Local And General

Te Puke Times, 3 May 1935, Page 2

Local And General

At the last meeting of the Borough Council it was decided that a, kauri tree be planted in Rugby Park on the occasion of His Majesty’s Silver Jubilee and that arrangements be made for an appropriate ceremony on Wednesday*. The New Zealand Loan and ■Mercantile Co. advertises particulars of » clearing sale of choice dairy stock, horses, pigs, farm implements and furniture on behalf of Mr J. H, Smalley, of Otakiri, The sale will take place on Wednesday, 29th May. at 12 noon.

Complaints have been received from various Quarters regarding the noise made by an aeroplane flying low over the town (says the Rotorua Po3t). Yesterday a churoh service had to be abandoned and sick and convalescent persons are worried by the constant roar of the engine. In our recent report of the entertainment given in aid of the Te Puke Hospital we omitted to mention that at its conclusion the whole of the performers were invited by Dr and Mrs Randeil to their residence where an appetising supper was served and a very pleasant interlude spent prior to the visitors departing for homo. Says the Opotiki Herald, “The Band did not put in an appearance at the R.B.A, Parade on Thursday and on making enquiries we were informed that the Bandmaster had fhhigned from vho,position on ttoenunt of ndh support from <slo public and the lack of interest on •the .part of the members, and the Band had "fallen through." These musioUugl j

The Post Office will be closed in all branches except the telephone exchange, on Monday next May 6. Outward mails will close at 8 a.'rh.

We h ave been requested by Mrs W. J. Law to express her thanks and the thanks of those associated with her in organising the recent Hospital entertainment to Misses Joy Persey, Gwen Ryan. Nancy Riddell and Joan Wilson, who acted as ushers at the concert. Mention of these young ladies was inadvertently omitted from the report. One material reason for not spending a great deal of time on the Continent was given yesterday by Mr R. H. Bartley, general manager of the Auckland Electric Power Board, who recently returned from abroad. He said that the New Zealand pound was quoted in the papers as having a value of about 12s on the Continent. Actually when New Zealand money was exchanged the pound was worth 10/7. When, however, goods came to be bought, the purchase value was somewhere about 4/8.

High praise for the hospitality of the Japanese was paid by Mr Charles McMullen, an American tourist, who was interviewed in. Palmerston North. He instanced the recent world conference of the Rod Cross in Japan and said that while the delegates were there they were provided with free hotel accommodation, having to pay for their meals only. They were given every possible concession in other ways, and railway excursions were free. Personally, he had been entertained in several Japanese homes and a kinder people to strangers and a more courteous race he had yet to meet. .

At the lecture on Sunday last Pastor L R. Hajvey, of Tauranga, delivered his first address to a company of interested listeners. The speaker unfolded the Prophecy of Daniel showing how the prophecy deals with the closing scenes of eatth prior to Christ’s Seoond coming. The speaker urged all to accept Christ as their ‘personal Saviour and to make the Word of God their guide, It was announced that Pastor Harvey would take for his next lecture ‘’Christ’s Own Prophecy : Nine great events to precede the seoond advent.’* At each meeting questions are invited.