Local News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 5, 25 June 1898, Page 1

Local News.

To Cyclists. — Now you have a first-class machine, complete your comfoit by purchasing a pair of Shackletox & Grant's cycling Gloves, woollen or lined leather, from Is 9d pair. Copies of the Advertiser may be had from Mes&is T. Evans and Son, Shackletoa and Grant, Arthur Jones and Co. J. B. Fox, and W. J. Wills, or from the office on receipt of postage. " I saw a most excellent thing In last number of the Advertiser," said a witling, as, grinning from ear to ear, he burst into our den. "What was it?" we eagerly replied. "Why, a sandwich!" He wasn't grinning, neither was he in a fit state to enjoy a sandwich when he found himself, a second or two later, on the door step, with his chewing teeth scattered over the scraper-. The Makikihi Band of Hope met in the schoolroom on Tuesday evening, thirty children and adults being present. Mr T. Brown, who occupied the chair, explained in course of an excellent opening addiess, the idea of the meeting, and called on Mrs Dowle, Misses N. and M. Williams, M, Dowle and Mr H, Marriott for the musical portion of the programme. Recitations were gives by Miss Dash and Mr Kirkcaldy, and a scientific temperance lesson by Mr G. Dash was closely followed. A pleasing meeting closed at 9.1&, and before leaving the Waimate visitors who ■" sympathised with Nature m her abhorrence of a vacuum were enabled to placate her through the perennial hospitality of the Misses Blaekmors." We had yesterday the pleasure of inspecting Mr C. Dash's new premises ; we had no idea before that Waimate contained so extensive a plant for saddlery manufacturing. The show room is a treat for any horsey man to spend -an hour in, in fact the only line he seems to be short of is horse-covers, but we were told that this was owing to his having had a record run on covers this winter and that next winter he would have to enlarge his staff. In the course of conversation he told us that but for the untimely failure of his friend Mr Hooley he had intended asking that gentleman to float his cover 4rade into a joint-stock com,pany> We left satisfied that any one wanting covers, saddles, or harness could not do better than call on Mr Dash, and that, as he said, any on« wishing to do as good a trade, could not do better than follow bis example hy. advertising in the Waimaie Adyzrxiseju

' Have you ' A Heart that Aches " ? 'shev asked of the young man behind the % iirasi6-| shop counter. " No, madami" he responded 1 absently,, *' but I've a hollow tooth that doiir sbmethirigawftil," . , , . >