The Te Aroha News Published Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday Mornings THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1922 Local & General News

Te Aroha News, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6171, 12 January 1922, Page 2

The Te Aroha News Published Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday Mornings THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1922 Local & General News

In onr last list of donation to Orphans wo gave the credit of a donation of 15s to Mr R. Shallne whereas it was Mr R. Ohalton who gave that amount.

At the last meeting of the Hauraki Plains County Council the engineer, Mr R. J. Dillon, tendered his resignation, which he desired to become effective in three months. The Council accepted the resignation with regret.

As an indication of the troubles the Thames Valley Power Board has to contend with in their construction work, it was stated at Tuesdays meeting that a portion of equipment had not been delivered tor eighteen months after the order was dne for delivery. The engineer’s action in declining to accept delivery was confirmed.

The barqnentine, Louis Therialt, which has been under charter to the Thames Valley Power Board fbr the conveyance of hardwood poles from Australia t) Eopu, has lately unloaded a consignment of over one thousand poles. The boat will probably leave in a week’s time to bring another consignment of poles.

In building a new theatre in Auckland, New Zealand, disappearing shops for the building front are being seriously considered. The idea is to lower each shop into a well at night, thus making their roofs part of 4 the floor of the theatre vestibule. The building site has already been purchased. —“ Popular Mechanics.’’ ,

Sir Robert Stent observed to a Wellington “ Times ’’ representative that the great thing that was frightening many of the big landowners at Home was the heavy post-war taxation they had to bear chiefly through the income tax. “3lany of them who were thought wealthy years ago,” he Baid, now hardly had enough to live upon. One Irish landlord—l think it was the Earl of Meath, but I am not certain—said that he had only £2OO or £3OO a year left to live on. Many big landowners are selling off their properties, or leasing them to try and make ends meet, t could mention a great many landed families who have bad to do that ; but, of course it would not be proper to do so. I heard of quite a number of such cases.”

A Wanganui ” Chronicle’’ reporter who was in Taranaki recently was Bhown averyfine farm which was sold some time ago. The purchase price ran into several thousand pounds. The cash involved in the transaction did not greatly exceed £2OO. It is the possibilities of this system of financing which are worrying many people in Taranaki just now.

Don’t go away on your holiday without taking a bottle of Nazol for Coughs, Colds, Sore Throats, etc. *

The local Foresters held a most enjoyable and succesifnl euchre tourney and dance in the Palace Theatre on Tuesday evening. The euchre winners were Mrs Willis and Mr F. Goldsbury, who each received a handsome clock as their trophy. The handing over of the priz 'S was warmly applauded.

The tone of the batter market a Home is c to be much brighter for New Zealand butter just now. The whole of the 8,(ICO tons of New Zealand bn’ter controlled by the Imperial Government hap, during the past few days, been purchased by merchants, and this will relieve the situation in a few weeks’ time, according to statements made yesterday by gentlemen in a position to express a considered opinion.

The habit of taking Sharland’s Magnesia daily should be encouraged because it means better health —more perfect digestion —and a clearer skin —especially for ladies and ohildren. *