LOCAL & GENERAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 14, 15 October 1937, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

New season’s strawberries are now on sale in Auckland, selling at from 2s fid to 2s 9d a chip. The supply is, how'ever, limited at present. The adult male hippopotamus at the Auckland zoo died as the result of swallowing a tennis ball which is supposed to have been thrown to it by a visitor. Fruit salad is always popular. “Oak,” Is 5d tin; Pratlow’s, 9d tin; Nestle’s cream, 5d tin; Sungold jellies, 5 for Is; Lion jellies, 4d pkt.; Lushes jellies, fid pkt.; Edmond’s, 6d pkt.; and a free delivery’ at Bryant’s Cash Store.* Under the will of the late Mr Charles Elia Lamb of Te Aroha, £IOOO is bequeathed to the Tc Aroha Presbyterian Church, and approximately £4BOO each to the Institute for the Blind and the Crippled Children Society. The estate has been sw’orn for probate at under £30,000. Sports coats, blazers, and flannel trousers are more popular than ever for this season’s wear, and we are now showing a great range of these goods in the latest cloths, all at right prices.—D. H. Edwards, Ltd.* At last night’s meeting - of the Borough Council the Mayor (Mr C. G. Harker) stated, in regard to the suggested alterations to the theatre, that he proposed to confer further with Mr Williams, the architect, and , a report w'ould probably be ready for the next meeting of the Council.

Members of the bowling, tennis, and croquet sections of the Sports Club are reminded that the grounds w’ill be officially opened for the season’s play to-morrow, weather permitting. Players are invited to make contributions to the afternoon tea.

Evaporated apples, Is 2d pkt.; dried apricots, Is 4d lb.; peeled peaches, Is 3d lb.; dried nectarines, Is 3d lb.; prunes, 30/40, 8d lb.; Lusco prunes, 8d lb.—Bryant’s Cash Store.* At the monthly meeting of the Waipawa Hospital Board on Wednesday, the action of the chairman in accepting Messrs Limbrick Bros.’ tender of £23 13s 9d for the installation of a new electrical service at the Rathbone Maternity Home was endorsed.

Boys’ school blazers, all sizes, w’hite, gold and red cord, 5s lid, 6s lid, 7s lid.—Bryant’s.* The secretary of Loyal Abbotsford Lodge of Oddfellow’s has been advised that the lodge has been successful in gaining first place in section in the Alward Shield ritual contest. The final of the competition lies between Loyal Dannevirke, Napier, and Abbotsford Lodges, who will be judged shortly.

A new type of rail-car, specially suited to New' Zealand conditions, is being designed at the Hutt workshops. It will be longer and heavier than those now in,use, about 31 tons, and the furnishing will increase the comfort of travelling. The first of these new cars will be put out about the end of the year. Men’s sports trousers, 22in. bottoms, in faw'ns, greys, new' chalk stripes, 9s lid to 29s fid. —Bryant’s.* Considering the good bold which the fire at the Fruit Case Co.’s mill on Wednesday morning had obtained before the alarm was given, and the length of hose which had to be run out to reach the seat of the outbreak, the Fire Brigade made an excellent save. The plant and stock were insured in the South British Co. for £2OOO, and the damage is estimated at £l5O.

A special no one should miss! One packet puffed wheat, one 4oz. jar Marmite, the two for Is lid; 1 pkt. Vita Brits with free sample pkt., the two for 8d; Weetbix with free sample, 8d and Is 3d pkt.—Bryant’s Cash Store.*

“Open Sundays and holidays.” A place for “Good Eats” on a Sunday fills a want, in more ways than one. Visitors to the seaside needn’t bother about the “Eats.” The “Trocadero,” Napier, will look after the “inner man” and do it plenty good.* In to-day’s issue the Railway Department advertises special excursion tickets at reduced rates in connection with the Hawke’s Bay Show to be held next Wednesday and Thursday, 20th and 21st October. A fast special passenger train leaves Waipawa at 9.25 a.m. on 21st October (People’s Day), arriving in time for those who wish to do so to spend an hour or so in Hastings before visiting the showground. The return special leaves Tomoana showgrounds at 5.18 p.m. Straight from Mother Earth! New potatoes, 4d lb.; large Australian oranges, 4 for Is; Stunner apples, 31bs. for Is; Delicious apples, 5d lb. — Bryant’s Cast Store.*

What was the intention of the City Council in regard to the observance of Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and Anniversary Day, all of which fell on Saturdays this year? asked Cr. A. Black at the Wellington City Council meeting on Wednesday night. If those holidays fell on other days of the week the men on the various jobs would get the day off; were they this year to lose the holidays? The Mayor, Mr T. C. A. Hislop, said that the matter was governed by the awards, and he thought that it would be dangerous to depart from the terms agreed upon. Don’t delay ordering your Show suit from the hundreds of patterns now showing at D. H. Edwards, Ltd. All factories are still congested with orders, and for certain delivery place your order now. We have also 300 suits in stock, ranging from 77s fid to £8 10s. Your inspection invited. —D. 11. Edwards, Ltd.*

The fees collected by the Waipawa Hospital Board during the half-year ended September 30th, 1937, easily constitute a record. They amount to £15,216 16s Bd, compared with £12,364 Is 2d collected in the first six months of last year. The total is made up of £10,768 19s 5d from Pukeora Sanatorium, £3835 16s 2d from the hospital, £4Ol 0s 2d from the Rathbone Maternity Home, and £2ll 0s lid from other institutions. Corresponding figures for the first six months of 1936 are as follows: —£9448 0s Bd, £2519 4s 3d, £294 l"s, and £lOl 19s 3d. Ladies’ silk locknit bloomers and vests, guaranteed ladder proof, 2s fid.—Bryant’s.* New' linens just to band. Fast color. Large variety of patterns at 2s fid yard.—Bryant’s.* Widespread interest was taken in the sale of Aberdeen Angus pedigree bulls offered on account of various well-known breeders at Dannevirke. There was an unusually large attendance of buyers from all parts of the North Island and several from the South Island. The highest price w'as 355 guineas, for the two-year-old Jolly of Kowhiw'hi, offered on account of Mr L. A. P. Sherriff, Taihape. The splendid price of 330 guineas was received for a yearling bull, Sussex of Gwavas, offered on account of the estate of Carlyon, Gwavas. A second yearling bull, on account of the same vendors, brought 300 guineas.