LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Harvest thanksgiving service* will j;iiiL r . -Mr E. \V. fialford taking the Church next Sunday morning and evebe held in the local Presbyterian morning service and Rev. J. T. 'hum iln' opening service, (lifts of produc? will ho thankfully received for the decoration of the Church. A ballot of the New Zealand Shearers' and Woolshed Employees' Atst elation was counted on Monday. The first question was : " Are you iu iavuui' of joining the Social Democratic Party 'I" unci '.he voting was : Lot 1*95; against 10% ; majority (I gainst 101. The second question was: "Are \ou in favour of'amalgamating with the Australian Workers V the result l.«ing : For JG'jti; against 471; majority ior. 11-"). The ihiid question was: "Are you in favour of the acceptance oi CI per IUO for shearing '.'" The result was For 1113; against 815; majority ior, lite. Delegates were thou elected to the annual conference.
Mr I'. Jeffery has an alteration of advertisement in this issue which slum hi be read by all those in search of health and strength. A. meeting is called lor tins evening in the Athenaeum Hall for the purpose cif considering the advisability of forming an amateur dramatic club' in Roxburgh, A few years ago the town possessed a very capable drama tie . lulj and some fine entertainments were given by it. As the long nights will soon be upon us some indoor amuse meat should be provided for our young folk ami the formation of a dramatic club should help to till the bill. As such a club could not be a success without the inclusion of the ladies their presence is requested at the meeting. FOR £5 1 CAN GIVE YOU MAGNIFICENT PRISM BINOCULARS. These " Clearvue " prism binoculars are far superior to the ordinary field (>la>.-:. They are latest and best glasses. Magnify eightfold, and give a magnificent range of vision. Add greatly to the charm of a holiday. Shepherds, rabbiters will find them most valuable for long distance view ing. Great value ii £5. Writ© or call. Hugh Keill, 249 George St., Dunedin.
. -' ■ H I i Variods articles of furniture are advertised for private sale. These may be inspected after 1 p.m. at the school residence. Accustomed as we are to the perennial cry for farm labour it is interestin,' to note that, a t the present time when harvest operations are in full swing in this district, there is a glut o! tiiis class of worker in Milton (says the brace Herald). During the last week there have ben some twenty odd respectably dressed young fellows looking for harvesting work, with apparently little success, who allege that owing to th< methods in vogue of farmers helping their neighbours there is really no demand for outside help. Warder McDonald, who was taken seriously ill on the Main Trunk tram a few days ago, while escorting three prisoners s< rving long sentences, and who was admitted to tne hospital on arrival at Pahueri>ton North, has been committed to Porirua .Mental Hospital, the prisoners attended to the warder a- tveil at they possibly could, and their kuidiy action wa.s noticed by several bandsmen r< turning from the contest, with the. result that a requisition has been forwarded to the Justice Department asking that their sentences should ba reconsidered.
"I would like to see three-quarters of our hymn tunes either in the fire or at the bottom of the sea," sad Mr Piungot Greene, professor of singing at the Royal Academy of .Music, at a conlorenee on musical education at Hammersmith last month. "1 would like to see every 'sentimental chromatic hymn tune abolished for good and all. _ 1 would presene only the grand, manly, d atonic tunes, such as 0 God, Our Help in Ago Past,' 'The Old Hun-d-edth,' and 'The Church's One foundation.'
V.OU SHOULD BE DETERMINED. lu rejecting tue worthless aud frequently injurious tounU'iiui.-i which aiu some limes pushed, tor the sake oi greater gu;u us '"just as goo i" us the GENUi.\>. SAKUEIi AM; SOAb' PUitE VOLATILE ELLAL\i'TiEXTtL\Ci". Bo nut deceived. SA.NbI Li'S EXLIiACI is recognised by ihe highest luedieul auUioriika us possessing unique stimula'. mg, healing, uud uau-epiie powers. ihe preparation of >A nDLH S tA--1 UAl_ i from tne ,mie selected leaves, uud th re m iih in i>y special processes give it euiati.e kirlues peculiarly its own. lheretore, be not misled! Deuiaiid aud insist upon the GENUINE sA.Ni'Eli LAXUA' i, and you will de--1 i\e the b uelit lhat thousands have cieJ i»ed from it before. \\h. u ill you could >Mt i'''pre« >' tied more l.y the i omi on, b ilky, and nau.-' aiini • iicalypiu.- oil- and « > tilled extra, ts." Alth uieh they a<e ad ,i ii be 1 for i ii'-inal u>\ they ar. lit lor mechanic d ; irposes only, an I some of u..in ha e i !so injur ous A,a; a death has .em dir tly a- 'i ib d to il:r [.>;., • ~; , . hi th :i, and the medical prof ssion have wain. d rep ntedly a. .in-', th< ir ippli «' i°n. V-'hat you i, . in i is mi :lii ■ 'Hid rel'mbi'i! vin small .!,.-,> ; : t! ;/\,vi 'in I onlv in SAN;)I !;'S KN i UAt T.
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Mt Benger Mail, 11 March 1914, Page 3
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