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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 6161, 5 March 1914, Page 2

Commercial news and an artiola 11 The Perfeot Apple " will be found on the first page, The short story “Wo Had Better Bide a-Wee is ootciuded on the fourth page.

A lecture, illustrated by lantern slides, will be given by Archdeaoon Neild, in St. Peter's sohool, to-morrow night. According to the Labour Bulletin issued for the fourth quarter of 1913 by tbe Government Statistieian (Mr G. H. Knibb-i), there was a general improvement in industrial conditions tbroughont the Commonwealth of Australia, resulting in a dsoreaee of unemployment during lost quarter of the year. The report of the Christoburoh Hos pital dental surgeon submitted at a reeent meeting of the local board ehowid/ that during January the number of fill ings was 74, of dressings 32, of other operations 62, and of operations under onicithetics 33. Tbe total number of operations was 169, the number of patients supplied with artificial dentures was 7, tbe total Dumber of attendances was 212, and tbe number of fresh patients examined 43.

At tbe London wool sales 8723 bale were s >ld, inoludiog 5644 New Zealand There was an exoelleut selection o! crossbreds, end a crowded attendance inoladmg e record number from the United States. There wee the keenes competition for ell classes, both the United Btates and Yorkshire bidding excitedly for eroe bred j and Yorksbir end the Oontice it for merinos

In the course of an address in Sydnoj recently, the Primate (Dr Wright) mad. auleg’stio reference to the women of Australia, whom be described as tie pndo of the nation, bit is aomeUmet said,” proceeded bia Grace, “ that tbi womanhood of Australia forget some thing of the dignity of their womsnhoc d in decorum of manner and deoorum of dress. I do not believe it ia true ol womanhood as e whole, if it is true new and again. Bat lam oertain that thwomen of Australia will rise to take caie that thesa things shall not he, beosus of the solemn charge that they have foi the future.”

The Waipawa Dramatic Club has chosen tfcc faroicai comedy “Jedburj Junior ” for their next production. The comedy was produce! at Terry's Theatre, London, in February, 1896, and hit th popular taste, for it is a merry whole some play. The characters have beer, allotted as follows:—Christopher Jed bury, Dr J Lewis Reed; Christopher Jedbury Junior, Mr W. J. Bell; Whim per, Mr W, Viokers; Job, Mr T, W Wills; Mr Glibb, Mr O. M Whitting ton ; Major Hedway, Mr D, F. O’Reilly ; Tom Bellaby, Mr John Duggan; Mr Simpson, Mr O. V. Whittington ; Mrs Jedbury, M-ss Bradbury; Nelly, Miss Eileen Whittington; Mrs Glibb, Mrs Hogg ; Dora, Miss Mueller. George Joseph Smith, who was stale! to be a down in Wirth’s oircus, appeared in a different role, on Thursday, when he was or]led upon to make bis bon to Messrs W 1 Limbriok and T. Williams, Justices, to answer a charge of the theft of doth iug from the Commercial Hotel. George Joseph had no ancient wheezes to (fie in mitigation of the (fiance, elected to be dealt with summarily, and pleaded guilty to the theit of e pair of trouserr, a vest and en overcoat, valued at £2 10s He denied all knowledge of the remain ing missing artioles Constable Wilton said that accused was a cirous clown. On the night of the 25th be shared the loom of the betel porter. The porter's duties took him out early, and when he returned he missed two pain of trousers, one vest, one ove.-ooat, ore soft shirt and seven collars. At the railway station he informed witness of this and direotod him to a railway oartiage, where accused was sitting, and who, of his own aocord, opened hie portmanteau and produced the vest and pair of trousers, whioh he admitted taking. He admitted also tahieg the overcoat, ard promised to ob tain it and return it from Dinnevirke, whioh he did. The accused denied having taken anything else. On aocouot of hie youth and the faot that uothiog was known against him, the bench ficel the aooueed £4 10s, in default one month’s imprisonment. The fine wsb paid. Instruct your suppliers to ship through the New Zealand Express Company, Ltd. Having their own branohet in all ceutreß plaoea them in the position of efi.cting quick transit at minimum cost Loeal agent, H. D. Limerick