Patea & Waverley Press WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Patea Mail, Volume XLIX, 5 October 1927, Page 2

Patea & Waverley Press WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

When’ the wages of sin hire paid a lot of folk will get timo-and- a-quar-ter foi’i overtime. —“Punch.”

A reward is offered for the return of •; the *.blo\\ r stock olf a set of bagpipes, ]ost between. Kakaramea . Hall and Patca.

' A reward - , of £5 is offered for information that .will lead to the conviction of the larrikins that removed the valves '.from ears and also did . damage' to same at Wheuuakura on the evening, of October 4.

The Patea Bowling CJub will officially open their green ror the season on Saturday next. The green, is reported to (be in exeedlcnt order, and a real good day’s sport" should bo enjoyed. Visitors arc cordialy invited to bo present and there iVilf be ft general tea.

Mr. C. A. Larcombe is" featuring shoos for all .kinds of sports at present, and it will pay all who wish to play the various games in (comfort to pay his establishment a visit. The prices, too, arc ■ 'Comparable Avith any boot store in the Dominion.

Figures prepared by" the Bay ox Plenty. Herd Testing Association show the average of fat per coav for the association to be 260.9(3, us ■ compared Avith 224.341 b for the previous season. In each group there is a good ratio of improvement, showing that the passengers iirtlui herd arc being discarded

A radio masked ball AViIJ bc held in the Kakaramea Hall on Tuesday, October 11, Av.hen the prizes Avon at tke recent' waltzing competitions Avill be presented to the Avihhcrs., Special dc-' corations have been arranged, and'the programme Avill include old" time and new dances, streamer dahees, baloons, confetti;. Mrs/ A. ’ '.Qaa’cy V Orchestra lias been engaged, and a real good time

is assured’' all. ’ A great Avalizing icompetition Avill be held at 11.30 p.m.

A British daily paper recently published, next door to one another, two paragraphs. One mentioned the fact that among recexit piu’chusers of Armstrong Siddelcy saloon cars were three bishops and ofciior-i well-known cleric's; the second paragraph,,xcjfcrffttl to the installation of a, special heating apparatus by the General Eibciri'c Company, for the benefit of the-inhabitants of the nlonkey house at the Zoo. The title of the first paragraph-.was “Catering- for the Clergy,” and the title of the second paragraph was “Cosy Corners for Monkeys. r * The compositor, unfortunately, reversed the two titles, iand the action of the bishops is being awaited with anxiety.