25 YEARS AGO.

Mataura Ensign, 22 July 1916, Page 4

25 YEARS AGO.

July 17.--Croppiit"; sale lor one year nl 'BOO acres o)‘ laud at "Wamwood” averaeed Ids per aero, (loro stock sale. —Fat. woihors realised 10s to I(is ihi, iat lambo lls •S:|. breed i up; ewes 11s Od, iiou. J. (1. Ward (I’oslmaster(ieneral) presented' with a silver (■perdue and cradle hy the oltieeio oi tin* six principal telegraph olliees in the minin' in eommeinoranon ol the binh oi a. sou. July 21Drauehls iimlch heiwer-n Kerudale and Maiaura ('luhs. Ferndale, 20; .Matanra, 22.

L.iml'v have made tltoii- appearance [in iho Mar.nura district, five . having been born at Mr John Taylor',.- Inrtn yesterday. •. , ! . " _ j Mr Bowman, apiary inspector, osii- ' mates the-yiolel of honey from ihe C'anI lorbitry district in a normal year at. from l'.")0 io 200 tons. Arrangements for the installation of Ihe telephone in ihe I'pper Orama Valley are now almost eomploto. The new line will he a groat convenience to the settlors en route. Koine very fine swede iunrips- have been grown on the Springfield Kstnie, Alctbvon, llii.v season. On Tuesday I'Messrs Kormodo Bros, took down io Ashburton one whieh weighed 't2!h.

The a mount of .L' 4 acknowledged in Thursday's issue for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund from the Woudonsido schoolchildren (prize money) >' ould have been credited to ihe Wendon sdioolehildron.

According hi the 'Wairarapa Daily Times,' ;i. 'siilicrer from sjdnal meningitis, who lias been an inmate of the infection- hospital building at Tauherenikau racecourse for the past seven months, has recovered,

Hdbsoripfion;.; of 2s each from ..Mrs. Frascr, .Mrs .Spence, .Mrs I.ang and Mrs Miller weer inadvertently omitted from the list acknowledged by the secretary of the Ladies' Patriotic Com mi tteo and published in ihe d'lnsign' veslerdav.

An Auckland resident, while in a. croud one day last week noticed some bank notes on the ground. He picked them up, handing them to a constable near by. When counted, it was found that they amounted to a considerable •sum. No owner has yet come forward to claim them.

Air S. Join*--;. manager 'it' the Alataura Dairy Factory, who returned last, imrhl from a tour through tin 1 dairying districts of die North Island, wates that must, of ihp. factories are mnjuii'j; (i start for the season, hut he considers that lecd is hotter in .Southland than in any part of tin' 1 country thai he visit-

A Xorthcrn journal states:—A mob of 70 horses I'ro'iii Gisborne en route w> Hamilton passed t.hr.in<ih Whakatiine la-t week. Hoise> can he- bought at (iishorne. cheaper, and dealers dispo o of thorn again and jnakn its much as ,fjs a nead on the bargain. Tin l above, moh consisted of hacks and draught, and were in good condition. Word has been received to the effect that l/ctitcnant Athol Htid.-on, ison of ilio laic Di. Hudson and Air, Hudson, oi Tapawera, has been killed in action (states a .No.son Press Assnciai.on telegram). Lieutenant Hudson was an "old hoy" of Nelson College and the Waitaki H "hj School, and was selected mm the l!ir» Rhodes scholar irout Victoria ColloKo.

A popular idea in the Dominion for some years has been that thoro are more ivomen in the country than men. This idea is exploded on reference to the last census taken in 11)11, when it was shown thai there were males and •!76",f>f>S or a proportion of females to each K!<) males of KD.O7. The birth-rate, on referrin<j: i<> last. Year (look for 1911, shows ihar. there were J I,•">;!."> boy babies born to l.'t.SO.'l females, or a proponion to each !<":<) of (he hirer „f !(!,-,.:).

Tim possibilities of a Will-established .system in the I'liiteti States, tlie selling of debentures of local bodies to provide funds to build roads and also bridges, were, touched upon bv Councillor Allan Kohiu-on at the Wanijaimi Couiny Council meetiiiL' recently. The system is one which has spruiie- no with the advent of the most do-irable of all highway-—the reinloiced concrete road which <n:sts <">s Ad per sipKire yard, or per mile, Councillor Kobinson pointed out that if the svstem tt'i'iv ill settlors could duty debenture-; if they warned a road.

Thai ladies appreciate bargains- when such come their way has boon simply demonstrate:!- at- Thomson and Heattie's sale. Talso skirts, lor instance. Lilies of these were, uroatly reduced and have boon snapped up f-;i{;.'ily. Of one -L (1;| lino only two are left (*.lin waist); of our 7s fid lino only thnv romsii.ii and only two are left ai lis I'M. t .line esirly.

Spooisilisls in Infants' Outfiuini;-. For the. past. J(i years wo have nivon |4r-al. care and thoughi to the requirements of infants. To-day finds our stock the largest, and most up-to-date in town. Ke-jiir kirj/o mannfaitiireis and importers we sire sihlo to'oll'er the follow. n£ exceptional values:—lnfants' Flannelette and Cam brio (iwvib, --ale pi ice Is lid., l's :id, i's i;d as lid, :u M-, ]»- I suns' Petticoats, Is M Is (VI, Is Ud, Is lid 2s (kl : Jnlants' Frocks, 2s (id, 2-; 0.1. .'is. ,1s (id, .*K lid; Infants' Woollen Jackets 2s (kl, 2s Od, 3s. »s Gd. IU lid; I,Hants' Woollen lloads. Is .'id, Is (id Is !>d: (Vrvhi<x Shawls, .'ls ]]d, •Is lid, ",> lid, IW (id. 7s (id. Os (kl, 10s M to 17s 01 : Infants' Bibs. o\',<l. -Id. . r )d, (kl. 7d, 9d. is; Waterproof Shcotjob price Is lid, i's ;kl, 2s (id, L's (kl yard. Msmv other bargains at H. and'.!. SMITHS Hi..- Winter Kale.

The nt tout ion of the Gore public is ealle.l to an aniiouiicoun nt in our advertising cuitmu that the City ]J ot P.illace, Main .Stro. t, is now personally managed by Mr Arnold l McDonald, a member of th'o firm. Air McDonald will bo pleased to moot iho many old arid new customers ,if the City Moot Palsuc, suit! csui be relied on to study their needs in footwear. He has special charge of the mail order business of the linn ""silid all orders sent hv post will now have his personal care and prompt dr'spatch. The firm sire noted parliouhrly as the importers of Cro'kott and .Jon'oV Health Footwear, and notwithstand'ii" war conditions have been landitiir these with proal. roi/iilnrity. Another (b'partment for which the City Boot Palace is lamed is its Warm Felt Slipper Stork. New froods.in these linos have now boon opened and arc on view in their window-. The outstanding I'oaiuros of the City Hoot Palace miiv be summed up as—fust, sin entirely new store wiih an entirely now slock under entirely now management. —S. Mi'DOXALD, Proprietor. 802

Do- lost. Ploughman wanted. "The Broken Coin" coining, ('oneert at Mruaura on Tuesday, (rrilfifh Minion. Town Hall, (J-eo. Peterson for the newest wallpapers. Annual mooting Core Brass Band on Moodily. To-morrow's church services announced, T. Croon and Co. hold skin sale on Thursday. X.M'.'and A. Co. hold horse sale on Wednesday. Wvndham Dairy Factory Co. wants butter maker. "The Pink Dandies," Princess Theatre. Thursday. Auction sale of cookery, etc., at Poultry Show to-ni^ht. 'Claims men inst late Donald MsioCreiior to be rendered. Don't do it! See Wright. Stephenson sine: C'o.'s advt. page (i. LN'.Z. 1., and M..A Co. hold cleanup; sale at Otama on August 0. Stewart, cliopo' blades sharpened at Wright Stephenson and Co.'s. J, F. Watson and Co. bold clearing sale at East Chatton on August 2, tN'ow shipment Crotkett and JoiKs' Health footwear sit S. McDonald's. Wripiit, Stephenson and Co.-. hold clearing sals at Charlton on Thursday,