LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8306, 12 March 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The date of the Harbor Board’s loan poll has been altered from March 30th to April 16th.

44-inch Biscuit Colored Voile, worth to-day 2/6, Sale Price 1/6 yard. Hood Bros’. Sale.*

The Municipal Band will render a programme of selected items in the main street to-night.

Last week of Hood Bros’. Sale. Get busy and save money before Saturday next. Hood Bros’. Sale.* The Borough Council last night decided to raise the price of gas, as from the Ist of next month, by lOd per thousand feet. The increase is rendered necessary owing to the steady advance in the price of coal.

The Catholics of Tikokino will hold a national social in the Town Hall on the evening of Wednesday, March 31st. The promoters will have the assistance of the Waipawa Brass Band. MeCleary and Co.’s Premier Hairdressing Saloon will be closed for the weekly half-holiday on Wednesdays, and will remain open all day on Saturdays.*

An excellent programme has been arranged for the concert to be held at Onga Onga on Monday evening in Celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. The Waipawa orchestra will assist,’ together with several vocalists from town. The concert will be followed by a dance.

12 only Ladies’ and Children’s Hats. Worth up to 20/- each; last week’s Sale Price 3/11 each. Hood Bros’. Sale.* Complaint has been made by a considerable number of public servants that the provision under last year’s Appropriation Act, that members of the Public Service were to receive an increase of £45 a year to meet the increased cost of living lias not been complied with. In many eases, it is stated, the £45 has shrunk to £35; and in extreme cases to £2O.

The finest range of Loewe pipes to be found in the province is to be seen at MeCleary and Co.’s, hairdressers and tobacconists, Waipawa.* The Pukeora patients were the guests this afternoon of Mr and Mrs H. M. Rathbone at a garden party at “Abbotsford.” Amusement in the form of golf croquet, tennis, quoits, etc., was provided, and the visitors spent a most enjoyable time.

The full programme for the National Concert to be held in the Municipal Theatre next Tuesday evening is advertised in this issue. It includes several performers new to the Waipawa public. The second of a series of euchre matches between members of the Wnipukurau and Waipawa Fire Brigades was played at Waipukurau last evening, when the visitors scored a win by 22 games to 14. The need for a reliable and clean water supply for the Ruataniwha school has been manifest for some

considerable time. At present the school is dependent on one rainwater tank, and this source of supply has been condemned by the District, Health onicer and Dr. Deck. The alternative is pumping by means of a windmill or small engine from a spring on Mr J. A. Kerr’s property to tanks erected on rising ground. The School Committee approached the Board on the matter some time ago, and following on considerable correspondence the chairman of the Board (Mr G. H. Roach), Mr G. McKay. and the secretary (Mr Dunn) on Wednesday visited the school to obtain first-hand information. They satisfied themselves of the need for an improved system, and the Board will, in all probability, submit a proposal to the Ruataniwha Committee at its next meeting.

Boys’ Braces 9d and 1/3 pair, Elastic Belts 1/G each; Men’s Khaki Handkerchiefs, 1/- each. Hood Btoa’ gale.*