LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Northern Advocate, 24 July 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Waiata Male Choir's new part songs will delight the audience at the Whangarei Town Hall to-night.*

"Are you a Christian?" was the question put to a Chinese witness at a meeting of creditors in Wanganui. " Sometimes," was the unexpected i>ut somewhat diplomatic reply (states the Wanganui "Herald").

Instrumental music at the Town Hall to-night will be a feature of the Waiata Society's concert. Mi3s Dorothy Baker, violinist, Mr H. C. McLennan, flautist, and Mr Albert Dobson, pianist, will be heard in delightful numbers.* "We know these roads at present nre only fit for wagons and not motorcars," said Councillor McLean at a meeting of the Waimarino County Council. "My road," said Councillor

Jensen, "is not fit for a wagon. It is only fit for birds." —Wanganui "Chronicle."

At the Whangarei Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr F. H. Levion, S.M., judgment was given for the plaintiffs in the following undefended civil cases: — National Trading Co. v. L. Yardley, claim £7 Is 4d and costs £1 lis 6d; J. S. Wilson v. A. L. and A. E. Leatherby, £30 and /l 6s 6d; Farmers' Union Trading Company v. S. Turner, £24 8s 3d and £3 Cs.

Eight tenders were received by the Whangarei Borough Council last evening for the erection in concrete of an extension to the waterworks reservoir in the Whau Valley Road, and after consideration in committee the offer of Mr O. R. Haigh at £5025 was accepted. Cr. E. G. W. Tibbits recorded his vote against acceptance on the ground that the Council had not completed its title to the site.

Petty thieving is rife ia Ashburton at present (says the "Guardian"). Meat safes, clothes lines, and coal stores are not secure against the night prowlers. One night recently a local Resident had the contents of her safe | rifled and another night a thief made his wnv to a residence and not content with purloining a large quantity of coal, poisoned a valuable sheep dog, which was found lying dead the next morning. Poultry runs, too, have been subjected to visits from thieves.

The pupils of Whangarei school intend giving a concert in the Town Hall next week on a rather larger scale than usual. The first pait of the programme Will consist of songs, recitation*, drills and dances, and the performance will conclude with an hour's entertainment by the school minstrel troupe, which hai been practising hard with orthodox bones and tambos. Proceeds will be devoted to the formation of a bugle band, the establishment of a library for each class and purchase of a piano for the upper school if funds allow. Holders of circle or front stall tickets are reminded that they --ian reserve seats at Blanshard's without extra charge and that the amusement tax is included in the price of the ticket.

, ' Wiiting in reference to a mattsr of title of a right-of-way transferred from Mr J. M. Killen to Mr J. Maurer from James Street to the back of the latter' 3 business premises, Messrs Wilson, Day and Thome, solicitors, st-itod vi a l.'tl ir to the Whangarei Borough Council last night that the conditions suggested by the Council were absurd, considering that the Council had already approved of and consented to the same right-of-way without any conditions. It was pointed out that the Council was practically asking their clients to put in -a first class ro'nl for a back entrance to a jeweller's shop. Exception to th? wording of the letter was taken by Cr. ,T. E. Holmes, who moved that it be not received, ofl the grounds that the assertion that the

Council's action was absurd was 3is-

f'urteous. When seconding the nioti.m C:\ I;. .T. Brake declared the wordi.ig to be disrespectful and expressed regret that Cr. S. C. Thome was not present. At Cr. Brainsbv's request the full text of the letter was read, and thereupon the motion not to accept it was carried.

Mr P:irkinson, secretary of the Xew Zealand F.ducational Institute, will address a meeting to be held in the Whangarei School on Saturday, July 28, at 10.30 a.m. All interested in education are invited to attend. 152 Fa''o Pon-rlers, Talcum Powder 1 ?. Face Creams, Perfumery, Night and Day p reams, Complexion Powder, Theatrical Cold err>nm, Skin Soaps, Lip Salve, r> ni ,,ve P'l'V, and all Toilet Requisites at Farmer's Pharmacy, Cameron Street.

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