LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4483, 2 November 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Additional entries have been received for the Morrinsville live stock sale op. Friday next.

The amount raised in Paeroa by the Salvation Army during its self-denial week was £46,

Overheard at Macfcie and Sons’ weekly sale on Saturday > — 1 H By JCojly, k.apw the auction, eh 1 all tings plenty cheap. Judging by Saturday night’s meeting at Waitoa every other man on the Estate is either a surveyor or drainage Actions speak louder than words 1 W® like to see something done.

A brake will leafS Cfor<Jop> Naples at 12 o’clock for Taylor’s Sniff faWOtfW An enjoyable afternoon’s opting, More encouraging news has beep received from Wsihi Hospital as to the condition of Mrs P* Heathcote,

We again remind our readers of the Sale of Work to be held in the Public Hall this evening. The funds will be 86t aside towards the furtherance of bt» park’s Church Easter Bazaar. 7/eteran W. B, Maxwell has received ? (communication from the Secretary fit the Empire Veterans Association, Auckland, to Reflect that a Parade will be held op the King's Birthday, and it is expected that free railway ticket* fcu JSW®d c 9 untl 7 members destroys of aft m4 I US'

835 SS ““‘S'sit! Tourist Office on Friday t ° .< at 7.30 o’clock. The formation o» good Club should have the .effect of making this pleasurable pastime even more popular than it ha® been in pft g t years. The local anniversary services of tbe Te Arotyi Methodist Sunday School are being hell next Sunday. The children have been for some weeks practicing special music and are to he assisted by & combined choir and orchestra. On the Monday following a tea and concert will be held, and a good musical programme is being provided and the scholars wi.l receive their prizes.

Messrs Mackie and Sons bold a clearing sale at Mr Taylor’s residence tomorrow.

A musical treat is in store for residents of Te Aroha and surrounding district. On the 9th November the Waihi Liedertafel, comprising some twenty-four voices, with Mr McKinnon as conductor, purpose giving one of their popular concerts in the Public Hall. This Society has made rapid progress since its inception, until it is now one of the best in its line outside Auckland. For nobby ties and a good fitting collar, try Gahagan’s Economic.—Advt.

Thousands of pounds are saved every year to the Poultry Keepers of New Zealand by the ÜBC of Sharland s Moa Brand Egg Preservative. If you want to share in this, use ft tf is year to preserve your eggs. At aty op* that the full name is on the label-

LACK OF ENERGY If ycm lack energy, don’t relish your food, feel <MI and constipated, all you need is a dose of Tablets. They will make you feel like A new man and give you a healthy appetite. •will do you more good than a os. botmo of tonic. Sold by J- B. Johnson, Agent.—Advt.

Eggs are down, is the time to use Sharland’s Moa j?rit#d Egg Preservative. It will give you <&esp eggs all the year round. At all storep. jfefo that the full name is on the label.

In the North Auckland Times of Monday last appears a long leading article in support of the efforts of Mr H. Poland M* P., to have sewing machines provided at a cheaper rate. The editor of the North Auckland Times is Mr J. Reid, at one time a resident of Paeroa.

The friends of Mr E. H. Taylor, M.P., who underwent an operation at Wellington, will be pleased to leara that he is reported to be progressing favourably, but it is expected that he will be incapacitated for at least two or three weeks.

In honour of his first visit to his native town in Shetland after an absence of forty six years, Sir Robert Stout was entertained at Lerwick at a reception given by the provost, magistrates, and Town Council. The Chief Justice of New Zealand was accompanied on his visit to Lerwick by Lady Stout and Miss Stout. Two hundred guests from all parts of the Shetland Islands attended the reception in the Town Hall. During the quarter ended September 30th., last the postal and telegraph revenue collected at the general post office Auckland, totalled £35,199 6s 3d. The postal revenue amounted to £23,055 19s 6d and the telegraph revenue to £12,143 6s 9d.

The payments made by _ the New Zealand Dairy Association, Limited, for butterfat supplied during the month of September totalled £15,464 14s Bd.. For the same month last year the similar payments aggregated £10,397 3d. Thus there is an increase of £5,067 6s sd. More than one person when riding or driving along the road towards Elstow has stopped and scrutinised the one-span concrete bridge recently put down by Supervisor Johnson across the creek near Mr Rowe’s property. The bridge does the Supervisor credit. It is not of the sort that requires overhauling every two or three years, and renewing altogether ere many years have passed, A new issue of stamps took place yesterday in consequence of the change of the colony to Dominion. Most of the colours now used are retained but only a few of the designs. A portrait of the King takes the place of the special New Zealand facings. On and after the Ist November, the wholesale prices of " New Zealand Dairy Association ” and “ Anchor ” brands of butter will be :—Jib. and 1 lb. pats, lljd per lb., wholesale ; lib. tins, 14s per dozen, wholesale ; 2 lb. tins, 27s per dozen, wholesale. Terms : Nett cash. Boxes and cases free.

The boarders of “ Ivanhoe ” are anxious for more laurels. They have challenged the Waiorongomai Cricket Club to play a friendly match on their own grounds on Tuesday next, 9th November. Brakes will be hired for the occasion and those who wish to make the trip would do well to book their Beats early.

Slugs and snails ara making their unwelcome presence felt at TeAroha but it is not so bad as in the Hutt Valley, where huge armies of slugs are doing great hsrra, and to combat these the farmers are in some cases at their wits’ end, Various are the remedies tried and suggested, but nothing very effective has yet been discovered. Salt is said to be as good a paeventive as I ; .me» while sawdust also does good work. The Piison Department intend carrying out a new departure in connection with Waiotapu Prison Camp. Heretofore it has been customary to house the prisoners in rooms accommodating four each, but now there are being erected a large nuiubep qf hifts which will have but one inmate. In lieu of tl}o liitual heating appliances which would mean furnishing each hut with a fireplace or stove, a scheme is under consideration to provide a recreation room, whereby the prisoners pjay indulge in vigorous exercise before retiring to rest during the winter mofltfrs. For your summer hats, Brazilian, Boaters, and Panamas. Try Gtabagan’s Economic.-—Adrt. At an auction sale in a North Auckland town the other day, one of the lots was an imposing array of 72 volumes of IJansard, neatly bound in blue cloth and lettered in gold. The previous lot pfferecj. popsisted of 1§ Official Year Books, for which there no offer, the auctioneer expressing smpriae that such valuable publications should go a-beggiug. Then the two lots, Hapsara’s and year Books were offered together, the anctiwepp afoptipg fhp hiding himself at £l. Silence reigned supreme, so the knight of the hammer came down to 10s with the same Tesult. " Come along,” said he, “Make us a bid of some sort.” “ Two-and-six,” ventured a convivial spirit who had dropped in to spe what was going on. The auctioneer, dppftifppjng at the extremely low set ppop a work which costs the country soipe tuppsapcls of pounds annpally, knocked them down ‘to the yantpregqmp bidder, whq' pa 4 thus Icpprpd ponsiderably mqre thaq a hunted‘flf Jiferatqrp fop falLar ctewa,

For yoiir atiffitiiet bats, Brazilian, Boaters, and Panamas. Try Gahagan s Economic.—Advt.

A former resident of the district, toayelljffg fa the train between Morrinsyflie and T.e Aroh*, after only three years’ ab&ence, notices iftany indications of the continued progress of the HR untry alongside the railway- Where formerly there were acres of neglected ti-trr 3 land, the plough has followed clearing operations, ana crops are either _°r soon to be in evidence. The trim condition of the homesteads generally gives a clear indication of the success attending the agricultural pursuits of their occupiers. But the potentialities of Qftp district cannot be fully gauged by a views' ff&m ijfe railway, and those who travel fin trier ground Te Aroha usually receive an agreeabic ftuypjpise on perceiving the high state Qt acyejippment which is spreading so rapidly over the land. Perhaps to those who have been absent three years or so, nothing is more worthy of remark than the rapid growth of Morrinsville township—an expansion, afrifiob convincingly indicates the strong fftdb °f fy e inhabitants in the future of the town, which is to be the centre of a wide district gpreadipg in every direction.

For a good fitting boxed suit, equal to tailor-made, try our 455. Gahagan’s Economic. —Advt.

There is an old proverb “ It is too late to complain when the thing is done.” Ifaufc may be true under certa’U circumstances, If you call at Johnson’s store for he finer class bf you get the best, and complaint is unknowh in our vocabulary.—Advt 1

Good as the Bank may truly be said of Shetland's Moa Brand Egg Preservative Fresh deposited in it are well ansafely kept, an* a fiapdsome prod fit. Thousands can testify of 4-t all stores. §69 that the full name is #a the label.

For nobby ties and a good fitting PfJ Gfchagan’s Economic.—Advt.