LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4394, 3 April 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Rev 'J. Dukes will conduct farewell services at Morrinsville and Waitoa tomorrow. On Sunday, April 4th, tfaer j will be morning and evening service in the Te Aroha Presbyterian Church, At 2,30 p in., service will be conducted in the Waihou Public Hall. Dr. G. G. Kenny, of the local Tourist Department, leives Te Aroha for liis annual vacation on Monday next. During Dr. Kenny's absence Dr. Stapley wj'U act as iocum ietu-ns. Dr. Stapley is staying at the Hot Springs Hotel. We trust the Doctor will bo favoured with fine weather for his well - earned holiday. Mrs Willis lias boon appointed one of tli9 Cadn an bath attendants, vige Mrs Biggs, retired, having icached the age limit. Mr Stanley Brown having disposed of the whole of his farm, is holding a clei> = ing sale on Wednesday next. A full list will be found duly advertised elsewhere. There is no truth in the rumour tint the sale has been pr s pom d. Annual meeting of Gymnastic Club called for Monday evening next Election of Captain of the Pinko Mounted Rifles takes place at the cross roads, Waiata, at 2..'10 to-day. Give our bread and small goods a tria l now, nothing ruado to boat thorn. Wig" and Co.—Advt.

Through the agency of Messrs Melndoe ind Co., Mr Stanley Brown has sold his f >rm, comprising 1,500 acres, to Mr Maurice Fitzgerald, of Kaponga, Taranaki Yr W. S. Allen, M. A., will preach in the Te Aroha Methodist Church tomorrow morning and evening. Mr John Brown, father of Mr Stanley Brown, of this town, is at present on a visit to Te Aroha.

A general servant is advertised for,

The funeral of the late Mrs W. J. Sweeney took place on Thursday afternoon. The funeral, which left the deceased late residence, Waitoa Bush, at 2 o’clock, was one of the longest we have ' seeu in this district for many years ; over 80 vehicles and many horsemen following the mortal remains to their last resting place. The burial service was impressively read by the Bev. P. Cleary. The arrangements were entrusted to Mr P Geary, undertaker, of Hamilton, and were faithfully carried out. Much sympathy isjexpressed for the bereaved husband and motherless children in their great loss. His Worship the Mayor (R. L. Somers, Esq.,) received the following telegram yesterday from Sir Joseph Ward: “ Many thanks for your telegram, please accept and convey to burgesses of Te Aroha my deep appreciation of their message endorsing the action of the Government in connection with the offer of a battleship. Am pleased to say it is meeting with all round approval.” Yesterday the members of the Piako County Council visited the Waitoa, with a view of becomming better acquainted with the roads and their drainage. While the Directors of the Te Aroha Co-operative Dahy Co., accompanied by the secretary, factory manager and ipress representative were on their way to Okauia, they remarked on the mnchimproved appearance of the surrounding country. Cosy homesteads, and nicely laid-out farms, dotting the country en route. The Manawaru school and teacher’s residence looked a real picture, and was very favourably commented upon. The beautiful gardens around the school and residence reflected very creditably upon the headmaster, Mr J. J. Keaney.

Residents of Te Aroha and visitors to the district are awaking to the fact that the west side of the river is, without doubt, the coming suburb of Te Aroha. We understand that yet another property has changed hands, Mrs E. McCall having sold her homestead of about eight acres to ?Mr F. H. Wood, of Woodhill, Tauranga, at £IOO per acre, We notice that Mr H. A. Stanley has j list bad erected on his property, part of Ingledell Estate, a handsome villa residence, and we expect in a short time to see a number of handsome buildings on this estate. Messrs J. and G. Lovegrove inform us that they have a few sections of the Ingledell Estate for sale, while they can give remarkably easy terms, and as the land is all high and dry, these sections will find a ready sale at the price required.

Chamberlain’s Congh Remedy is Nature’s most natural remedy, improved by science to a pleasant, permanent, positive cure for coughs, colds, and all inflamed surfaces of the lungs and bronchial tubes. The sore, weary, cough-worn lungs are exhilarated, the microbe-bearing mucus is cut out, the cause of that tickling removed, and the inflamed membranes are healed and soothed, so that there is no inclination to cough. It always cures. For sale by J. B. Johnson, Agent.—Advt. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is (id and 2s 6d.—Advt.

Special job purchase Ladies’ Winter Coats. Gahagan’s Economic. —Advt. The Te Aroha Pork sßufcohery supplies pork sausages at (id per lb. Fresh daily. Pressed beef in jelly l()d per lb.—Advt. For Children’s Hacking Cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Curo, Is 6d and 2s 6d.—Advt.