Local & General

Inangahua Times, 8 May 1909, Page 2

Local & General

A meeting of the Inangahua Miuet'* Union will be heldlii the Oddfellows Hall to-night.

1 " Night and Day," the Dr Barnado Homes organ, has a typical picture in / its last number, illustrating the types in its Homes. There is a baby, j mere boys, a cripple, a blind child, an afflicted girl, a sailor, a carpenter, | a 'situation' lad, a musical boy, and a boy emigrant.

At a meeting of the Young Helpers' Leagut, held .in connectton with Dr Barnado's Homes, in the Albert Hall on Jan 6, an asonymous Australian promised to double . the collection This was L 663, and was duly doubled bringing in a nice little cheque to the funds of the institution.

The director of Technical Education in Taranaki, Mr W. A. Ballan. tyne r has decided to make dairy science one of the chief subjects for 1909 at the Stratford District High School, with the ide 3 that all junior teachers, shall qualify themselves to give instruction in this important subject. *

An important legal action by a farmer against a firm of potato seed merchants has (says the Auckland Weekly News) just been decided. The farmer bought a lot of Up-to Dates from the merchants, and the seed was duly forwarded, but the crop grown from these seed disclosed the fact that very few of these weie Up-to-Dates at all. 'I he non-warranty clause was pleaded, but wfthout effect, and judgment was given for ] the farmer for L2lO 6s 6d I

The Christchurch Press states that Mr Adam McCracken, the inventor of "Morale," the new explosive, left on Saturday, via Melbourne, for England, to give practical trials, at the request of the British Admiralty. He also has letteisfrom the New Zealand Government and the Commonwealth Government to their High Commissioners in London to give him every-assistance in facilitating his misson.

Apparently retrenchment in the Touiist Department has already set in. It is understood that ten girls in the Wellington office have received or ate aboui to receive, notice of dismissal.

An astronomer great, he was sitting out luto, With liis teluscopo turned to the star When to-his surprise, there funded down from I he skies A most palpable' message from Mars. He did not niu.lerstand.hiit a code book at hand, Which he hastened at onoe to procure Maou the message quite plain—"lnfluenza again, Can you send us Wooch' pepporra .it cn '" e? '' 1 ._ __ I

We have to thank the new I irector o( ihe Government M ti r< 1ogical Office for including Reefton in the list of inland stations, owing to representations made by the editor of this paper. Tne information will be extremely useful to travellers here, giving a guide to the climatic influences which m y uf!" ct their movements,

We remind the general puYlic ol Reefton and suburb of Saraty's si * lighter drapery sile, nine cases of well assorted goods will be opened, aud ', commence on Monday at io a.m, So study economy and save time and money and remember Saraty's in Princess Theatre. One shilling in the I: discount will be given ojn the first day of the salk only. So this should be a boom to purchasers, an instt went round Reelton and suburbs which give a detail of the sale. Don't miss the opportunity—Advt.

At the dinner given the o'her evening to Professor David at the University Club in Sydnty, he told a little stoiy . against himself. His morul chaiacter, the professor said, was beginning to be found out, The other day, when the reception was being given him in the University Great Hall, his wife was stopped at the doorway, having forgotion her ticket. "But lam his wife," she piotested to the undergraduate doorkeeper. "Very well, madam," the undergraduate replied, with a peculiar smile. "Go in, by all means; but there are seven o'.h r wives of his in there already,"

In a recent speech at a rifle club social, Colonel Collins said that a great change had taken p'ace in shooting, and we would have to fall into line with other nations and go in (or musketry training with disappearing targets at unknown ranges. He had a j reat regard for the old black-and-white target, but further* opposition to new idea was not desirable in the interests of rifle.' shooting, This will mean a change in the policy of the Rifle Association, and naturally an alteration in company and rifle club shootinu l . Boih volunteers and clubs therefore, will be well advised to adopt service matches for ordinary corrpetition to the nsw conditions, in view of the changes that may be expected at the big meeting,

Visitors to Westptvj remember thai A Lennie is at the Commercial Hotel.—Advt,

Wanted to sell one ladies second-hand Rudge Whitworth cvcle in first class order. Apply Carroll and O'Brien.—Advt.

If you want a really first class Sideboard, Duchess Ches', Bedstead, or Suite of Fumituro call at Carroll andO'Br en's .<ikl see their new stock which ha--just been unpacked, and -which is absolutely the best quality and value ever seen in Reef ton; these goods are made by the best artisans in Auckland, the designs are of the latest, and the workmanship and finish Fecond to rion* Ca'l and inspect ihem for yourself'

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