LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 31385, 14 February 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is reported that dog trial, ; rto be held at Pougaroa during iho month of March. The annual meeting of the Mangatainoa Library Committee, wilt »•' j held on Saturday evening. Blackberries are declared to 1> * noxious weed, and pains and pc;Katies await those who cultivate t.t« «v. However, a Dannevirk© resident advertising }n YVoodvilU-t to bt:.' quantity of these berries. Messrs Staples and Co. have I s j posed of the old Central Hotel property in Mastertoii, to Mr L RM atm sell. The price was approx iI mately .{.'7000. It is understood 1 i up-to-date shop premises will b ' erected on th« site. The sum of £2t S 10s was rcn 1 by the Hospital Board during -7 ;unary for patients’ foes on account of the Pahiatua Hospital. Thirteen pa- ! tients were admitted to the institution. 16 discharged, there were two deaths, and at the end of the m o there were 9 patients.

To those in search of genu;is bargains an unexcelled Opportunity is offered at the W.F.C.A., whos • j mer sale is now in full swing. In j every department tremendous ts ! have been made and householders j are strongly urged to visit this •=— I tablishment before many of tlio I lies i are disposed of, Tlic AV.F.C- A. is I a reputation for genuine cuts at | sale times and the summer sale of I 1923 is again unique in this res- | pect . Sydney C. Tait, aged 17 \« . rs. • and son of Air J. B. Tait. of 11. - -i lance, had the honour of winni 1 _ the ! King's Fifty Cup at the Bifk < ib j ineeting at Trent ham in Xov« m?»©r i last. He is a student at Welling’ ! College, and previous to securing tli© i trophy, he had also won the l dy i Godlev Cup at that College! two \ s : in succession a feat- that had mt j been performed before. The Kieir'* | Fifty Cup is now to be seen in .Mr | Murch’s shop. The original area of the P;iJ i-.na Domain, bettor known as ” I l.v island,” near the town traffic bridg* . comprised 14 acres. However, jk t - iod.ically, portions of the land t*.»afc down the i-iver. till now only .\ < acres remain. In years gone bv • ;]»« island’’ was a. very popular i -'-••• both for young and old. It rep i .• ed tliat it still retains some ©! . rn ! for the former. The annual roi <m'T | and balaiiec-sheet was prosenu I t * the Boarugh Council on Aloii«i.i\ night. Tins showed the c*ro<lii 1... 2 ance to lie €6l 9s l(kl. The land is leased. for grazing n*nd jK-n. anent improvements have been im and planting. The Alinister of Educati«;! «i-© Hon. O. J. Parr) is a strong beli-. \»-r in tlio value of ih© French langi«. course* in tlio s H-omlary scliools ■ s:.> > the Auckland Star). The wid i know ledge of tin* French ]ang-*:« __ • and literature was spread in 1 *ri ts? countr-es, he said last week, tin h. ter the relations between tlie I a pire and the great- Kepublic w «■:*«. likely to- Ih'. While about AO j** , cent, -of the New Zealand high st pupils took Latin as a subject. t*ly 90 ]?cr . learned Krem h. I\\ - » in the seho-jls where tlie instru< i •*» t had a com inert-ia! and teeiuiical l- j~. tr.e pupils w» re at!vised to tak a course in one foreign, language*, and French was generally favoured. In many of the schools the direct »: . - thed of teatdi.ifig tlio language w. < used, and the pupils wore* r«t|iiir<«l during the lesson to express tr.-u----ilmughts in French: less attvni -m was paid now tha-n formerly t . * , inert' teaching «»i lornial gramii .