LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3168, 15 November 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The annual meeting of the Doyleston Athletic Club is called for next Monday evening. ■ Last night the Springston Gymkhana Committee decided to conduct a poem competition, particulars of 'which are advertised in the Guardian to-day. The Ellesmere Brass Band decided at its practice last night to play a programme at Coe's ford on Sunday next if the weather is favourable. The concert will start at 2.30, Mr Day's bus leaving Southbridge at 1 p.m. and Leeston at 1.30 p.m. Mr W. J. Day has decided to run one of his big buses to the Little' Eiver Show next Tuesday, leaving Southbridge at 9 a.m. and Leeston at 9.30. A modest return fare of only 7/6 is to be charged. This is one of Canterbury's best picnic outings. 7 . ■ A final reminder is given of the social to be hjeld in the .Leeston Schoolroom on Thursday. The evening will commence with card playing, and there will be a dance in the large room, which has a good, smooth floor. The proceeds of these socials are to be used to pay the fares of the Leeston pupils who are joining the county excursion to Otira on November 26th, and to defray other incidental expenses in connexion with the trip. Ladies will not be charged for admission, but they are requested to supply refreshments. In addition to the' prizes mentioned in the Guardian on Thursday as having been won by Mr G. H. Barnett's pigs at the Eoyal Show, his sow, Meadow Sunshine, won the special given by the New Zealand Pig Breeders^ Association for a,ow most suitable for producing pigs for export, the Association's prize for boar going to the large black pig exhibited by Lincoln College. Mr Barnett's Meadow Sunshine won the special prize for best Berkshire sow in the show and the same exhibitor's Meadowbank Newcastle won the special for best Berkshire boar in the show.

For a short period only shoppers will have a wonderful opportunity of buying really seasonable goods at,,well below their worth. Strange's November Specials provide the occasion, and readers have only to glance through the list advertised in Strange's advertisement on Page 3 to realise how genuine the savings are. Fashion goods show the largest reductions, but even standard lines of drapery are offered at wonderful values. Those who cannot visit Strange's warehouse should send their orders by mail. 62

Stomach troubles and indigestion are most successfully treated by H. H. Shaw, the well-known prescribing chemist. If you are a sufferer you should consult Shaw without delay. Call or write for advice to H. H. Shaw at J. A. Cooke's, Ltd., 212, High street, opp. Strangers. . 4

That Great Britain and Ireland are tho most charitable nations in the world is indicated by the latest* figures relating to British charities. There are estimated to be some 2750. different charities, including hospitals, operating in those islands.

In spite of conditions in China during 1926 the American Bible Association reported the best year in its services there. A Chinese general, Chang Chih-kiang, paid for 200 Bibles and 6000 Testaments, and ordered 4500 Bibles and 6C(00 Testaments. Lessons by wireless have been instituted by the Netherlands Minister for Public Instruction- for the children of bargemen. These children live all the year round on barges and consequently are always wandering from place to place. Oklahoma legislators have had before them a bill for regulating the size of biscuits, and fixing their width at 3in. A recent bill introduced in the New Hampshire Legislature proposed that all beds should have sheets at least 7 ft., long.