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Taranaki Daily News, 15 December 1926, Page 6

Continuous rain was responsible for the flooding of the Uruti Valley yesterday, but although the water rose above the level of the road it occasioned no dislocation of traffic on the Main North Road. No slips were reported by the service ears from Te Kuiti yesterday.

The recent appearance on the Auckland Domain of a woman cricket scorer has been eclipsed in Hastings, where Miss Lorna Biekley, an eighteen-year-old girl, has kept the score book for the Heretaunga junior team for the past two years. She is a model of neatness in keeping the score and takes a keen interest .in the game. This year, owing to the disbanding of the Heretaunga junior team, her customary chair at the scoring table in Cornwall Park is unoccupied. Mr. C. MeAllum ha® been appointed manager of the New Plymouth bianch of Messrs. Archibald Clark and Sons, Ltd. Mr. MeAllum has been associated with the firm for the past 23 years, awl his many friends throughout the difl(riet will join in extending their congratulations. The radio germ has got well into the blood of many people and it is proving very infectious. You can have too much radio and the Americans say’ the ether is being crowded out with squeal® and other weird noises. There is no danger of gardening becoming a nuisance; it Is too essential an occupation for that. What we want is a few more gardeners who will enter for the horticultural show rm Friday next. Entries elose tonight at 8 o’clock. See advertisement in this issue.

With Xmas so near many people aie wondering just what and where to buy their Xmas and New Year presents. This problem ie quite easy to solve if one but enters Messrs. C. C. Ward, Ltd., Busy Drapery Stores, New Plymouth, Eltham or Hawera. Here you will find useful gift suggestions on display in ail departments. You are cordially invited to call and inspect. “The Hustlers,” Devon Street, New Plymouth, has shown customers that prices aud values are the outstanding feature of their trading policy. A glance at the fist of offerings published in another page will prove that shopping at “The Hustlers” means big savings to all who shop at this store. Sale positively end® ibis week to make room for Xmas etocke * Opportunely for the holiday season the Melbourne, Ltd. has just received another selection ef delightful Summer Frocks direct from Paris at most moderate prices. Ladies will be pleased . with the latest Parisian model®, suitable for all occasion®, a® well as the exceptional value. Tiny are to be teen in the firm's showroom. An early call ie solicited.

For the Christmas holiday® smart, women like to look even a little smarter, but the woman who wishes to be the smartest of al), selects her frock or coat from among, the new models in Beeky's Showroom. With just that indefinable touch of style that makes them so essentially charming, Besley's models are at ihe same time wonderfully moderate in price. '