Local and General.

Waikato Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1440, 30 April 1914, Page 4

Local and General.

The newly elected officers of the Monavale Settlers’ Association are : President, Mr H. C. Bertlesen ; vicepresident, Mr 0. C. Buekland; secretary and treasurer, Mr H. Giles. Hunting enthusiasts should note that a meet will be held at the kennels at 12 noon on Saturday. At a meeting of the Cambridge Terminating Building Society, Mef srs F. J., Brooks, W. G. Care and E. Veale were appointed valuers. Services in connection with the Presbyterian Church will be ■conducted at Hautapu on Sunday next at 7.30 p.m. by .Mr Osborne, and at Monavale at 7 p.m. by Mr Adams, ‘ We are asked to state that all the farmers in the district and also hunting enthusiasts i will e welcomed at the opening meet of the Waikato Hunt, which takes place at the kennels on Saturday next at noon. Mr and Mrs Wynn-Brown will dispense hospitality, and are enthusiastically preparing for a fitting opening of Sthe hunting season. . At a meeting of the Monavale Ratepayers Association last evening comment was made on the method of road making, and it was decided to write to the Government asking that the Local Bodies Act be amended so as to enlarge the scope of the county councils and do away with smaller bodies, thus enabling work to be carried out on a more permanent and comprehensive basis.

We are asked to again remind our musical readers of the concert to be given by Mr and Mrs Cyril Towsey of Hamilton,' in the Town Hall, on Wednesday evening next. Mr A. Longley, of the local Post Office staff, has been transferred to Mongonui, arid left for the North on Monday last.

Weather forecast:Wiilds, northerly moderate to strong and prevailing. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather, but at times dull weather with with much mist and fog in parts. Barometer has a falling tendency.

The next draw of the Cambridge Terminating Building Society takes place on the last Wednesday in JuneA sitting of the Assessment Court will be held at Cambridge on Tues* day, May 12th, at 10 a.m-, for the purpose of hearing objections to the revised valuation roll of the Borough a cf CambridgeThe marriage of Miss Ethel Carr to Mr Cecil Bowles, of Te‘ Kuiti, was solemnised at St. Andrew’s Church yesterday. A fuller account of the ceremony will appear in our next issue.

The Danuevirke Chamber of Commerce is agitating for a reduction of premiums on vfire policies, and the underwriters are to be approached on the subject.

The committee of the Waimate Egg Circle has had occasion to fine certain members 6d per egg for ‘ ringing in ’’ preserved eggs' as fresh. It is surprising that the strict rules of the Circle have so little effect with some signatories. •

_We draw attention to the entertainment to be given this evening in St. Andrew’s Parish Hall, on behalf of the School Organ Pirnd. There will be tableaux representing Nursery Rhymes, Action Songs by the scholars, and musical and literary items by several, adult friends.

A Masterton resident who wisited Wellington last .week had to pay 4s for his dinner; 4s for his bed, and 3s 6d for his'breakfast. , On the top of this he gave the waiter a “ tip.’’ He states that he wishes the waiters and waitresses well, but ihis visits to Wellington will not be as frequent as in the.past. >

The Rev. P. G-. Buckingham, who has so ably conducted the services- at the Cambridge Baptish Church during the past few. w eeks, will take the service on Sunday next, May 3rd. lor the last tirne. We are glad to be able to announce that on the following Sunday, 10th prox, Mr D. R. Saunders* who has done service for the Church at Waihi, will commence his ministry at Canlbridge.

A recently-arrived immigrant while removing his belongings - from tne Warrimoo at Dunedin on Thursday lost his wallet containing about £6O- The, man frae Glasca’ ! reported his loss (telegraphs a Dunedin correspondent) Sand was overjoyed to learn that the pocket book had been found by a wharf labourer. The owner .expressed a desire to 'reward the finder's honesty ahd offered for his acceiDtauce a threepenny piece. Needless to say the gift was promptly declined.

Mes.srs John William Peake and Robert GhS peake were the only persons nominated for two vacancies on the Pukekura Road Board, and they were declared duly elected. Mr Peake 'replaces, Mr H.'o. Bertlesen, who did mot seek re-election. We congratulate the new member on his election 1 . He is a young than,who has given a good deal of his time and talents to the furtherance of rifle shooting and volunteering, and his accession to the ranks of membership of local bodies is a distinct step in the right direction,; His career as a member will be watched with interest' by his many friends.

Afe a recent meeting of farmers at Okoroire the matter of the route over the Kaimai range of the proposed Tauranga-Matamata railway line was brought up by Mr Ayson, of the Waibmo Settlers’ Association, and Messrs Gane and - Wright, of the Okauia branch of the Farmers 7 Union, who explained that a party, organised by these bodies, is shortly to make a trip over the proposed route. A native guide has been engaged who knows the route used by the Maoris when travelling to and fro between the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty. No doubt if the prospecting party find that, the grade through the range is an ensy one, there will be little difficulty in getting a trial survey put through.

(IT . BOUGHT a BOITLE. 1 Had pains in my legs which the < 3ai d ' vas rheumatism,” writes Jf** -’bertCGchraue, Builder, Waimihia j 13 *°^ lon did me no good and I suffered misery. I saw a friend using some liniment which he told me was Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, and offered his bottle to try it. It did me so m H Ca S°°d that I bought a bottle myself and was soon free of all pains For Children’-s Hacking CougH at n ight Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6, 2 6d