The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipa Post, Volume II, Issue 56, 27 October 1911, Page 2

The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting of the Te Awamutu Girls’ Club will be held in the supper room of the Town Hall on Monday next at 8 p.m.

The Otorohanga Town Council held a special meeting at their office on Saturday, October 21, at which it was decided to strike a general rate of I%d in the £.

Mr J. A. Young is advertised to speak at Kara mu to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. On Monday he speaks at Te Puhi (in Mr Tanner’s house) at 2.30 pan., and at Kihikihi at -8 pan.

The ratepayers of the town district of Leamington (formerly Cambridge West) Waikato, have rejected the proposal to adopt the system of rating on the unimpioved value by 49 to 36.

Archdeacon Willis, who has been Vicar at Cambiidge tor nearly 34 years has tendered his resignation to the Anglican Bishop of Auckland(Or Crossley). His age and increasing deafness are the reasons for the decision.

Says a Southern exchange: — The scene is changing. A European who was walking from Carterton to Masterton on Sunday last was passed by no fewer than three motor-cars containing Natives. The poor neglected, uncivilised Maoris ?

A cable announces the death of the Earl of Onslow, who was governor of New Zealand from 1889 to 1892.

The annual general meeting of the Kihieihi Hack Racing Club will be held in the Town Hall Kihikiki on Friday, November 3rd as advertised.

We learn on enquiry that the management have decided to go oil with the school concert tonight in the hope that the weather will clear up later in the day.

Mr H. E. Harrison, piano tuner and repairer, will pay his usual half-yearly visit to Waikato about the end of the present month. Any communications left with Mr C. Bowden, Te Awamutu, will receive attention.

Tenders are called for the erection of the Tea Kiosk and Band Rotunda at Victoria Park. It is indeed gratifying to see this matter so far ahead. Tenders close at Mr W arren’s office, Hamilton, at noon, on Tuesday next.

Mr Geo. T. Turnbull, piano tuner and repairer, will shortly be in Te Awamutu. He comes from Auckland, and is tuner to the Hamilton branch of the British and Continental Piano Co. Orders left with Mr Gilbert* picture framer, etc., will receive careful attention.*

Special services will be held on Sunday next in the Presbyterian Church, when the Sabbath School Anniversary Services will take place. Services will be held at 3 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. conducted by tiie Rev. W. Woollass. The singing under the leadership of Mr de Kidder, will be given by the children, assisted by friends, and solos will be rendered at each service. All parents and friends are invited to these services.

The Christmas number of the Christchurch Press, the advance copy of which is to hand, is a very creditable production. The contents of the book are good, and the supplements, of which there are two, are better. The cover is artistic, and the illustrations throughout ripe 7 refined and decidedly pretty A It is anticipated that there will be a rapid and heavy demand for this annual. The local agent is Mr G. Gifford.*

An announcement to the effect that Nurses Cutfortb and Lodge will open a nursing home in the house at present occupied by Mr R. S. Galbraith, on January Ist. of next year appears in our advertising columns. This new establishment “The Waipa Nursing Home,” is a still further step in the progress of 'Te Awamutu. Patients wiil be at * liberey to have the attention of either Doctor, and the new institution promises to be for the convenience of all residents.

A furore of excitement is being caused this week by the school conceit, which will eventuate tonight. it is the all-absorbing topic amongst the young fry most of whom are taking part. We understand that a very attractive programme has been arranged, and that it will include floral marches, artistic drills, songs, recitations and cadet drill. Items given well by children are always so decidedly acceptable to the adult portion of our population, that we feel sure that, given a fine night, a bumper house will greet our little friends. The concert has been organised to obtain funds wherewith to fence and improve the school grounds. The Education Board, it is understood will subsidise the amount raised to the extent of £ to £.