LOCAL AND GENERAL

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 4699, 28 November 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Cable news will be found on pages 6 and 7. Parliamentary news appears on page 3, and an on the present strike on page 2.

The first wool sales of the season will be held at Napier on Monday, and at Wellington on Friday.

Among tlio new members elected by the Hawke’s Bay A. and P. Association this week was Air F. Herbert, of Pongaroa. The newly-appointed nightwatchman for the borough (Air J. Gibbons) will take up his duties on Alonday evening.

A meeting of the Alangatainoka Athletic Society will be held to-mor-row evening. A donation of 10s 6d to the prize fund has been received from Air T. I. Rayner.

An extended letter carriers’ delivery has lately come into force in town. A delivery of letters is now made twice daily to residents living near the Tiraumea Hill (on the road to Alangaramarama), and also to those living in the locality known as “the Hospital Block,” and half a mile beyond along the main county road. A young Wellington girl went up last week to spend a holiday on her uncle’s farm near Palmerston North. The first morning being line she rose early and went out with one of her cousins to help bring in the cows. She had hardly entered the paddock in which the bovines spent the night, when "Jock,” the Ayrshire bull, came towards her with his head down and making such an ominous noise that the city girl got quickly out of the paddock. On her cousin re-joining her he said, “It must have been that red blouse you have on that annoyed the bull.” "Why!” said the girl, “I know all you farmers were down on the Red Feds., hut I didn’t know your bulls took any interest in politics !” Tlio Atayor (Air J. I>. C. Crewe) will open the “All Nations” Bazaar in aid of the Alethodist Church at the Drill Hall on Tuesday, December 9. The Mayoress has also kindly consented to launch the ‘Christmas Ship” at the bazaar the same afternoon. A number of little girls have been practising for some time past for the maypole dances, under the tutorship of AliaM. Burgess. Airs W. Proctor has also been training a party of boys for a physical exhibition. There will be various side-shows. The stall-holders will be attired in costumes representing various nationalities. Entries are invited for the cooking competition, of eight classes. Schedules can be obtained from Atiss Clifton. A doll-dress-ing competition, for girls, will Ir> in charge of Airs Richards. This competition will be decided by popular vote.

The competition for the Bolton Cup will he oi)en to members of rifle clubs and Territorials in the Pahiatua electorate, the matches being fired at the local range. The conditions are as follows : Best three shoots out of five matches at 300 and 5<X) yards, 500 and 600 yards, (KX> and 800 yards, 800 and 900 yards, 900 and 1000 yards, seven shots and sighter at each range. The highest six to fire an extra ten shots at 900 yards, the score to be added to the previous best three aggregates. The entrance fee will be Is per match. The competition will be a handicap one for the first year, and subsequently a championship fixture. The standards will be the same as those already fixed for the local range. A competition has also been arranged for the Beetham Cup. It will be open to members of the Pahiatua Rifle Club only. The conditions are as follows: Handicap competition, best aggregate of three matches, 3(X) and 500 yards, (100 and 700 yards, 800 and 900 yards, seven shots and a sighter. Competitors will be re-handicapped after each shoot. The shoot for the Bolton Cup will take place next Wednesday. Entries close with Mr R. V. King on Monday.

Just received from factory.—Men’s white mercerised shirts, men’s working shirts, boys’ shirts nil sizes, at Evans , the Centre.

A fresh stock of perfumes and all necessary toilet articles have been opened at the Pahiatua Dispensary.— - L. W. Longmore, chemist. WHY IS SANDER, and SONS’ ETTCAYLPTI EXTR ACT superior to any other Eucalyptus produced P Because it is always safe, reliable and effective. A death was rooontly reported from the internal use of one of the conoootions which are now palmed off as “ Extracts, ” and at an action at law a sworn witness testified that he suffered the most cruel irritation from another, which was sold to him as “just as good as SANDER’S EXTRACT.” Therefore insist upon the GENUINE SANDER and SONS’ PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

Extensive improvements are at the present time being effected to the Pahiatua cemetery, at Alangatainoka.

The weather has been of a very mixed description this week, having comprised thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail and gales. Six tenders were received by Mr J. D. Wilson, architect, for the erection of a cottage at Hukanui for the executors in the Ala bey estate. Tim tender of Mr F. C. Sedcole, of Pahiatua, at £lB2, lias been accepted.

The Alercantile Gazette announces the registration of the following company :—Pahiatua-Akitio Motor Company, Ltd. ; capital £SOOO, in 5000 shares of £1 each ; subscribers (Pahiatua), G. H. Smith, H. Ale-Sherry and A. S. Evans, 25 shares each; E. - van, 50; E. B. Hare, J. K. Carms^r 5 E. P. Badger and W. J. Husbai»7 ift shares each; L. xY. Fei.st, 20 shares; objects, to acquire and carry on the business of a coach proprietor carried on by R. J. Hall between Pahiatua and Pongaroa.

It seems that first-class wages are being earned on the waterfront at Wellington by members of the new union. Some of the men have been paid as much as £6 18s 9d for a week’s woik. In some instances as mucb as £1 4s 6d has been earned in one day, and 15s and 18s per day has been common. There is not an instance in which anything so low as the guaranteed wage of £2 10s per week has been drawn. A perusal of the wages books disclose the fact that the average wage paid to arbitration ists for the week ending November 15 was | about £3 7s 6d per man. Some of the men, however, did not draw a full week’s wages, and with the object of obtaining information regarding the wages paid to members of the new union for the week ending November 15 a reporter was given an opportunity jto inspect the books. Taking only some of the pages at random, the following facts were at once visible: Thirteen men drew £6 and up to £6 18s 9d for the week’s work, eleven men received from £5 to £5 14s, eight men received from £4 to £'4 13s 6d, twelve men received from £3 to £3 18s 4d.

A pleasant evening was spent in the iodgeroom of the Foresters’ Hall last night, when the members of the Pahiatua Football Club entertained Mr S. V. Brightwell prior to his departure for the South Island. Mr Brightwell, who is entering into a business in Temuka in partnership with Mr W. Teasdale, a former Pahiatua resident, was presented with an afternoon tea cutlery service. Reference was made to the great interest the guest of the evening had taken in sport generally during his six years’ residence in Pahiatua, also the manner in which he had captained the Pahiatua second-grade football fifteen to victory last season. Wishes were also expressed for the future prosperity of Air and Airs Brightwell. Mr Brightwell suitably replied. During the evening songs were rendered by Messrs C. Davidson, R. Boagey, S. Brightwell. T. Treen, A. Eager, H. and J. Toon and A. Paget, and recitations by Afessrs S. Rowe, G. Manifold and D. Wilton. Instrumental items were also given by Alessrs F. Early, R. Boagey and C. Chatwin. The singing of “Auld Lang Syne" brought the gathering to a close at midnight. Longmore’s Quinine and Iron Tonic is an excellent remedy for poor blood, at the Pahiatua Dispensary.

Summer is Here. —See our new embroideries, insertions, headings, camisole embroideries, wide Bouncings, qfid children’s Bouncings at Evans’. '