LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 2773, 23 July 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There is any amount of work for tailors and tailoresses in Pahiatua. _ Motors are rapidly ousting liorses from farm work in the United States.

The Rakauuui-Pongaroa road is reported to he in a very bad state, vehicular traffic being absolutely impossible. Auckland is proving to be the greatest racing centre in New Zealand, and, for its size, in Australasia. No fewer than 40 cyclists were fined at Gisborne one day recently for riding on the footpaths. Mr Barratt, the victim of the acetylene gas explosion at Levin, is improving slightly, and is now occasionally able to speak, but irrationally. The members of the Pahiatua Tennis Club are invited to attend the annual ball of the Eketahuna Tennis Club, to be held on Thursday, 25th ingt.

In a letter to Mr John Cameron, organiser for the Anti-Asiatic League, the Premier states that he intends bringing forward legislation during the present session dealing with Asiatic immigration into New Zealand. For Reynolds’ "Kitty Fisher,” which cost Mr Stanford White £15,000, his widow got only £O2O at auction ; other old masters went ridiculously cheap, and the sale realised only £10.305. A record number of passengers—--I)96—embarked at Southampton in the White Star liner Celtic, ami alter leaving Cherbourg, where 382 passengers embarked, there were 2500 souls on board. A farm of several thousand acres in Sully County. Dakota, owned by the Groseclose brothers. is now entirely horseless. All the ploughing, hurrowing. seeding, harvesting, threshing and hauling of grain to market is done by motors

Housewives wiil lie g:a<l to bear that there is to be a big drop in the price of bread. They w ill alo be pleased to know that the AALF.C.A. take the eako for floorcloths and linoleums every time. Sale prices for these goods still continue. Advt.

Mi ssis Abraham ami AA'illiams insert a preliminary notice announcing a clearing vale of daily stock, oil acouilt ot Mr T. H. Stunlioiie, at bis farm. Knmeroa. to be held on AAednesday, 14tli August next. A reminder is given of the horse sale to take place in Messrs Mitchell and Griltitli's Mart yards oil Thursday, at 12.30 o'clock. Vendors must make their entries by 12 o’clock on day of sale, when each class will be drafted and offered ill rotation.— --<lvt.

For men's and boys’ clothing try Herbert and Co. They are the best piviplo to buy trom. Pure woollen undergarments from 2s lid to 15s tid. Cull now, w hile stocktaking sale is on. Goods going at bait price in our drapery department. Advt. An auctioneer's glowing statement regarding the prospects ol a Taranaki township was actually lend by counsel in the Taranaki Supreme Court on Thursday to a jury. The barrister was cnrefcl to explain that bis object was solely to show that some people bail confidence in the "boom" that then existed. .Air Justice Button remarked, "Oh, we all know what auctioneers sav when they are selling proper! it's.' New s.

.V meeting ol the A’ostry of St. Peter's Anglican Church was held last evening in Mr Sturton s olliee. when there' were present Messrs J. A\". Sturton (eluiir), J. M. Levin, G. Pur gess, L. T. Herbert and AA'yvern A\ ilkoii. It was decided to paint the vicarage and add a verandah to it also to plant shrubs in the chin h grounds. It was mentioned at the meeting that the Bishop ot AAellmg ton luid been communicated with re guiding the appointment of a vicar After sundry accounts bad hocm missed for payment the meeting adjourned.

An net of iiirrikinisiii has come under our notice vhnt shows the wanton mischievousness ol some individual or individuals. Three bicycles were left in front of Messrs Herbert and Company's shop, Alain street, last night, and when the owners went to got tbelli to ride to their respective hollies, the bicycles were found to be 1111 net ured, the ow ners having to wall. Inline. The police cannot lie here, t here and everywhere: hut i! they could catch the pci son or persons guilty of sill'll reprehensible conduct as that referred to. and make an example ot him or them, they would confer a li iietit on lhe community.

The AA'ellington Post sees no logical reason why there should be a distinction between the town and country workers and agricultural labourers excluded from the benefits of the Industrial and Conciliation Arbitration g. Act. T