The Te Aroha News Published Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday Mornings TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 Local & General News

Te Aroha News, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6170, 10 January 1922, Page 2

The Te Aroha News Published Tuesday , Thursday & Saturday Mornings TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 Local & General News

The Telegraph reports that the number of unemployed in the Hawke’s Bay district is now very small, the freezing, shearing, and harvesting operations having absorbed the surplus workers.

Nominations for Hikntaia Athletic Olub's annual sports meeting, which takes place in Mrs Corbett’s paddock (Hikntaia) on Anniversary Day, 30th in6t., [close with the secretary to-day (Tuesday) January 10. The program is a varied and valuable one, including pedestrian and axemen’s events in numbers, all carrying heavy stake money. Several cups have been allotted for competition. Suitable train arrangements are scheduled.

A jbig contingent of sports will no doubt attend the Botorua Jockey Club’s races at. Claudelands tomorrow (Wednesday),

The local Foresters are holding another of the popular euchre tourneys and dances in the Palace Theatre tonight.

Men's Suits (three ga r ments) our spoits suits, special price £3 3s. For five days only. Perfect fitting. Don’t miss this opportunity at Rolands, The Farmers’ Draper, See our window display. *

A clearing sale of household furniture and effects, etc , at Waiorongomai, is announced by Messrs H. M. Maddox and Co, for Thursday next, on acciunt of Mrs (Dr.) Menz es, who is leaving the district.

Speaking about the butter position’ the Piime Minister said that the undertaking given by the Imperial Government to withhold its stocks of butter from the market until January 7th had been extended until January 14th.

Boom your business ! When times are slaok and buyers are holding off that is the time intelligent, forceful, sales creating advertising does its work and pays. Boost and keep on boosting, boost big and plenty, and the customers will come. If you have not already space. in the 11 News ” get in now —if you have, enlarge your present Bpace, but—-advertise.

A peculiar sequence of accidents has occurred in Te Aroha of late. On Saturday (Christmas Eve) a car which had been left unattended for a few minutes in front of Kirby’s Store started off across the street and crashed into a verandah post in front of Mr H. Jackson’s large plate-glass show windows On Saturday, New Year's Eve another car repeated the trick, this time dodging verandah posts and smashing the window of Mr J. R. Nicol’s office. Last Saturdays the third of the series smashed a verandah post in front of J. L. Barlow's premises.

A well-known Wellington commercial man, giving his views on thebatter situation, says:—“ Of course, this slump in pi ices is a disastrous thing for the producer-', and it must react on trade and industry generally, and on employment. After all, it is a recognised thing that we all live on the lind ; and I thi= k that the workers will before very long begin to realise that high prices for goods with high wages are bet or than low prices for goods with no wages The bitr mistake, in my opi .ion, was the English Government hanging on to its stocks of commandeered produce in the way it did after the war was over The Imperial Government should have opened up all its stocks as soon as ever the Armistice was signed. It was bad enough the way the sheepman was hit, but he was not hit in the same proportion as the butter-man is being hit now. At present the prices for butter are unreasonably low, and that means that the retailer is selling on a low margin and at a small profit. But if the prices were reasonable—say, about Is 6d a pound —the grocers won'd make a better profit on the capital involved, the farmers would get a better return ; and the consumers would get money at a fair price, instead of at an unfairly low price. This time last year the farmer was getting, with the Government subsidy, 2s 6d a pound on bis butterfat sold for the local market. Today he is getting about 10|d only. That puts the whole thing in a nutshell from his point of view. ’

A woman who was too economical to subscribe to the local paper, sent her little sm to borrow the eopy taken by her neighbour. In his haste the boy ran over a 20s stand of bees, and in ten minutes looked like a warty summer pumpkin. His cries reached his father who ran to his assistance, and failing to notice a barb-wire fence, ran into it, breaking it down, catting a handful of flesh from his anatomy and ruining a fivedolla'r pair of pants. The old cow took advantage o f the gap in the. fence, and got into the cornfield and killed herself eating corn. Heariug the racket the mother ran, upsetting a four gallon churn oE rich cream into a basket of kittens, drowning the whole litter. In her hurry she dropped and broke, past all hope of mending, a five pound set. of false teetb. The baby, left alone, crawled through the spilled cream and into the parlour, ruining a four pound carpet. During the excitement the eldest daughter ran away with the hired man, the dog broke up eleven sitting hens, and the calves got out and chewed the tails off four new shirts. All to save a few shillings a year. Moral: In the long run we pay for what we try to get for no-thing.—Mid-Continent Banker.

At present there appears to be a number of old and curious, and in some caseß valuable, coins in circulation (states the Dunedin Star) Amongst the change which a reporter received for a pound note several days ago were a Ktuger half-crown, two King William half-crowns (one dated 1834 and the other dated 1836), and a half-crown of the second year of the reign of Qmen Victoria (1829). All these coins were in an excellent state of preservation, suggesting perhaps that they have lain in a collection for many years, and been brought out to tide someone over the Christmas season.

The rainfall for last month, as registered at the Domain, Te Aroha, was 4,26 in. the greatest precipitation being on the 12th, when 1. 20io. fell. Rail was reoorded on eighteen days during the month. Last year the December fall was 3.82. on fourteen days.

The story is told of a party of local Scotsmen who honored the New Year with a call upon several fellow Scots in the very early hours of the New Year, following out the old-time custom of “ first-footing.’’ At one place visited the occupant was roused out of bed, and when the reason for the visit was made known to him be sleepily but cordially welcomed them in. Proceeding to be seated, they looked expectantly at their host, who excused himself for a minute and then returned with an array of glasses and a big decanter, At his invitation they drank hearty, only to find the “ mountain dew ” was merely a fiue ; sample of pure water. Explanations followed, the chief of which being that the host had inadvertently omitted to get a bottle or two id, and his only recourse was to “ celebrate ’’ with aqua pura. The subsequent proceedings were, ’tis said, rather dampened.

The Waikiki Hawaiians entertained a fairly large audience at the local Tbeatre Royal on Friday evening last with “A Night in Honolulu,’’ Judging by the vociferous applause, the fare offered was very acceptable. The star item of the evening was that of Mr Keoke Crreig, whose interpretation on- a stringed instrument of “ The Rosary ” and “ A Perfect Day ” was exceptionally good. The Hawaiians also gave a sacred concert in the Tbeatre on Sunday evening, the Theatre being packed by an appreciative public.

"Timely 'acts save the day."—Ragge. Whenever you get the first symptoms of a cpld or chill, act quickly and at once. Call Baxter’s Lung Preserver to your immediate aid. A dose in time is an'invaluable preventative of spring and summer complaints. “Baxter’s is a rich, soothing specific, pleasant to the taste, and a firm favourite with the kiddies, as well as with all grown-ups- ’Tis also a grand building-up tonic that keeps you fit and well always. A large bottle ot “Baxter’s" costs only 2s 6d. At all grocers and chemists. 4

A POSITIVE TREATMENT FOR CATARRH. When the systepi has been consistently poisoned for a long period by toxins absorbed from the colon—i.e., Autoxima —it endeavours to throw off these poisons and uses the nose as an excretory organ. A thick, unpleasant mucous collects in the nasal organs, called nasal catarrh. Satisfactory permanent relief will only be obtained when the Autoxima, which is the source of catarrh, is eradicated. Coloseptie will positively master this Autoxima, in a rational way. Start in with Coloseptic and feel the discharge lessening, and finally disappearing, as the Autoxima is subdued. All Chemists dispense pure Ooluseptic in original packages, a.u-uin ing 156 grams nett weight, ■ Uii a package. Wholesale: All leading Drug Houses. Write for free cop;- of Dr,, Wayne’s “Autoxima" Treatise t > the Agents, Fremont Fruit products’ Association, P.O. Box 1067, Auckland. 7 1

The capacity of the rabbit where greeustuffs is concerned is well known, and it fell to the lot of a market gardener at Greenhills to have farther unwelcome proof of this. In less than a fortnight rabbits ate 2000 cabbag < plants on his property. Na. tu-ally, this spurred him to vengeance and very shortly he had succeeded in exterminating the feasters with traps.

Easier money and a sounder wool market appear to be in prospect for 1922, Prom cablegrams received from London recently it is to be inferred that the Bank of England discount rate is about to be reduced from 5 to 4| per cent, and that there has been great activity in the investment market. In addition, Bradford and French wool topmakers are reported to be ba r ely able to cope with the dpmand for fine wool tops, and the authoritative Yorkshire Post predicts that “ we are steadily nearing a sounder condition of affairs generally.”—Evening Post. A special meeting of the Thames Harbonr Board was held on Thursday for’ the purpose of deciding the Board’s attitude in regard to the report of the receut Royal Commission for allocating the area and the fixing of the rate. After considerable discussion, it was decided that the Board’s solicitor be asked to expedite legislation, with the object of securing the nece sary amendment to the present Harbour Act to enable the decision of the commission to be given legal effect. In the meantime it was resolved to act fairly with all the contributing bodies, and to this end it was resolved that they be written to and informed as to the Board’s intentions; also that they be furnished with a full report of the late_ commissioner’s findings. Mr 0. H. Stephenson, the local milking machine agent, hits the nail on the head in his advei tisement in t' 1 -day’s issue. He says :— ** All of you who can, bring cash ; those who have not got the ready mon*y can come along and get their rubbers anyway. 1 know you will pay as soon as you receive a little for your butteifat.” Now, that’s generous of Mr Stephenson—besides being optimistic. Optimism shoo'd be ap. preciated, so we refer oar readers to the advertisement.

Messrs D. McL' Wallace, Ltd., in their replace advertisement today, have something of interest to all their cnstomeis. The cult of the bicycle has not been much in evidence iu recent years, but of late it has showu signs of reviving. It has been suggested that the prosperous times caused people to look askance at the push bike in preference to the motorcycle and car, and if prosperity was the cause there are plenty of people willing to predict that bicycles will quickly come into their own again, Messrs Nicol Bros , the local cycle service agents, are at present offering a bicycle bargain at £l2 10s. Their replace advt. today gives farther details.