“THE TE PUKE TIMES” TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1939 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Puke Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 54, 18 July 1939, Page 4

“THE TE PUKE TIMES” TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1939 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Lecture The Right Rey. F. A. Bennett, Bisliop of Aotearoa, will give a lecture on his recent trip to India, in the Parish Hall, to-night, at 8 o’clock. Gun Club Championships Mr W. G. Rae, of Tauranga, was a competitor in the New Zealand Gun Club Championships at Wanganui, and was successful in winning the £IOO Handicap, and was third in the New Zealand Championship twentfy-eight yard rise. The weather conditions were extremely bad at the meeting.

Schoolboy Injured Ken Scott, a pupil of theTe Puke District High School, while playing in the school grounds on Friday afternoon last, sustained concussion when he was tackled by a schooLmate. He went home early and was later taken to the Te Puke Hospital wjrete he was attended to and placed under observation. He was discharged from hospital yesterday.

Jumble Sale , A monster Jumble Sale in aid of the Maketu Centennial is advertised for Tuesday, 25th July, in the Main Street, Te Puke. This sale is being organised by the ladies’ committee, which comprises members of the W.D.F.U. Women’s Institutes and other bodies, and gifts of anything saleable will be appreciated’. ■

Induction of Minister / The iinttucftion of the recently appointed Presbyterian Minister,/Rev. J. J. Heard, will take place in St. Andrew’s Church tomorrow evening at 7 o’clock,, whren it is expected a number of vis/ing clergymen from outside districts .will be present. After the conclusion /ol the service, a welcome social wdj/be held in St. Andrew’s Hall. A cordial invitation is extended to adherents and friends.

Bay Of Plenty Dairy Co. For the office of director of the Bay of Plenty Dairy Associatiqn, Ltd., six nominations haye been received—Messrs H. Innes, W. F. Mundt, R. J. McGee, G. S. Ross, A. H. Snodgrass and W. E Wickahm. All the nominees are wellknown and successful farmers. A ballot, : to elect the four directors required, is therefore necessary, and voting papers which are being posted to all shareholders, rhust be returned to reach the registered office of the company not later than 4 p.m. on Friday, 11th August.

Spraying Ragwort From tests made at Ruakura it has now been, proved that spraying the leaves of ragwort does not definitely kill the plant. The poison soaks down some way into the roots, but as ragwort roots are not impervious to water ihe poison usually disappears about 12 n - ches down or even less. It had been discovered that below the point wheie the poison left the roots, the plant sprouted again, But whether this sprout would eventually come to the surface had not been proved as yet. Not Interested That farmers in the Hastings district interested in the raising of pigs are not so interested in the formation of pip clubs was shown when the total attendance at a meeting called to consider the formation of one or more such clubs was attended by the supervisor of the Tairawhiti Pig Council district, two farmers and two newspaper reporters. The number of farmers between Napier and Takapau who are concerned in pigraising is between 120 and 150.