BOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8308, 17 March 1920, Page 2

BOCAL AND GENERAL.

The State Fire Department is about to erect a building of two stories at Hamilton for its own purposes at a cost of £15,000. The Wellington Harbor Board has approved of a report by its engineer for improvements to tile hnrboi works at an estimated cost of £BII,OOO.

Now showing, newest styles in Men’s Tweed Hats, 15/6 each. Felt Hats 30/- and 35/- each. Hood Bros., Ltd.*

During the period it has been ii existence the Waipawa Repatriatioi Committee has put through grant totalling about £3OOO.

There is to be a further increase in the price of gramaphone -records. Shellac, which is largely used in their manufacture, lias risen from £4O per ton in pre-war days to £950 per ton, and the cost ol’ the manufacture of the records themselves has also increased considerably. Newest Winter Millinery now showing at Hood Bros., Ltd.*

The Auckland Butchers Assistants’ Union was fined £2O for striking. A number of slaughtermen were lined £3 each for stopping work in sympathy with the butchers. AVlieeliug Wool, only 1/3 skein. Toilet Soap, from 2d a cake at Hood Bros., Ltd.* Mr G. Joiner, a Norsewood farmer, was taking a bull out of a paddock for sale when the animal turned upon him, and he was badly gored. He was rescued in an exhausted condition, suffering particularly from abdominal injuries. Ladies’ Woollen Sports Coat's, new styles, at Hood Bros., Ltd.* A meeting of the Repatriation Committee was held last evening. Present: Messrs H. M. Rathbone (chairman), Critehley, Hunt, ail’d Nielsen. An application for a loan of £3OO to assist in acquiring a business was considered, and after discussion it was decided to forward it on to headquarters. An application for a grant for tuition fees was approved.

Mr and Mrs 11. M. Rathbone wish to thank the following for providing cars conveying the patients of the Pukeora Sanatorium to “Abbotsford ” last Friday:—Mrs French, Messrs Carlson, King, D. Kittow, W. Kittow, W. I. Limbrick, D. McKay, McLean, Mawson, Oakcnfull, and AA’alker.

Razors, strops, shaving soaps, etc., in great profusion at McCleary and Co.’s, Waipawa.® In accordance with a promise made recently by the Prime Minister, the Board of Trade has commenced an inquiry with regard to the price of New Zealand-made suitings and other woollen goods. The Board, however, has been particularly busy lately in connection with wheat, flour, and bread prices, and other questions; and a full report with reference to suitings and woollen goods cannot, as a consequence, he forthcoming for some time. McCleary and Co.’s Premier Hairdressing Saloon will he closed for the weekly half-holiday on Wednesdays, and will remain open all day on Saturdays.*