NEWS IN BRIEF.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6976, 15 February 1918, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

I To-momvv at the Mart, Messrs |H. H. McCarthy and Co. will sell ou behalf o! the Salvation Army War Work Fuiid, a bull calf presented by | Mrs Aduams of Jlnuiti. ! Nurso Bladder announce? that she |is prepared to undertake maternity ■ cases either in town or (cuintry. 11-ri' i cdjro-s hl pirsti>: is care of Mrs. I Maoris, off Selwyn Street. j Tho oost to the Wellington Harbour | Bonrd of thacheese store recently ereei ted by that b>iiy w.-*s £-16,000. i | Lverything that necessity, comfort I aisfl stylo demands is found in all ; furniture manufactured by T 11 Phil - j lips. The Strr.n<J.* | • The births of 20 children word rogis- ! tcren in Nelson in January, no f wer j thau 2">"beios£ girls. j A con pa-;y wish a capital of £60,000 j has bepn formed in iH-otland for the i purj)' ac '>l roeoveriay; tin frotn tiuplate J si) co rings ad other tinned scrap ard ziuo fr( ni galranised scrap —a trade which has hitherto been almost enliroiy | in the hands of Germany. i V ur inspection i^ always (vroae !at Lacey'ri Bszaar, Devoupurt iioad. i Music New Yoar Card^, Cahindtr Dirirus, eic, o;o * T\vo Abeideeu-? ngus cows, s nt to an Aberdeen joint s&le by the Jvul of Rosebery reoentl}*, made SSU guineas | and 560 guineas iespf.ctively. These prices arc the hiyhvtst over paid for females of the breed in uu opon sale in the United Kingdom. The public should know that h" N Ch'risuau and Co supply tho best linos of garden hose at lowest psicos.* Mr .VI. Blies pr. sidtd over a representative niectiug of dairymen h«ld a few days ago (says the Ohristchuroh J'ress), when it was decided to fix the retail prico ol milk at oil per quart from March I. Hearth rugs, enormous values in i stylo, beaut) wear and satisfaction at r H rhiH ps, The Strand * The Wairoa Farmers' Union carried a motion a i'esv days ago to ask the Government for authority to slaughter and fretzs horses for export. It is estimated that, at 4d per pound horses would net £20 each. Birthday Cakes, Wedding Cakes, and all classes of small goods are a speciality &t F H Hammonds, Willow Street.* Several hostile amendments in the j House of Commons, include one moved j by H"lts regretting that according lo the Versailles decision, the Government's only' immediate task is the prosecution of the military effort. When buyiug broad be sure to get the mo3t wholesome, Tiy F H"Hammond's. Cart deliveries daily.* Somo time ago the Bishop of Wai** caHed for volunteers from among the I clergy of .military age for chaplaincies ;at the front, and every eligible priest volunteered. One of them, the B<v, -)'. D. Bice, vicar of St. Augustine's, Napier, formerly vicar of Tauranga, c-xpocts to be called up as Chaplain to the Expeditionary Forces very shortly. Messrs Mountfort and Baker, Ltd, have just landed a larpe shipment of now mule potatoes, which they are selling at a very reasonable prico. Tho Daily Mail states that the Government has oiideavoured to induce Sir Win. .Eobortsou, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, to resign, but Sir Win, Robertson eoi.silesa it his duty to remain at his pest unless removed. Tho Govorntneat is cousidoiing whether to insist on hh resignation. Drugs, the best money can buy, aie always used at Mirrielees,, Chomist the Strand * Motor Cars for hire day or night Ring 'Phone No. 72. Geo. Davies Cameron Road*