LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4374, 16 February 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The ordii arv meeting of the Piako ’ County Council will be h*dd at the Counc l’s office, Te Aroba, on Monday, the 22nd inst., at 2 p.in. A few choice two-t.>oth Romney Marsh rams are advertised for sale. Samuel Barry, the eyesight specialist of Auckland, will personally visit Te Aroha on the 27th inst. She proprietor of the Te Aroha Bacon Factory (Mr John Rowe) intimates that owing to scarcity of room he is reluctantly compelled to temporarily cease receiving pigs at his factory. \ ‘ Mr W. J. Sp-igbt of the Government Insurance, has been staying at Hazelwood for a few days, having had business in Rotorua, and come over to Te Aroha for the week end. Mr Speight enjoyed the restfulness of our resort. He returned to Auckland yesterday via Thames. J Mr Maxwell, (Veteran Mac) has recently been favoured with a visit from . his old friend and comrade in arms Mr I Geo. Rowley Hill, with whom he went through the horrors of the Indian Mutiny, Mr H'll, though 73 years of age is hale and hearty,' and accomplished • the climb to the trig whilst in Te Aroha. He returned to Auckland last I week much benefitted by tae change . Our veterans must be men of a phys que not tOo common now a days. Everyone 1 who knows Mr Maxwell is impressed with his cheery, vigorous personality. Residents are wondering what is going to be done in the direction of comtrolling the larrikin element at our local entertainments. As things are at present the larrikin comes between performer and public in the most outrageous effrontery, with all kinds of interruptions. This abuse is so serious that it is scarcely safe ( for people not in good health to attend our public entertainments on account of the uproar created by these probably not I ill meaning, but altogether unthinking . youths, who attend, apparently, that no dne may hear what is being rendered.

A representative of this paper paid the Waibi School of Mines a visit yesterday afternoon, and was shown over the premises by the secretary (Mr C L. Clarke), says the Daily Telegraph, The school has recently undergone a complete transformation in the way of additions and improvements, and students will find every convenience in pursuing their studies during the coming term, which CDimnences on Tuesday next, when the school re-opens after the Christmas vacation. Extra class rooms have been provided, also a museum, which contains a nicely-constructed model of the Waihi Company’s No. 6 shaft, and a model of the timbering process adopted in the Broken Hill mines. An electrical workshop has also been built containing all the necessary tools, etc. Now that, increased facilities are provided for thestudy of the several branches of the school's currioulum, it is to be hoped that full advantage will be taken by the students during the forthcoming term.