LOCAL ITEMS

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6440, 19 January 1924, Page 1

LOCAL ITEMS

The Piako County Council will meet on Monday next.

Members are reminded of the meeting of the Te Aroha ChamberCommerce on Tuesday evepipg-mekfe; •Messrs • chitec'ts, tend&s for the erection *m •a reiidence at Manawaru, Te Aroha. Tenders close on the 30th January.

The attendants of Her Royal Highness the Queen of Ruakaka will keep shop to-day, when many useful commodities will be offered for sale, which are sure to find ready buyers.

A Royal Proclamation states that on the *eve of January 28th a dance will be. held in the Parish Hall in aid of the funds of Her Majesty of Hightown. The Hightown Band will be in attendance, and will discourse sweet music.

The committee of the Queen of Herriesville have arranged for a moonlight launch excursion on Tuesday evening next. The is only 2/6, which includes refreshments. Dancing will take place on landing, and the band will be in attendance.

A feature of Te Kuiti’s development lately (says the Auckland Herald's correspondent) has been the immense popularity of the Te KuitiNew Plymouth motor route. No less than 95 cars were ferried across the Mokau on one day. Southern tourists have nothing but praise for the scenic beauties along the route, and predict a record tourist traffic next year.

The chairman of the Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. (Mr Mervyn Wells), reports that in response to repeated requests London wharfingers have agreed to a ten per cent, reduction on war surcharge on ton lots of butter or cheese. The rates from December, 1923, on, will be 21/3 for butter and 19/- for cheese.

January is continuing the records for heat established during the current season for on 10 out of 14 days the temperature in the shade in Waihi has registered over 80 degrees (says the Telegraph). To date this has occurred on 23 days this season. The average mean temperature for the first 14 days this month is about 68i degrees, which is unusually high. On Friday the maximum in the shade was 85.3 degrees, but a record temperature in the shade was established on Sunday, the maximum reading being 88.9 degrees about midday. The highest previous record was 85.6, degrees on February 14th, 1922.