LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13935, 14 July 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Saturday and Monday next will be ' observed as Bank ho.lidla.yisi. j j Owinig' [o pircssuirei <m rw lir/aco t;he ! report oif Sait.urda.y'« hockey is xwi- ' e^toadwbly 'held <av<?r. tiill next isf?ue. !, At 11.30 a.m. 'tx>-morrow the Farmers' • Auctioneersg Co. will cell at the Hikutaia yards 350s head of cattle and 200 sheep. At. Merciuay Bay on, Friday, July I 25, aiff 11,30 a.m., the Fairmers' ; AucitlLoaieeriiigi Co. will, tstsli 270 hea.u ' otf mixed oaititle and 300 sheep. A combined practice for the Pence Celebrations will be held in, St. j James' Hall toi-morrow eveninig att 1 7.30. All members of choirs and ' bands are requested to be present, j The appodntmemt of Mr N. T- Lam- | boiume, am inapecitioa', as headmaster J of the. Napier Str'eeit School, Auok- j land, ha® beeint oomnnned by thei Edu- ! ciaitiion Boaa'd. ' .•;' ■ ! A meetiingi of 'meamibers of the lie- , tuirned Soldiers' Assocn'aitiioax- and . dther x^eturned soldier® will be hedd ! in tihe soldiers' resit roomis, 1 Many St., ' alt 7.30 s>.m'- om Wednieisday. Having received instiructioaiis froa'.i Mrs Hobairt, Hakutiaia, the Fairmers' Auatiiotoeering! Co. will sell at her j fairm on, July 30, a!fc noon, all her.; liive and dead ettodk. The iN.Z. Loan and Mercantile Co. Ltd., im conjunct ion with their ordinary aalie atj Nlgatea, Hauraki Plains, on August 1, will hold a special dairy ga^e, and will yard upwards of 200' dairy cows and heifers. Mr. Walter Moore, of Netherton 1, . who has sold bis farm, has .instructed tlhie Farmers' Auctioneering Co. to sell pa. July 241 at 11.30 a.m. the whole of hi® live and dead stock. * There is imppuinded in the Shortland publio pound two bay geldings for. tresspass- on Mr. McLoughlin's property at Maitatokii. If not ' claimed and expenses paid, they will be sold at the pound at noon > on July 2S. .The Thanneis -Ghiamiber of Oomvmere© aslcs ftlhe businesis hidu&e® ■of [ Thames to close <M\ Tttiusrsdiay asftfir■nooin -as'U'saual, remaiin open tk> 9 p.m. om Friday and close all. diay on [' Saturdlay. Residents of Ttiamies and r uipi-oounitry dislhricts are requested to • • airaiamg'e their shopping 1 accoirdingiiy. ! j . ■ ........ ■ . -. . -' 'Our* Auckland' ciori Jeisii3'oindent for- ■ wiairld's the .l&besfc slmro quoftiaitdonig as i follows: Sales: Soutili British' £8' 3s, • Noritfuelmi 'Steaira 15s i9d, Farmers' [ Auotiiioinieering 1, Co. £5 10s, Juncitioiv, • 12s 9d. Buyersi: Komaitia Reefs l|d, ■ Old Haiuraki sd, Risiin^r Salmi Is lOd, . ; TMismiam 7s Bdi, Wadiii. JE2 . 4s/' Jumc- ■ tifoni 12s' 9d. . .. ' : . : ' f ■! The Farmer®V Auctioneering Co.. will sell at-their yaords, Taipw, oa Axignist*2o, at 11:30 .a.m., 300' head of mixed cattle and 400 sheep; also,, on behalf of Messrs.' McMaihoji Bros., ■" they will offer at noon . the ideal ( sheep and cattle farm a.t the M-ata, i Taipu, comprising 560 acres, and , '170 acres of leasehold, in English ; grasses. ■ ."': " '* ' ■ • Tlie Goiv'eii''nime Initi 'oy-sitea* bedsl in. - Auckland last seaßorni yielded nearly ' a hundred' thiousamd;' doaeini oystea-'s. Tlio beidg ane: umdea" the oooatirol of the -Maa-ape Depairtmeaiit, aaid tosb '' year, the depiaa'tanenft. pickedl 10,422 sacfeg, eacih ©acih cionitladniing 90 to i 100 dozen!. Twemtiy-nom© saefcs weii^e | given to miiliitiaay hospitalsi, amd the • balancia were soid. Auckland took tlie ,' bulk—B9lß saiciks mi alll—amd! sanaliler i quanit&tiieis wei''e sold in oither, tawtns. ' of thei Nartlh Isilamd.\Weiliing)toii had , only 37 saiciksi. Full sacks sold for j 12s 6d Ha 14s, ait. the- rate of.- aboajSt- J 1-Jd .ia ; dozen. Thei pa'oduct. of last j Eetaisoin's sales was a sum) of i£7516 j 13a 6d, and .the eixpenditliu'e amounted ti0.£6822 8s 10d;, - indudinigl utpflseieip >aind. deprecdaitiion' of inspeictars' ; motor -laiumcihes, and all cither ahairges. | Tlie balance ..of. £694 4s 8d was de- j vcited t<» extending the beds. |