LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4421, 8 June 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Hedge and Smith notify that they have taken over the Waihou Butchery, and trust by strict attention to business tq iqerit a share of public patronage.

The London Daily Chronicle states thus of the House of Lords: ‘‘lt is astutely led by Lord Lansdowne, but it is neither brave nor strong. It is not afraid to rebuff the Nonconformists, it is on the knee of Ladour.” The discovery that fruit can be preserved fresh by being placed in cool storage should prove a decided advantage to fruitgrowers, and in consequence thereof it is considered that next season a more even market will result.] The Mayor of the Thames on Fridiy expressed the opinion that unless the people of New Zealand took morn interest in tlic question of National Defence and entered into the scheme of eompulsory training there would probably be introduced a system of consoriptiou wbieli would he much worse. The eouneil decided to strongly supp irt the adoption by the Government of the compulsory training proposals. The Federal Postal Department has announced that packets of wedding cake emnot be jrecfiyrd for transmi s'rn i r other places than New Zealand, Fij , and New Guinea, iu addition to the Commonwealth, unless they are sent by parcel post. The minimum charge in this way is a shilling The action has been taken {says the Sydney Daily Telegraph ) because the cake is greedily devoured by rats. The rats will in fact, eat through the mail bags to get at •#!. The postal authorities of nil countries would not regret to have the transmission of wedding cake through tf»e post effices absolutely forbidden. Mr Henderson is busily engaged getting his motor launch Huia in trim for ilie opening run next Sunday, when he will make a trip to the Gordon, leaving Te Aroha at tt.PM a.m. Passengers taken for the snm of five shillings return. Parties desirous of using (dip launch can make arrangements with Mr Heudsrson, fruiterer, next J. B. Johnson’s store.— Ad#t. It is not uaual to give a trial, but we have confidence enough in Bonehills to Co this. Guns at our Wigg and do.—Advt. Special job purchase Ladies’ Winter Coats. Gabagan’s Economic.—Advfc Owing to pre#««re on our space wc are compelled to hold over a quantity of reading matter. For your drapery you cannot dotuAbir than visit Gahagan’s Economic.- Advt ' The Te Aroha Pork Butcherysupplie. pork sausages at (Sd per lb. Fresh dail Pressed beef in jelly IWd per lb.—Advt Nobels Clyde and Nile Bailastite cartridges are indispensable for good shooting. At Johnsons’ stores you can get any quantity at lowest cash prices, Advt

W • art* informed that ftvervthinc pro-mi-es well for the Waikato Winter Show. Applications for space are going to tav t.h« vast buildings now covering nearly an acre, and the three classes clo-ed show an increase respectively of 140, 100. and 500 per cent. Machinery in motion of all classes of farm requirements will he re; re-exited fuliy, whilst as for side sh nvs. in addition to the usual select, ion, will be the Laughing Gallery, on which explanation aie useless, but ,he Katzcnjaminer Castle is said to eclipse al. We wisli this progressive Association every success.

Everyone is looking forward to the Hockey Girls’ At Home, which takes place in the Publ'c Hvll to-morrow (Wednesday) evening. When the members of the Ladies’ Hockey Club take in band a social, the success of the function is assured.

A two-year-old son of Mr and Mrs S. McKibben, Waihou. died on Saturday lust from a severe attack of pneumonia The little one was laid to rest iu the Te Aroha West cemetery yesterday afternoon.

Bishop Neligan hold a C infirmation Service at St Stark’s Church, at uoon yesterday, when four members of the Church were confirmed. Beal Scotch meat pies every Saturday bv a real Scotch baker, trv them. Wigg and Co,—Advt. Special job purchase Ladies Winter Coats. —Gahagan’s Economic.—Advt. Give our bread and small goods a trial now, nothing made to beat them. Wigg and Co. —Advt. Special job purchase Ladies’ Winter Coats. Gahagan’s Economic. —Advt. Jf wanting a gun, have a look at a Hullas second hand we have for sale. — Wigg and Co. —Advt. A shapely bedstead is a thing of beauty and for utility Lords English made bedsteads take some beating. Obtainable at Johnsons' stores. It may not cure the housemaid’s knee, Gout or appendicitis But ills and chills before it flee, Dyspepsia or bronchitis ; It is a fact, it will not act To polish furniture, But to polish off a cold or cough Take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

A succession of colds or a protracted cold is almost certain to end in chronic catarrh, from which few persons ever wholly recover. Give every cold the attention it deserves and you may avoid this disagreeable disease. How can you cure a cold ? Why not try Cbamberla’n 8 Cough Reroedy-' It is highly recommended. For sale by J. B. Johnson.