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Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1918, Page 3

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(From Our Own Correspondent.) [All communications, letters, etc., left with llr H .1. Hopkins, bookseller, will receive promot attention.] RED CROSS CONCERT. A reminder i; given of the concert to he held in the Town Hall to-morrow (Thursday) evening. Mrs Ml/iren, the organiser, has returned from a trip to Chri=tchureh, and will he heard in a new budget, of songs, whilst, the rare occasions on which" Mrs Hollands has been heard have created i desire to hear more of this talented vocalist. The Now Plymouth contingent—Messrs Stnrrock, Bay, and M'Lo.'id are specialists in their own particular line, whilst the Haw era pair—Miss Edwards and Gormley—should also be beard to their advantage. It is not too nmeh to say that, the concert will be one of the most attractive yet Iwjid here, ami the cause is one in which everyone should be proud to help. To meet the popular demand, theprices have been reduced to 3s, 2s, and Is. . GENERAL There was n, large attendance of the public at the farewell tendered the Sfrti; foril contingent. '.Speeches appropriate to ihe occasion wcm deelivored by ihe Mayor and the Rev.' Father Maples, v-hil=t the Municipal Hand, under Conductor Spurdle, and the Highlander (Mr. .Toe Wade) save Ihe function a. martial air in keeping with the surrounding?.

Speaking (o a farmer to-day. the man on the land remarked tli.it ilie recent weather had been very severe, and the loss i;i stock would press very ht'ivily on some. The mortality round TTawera and Kliham had been keenly fplt. To keep Mock alive, many had been fed on turnips and mangolds, and Hi is had proved very disastrous. He estimated .f.ir,0.1 worth of stock had gone out during the past few weeks. Another farmer remarked that" whereas on September 10 last year, he had a good Sfiwth of young 1 grass, this year his paddocks were as bare as a 'hoard, and it was only his mangolds and winter stocks that were, carrying tlie stockalong. A siftinsr of the £.M. Court will be lield on Friday, when a charge of assault and using obscene language will !>e heard Tlie parties concerned have figured in a similar ease 'before Those interested are reminded that tenders for the erection of a suspension bruise over the Pafea Tliver. on Cordelia Street, close od the Kith inst. An' irate farmer waited on '"Your Own - ' this morning Them was no mistake about Ills anger, and ho had reason —someone was puiloining his Dailv Xews, He went on to say that he liked his morning paper, and "ould sooner so without breakfast than miss the papor; but *nuic dastardly (that wasn't the vrord but near it) blank individual was beating him for the paper, and it would 1)9 ;i case of laying the thief up for repairs if tlie .subscriber over gets a prip on the culprit. Another man complains of the same thing, end. from vrlint the can hear. .Vgncrc, "Norfolk Road, and F.gmont Village suffer from the same eomnlaint.

There are plenty of folks who appreciate nice pictures in the home. To thosr' on the look-out for illuminations lit lo grace anv walls, recommend a call at C. E. Tames' Warehouse. Here one can get the pictures in all shapes and sizes, framed or unframed. on the premises. Mr James is also offevim; great values in la'lies' handbags, etc—Advt.