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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14821, 21 October 1920, Page 4

The Evans-Gange Concert Company, Miss .Evans being the famous soprano! arid Mr Gange. one of the world's leading bassos, will pay a return and final visit to Oa.maru on Tuesday next, when they will give the choicest from their repertoire in the Opera. House. The artists have had great receptions right throughout New Zealand, and. -as was to be expected by their fine concert- here, their second houses in every centre altogether exceeded the attendance at the opening programme. For their first concert here thev were practically unknown, but they received from numerous musical folk the warmest invitation to include Oamaru on their, return visit. This thev are now doing., and the box I plan will be open on Friday morning at The Bristol.

Mr Forbes, in company with Mr .). Maedonald, of Papakaio. and Mr Corrigan.'nf Morven —two of the Directors of the Waitaki Farmers' Freezing Company—canvassed part of the Duntroon district yesterday, and met with every success.' Thev add to the company's capital about' £3OOO, thus making the total subscribed capital now close upon £50,000. The Directors are confident of being able to start to erect, the works in the near future. The following are the Phoenix rinks in the matches against the Dunedin and Ka'ituria" Clubs on Labor Day at Dunedin :—Bailev, Mitchell. Crawshaw. Broad (s) : Brown, Murdoch, Nicolls, Calder (si ;'Hinklev, Treloar. .McLaren, Aikenhead (s) ; Familton, Grenfell, Booth. Slater (s) ; Grant. Ma honey. Cook. Thomson ~(s) • A class for the best returned soldier riders over hunting fences is an innovation in the schedule for the A. and P. Association's annual show on November ■l7 and 18. „ As Lord Chelmsford's tenure of otl fice as Viceroy of India! expires in April | next, it -will he necessary soon to appoint his successor. A London paper states that there are several nominations for the position. Sir George Llovd, the Governor of Bombay, who has" a very deep knowledge of India and the East/seems to be the favorite. Ho is young —in his fortieth -year—which is just the age at which Lord- Curzon became Viceroy; and though he has 110 administrative experience at home he has been in the diplomatic service and has made a close study of Eastern politics ever since he left Cambridge. Lord Islington is perhaps Sir George Lloyd's strongest rival for the position. One of his qualifications is that he vras Under-Secretary for India for three years and that'he has served as Governor of New Zealand. Advice has been received by the Secretary of the Golf Club that .1. H. Kirk- j wood, the Australian golf champion. J will give a- full day's exhibition of the game at Timaru on Tuesday next. Hi? visit to this town has been cancelled. A' table setting forth the average attendances at the Otago public schools during the three, quarters of the present year was submitted to> the cation Board yesterday by the secretary (Mr S. M. Park), as follows, the figures between parentheses being for the corresponding quarters of last year:— March quarter, 20,019 (20.769) : June quarter, 19,652 (20,194); September quarter, 18,448 (20,031). The decreases were thus: March, 750; June, 542; September, 1583. Total, 2875. The "falling off was attributed to the prevalence of epidemics, and as teaehors' salaries are affected it was decided to ask the Department not to make any decrease in stipends unless the falling off is serious. A letter on a subject lunging xipon this was received from the Balclutha Committee, asking for co-ope%ition in an effort to prevent the staffing of schools being reduced where the falling off in attendance was due to epidemics. The chairman supported the contention of the. writer, . and instanced a case where the attendance at a school with a normal 101 l call of 710 had dropped about 50 per cent. It was decided to support the Balclutha Committee, and to ask the Department that, where the roll number was not seriously below that of last year, the staff should not be decreased,.

Referring to the price of butter, Mr Henry Bodley writes: —"The London Creamery Journal is responsible for the following:—•'During the. term of the two years' contract the Ministry of Food "made a profit- of nearly four million pounds sterling out of New Zealand butter and cheese. The Food Controller has stated that the handling by that body had cost the consumers nothing. That may be. but it cost the dairy producers of New Zealand a great deal." The Melbourne Age states now an interesting exposure of the manner in which prices of soft goods are manipulated by Flinders Lane to the extra profit of the wholesale and retail houses, and to the disadvantage of the consumer, was made, perhaps inadvertently, by a suburban draper in his eagerness to disavew the opprobrious title of profiteer. A lady custom*?, disgusted' and indignant at the manner in - which prices for dress materials seemed! to be perpetually on the rise. taxed the draper with being "a real take-down." To l prove his> innocence in regard to the increases, he produced a, letter from a- wholesale house, notifying that prices for certain specified wool-cotton goods—well known trade lines —would be' increased by approximately 50 per cent, as from the first of the present month. The respective retail prices to he charged for the various goods w r ere set out, and the retailer was instructed to charge those price* for his stocks as from the date stated. Failure to obey those instructions, the letter stated, would' mean that no> further orders for those goods would be executed for the shopkeeper. The customer visited the establishment again after the date fixed for the increase and learned that prices had duly jumped as ordered by Flinders Lane.

I shall here express gratification at the result of last week's output of ice cream at the Rendezvous, near Post Office, Oamaru. Although the weather was : not very hot about 1800 glasses were consumed; both young and old enjoyed the hivury of this delicious frozen food. You nay for quality (and get it), so don't expect a big quantity for your 3d or 6d. If I mixed up cornflour and milk well flavored and frozen I could give you bumper ones. There is the sta»irla.rd of cream in my production, and cream is expensive. However, it is mv desire to make the best ice cream. I invite you to taste it to-day. The only complaint I have heard: "When I eat one I wish for another.". The food drink, egg and fresh milk, electricallv mixed: my price is 7d. Are you thirsty? A snot, at the Rendezvous appreciate! (daily beef tea and soup. 6d bowl). Pies, saveloys, steak and kidnev. etc.. now off the menu. —Cecil proprietor. Keep little eirls' heads clean in a nice way by using the U.F.S. Shampoo Granules. Better than greasy, stipky head ointments, and ever so much nicer to use. They free the head from Nits, and make the hair fluffy, thick and beautiful. Price 2s fid a tin, sufficient for 24 shampoos ,at the United Friendly Societies' Dispensary, prescription specialists. Thames street. 545

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