ELTHAM.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1917, Page 3

ELTHAM.

(From Our Own Correspondent). j Elthkm, Dec. 1. j The Church of. England is holding a j patriotic mart, jete., in aid of the Church ' Army and other funds. 1 Besides the tearooms a lolly stall has been set up in tho street, and also a sheep penned to constitute a weight-guessing competition. By these moans the committee liope to secure a fair sum for the funds aimed at, and their persistence in canvassing should result in satisfactory returns i ??lth&m is dry, very dry; so much so, indeed, that the Mayor has found it necessary to appeal to householders to 'conserve the water supply. Rain is badly needed, but although tho clouds have at times looked black and heavy, never a drop has fallen. The new cheese storing rooms at the .Eltham Dairy Company's premises near the railway station are almost completed. When ready, the accommodation available should provide for several thousand crates. The Egmont Box Company is now ' working at'high pressure. A glance through the premises revealed the employees going "eyes out" to keep up with the orders. Tho Mangatoki factory requires <i stoker and a separator man. The manager, Mr. C. Cooper, has a splendid record for the number of men who have become experts in the butter-making business who received their initiation Under his control. Judging by advertisements fa stories ore finding it difficult to obtain staffs, rhey are not nlono in this connection At a recent school committee meeting it was stated that carpenters were not obtainable j-et I-noticed a master carpenter at the same time engaged unload.mp shingle and making more money as a laborer than as a tradesman. •