LOCAL AND GENERAL.
There will not be any morning service at the Presbyterian Church next Sabbath. The Rev. W. Wppllass will . conduct the service in the evening.
The promoters of the concert held on Easter Monday night desire to tender their thanks to all those who assisted with the providing of refreshments.
The syndicate which has acquired the Mokait Mohakatino block of land intends, if possible, to place 20,000 acres of it on the market in about a year. .
Man's selfishness to woman's entry into public life is disappearing, writes the "Opunake Times " At the last meeting of the Parihaka Road Board a lady poundkeeper was appointed. When the application for the position was being considered one member said : "I will second the appointment, f back the woman every time."
A Hawke's Bay paper says that sheep are mysteriously disappearing from settlers' flocks. One settler is said to allege that heds 200 sheep short, and another to claim to have '10.5t.300 since last shearing time. No carcasses have been fotind.
Twelve years ago farmers in the; Hastings district were pronounced in their opinion that the climate was altogether unsuited to dairying. As time progresses their statements are being refuted on all sides, and to-day dairying bids fair to become one of the staple industries of Hawke's Bay.
Owing to adverse weather conditions,- has not flourished as is usual in the Hutt Valley this autumn. As growers all round have suffered, the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society has •decided to abandon its chrysanthemum show, which was to have been held this month.
The Chairman of the Wellington Education Board is opposed to the school buildings being used for socials and other purposes to the detriment of the school equipment and the inconvenience of the school work. One teacher complained strongly on the subject of the condition of his school after a social. He had been obliged to teach school in the open air until the cleaning up was over. It was pointed out that in many of these back districts the local school was the only available building for such purposes.
The "•' Rotorua Chronicle " reports that fully 2000 visitors assembled at Whakarewarewa on Sunday to witness the soaping of the Wairoa geyser. The usual quantity of soap was dropped into the geyser's mouth, after which all was expectancy. For thirty minutes the great crowd stood waiting for the eruption, but Wairoa gave no sign of activity. It was not for another hour that the crowd gradually dispersed —disappointed at having to leave without even witnessing an eruption of Wairoa.
To the inhabitants of Te Awamutu and surrounding districts the Oddfellows Sports Committee extend a most hearty vote of thanks for the liberal support and patronage in assisting the first annual Oddfellows 4 sports and picnic on Easter- Mollu.Ty". To the ladies' under the management of Mrs Collins, ihe sports committee are deeply indebted for the valuable work they performed (under trying circumstances), which brought the picnic to a most successful issue.
The "King Country Chronicle" reports that work on the Te Kuiti railway station alterations is "making satisfactory progress. The new platform is now nearly completed, and one of the buildings for it has already been moved across. The new line of rails gives a straiter run into the station, and being laid between the sleepers with, limestone, will not be so dusty as the other lines. We trust it will not be long before we can report in a similar strain on the much-needed alterations at the Te Awamutu railway station.
The doubt about the precise meaning of the proclamation issued in connection with the inauguration of the new defence scheme is to be set at rest by the issue of an amended notification. The proclamation made it obligatory on the part of all males "between the ages of fourteen and twenty (inclusive)" to register. The amended order will make it perfectly clear that all boys who had attained their fourteenth birthday on 31st March, and who had not reached the age of twenty-one, will be required to register.
Notwithstanding that free education has been granted in New Zealand for a good number of years, sub-enumerators of the census find considerable lack of intelligence, or carelessness in filfling in the'forms (says the Ohakune Times). Quite a large number of people omit to sign the paper, and in many cases sons are marked as daughters,and vice versa. One head of the family, with manifestly a man's name, nevertheless filled himself in as " daughter." "Not married" is very frequently omitted, as if the spinsters object to state that they have never run in double harness. Some strange fillings-in also are observed in the matter of poultry, one man stating he had twelve hens, two ducks, and "six canaries." Another man did not state the number of rooms !n his dwelling, but vouchsafed the information thnf it v/as "a private house with walls of best heart of kauri."
In another column Messrs John Court, Ltd., notify that they have extended their visit until Tuesday next, 25th inst. —Advt.
Business men and the public generally will do well to note that the Banks will be closed on Monday next (St. George's Day), and so save any inconvenience.
We would request intending subscribers to the WAIPA POST at Paterangi to hand in their names to Miss Gordon. We are arranging for a regular delivery to Paterangi.
Agitation for the opening of a telephone bureau at Tautari Settlement (Pukeatua) is vety* strong. The need of this bureau is very evident, the settlers having no immediate means of communication with other districts.
We would remind our readers of the annual meeting of householders to be held in the Public School on Monday next at 7.30 p.m. to elect the School Committee for the ensuing year. Similar meetings will be held at all the schools in the district.
The Class-firing Competition to compete for the Miller Cup is being held at Pirongia to-day. The entries are good, and very keen competition should result. A social will be held to-night at which the successful competitor will be presented with the Cup.
We give a final reminder of the annual meeting of the Te Awamutu Hockey Club to be held in the Young Men's Institute rooms to-night. From the number of new members on the books the meeting should be well attended and intending players will do well to hand in their names at once as the season will be opened immediately.
We call the attention of the authorities to the approaches to the bridge over the Mangapiko in Arawhata St., where the approaches are evidently falling away. Two small holes have now worn through, thus endangering foot and horse traffic. It would be but a small expense to remedy the matter.
In another column notice is given of the Ihe~Te Awamutu Football Club, which is to be held at Abbott's Hotel to-morrow night at 7-30 p.m. Footballers will welcome this notice, as many are keen to make a start with the season at once. From present appearances this meeting should be well attended.
An offender before the Napier Magistrate's Court the other day, on charges of drunkenness, etc., appeared to attach, little importance to the case, and evidently thought that the police, Magistrate, lawyers, and whole parphernalia of the Court were part of an unnecessary ceremony, "Hurry up and get it over," he mumbled; "I'm getting thirsty." Unfortunately he was remanded for a week for medical treatment.
Here's a hint for local bodies anxious to regulate the speed of motor-driven vehicles. It was suggested at the last meeting of the Petone Council that, failing the success of the proposed speed by-law, asphalt crossings be laid down at intervals on the Hutt road. These, it was said, would, by virtue of the " bump" they would give to any car travelling at a high rate of speed, successfully cope with the excessive speed difficulty. Cars travelling at a slow rate of speed, and other vehicles, would be able to negotiate the crossings, which would be raised slightly above the road level, with ease and without danger. We in Te Awamutu yvould like to see crossings in our main street for other reasons besides the excessive speed precaution.
A rather unusual sight was witnessed by passengers on the s.s. Ngapuhi from Whangarei last Tuesday. About two hours out. the vessel passed through a large shoal of flying fish, which rose up in twos and threes from directly under the bows, and flew landwards in most cases for about 100 yards before returning to the water. A number of passengers watched this sight for about an hour, and estimated that between 60 and 70 fish were disturbed by the vessel. It was curious to notice that even at the moment of rising from the water the wings of the fish remained perfectly motionless, and there was no sign of flapping. One of the spectators said that the sight was " like a lesson on aeroplanes."
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Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 2, 21 April 1911, Page 2
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