LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2854, 11 October 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

rAn axle cap that has been lost is ad-vertised-for.

A reminder is given of the entertainment in connection with the Paeroa Methodist Church that is to be held in the Criterion Concert Hall this evening.

Intending passengers to Auckland should note that the time of departure of the s.s. Waimane from Paeroa to Auckland on Saturday next has been postponed to 11 p.m.

There was a good attendance at the Choral Hall on Monday evening, when a lecture on no-license and national prohibition was delivered by Rev. R. B. S. Hammond. The chair was occupied by Rev. G. W. Pittendreigh, and the lecturer was accorded an attentive hearing.

We are advised by the secretaries to the T. E. Taylor Memorial Fund that all subscription lists, whether used or unused, should be returned to the treasurer (Mr C. E. Salter, Chi istchnrch) in order that the fund may close not ater than the 20th inst.

We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of"-complimentary tickets tor the entertainment in connection with the Paeroa Methodist Church to be held in the Criterion Concert Hall this evening.

. An interesting address on " Nature's Noblemen " was ■delivered by Pastor Clark in the Druids' Hall, Paeroa, last night. Rev. Jas. Lowery presided, and there.was a fair attendance, all present spending a pleasant evening.

On our fourth page to-day appears an advertisement by Win. Holds worth and Sons, Ltd., footwear specialists, of Victoria Street, Auckland. This firm makes a specialty of sporting footwear, of which it has a very large assortment.

At the Choral Hall, Paeroa, to-morrow evening, Mr H. M. Fitzgerald will deliver an address on " Social Evolution." Mr Fitzgerald is described as " the most eloquent Socialist orator in the Southern Hemisphere," so that the address should prove an interesting one.

SUMMER GOODS.—P. Keller has just opened up a choice assortment lot Spring and Summer Goods. . These goods comprise a great variety of Cotton Crepons in plain colours and fancy stripes, dainty Muslins, pretty white and-champagne silk stripe Voils, coloured Shantungs, mercerised goods, plain and striped Cambrics, Linens, Drills, etc. A splendid selection of Trimmed Models just to hand ; also the latest styles in Ready-to-wear and Fancy Straws, Flowers, Foliage, Children's Millinery, etc. A great variety of dainty white silk, pretty white muslin, .and useful print Blouses, white Skirts with insertion Panels ; also white and coloured Underskirts, latest novelties in Peter Pan Collars and Fancy Neckwear. Splendid value. Inspection invited.— Advt.

Giving evidence before Mr A. H. Lush, at an inquiry into the new Home Office regulations for the prevention of skin disease ' amongst fuel workers, Alderman Mirrells, Swansea, gave a re-n-arkable instance of blindness supervening in the case of a pitchworker engagedat Swansea fuel, works. He went to a football match, and, the sun being strong, heated the pitch permeations in the eyes so much that the man has since been blind.

An Ash burton' resident who lives in close proximity to the plantation where the Ashburton County Council liberated the German owls over a year ago, states that three of the birds have been about his homestead for some considerable time. He has taken great interest 111 the birds, and has watched them carefully, but he has never seen them attack a sparrow, nov has he seen any proof of their destmciivjness of small birds.

Victoria's initial effort in the importation of domjstics has not proved altogether satisfactory (says the Daily Telegraph). Reports state that two ot the party came on board at Adelaide somewhat under the influence of drink, and, 111 addition, there were one or two whose diction was pretty coarse. Some of the contingent are not experienced domestic helps, and their references are not all satisfactory. They were written by friends or relatives, more than by employers or responsible persons. The Victorian Minister for Lands stated recently that, in future, reference would have to be given by clergymen or other responsible persons before applicants could be accepted.

Why suffer with cough and cold when you can cure same by taking Tonking's Linseed Emulsion. From all chemists and stores, 1/6, 2/6, 4/6.

An extraordinary sequel is reported in connection with a recent wedding between the members of two well-known Sydney families. The bridal pair went to the Blue Mountains for their honeymoon, and spent a happy time. Returning to Sydney last week the bride was immediately removed to a private hospital, where she was operated on for appendicitis. Her condition was serious. In the meantime the officiating clergyman was also attacked by the same complaint and was operated on, and, two of the guests who were present at the wedding were also under the care of doctors suffering in a similar manner.

Warner's Rust-proof Corsets universally popular. .

The , women of New Zealand have now enjoyed the right to vote for just 18 years, the Electoral Bill bestowing upon them the franchise going through both Houses finally in September, 1893. At noon on the iqth of that month His Excellency the Governor signed the fateful document that had for a time so perturbed the local jpohUcal world. It was a singular fact, • which the cynics did not fail to note, that when the supreme moment arrived for which women were said to have been lor years yearning and striving, there was not a single occupant of the ladies' gallery. This was accounted for by the fact that there was a fashionable marriage in an adjacent church.

UNCONSCIOUS FROM GRIPING PAINS.

" For ten' years I was a constant sufferer from attacks of colic, and at times unconscious from the griping pains," says Mr Alex. J. Cresswell, of Binegurra, Vie. " Tne only thing that gave me relief was Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy. It never failed. I have recommended it to many friends and ciibtomers, ..who have always met with the same results as myself. My advice is to always keep a bottle in the house. It is the most effective relief and cure for severe griping pains in the stomach and ior Diarrhoea." Sold by J. and W. Harp, agents, Paeroa.

You can easily get rid of that cold by taking" Tonking's Linseed Emulsion. From all chemists and stores, 1/6, 2/6, 4/6.