LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2696, 4 October 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

— i •"% 5 — - The.wood- carving class m connection with the Leeston Technical Classes will commence the next quarter on Saturday. 56 lb bags sugar 11s Bd, with 5d off this for discount at chapman's. The New Zealand footballers are doing well m the Old Country. So

far, they have won every match, I with a good margin to spare. We omitted to mention, m our report of the social evening with Bishop Julius on Wednesday, that ■I the vicar, Mrs and Miss Hamilton entertained the party right royally A plentiful supply of refreshments was handed round, and during the evening some very acceptable musical items were rendered by Mr A J In wood Every person who handles an article wants a profit on it. Now, chapman gets his tea direct irorn Ceylon, and this explains. how he sells 2S tea for is 6d, no middfemeu's profits. In the course of his sermon at St James 1 Church on evening, the Rev Mr Hamilton "referred to what we may term as " exchange visits " between minister and people The rev gentleman remarked that people had often sail to him " the parson has been to see m ■», si ho y I shall go to church ancf see him ' The rev preacher did not think- ppnp!r should goto Church merely to see the minister, and wem oa to pomi out that the Church was meant for mac!) hjgb'er principles Pain Bairn This finfraeiirw.il promptly relieve the pain of a burn or scald when applied as sqoh as the acoidsnt sakes place. For sale bjrKiordan Sro3, SpuWdge, frog £

Excursion fares for Dunedin races are advertised. The annual tea and public meeting m connection with the Brookside Presbyterian Church will be held on Friday next. ,s' , \ The annual social m, connection with the Southbridge Creamery will be held this evening. Messrs Greenwood Bros, notify that their Clydesdale colt, Welcome Nugget, will stand the season at their farm, Southbridge. The Southbridge School Commit-

tee met last evening. A report will appear m the next issue. Gentlemen's white gloves is, Ladies' white lace gloves is. Fashion books and patterns on sale at Mes Shierlaw's Applications are invited lor the position of caretaker to the Southbridge Swimming Bath. A slight accident happened to Mr W. Scott at his timber yards a,, few days ago. Mr .-Scott was endeavoring to stop a railway truck at the entrance to the timber yards when he was jambed against a post arid sustained a slight injury to" his hand. The exorbitant price of potatoes just now makes one pause and consider whether one will consign the indispensable tuber to. the domestic pot or return it to mother earth, and thus provide for future requirements One ingenious individual m the Otautau district has hit on a plan of his own to secure both these desirable ends - to provide a meal and secure seed from a self-same " spad." This is how it is done, but we do not give a guarantee with the prescription:—Pare the -vegetable m the ordinary way, but take off a thick peeling, say, up to a quarter of an inch m the case of large potatoes. Cook the inside and plant the peel, swhich will return just as good a crop as if the whole tuber was planted. The great road race, Warrnambool to Melbourne, a distance of 165 miles was* run on Saturday. The result was — W. Hawley, Victoria, 25tnin 1 ; R. Finlay, Victoria, somin, 2 ; C J. Turner, Victoria, 50mm, 3. The New Zealanders were not prominent. Jack Arnst punctured a tyre of his bicycle at- Werribee. He was practically out of the race before that, What about a new suit ? W( defy competition m this line, 50c patterns to choose from, and a perfect fit guaranteed. We don't cnas< you for the. money— OWERS & CC A draughts match was played a Christchurch on Friday, between the Christchuro.h and.Dun.sandelDraugh Clubs. Christchurch won thirteen games and Dunsandel twelve, anc ten were drawn. District Judge Kettle- and the Public Trustee have been appointed to act with Mr H. S. Wardell m hold ing the inquiry into the case of th< four Christchurch postal officials sus pended m connection with the vouch' incident. V? Chapman's prices— 3 lb currants is, 3 lb sultana^ ts, usual siz< essence coffee, is, 2 bottles gooc tomato sauce is, 3 bottles besi Worcestershire* sauce is,. and dis< count off this. Mr Fred Lill, secretary of the A and P. Association, desires us tc state that on account of entries closing tc-morrow (Thursday) for th( Show, his office will be open all daj to-day (Wednesday) for the convenience of those who may wish to exhibit, and on Thursday evening until eight o'clock, after which time nc entries will be taken; .s ..'- Ay si jght collision occiirred- oft Saturday night between two-cyclists "who were riding neaf the outskirts of the township. . No damage was done to -either of the machines, and after explanations had been offered, the riders bid each other good-night and parted company. ..Try chapman for drapery, good solid value is 'given. Come and give the man a trial. Mr John Lambie, of Kyle, writes to his brother, Mr James Lambie, of Lakeside, from Ayr, Scotland, under date Augusr 3rd, stating that he is having a good time visiting relatives j and friends. He encloses a copy of 18 The Deil's Reply to Robert Burns " which Mr Lambie picked up m Ayr, and copies of it are being printed at this office. Mr Lambie had visited some parts of the North of Ireland previous to writing to his brother, and his tour included visits- to Belfast, Armagh, Lisburn, Carrickfergus and other places. A general meeting of the South T bridge AmateurSwimmingClub will be held m the Library on Friday evening next at 8p m. As business is important, a good attendance of members is requested.

Nominations close on" Friday next for the position of Commissioner on the Town Board, the vacancy occuring through ihe retirement of Mr W Scott A concert and dance will be held m the Lakeside schoolroom on Friday evening, We remind our readers of the tea meeting at Brookside on Friday evening. The Rev Thos McDonald )f Cnristchurch will address the after meeting. The concert on Show night promises to be a gieac success. The Clvio.ehurch artistes 10 appear will be I err -It Zimmerman, the Misses Ch'^win (soprano) and E Field (alto) Messrs Wm Densem, ' E Schatz (comic serios) and B Cropp (baritone) A full programme will be published later The majority of the above performers have appeared m the •' Mikado " at Christchurcb, and have now. been cast for responsible c'j iracters m the " Gondoliers." to be produced m Christchurch. The Leeoton Town Hall Directors are to be on securing what promises to be the talent for one of the best concert programmes ever submitted to a Leeston audience. You want a nice hat for the show. OWE US & CO cm. sell you one flu for a queen, and cheap |qq, eon^e and