LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5503, 22 June 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Te Aroha Borough Ooune meets next Wednesday evening.

A meeting of Hie executive eommi’lee of tlm Te Aroha Manual aud Technical School will be held iu the Te Aroha District School at 7.30 this evening.

A reminder is given of tho farcwel social to be held at Waihou this even iug. The social is a farewell to two district soldiers, Piivate H. H. Bray and F. Bates.

An important clearing sale is to be hold by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co., at Waitoa on Tuesday next, ou account of Messes Dempster and Singleton. The cows include a large proportion of purebred Ayishircs. Details are given in this issuo.

The Tatuanui “ Snowdrops, ” the uewly-formed minstrel troupe, lias arranged a particularly good programme for its opening concert at at Tatuanui for next Wednesday eveuiug.

With this issue Mr M. Loveridge, bootmaker, cirulates a “ dodger ’

calling attention to the great cash sale of boots, shoes and slippers, which will contiuuefor ten days. All prices have been considerably reduced as the premises are overstocked, and the proprietor must make room for ia,v stocks coming to baud in a few days. All the lines offered are wclichoseu, being good quality goods, and the pr'ces are right 1

Mr A. J. Burrows received advice ou Wednesday that his brother, Private P. M. Burrows, of the 19th Reinforcements, and formerly of Te Aroha, was wounded and admitted to hospital, also that a near relation was killed in the same engagement.

In this issue Mr H. Jackson, stationer and bookseller, announces that he is removing to premises im mediately adjoining his furnishing depot ou Thursday, 29th iust, his lease of the present premises having expired. The business will be carried o as usual iu the new premises.

There is reason to believe that when the Second Division is called up, .the system, of Service Boards hearing appeals as at preasent prior to the recruit going info camp will be dispensed with. As soon as the ballot list appears reservists will be given a fortnight or so to enter camp, and they will proceed with their soldiers’ training, uutil such time asthe Service Boards arrange for the hearing of appeals. Leave will be granted from camp, to enable appellants to have their cases heard. If granted the reservists will be given extended leave without pay.

Lf unsuccessful, the reservists will re'. ;urn to camp.

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Sergt. R. L. Somers, 28tb reinforcements is at present on final leave in Te Aroha, and leaves for camp ou Monday evening next.

Constable Lecce, of To Aioha, received the sad news yesterday that his son, James, who enlisted from the Otago district, has been killed iu action while serving with the New Zealanders iu France.

Eighty-four objections were lodged to the proposed Piako County valuations. At the rate of progress yesterday afternoon it would take 38 hours to wade through the list. Fortunately some of the appeals are not being supported and a faster rate of progress is assured.

A farewell social and dance is to held in the Waiorongomai School ou Wednesday evening next, complimentary to Mr aud Mrs D. Rust, aud Mr and Mrs W. Bath, who are leaving the distiiet.

The Bishop of Auckland, Dr. Averill, couductod confirmation service at Manawaru and Te Aroha ou Wednesday afternoon aud eveuiug respectively. Large congregations attended ami impressive services were conducted. His Lordship left; next day having concluded his pastoral visit.

Seldom has there been such a large attendance at tho local Courthouse for a long time as that which congregated tlioio yesterday for tho sitting of the Assessment Court iu connection with Piako County valuations. Much interest was shown in tho several cases.

The annual mooting of tho Thames Valley Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Association is to be held ou .Saturday of next week. A large atteudauce is specially requested, as important questions are to be considered. The hour of mooting is 2 p.m. aud the place Band Room, To Aroha.

At the conclusion of the meeting of the Piako County Council ou Monday, the chairman, ou behalf of tho Counci, wished 0 the clerk (Mr Hanna), good luck ami a safe return, ou his leaving to take up his duties at Tioutham, that beiug his last mooting. Mr Hanna leaves for Treutham ou the 23 th.

In the course of tho hearing of a valuation dispute before ihe Assessment Court yesterday at Te Aroha, Mr Wallace, 11Lie Government valuer, said the valuation of improvements was based ou pre-war prices, and the capital values fixed by his Depirtmeut were below ruling prices to diy iu almost every instance. The department did not value land on the prices of butter-fat, but ou its selling value.

A distiiet settler got a shock oti Wednesday aftemoou when lie discovered he had lost a roll of £5 notes iu Te Aroha. He straightway informed tho po'ico of his loss, aud within an hour or so the lost money was traced to tho possession of a barman who had taken possession of the money ,as ho considered the owner, not fit to look after his money. The owner, ou being handed the money intact, thanked the barman for his thoughtfulness, aud consideration iu tho matter.

Winuers aud competitors at the recent Auckland Racing Club’s Winter Meetings, together with somo of the starts, are pictorially represented in this week’s issue of the “ New Zealand Sporting & Dramatic Review. ’ The Auckland Gun Club’s recent shoot at One Tree Hill is also responsible for an interesting page. British artillery in action is shown in an exceptionally fine photograph, aud French war tactics are illustrated in a notable series. Other interesting happenings incidental to the war are excellently portrayed.

The Entertainment Committee of. tho local Patriotic Society was very successful iu the conduct of the Reel Cross shop last Saturday, the final figures showiug a clear profit of £l4 10s. Tho whole of the goods displayed were speedily disposed of. Several competitions were held, Mrs Baiue v winning a caso of fish knives, Mrs Hauna a pot plant, Mrs McNieol a garnished ox tongue, aucl Mrs Hawkeu a picture The committee desires to heartily thank' all who assisted, aucl purpose conducting tho shop fortnightly on alternate Saturdays.

The proceedings of au Assessment Court are distinctly dreary, except to those immediately concerned. A mass of figures estimated by the valuers, the owners, witnesses and occasionally the Court itself is elucidated by a series of questioning aucl presented in endless array. The task of arriving at a fair estimate is not by any means au easy oue. It certaiuly does not offer very interesting “ copy ” aud we will not inflict upou our readers a leugthy report.

The Te Aroha Co-op. Dairy Co. , Ltd. , had an enviable reputation among kindred companies for the high price of butter, during the pediod that Mr Rutherford, ’now of Hikur angi, was manager of the factory. It is pleasing to note that that record is still being upheld under the managership of Mr G. Y. Were, who might be referred to as a pupil of Mr Rutherford. At the Palmerston North Winter Show, held this week, Mr Were had the extreme frl’city of defeating his former mentor in open conipetifon among the dairy companies of the Dominion. Ju the class for butter (salted), opeu to factories rtcciviug bome-sfparated cream ouly, the Te Aroha Dairy Co. received the premier honors with 94‘.points out of a possible 100. The nearest com petitors ont of thirteen entries ware Cheltenham with 94, and Hiburangi with 93f. Another first award secured bytheTe Aioha Co. was fo box of butter for export. This class was ouly to members of the N. Z. Dairy Factory Managers’ Association, aud amoug 23 competitors Te Aroha scored 95 points, N. Z. Dairy Association (Franktou) 941, aud Canterbury Central 94.

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A replace announcement from the Colonial Clothing Co. will appear next issue.

The recent fighting in France in which the New Zealanders distinguished themselves has brought grief to several Te Aroha district homes. According to private advices Sapper S. Davies, who has been in the hospital for some time past, is still dangerously ill j Rifleman J. H. Grigg, of the Gordon, is still seriously ill; a brother of Mrs H. H Bray is reported wound ed ; Corporal Stan. Forrest, wounded ; Private Sam. Jenniugs, condition not improving; Rifleman Percy Burrows, wounded; a brother of Mr Addis, of the local branch of the Bank of Australasia, has been killed in action, and a brother of Mr T. Trewheela has also been killed in action. Mr Trewheela also lost another brothor two or three weeks ago, killed in action. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved relatives.

Captain Rogers, the military representative, asked the Military Service Board ou Saturday at Te Aroha to advise all reservists drawn iu the ballot, requiring assistance financially or in tho matter of extra time to immediately apply to the Efficiency Beard instead of waiting until the sitting of the Appeal Board. The Board agreed, the chairman considering that public notice should be given officially through the Pross. That, however, was not the duty of tho Board, but rathor that of the military authorities. Captaiu Rogers said notices were posted at all railway and police stations, etc., but the instructions were not observed. The chairman stated much of the time of the Board was taken up through the appellants not applying at once to the trus'.ee boards. The latter continually reported that they were not receiving requests from balloted men. This may due to the fact that the trustee boards were an entirely new creation, and perhaps the farmers had not realised their importance yet.

In-giving the decision of the Military Service on Tuesday afteruoou in the case of Francis Hosking, dentist, Matamata, the chairman said : “It is impossible to couteud that because one dentist serving a couutry town aud district of considerable importance has been exempted for the time thing that it necessarily follows every country dentist should be dealt with in precisely the same way. The determination in each case of the kind must be governed by the merits aud not by any hard aud fast rule. In this case the Board holds that the degree of hardship which may possibly fall upon the Matamata district by the despatch to camp of its ouly dentist does not rGach the standard that would entitle the Board to exempt Mr Hosking on public grounds The appeal is therefore dismissed. Exemption is, howovor, given till August 23rd.”

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