LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 10, 19 May 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr B. F. Chester, after a short holiday at Auckland, returned to Te Awamutu on Tuesday.

Miss Elsie Owen, of Sydney, is at present the guest of Mrs Taylor, at “ Green Hill.”

Miss B. Pairman returned to Auckland early in the week after spending a holiday at Te Awamutu. During her visit she was the guest of Mr J. V. Bryant.

Messrs R. Cooper and S. Bartlett, who have been on a visit to Te Awamutu, returned to Auckland on Wednesday. They were the guests of Mrs J. Middlebrook.

Miss E. Elliott, after spending a few months in Auckland, returned to Te Awamutu on Tuesday, and is the guest of Mrs H. Y. Collins at “ Otawhao.” Miss Elliott will be returning to Auckland in the course of a few weeks.

we give a final reminder of the bridge tournament to be held in the Town Hall to-night.

In another column Mrs Worthington announces the opening of the Waipa Laundry, where laundry work of any description is done at shortest notice.

Mr Jas. Langmuir announces a great drapery display in Abbott’s sample rooms for one week. Mr Langmuir opens tomorrow, and his display will no doubt attract a large number of buyers—advt.

Intending pupils to the dancing classes to be conducted by Misses Lennon and Schulze are reminded that full particulars will be given on request. Miss Lennon will be at the office of this paper to-morrow evening as advertised, and will be pleased to meet intending pupils.

A preliminary announcement is made of a sale of work in connection with St John’s Anglican Church to be held in the Town Hall on election day. The proceeds derived therefrojn are to be devoted to the organ fund, and as support is forthcoming from all parts of the district it naturally follows that a very successful sale should result.

“ Give us a footpath ” has been an almost incessant cry from almost every corner of Te Awamutu ior some time past, and now that a considerable amount has been expended in this muchneeded work, we read that the Town Board at its last meeting had to request certain parties to refrain from driving cattle on the newly-tarred footpaths. This is most encouraging to the Town Board members, who are working hard to give our town a few modern conveniences, and speaks well for the gratitude of people. Fortunately their* numbers are small, otherwise we would have the prospect of wading ankledeep in mud at an early date. We cannot but congratulate the Town Board on the many permanent works in hand, and the appreciation shown by some remind us of the saying, “what can you expect from a pig but a grunt.”

The Empire Picture Company entertainments are always looked forward to with interest by a large section of Te Awamutu residents, and the good attendance present at the hall on Tuesday evening last again bore testimony to the excellence of the fare provided from week to week by this company. On Tuesday evening next an unusally attractive programme will be screened, one of the star items of which will be a number of beautiful coloured views of New Zealand, showing lakes, rivers, forest scenery, and mountain passes, and this alone should be sufficient attraction to draw a large audience. Details of the programme appear elsewhere, which will no doubt ensure the usual large attendance.