LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4402, 24 April 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

| \ j All those interested in the welfare of; the rising generation are reminded that i the annual meeting of householders takes place on Monday evening next, at 8 o’clock, in the Schoolhouse. Shooting season opens on Saturday next. An address on the subject “ Life and work of David Livingstone, ” will be given in the Te Aroha Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening. Waitoa residents are reminded of the Presbyterian Church Service to be held • on Sunday next, at 11 a.m. j Clipping improves the health of a ! horse, makes him feel better, work better ar.d increases his value. Up to-date farmers are all clipping their horses. All ( thinking men readily recognise its advantages. Get your horse clipped at Wallace’s. It behoves the residents of Te Aroha and district to attend in large numbers the Gymnastic Club’s annual social in the Public Hall on Tuesday next, 27th April. Everything extra special. | Yesterday our attention was drawn to I a splendid sample of “ The Scot ” potato, ! on view in Mr J. B. Johnson’s shop, ‘ and gjown by Mr W. Ferguson, Te Aroha West. Six tubers weighed lOlbs. j Another instance of the cap-bilities of the Herald’s “ few inferior acres.” ] The secretary of the Waitoa Settlers’ Association (Mr R, MatbosonV calls a meeting for Thursday next. 20th iu*t., in the Wailoi Schoolhouse. As the meeting is called to consider drainage | and other matters of local importance, J every settler should end“avour to be present. j By an ins»t in this issue Mr W, Maiu* gay, local agent f r Messrs Smith and Caughey,Ld, again reminds residents that I he is bolding, commencing this (Saturj day) morning, a three - days’ grand I display of new season’s millinery, also I ladies’ cos: antes, jacket-, etc, in premises opposite Palace Hotel. ! The Secrota.y of the Gymnasium requests us to insert the following : A working bee of the Te Aroha Gymnastic Club will be held on Monday mo; uing next from oto 7, and from 7.30 to 9.30 j p.m, As the gear has to be put together ! as well as th** hall to be prepared for the social. No doubt members will en I deavour to nut in an appearance.” j Wo have just hoard that Mrs and Mjss * Elsie Driver mof. with a bad accid'mt, ’ when driving hom ■ the other afternoon. It appears that wh'lo trottmg down Curtain’s Hill the h rse s'umbled and fell, | throwing the ladies out very heavily to the ground. They were very badly bruised and much' shaken. It is hoped this is all, but. it is hardly known yet to what extent the sinking will affect them. I The horse y, covered himself and mado . for home, severely wrecking the sulky t ,n the way.

J I he following paragraph appears in the last issue to hand of “ Tho Grocer," “ the leading trade publication of p°ndon The qualty of Now Zea- , land butter coming in is very inferior to that of this time last veer ; many of the larger buyers prefer the be<t brands of Victorian to th- average New Zealand.” This is further confirmation of the contention that the water-logging of Zealand butter would have the vah e to Commercial The other day Desmond, the champion show jumper of New South Wales, put up a new record for the State a feat all the more notable from the fact that t]je horse is well over 20 year* old The record was put up at TentepfleM, Nanoleon and Desmond being the only competitors. The jumps started ut oft., and both horses cleared up to (iff. 9i n The bar was then raised to Oft. 11 in! Napoleon knocked the bar down twice and baulked at the third attempt ] whilst Desmond cleared it at the first attempt and won among deafening cheers. ®

Th ' first practice of the Te Aroha Choral Society will be held in the Methodist Sunday School room at 7.30. p.m. on Tuesday Dext. All members end intending members are asked to attend A cheque for LB3 15s, which carried with it a £ for £ Government robskly, has been received by the Christchurch Technical College from Lieutenant Shackleton. us the result of his recent lecture in that city. It is hoped, says the Press, that a borne will be established for the use of the domestic economy department of the college. The Wge number of girls students have so far no practical instruct on in the arrangement, management, and care of the home. The Maoris assembled at Pui iri for the purpose of holding the usual tangi in connection with the death of Mrs Watene. declined to allow Dr. Lapraik to conduct a post mortem examination. The v stated that a “ committee ” had sat and inquired into the death and they were set sfied ; ergo the doctor would have to be. It was pointed out to them that a post mortem was necessHry to determine exactly the cause of death, but they answered that the cause rf death the wound on the back of the head —was plain enough aud therefore no post mortem was necessary. As the doctor after an examination of the wound, agreed that the cause of death was evident, and that there was no occasion to proceed with the post mortem, the wishes of the Maoris were respected. It was pointed out to them, however, that had a post mortem been necessary ii would have been insisted upon and that no custom or prejudice could stay the hand of the law or its agents, in such matters.