LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XLIX, Issue 5121, 17 November 1925, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Pilkington's Motors. Ltd., notify elsewhere that they are running ears from Akaroa to Duvauehelle Show on Friday. The Akaroa Domain Tennis Club will open its season at the Domain Tennis Courts on Thursday next at ! p.m. when members ar.d their frier.ds are invited to be present. Toe jew courts ai'e now completed. His Worship the Mavor, has dcd Friday next. Peninsula Hoi'se Show and Pas! ore.! Association's i: i : 11: >! Shew at Duvauehelle a whole •oliday for the shopkropeis and •..si den is of Akaroa. Tie National and Electrical F.ngineeiiug Company give notice on ■'it.' front page that they will give .•o;up'che:'..-i\e demonstration.- of i'cWic cooking and electrical apdianevs at Duvauehelle Show on Fiidav and al Akaroa on Saturday. '['lie gale of wind dm ing the weekend was particularly severe on Banks I'enin-ula, and it wa- very cold. I lie wind wa- most hoislerious for fiiiit trees, and did a iot of damage. There was a slight sprinkling of spow on the hills, but only a small : a i n f a 11. The Akaioa Borough. Council staff ■He al present engaged in preparing naterial for laying the tennis .•ourts on lb" ground reclaimed at ■lie back of the Grand Hotel. In view of the bad state of the present ecrealion ground courts, the new •Mies are urgently lequircd, and it ' ; doubtful whether they wiil be •<ady for Christmas time when the •own is full of visitors. What might be termed a lucky ■scape was enacted on the post .ffiee corner. Akaroa. yesterday, lbout 2.15 p.m., when Mr F. Armstrong was proceeding up Balguerie Street in his Dodge car, and Mr J. McKay, jun., was proceeding along Invalid Street on a motor cycle. A ■\d 'on eoi'ision t o,>place : but "itunatelv no material damage was lone, both vehicles being drawn up piickly. The footboard of Mr Armstrong's car was damaged, and the cycle will need minor repairs. There is no doubt this i.- a dangerous corner, and the street being only -10 feet •.vide does not give much room for motor vehicles meeting at this intersection of streets.

The Akaroa Domain tennis courts ,i"e being opened on Thursday tit :> p.m. These courts have been tillered materially to give more space to ilayers and to improve the position m regai d to th° sunlight. The

work of altering the com Is was undertaken by Mr Jas. Glynan who found himself unable to complete hi.-: contract. The Akaroa Borough r ouncil being unable to obtain another contirctor l'or the work, did the work by day labour at a very 'ea.-onable cost. The courts were to have been completed by October; but owing to the broken weather and the contractor not being able to complete his contract, the courts are oniy being opened for play on Thursdav next.

The following Peninsula purchases wore made at Messrs 11. Matson and C'o's annual Shorthorn bull sale 'on Saturday on brdialf of Mr W. M. I Cabbie, Mount Phasanl, 1 roan bull, 10 guineas, to Mr -Joseph Jones, Molukarara : Messrs ,1. T. Thomas and Co., Ashburton, I Jersey bull, guineas, to Mr V. Loonies, Motukai'aia; Mi' If. C. Barton, Hinds, 1 | Shot thorn hull, 15 guineas, to Messrs Moore Bros,, Hickory l'ay; 1 heifer, !G guineas; Mr C. Austin, Winchester, J Shorthorn bull, 11 guineas, to Mr !). Anderson, Kailuna; Mr it. Peach, Ashley, 1 Shorthorn bull, 18' guineas, to 'Mr C. Pope, Port Levy ; 1 Short horn bull, 11 guineas, to Mr 0-:ea ! ' Thelning, Le Bon's Bay ; Mr W. J. Jenkins, Wadding ton, 1 Shorthorn bull, 18 1 ... guineas, to Mr J. F. Buchanan, Kinloch, Little Kiver; 1 Shorthorn bull, 17 guineas, to Mr 11. J. Baillie, Little Akaloa ; 1 Shorthorn bull, 25 guineas, to Mr W. Gray, Ataahua ; Mr It. J. Low, Highbank, 1 Shorthorn bull, 14 guineas, to Mr Clem Hartley, Okain's Bay. "Chills lurk even in Spring."- - Mayes. People are often caught off their guard in Spring-time, and as a conscquence contract severe coughs and colds. These ailments, however, are quickly banished with a dose or two of Baxter's Lujig Preserver. A unique remedy is ''Baxter's"—so rich, penetrative and dependable,. Gratifying relief follows each soothr ing dose. Invaluable also as a build-ing-up tonic. 2s 6d buys a generoussized bottle at chemists and stores. Family size 4? (id, 1 j?