LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6442, 24 January 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

On February sth a dance will be given in the Mangaiti Hall by the Mangaiti Social Club.

A grand leap year dance will be held in the Waihou Public Hall on Wednesday, January 30th, at 8 p.m.

“Towns forget the existence of the country till they want something,” said Sir Walter Buchanan at a meeting of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society.

The trawler Venture has been purchased by a small syndicate, and will operate in the. waters in a portion of the Bay of Plenty. It is intended to make Tauranga the base of operations.

“A local body at any time is failmeat for anyone —and by jovc they do it too,” said the chairman, Cr. F. W. Walters, at the Piako County Council on Monday during a discussion of prices charged for certain goods.

On January 29th excursion tickets will be issued from any station to any station on the North Island main line and branches north of and including Te Kuiti. Tickets <tvill be available for return up to and including February 9th, 1924.

- The Waikato Times states: It is understood that a warrant has been issued in Hamilton for the arrest of an absconding accountant, who is said to be aboard the s.s. Makura, en route to Sydney. Interesting developments are anticipated.

In order to supply a long felt want the settlers in the Elstow district have decided upon erecting a Public Hall. Tenders for the same are receivable up to the 31st of January, and can be left at the Te Aroha News Office, where specifications may be seen.

The ’phone number of J. E. Wild, howsepainter, signwriter and paperhanger, is 20&*

The meeting of the Te Aroha Chamber of Commerce was well attended on Tuesday evening. A large amount of business” was attended to and much interesting discussion ensued. The president, Mr Willcox, congratulated the Chamber on the large attendance and the enthusiasm displayed.

“We are getting more and more pests every year,” stated the Mayor (Mr F. Nathan) at the nurserymen's smoke concert at Palmerston • North, “and they come from across the seas. They are preventible by close supervision and it is the duty of every nurseryman to urge the \ realisation of this object.”

There are still some people who are blissfully ignorant of the fact that when they come into a court they must remove their hats.. A young man sauntered into the Wellington Magistrate’s Court recently with his hat on and commenced to watch the proceedings interestedly. The keen eye of the court Orderly rested upon him, and his “Take off your hat!” caused the young man to blush violently as he removed the offending headgear.

“Our New Zealand soldiers have a great reputation everywhere,” said Dr. Thacker to a reporter at Christchurch, “not simply on account of their, fighting ability but because of their good moral conduct. The women of Ireland and other countries said that the New Zealanders showed by their conduct that they came from good homes. In France the people said the New Zealanders were peacebringers.” • :

Phone number of Hy. Warner, wellborer, 250 Te Aroha. *

Land Agent Bitten.—A Land Agent badiy bitten in the face by Mosquitoes was recommended to rub in Q-tol, which not only gave prompt relief, but also made his shaving much easier.

Some of the old men and women of Greymouth who made the journey to Hokitika to attend the Jubilee celebrations had not been there before although they had lived from 40 to 60 years on the West Coast. Some had travelled there years ago in the old ships and one had the distinction of two previous trips to his credit—one by water and one by train, after the line had been newly opened.

At a meeting of the committee of the Waikato Central Agricultural Association recently attention was drawn to the way in which the public treated the Association’s buildings. Time after time locks have been plac-ed-on all the doors but these have been wrenched off. It whs decided to repair all locks and bolts, and notify the police to keep' watch' and prosecute any person found, interfetipg.'