitted to the committee for selection.

I The Labour Department has instructed ! the Crown Solicitor at Wanganui to proceed against the Wanganui slaughtermen for going out on strike. The* Arbitration Court, on being communicated with, stated that it was unable to fix a date for hearing the case. Additional apoointments have been made to the list of Justices of the Peace. Amongst the newly - appointed we , notice :—G. W. Mace, Mangaiti; Capt. ;K.F.W. L. Montgomery ; M. Cronin, Aratiatia ; Arthur J. Tong, Waharoa.

At the Morrinsvillo stock sale yesterday, fat cows and steers, fat sheep, and forward - conditioned bullocks brought good prices ; fair competition took place for the longwool hoggets, and mixed store cattle. The list offered on behalf of the Bank of New Zealand Estates in shod alongside of railway station sold well.

In view of the approaching departure of Miss Pavitt, from Te Aroha, Mrs A. W. Edwards entertained a number of’ Miss Pavitt ? s friends to an “ At Home.’ The evening took the form of a Bridge' Tournament. The first prize was won by Miss Maingay, Mrs Waghorn securing second honours. It is hard to understand the reason for tl ie Tourist Department leaving the front fence of the Domain in its present condition. It is close on six months s’.ncc a chain or so of picket fence was blown down, and from that day to the p -esent nothing has been done towards replacing the fence, and the unsightly gap remains month after month. Should a few head of cattle or half-a-dozen h >rses wander in the grounds some dark night, and spend their time prancing about the flower beds, or on the bowling green, perhaps the Department will move m the matter and fix the fence up. A somewhat sudden death took place a’ Waihou on Thursday evening last, Mrs Leith, mother of Mrs Hugh Ross, a yed 83 years, passed over to the great majority. The deceased had been in her usual state of good health of late, and on Wednesday afternoon witnessed the Waihou-Te Aroha hockey match. Mrs Leith retired to bed as usual on Thursdey, and during the evening awoke thoese in the adjoining room by tapping on the wall. On going into the room they found the old lady almost gone. Acute bronchitis, with heart failure was the immediate cause of death. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o’clock.

This will interest you. Special job line of sample hosiery and children’s underwear at English cost prices. Gahagan’s Economic. Advt.

The Waihou Public Hall was crowded last evening, the occasion being the Social under the auspices of the Waihou Branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. Visitors were present from Te Aroha. Morrinsville, Waitoa, Manawaru, and surrounding districts. A real enjoyable evening was speut by all present, reflecting great credit on the energetic secretary (Mr Geo. P. Goodfellow), and the Committee of management. Dances, songs, speeches, etc., indulged in, while the supper was of the very best.

At the monthly meeting of Lodge Te Aroha, on Thursday evening last, the members presented the late Secretary, Bro. A. S. Mackay, with a handsome Secretary’s jewel, as a small token of the esteem in which he is held by the the brethren. The presentation was made by the W M., Bro. G. G. Kenny, who referred to the many good qualities of Bro. Mackay At the close of the Lodge the members adjourned to the ante-rcom to partake of refreshments, where a most enjoyable hour was spent. Songs were rendered by Bros, Kenny. Dalton, Mackay, Cornish, Dierck, Dudley and Webster. A number of toasts were druuk with musical honours.