EVENTS WORTH NOTING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 9167, Issue 9167, 16 March 1910, Page 5

EVENTS WORTH NOTING.

Tenders invited for repairs to Occidental Hotel. Walton and Co. advertise choice building sites for sale. Pohungina County Council invites tenders for metalling. J. A. Nash and Co. have several desirable farms for sale.

Mrs E. L. Perkins, clairvoyant, may be consulted at 9, Cole's Buildings until the 19th inst. [I. S. Porteous and Co. are selling "Kangaroo Special'" tea. at 2s per lb; refreshing and invigorating; ilavour delicious. C. M. Rows and Co., the Bon Mavche, direct attention to their stock of ladies' coats for autumn and winter wear. Seo advt. on page 4 The sale at the Acme Shoe Store, now nearing its close, has proved a bargainstirring event. The proprietor, by advertisment in our wanted columns, directs special attention to a few of the bargains offered to-morrow. The monthly meeting of the Manawat-i Philosophical Society will bo held tomorrow evening, when papers will be read by Mr W'. W. Smith and Mr D. Sinclair.

Thermos flasks is the subject of a replace advt. inserted by W. F. Durward and Co.. Ltd., on the leader page. By means of these flasks liquids can be kept, hot for 24 hours, and they should prove invaluable to golfers and other sportsmen. W. F. Durward and Co. are the local agents. Holben and Kirk are offering a very useful pump, which will lift 2GOO gallons per hour; prico 70s each. The pump is fitted for a 2-inch suction hose or a 2-inch iron pipe. It has a 2-inch discharge, but £! 1-inch ho=o- can be attached and water thrown 60ft from the point of nozzle.

The Man.".wafu Auctioneering Co.. Cuba street, are advertising in this issue a very desirable dairy and sheep farm of 500 acres in Northern Taranaki. The property is well situated and a moneymaking farm. Owner will exchange for unencumbered town property, or small farm. Price is £12 per acre.

N. D. Stubbs (successor to R. H. Bright) announces a. great "new proprietory" sale of jewellery at his premises next Bon Marchc. During the sale all Mr R. IT. Bright's high-class stock of jewellery will be cleared at prices equal to cost. Those in search of wedding presents or gifts for Easter are specially invited to call ?nd inspect the stock now being offered. The sale will only bo continued for a few weeks, and patrons are requested to call and make their selection early.

The programme for St. Patrick's concert is both charming and varied. Songs and part songs, interspersed with orchestral items and instrumental solos, each one descriptive of some phase of the Irish jiaturc--his ardent admiration for his beloved colleen, expressed in dainty verse and set to plaintive melody, his undying love for his country, a trait so characteristic of all Irishmen, which forms a theme on which countless Irish poets have vied with each other, and spent the fire of their patriotism, in giving to the world songs the like of which no other nation possesses. The popular 'cellist, Mr Frank R, Johnstone, Wellington, has boon engaged, and his item. l ? are always appreciated by Palmerston North audiences, where, amongst instrumentalists, he has long since established himself as first favourite. The humorous aspect of Irish life will be presented to the audience in a novel manner. Mr P. Eadie, that clover monologue entertainer, who is welcomed on every concert platform in New Zealand, will tell several quaint and witty Irish stories in his inimitable style, and should be a. most ponular addition to the programme.