The Te Puke Times

Te Puke Times, 9 February 1917, Page 2

The Te Puke Times

Some important additions are made to the list of entries for the Farmers' Auctioneering Company's sale on the 20th inst. We are requested to announce that the Sunday School in connection with St. John's Church will reopen on Sunday next, 11th February, at 9.45 a.m., when all children are requested to be present. The Katikati A. and P. Assocition will hold its fifth Annual Show on Thursday, March 15th. Entries will close on March 6th with Mr R. M. Bradford, from whom schedules may be obtained. Close upon a thousand head of cattle will be yarded at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co's sale in the Te Puke yards on Monday next. Further additions to the list of entries will be found on our fourth page.'

At a meeting' of the executive of the South Auckland Dairy Association at Hamilton it was decided to recommend companies to pay the following prices :—Butter fat supplied during January: For cheese, Is 2d per lb ; for butter, Is per lb.

An appellant, aged 28, in giving evidence at the Military Appeal Court at Hawera, said that he had never travelled any farther than Hawera on the one side and Wanganui on the other. He was doubtful if he would like to take a trip to France.

Mr Clement Wragge predicts that further bad weather, with heavy rain, will be experienced within the next few months, He advises all householders to ottend to their drains without delay, and take precautions where there are indications of landslips.

The Board of Trade js visiting Giaborhe this week to" endeavour to arrange for supplies of meat for local butchers, and thus avoid an increase in prices. Applications have also been received from Masterton, Oamaru, and other towns for the establishment of State meat shops.

The sequel to "The Prisoner of Zenda"-" Rupert of Hentzau "—will be screened at McDowell's Hall on Saturday night,' On Monday " Hearts Ablaze," a Broadway star drama will be shown. There will be good supporting programmes each' night.

Says the Auckland Observer: -One tries to imagine the fate ot the lunatics in the trench who tried to influence his mates not to dig after ten o'clock at night unless th,ey got more wages, The position of the war worker in commerce and the war worker in war should be precisely similar, and refusal of duty meet with the same drastic penalties.

' Master Bert Watjrins the fourth son of Mr George Watkins, of Te Matai, was the victim of a very nasty accident on Tuesday I.lst. The lad was playing with other members l of the family when he unfortunately put his right arm through a glass door, with the result that he was severely cut., tie was brought in to Te Puke, where his injuries were attended to by Dr Mac Far It was found necessary to pus twelve stitches in the arm,

A pleasing little ceremony took place at Messrs Bostcck and Vercoe's garage last evening, when Mr P. Capon, who has acted as conductor of the local Brass Band eince its inception, was presented by his fellow members with a silver-mounted conductor's baton, suitably inscribed, as a mark of esteem and appreciation, Mr T, E. Palmer, a member of the Town Board, made the presentation, and, in so doing, referred to the trouble-that Mr Capon had taken and the energy he had displayed in fringing the band up to its present state of efficiency. He also alludeti to the Board as being anxious to further the interests of the Band, and explained its views in regard to the financing of the latter body. Mr Hodge also spoke. ■Us Capon briefly returned,thanks after which those present jang • "For He's ajolly Good Fellow,"/ and accorded hjnvfchvse ; hearty f ■cheers. ''^K^^jC.'?-.

A list of men's clothing and ladies' millinery, to be sold at greatly-reduced : prices, will be found in Messrs R. King and Co's advertisement on this page.

Clearing sales will be held by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. on behalf of Messrs Geo. Druitt and A. Carter, on the Ist and 2nd of March respectively.- ■'■■ •

The Labour Department is taking action against the. Blackball miners who went on strike recently. The miners struck because the company refused their demand to pay bin boys for time lost since Christmas, although the the previous practice had been to. pay them only for time worked.

Mrs. T. E. Maimer, Mrs Ford, and Mrs Hobbs, who were among the local ladies who forwarded Dominion gifts.to.the front, have each received an acknowledgment of the receipt of their parcels. Strange to say, Mrs Palmer's gift was received by an ex-Te Puke boy, a soldier named Walden, who formerly resided on, No. 2 road. Three acknowledgments have also been received of gifts sent as a result of St. John's Anzac Day collection.

AmapnamedMcßae, employed by Mr J. . Currie, tailor, attempted to commij; suicide on Thursday morning by cutting his throat with' a razor. He was found by a fellow-employee at 7 o'clock on the morning in question lying outside the latter's bach with a nasty gash in the throat. The services of Br MacParlane were requisitioned, and the wound, which was not considered serious, was dressed. Later in the day the man was taken through to Rotorua by Constable Staiikpoole. / ,