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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 23 September 1913, Page 2

Messrs McLaughlin Bros., of Paengaroa, advertise' for a good milker, wages 30s a week. "WimmcH certainly ain't got no consistency." " What's the matter. Mike ?" "Me wife chased me out wid a rollin'-pin this morning, and then cried because I left home without kissin' her goodbye." A hockey match took place on Thursday last between the Te Matai and IVngaroa School, at Te Matai, and resulted in a draw, each side scoring two points. Mr W. Drabble officiated as referee. The Banks and Government ollices throughout the Dominion were closed yesterday in celebration of the bixth anniversary of the proclamation of New Zealand as a Dominion. The Premier stated on Friday that the matter of the petition regarding the administration of Justice at the Auckland Supreme Court had not yet been before Cabinet, and he was not in a position to make any ollicial statement at the present juncture. It is reported that butter buyers have been fairly numerous in thi'Wanganui and Taranaki districts, but most' of the factories arc holding out for Is per pound for the season's output. One large Taranaki factory is reported to have sold at ll : |d under special conditions. Pocket-picking is reported to bo rampant in Wellington at the present time. A gang of professional thieves attends auction sales, athletic gatherings, and other places where people congregate. and generally succced in making a haul. The annual shoe]) returns, just presented to Parliament, show that on April 30th last there w'ere iW,M5,.M5 sheep in the North 1 Island, and 11,010,3(15 in the South Island, a total of H191.810 for the Dominion. This number has only been exceeded once-in 1010-when the number recorded was 21,201), 020. Colonel Johnson (Instructor of Ordnance and Artillery at Wellington). Colonel Braithwaite (General staff Auckland), Captain Moore (Instructor of Infantry, Otago), and Major Critchley Salmonson (Instructor of Infantry, Canterbury), have agreed to accept an extension of their engagement by the New Zealand Government for another year, in order to fill up time till the Dominion oflicers, who arc now under instructional training, arc able to take the positions.

\ ; ♦ .y y»4 I* ?lig 'tew ftwnty (Mdl invites tenders jorroundmg up the'Matai road. Tenders'close at noon on Tuesday, October 7th, We understand that the ballast train has now reacKeUthe Waiari bridge, and that ballasting will the opposite side after Friday x'* . * 1 J " A Southland potato grower has decided to plough several acres tin 6,wing to the unremunerative prices ruling. He consigned four : tons of seed to Auckland a few . weeks ago, and nettetf, i £S*fof the lot, a return'that (foes | not warrant the employment of labor in digging, and Jif ting. Other growers have had a similar experience, having been too late with their crops to be able to take advantage of the much higher prices that obtained some months ago. The steamer Ruapehu, which reached „ Wellington last week from London, had on board 94 assisted immigrants. They comprise 17 domestic servants, 17 farm laborers, and 60 wives, children, and separated relatives. The Athenic, which is due at Wellington about the 30th instant from London, is bringing 282 Government assisted immigrants. They comprise 60 domestic servants, 59 farm laborers and 154 wives, children, and separated relatives. During the hearing of a case against a Christchurch newspaper for publishing a tea advertisement, referring to a lottery, Mr If. W. Bishop, S.M., commented on the nature of the offence, j"fhey say I preach, lie said, • but it is a very' compared with .the..gambling ; that goes on -around' us/ 5 It's - straining at a gnat-and swallowing a camel—or the other way about." : ■ We would call the attention of ■ readers to the breach of promise case which is to be-heard'to- - morrow evening • in; the Mission Hall, at 7.45 p.m. sharp.' The members of the Debating Society ■ have entered heartily -into this effort, and there is every reason' ■ to expect an enjoyable entertainment. During the proceedings there will be a collection which, '•' it is suggested, should goto form the nucleus of a fund form cot- - tage hospital in Te Puke. Messrs Heatherington Bros!'/ notify that their well-known thoroughbred, stallion,' "Toy Gun- " again be at the service of . breeders during the forthcoming season. The breeding of 'thte, ' horse is all that could be desired,, being by the St Leger sire For- < mosan, whilst he has'already ' made his mark as a-foal-getter. - ' At the last Te Puke, show his stock was most succesful, his foals and yearlings carrying off j first prizes against all-comers. The youngsters show plenty of bone and substance,-a-good re- * commendation, and the owners should have no difficulty in filling their horse's list. There was a crowded gather- ' ing in the Mission Hall on Sunday • evening, the occasion being the' anniversary service of Mr Climie's ministry in Te Puke. The preach- : er, in his opening referred to his coming to' the 'district twelve months ago', and proceeded to compare s man's' life, with the perpetual clashing of right and wrong, and the Struggle for the dominance of the former " over the latter, to the conditions obtaining in actual warfare. He took for his text Ecclesiastes 8-8, ': and in the course of an interest- ' ing and aptly-illustrated address - spoke of the Campaign, the Con- ' flict, and the Continuity of Holy -'v Warfare.; : f ■ Complaints are often made' that the conduct of football teams on tour is not all that it should be, but a writer in the Wangunui Herald comments on the behaviour of some visiting teams of hockey girls as follows :-"In last night's Herald I noticed a local ' concerning the conduct' of the ' youths and young men of Wanganui towards the visiting hockey teams, It is all very well as a one-sided argument, but the majority of these girls are out for what they can get. The youths' . forced company (?) is courted by the girls themselves. An example of this took place in the avenue . yesterday, when a number of girls staying at a well-known boarding-house, had their photo 3 v taken in men's attire on a vacant section at Ingestre Street corner. Can the chaperones explain?■Then, at the Zoo the Other evening one young lady (?) would insist on doing the cake walk. The screaming and laughing of a team - • wearing black and white after the play last evening wasdis- ' graceful for boys let alone girls in the company of a chaperon." i

• - >... m I Very KOOd ftiidlencea ware present at the pictures entertainments fo -McDowell's Hall on Monday * and Saturday evenings, and an , excell^tprogramme : met, with warm approbation, JSonie lovely scenes on the tipper Thames . sh&wri, including' village of Bray, Boulter's Lock, Castle. Whilst such beautiful spots may be visited in the Old Country there is no need fqr- the EhiliShmaiV to go abroad in search of scenery!' ° Life' with t a Circus!' was a very interesting film artd ! illu'Stfatcd 'tKe docility; With which, drained. • animals - - 6bey their masters, from the ponderous elephants down to the tiny Shetland potoics., !•' Scenes in Korea 1 ' . /gayeAhosepresenUnopportiinity q&tnessing.Jk customs, and habits of the people,o/ that faroff country.' Comic pictures and dramas made up the balance of (p the p&fMmfe, I ' l * W: