LOCAL & GENERAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVII, Issue 91, 19 April 1939, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

The monthly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at Waipawa will take place on Friday.. Defending' his heavy-weight title at Los Angeles Joe Louis knocked out Jack Roper in the first round of a scheduled 10-round title bout. Boys’ strong school Shoes. Heavy soles, real wear. Prices 10s 6d to 15s.—Bryant’s.* Eight children were before the Children’s Court at Hastings yesterday charged with various offences of theft. All were placed in the care of the Welfare Officer of the district. Followers of Rugby are reminded that in the Borough meeting room this evening Mr G. Voyce will deliver a lecture on the rules of Rugby. Complete lack of demand for store cattle was recorded at the Waipukurau sale yesterday. There was a good attendance considering the yarding and conditions, but only one solitary operator, and the majority

of the lines were passed in. Three pounds was the limit offering for 18months steers and in some cases there was no bid at all forthcoming. Kaiapoi all wool Blankets. Single bed 27s fid, double bed 39s fid.— Bryant’s.* The Harvest Festival in connection with St. Peter’s Church will commence to-morrow evening with a thanksgiving service in the Parish Church, commencing at 7.30, when the preacher will be the Rev. W. T. Drake, the former vicar of the parish. A party from Te Aute College will assist the choir. The festival will be continued on Friday with a Harvest Fair in the Lounge Building, opposite the “Mail” office, when there will be on sale a fine assortment of farm produce, fruit, vegetables, cakes, ete., and there will also be a jumble stall. The Maoris of the district are cooperating in the effort.

Attention is directed to the Railway Department’s advertisement in this issue in respect of the alterations to train services on Anzac Day (next Tuesday).

A dance in aid of the Onga Onga school funds will be held in the local hall on Friday evening next. The music will be in the hands of Billy Te Tau’s Orchestra, an assurance that it will be of the best.

The three major Wanganui wool sales of the current season have resulted in 73,306 bales being sold for £956,016. At the corresponding sales last season 63,554 bales were sold and the gross proceeds amounted to £877,798.

Bryant’s Special! Double bed un bleached sheets, five years’ guaranteed wear, 5s lid each.—Bryant’s Sale.*

A lead to sporting bodies throughout New Zealand was given in Wellington last night by the Star Boating Club, when about 40 members of the club paraded at the drill hall, Buckle street, in a body and enlisted for service in the New Zealand Territorial Forces.

J•llie* that will set I Have you tried Lushui or Edmond’s jellies at 6d T—Bryant’s.* The half-yearly conference of the Southern Hawke’s Bay Federation of Women’s Institutes is being held in the Municipal Theatre to-day, delegates being present from all parts of the district, from as far south as Woodville and Havelock in the north. Mrs Campbell, of Pukehou, presided, and welcomed the delegates. Full stocks of Canadian Gum Boots in stock. Children’s, women’s, men’s.—Bryant’s. * “Although showing a substantial drop from the peak figures of De cember and January, the amount of sales tax collected during February (£254,484) is a record for a February month, being £23,959, or 10.4 per cent, above the receipts for the corresponding month of last year,” states the Abstract of Statistics for Mai'ch. “February, always produces the lowest monthly figures in respect of sales tax, as the yield in that month is almost wholly in respect- of sales made in January, and both wholesale and retail selling are at a comparatively low ebb in January, due largely to the reaction following- the Christmas shopping season.” Silk dressing gowns, 18s 6d to 37s 6d; smart check all wool dressing gowns, 72s 6d; smart wool mixture coat and golf shirts, latest greens and blues, 8s 6d to 15s 6d.—D. H. Edwards, Ltd.* At a meeting of the Centennial Dis triet Committee held at Waipukurau yesterday afternoon the proposals of both Waipawa and Waipukurau to make a public swimming bath the centennial memorial were approved. The Waipawa project is estimated to cost £2500 and Waipukurau’s £3600. The recommendations will be forwarded to the provincial council for consideration. The basis on which subsidies will be forthcoming has not yet been determined. Other townships wishing to forward proposals for marking the centennial were asked to do so within the next fortnight, when they would be considered by a sub-committee.

Latest in men’s leather lumber jackets, 47s 6d to 67 6d; tweed working lumbers, 12s 6d; heavy interlock lumbers, 5s lid.—D. H. Edwards, Ltd.*

Why oook a hot dinner in this warm weather? Try our delicious Kiwi cooked ham, pickled pork or Dominion sausage.—Bryant’s.* Full stocks of tinned goods are now to hand. Pears, peaches,. apricots, fruit salad and pineapple, also salmon, sardines, meats and pilchards. Get them at Bryant’s.* Large size Reversible Rugs. Ideal for children’s beds, 17s 6d.— Bryant’s.*