The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipa Post, Volume III, Issue 126, 9 July 1912, Page 2

The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL

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Messrs Lawson and Swain advertise the sale of Mr J. W. Phillips' stocks of jewellery ete., in the mart next Saturday at one o'clock.

The value of the butter exports from Auckland for the last six months was £480,936, against £328, 032 for the same period of the previous year.

A meeting is convened in the Town Hal', Kihikihi, lor to-mor-row evening (Wednesday), at 7 o'clock, to arrange a farewell for Mr and Mrs J. Hutchinson, who are leaving the district.

We would remind our readers of the special general meeting of the Waipa Jockey Club, which will be held at Luk's Hotel (commercial room) to-morrow, Wednesday, July 10th, at 8 p.m.

A correspondent writes to know the use of the pit formed on the far side of the Mangahoe bridge between the road and the foot path. We can only suggest it is probably intended for a municipal swimming bath.

Only four of those interested in getting up a return dance to the ladies' leap year dance put in an appearance at the meeting on Saturday, and it was decided to give up the idea owing to the lack of enthusiasm.

The annual dinner of the Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce will be held this evening at 8 p.m. Those in receipt of invitations will kindly note that the dinner will be held in Jackson's Hotel and not in the sample rooms as originally intended.

Messrs Lawson and Swain report having sold 150 acres of Mr Hutchinson's farm at Kihikihi to Mr Henrickson, of Matapu, Taranaki; Mr Kirkham's homestead and 4% acres to the Education Board for a new school site; one section of Middlebrook's estate to a local investor; one section of Raikes' estate, also to a local investor.

We cannot but feel admiration for the manner in which the supporters oft the Liberal Government are taking their defeat. ' Anyway we shall get the free'hold now " were the words that fell from the lips of one of the most prominent of our local stalwarts. What a world of philosophy is contained in those simple words! It takes age to produce such a spirit of resignation ! It is stated —though we have no official conformation of the fact — that Dr Henderson intends to build a wharf in front of his surgery owing to the difficulty of landing there at " high tide." We think the idea an excellent one, but fancy that the Town Board regulations make no allowance for such a contingency, and that the doctor will have to continue his practice of anchoring in the stream until the tide falls.

Quite a number of residents assembled in Victoria Park on Sunday to hear the Town Band " discourse sweet music." Expressions of pleasure at the performance were heard on all sides, and the band undoubtedly deserve heartv congratulations on the progress they have made. The annoyance caused by the sun shining directly on their music was noticed by Mrs Jackson, and she has most kindly offered to remedy this by presenting three blinds to the band. We would like to see others follow this lady's commendable lead, as there are many little matters of this sort.in which public-spirited persons could find scope for their generosity.

We are glad to see the correspondence column in our last issue so well filled. We would remind our readers that this portion of our paper is expressly intended for the airing of grievances. Most of us are pretty useful! with our tongues when " lying in state" against our own verandah posts, but seem a little coy about appearing in print. This is a mistake, as much can often be picked up by the interchange of views in the correspondence column. We all know how to run other people's business better than they do themselves, and why should we hesitate about letting them have the benefit of our superior wisdom? If you are of a modest and retiring disposition do not forget that a nom de plume is quite sufficient at the end of your views, and that the editor alone will be aware of your identity. Of. course if you are going to criticise"//////, then look out.

It is said that everything comes to those who have patience to wait, and at last we are in the proud position of being able to advertise the proposals of the Town Board with regard to raising loans for water, street- improvement, and gas. In the case of the first two the proposed loan is £20,000, being £IB,OOO. for the waterworks and £2OOO for the construction and metalling of streets, the security being a special rate of 2%d in the £ upon the rateable value of all rateable property in Te Awamutu Town District. In the case of the gas works loan the amount to be borrowed is £BOOO, and the security is the gas works with the lands, buildings,- plant, and revenue after payment of working expenses, and also a special rate of l/4d in the £ on the rateable value of all rateable property. The last advertisement of these proposals will appear in our issue on 30th inst, together with notice of the poll to be held thereon. Ratepayers have thus little more than a month within which to make up their minds whether this tov n is to come into line with other progressive places of a similar size, or whether we are to worry along in the present uncivilised condition, a by-word among our neighbours and a danger to ourselves.

Owing to pressure on our space we are compelled to hold over our leader, and some letters which we wiil try to find room for in our next issue.

Mr de Ridder is to give two special sermons on the next two Sunday evenings in the Methodist Church on the subject of the " Bible and Science on the Creation." There will be a recital of sacred music in St. John's Church on Thursday evening next at 8 p.m., when a number of anthems, solos, etc., will be given. Mr de Ridder will give a selection of pieces on the organ. A collection will be taken up in aid of the Renovation Fund.

Mr E. li. Symons, of Oparau (Kawhia)passed away in Hamilton Hospital on Tuesday afternoon last. Deceased was born in Wellington in 1841, being the third white child born there. He was well-known throughout New Zealand as an expert Maori linguist, and was considered a 'Dariicularly fine whip, having joined Messrs Cobb and Co. when they first arrived in Otago from Australia. He leaves a ,widow and one son, Mr Alfred Symons.

With regard to those facetious remarks in our last re local gas, it may interest readers to know that there actually is a town in Canada where the light, heat, and power are derived entirely from natural gas. The town is called Medicine Hat, and is on the Cana-dian-Pacific railway, about 800 miles east of Vancouver. Rudyard Kipling christened, it " The town that was born lucky." It is situated i'n the valley of the South Saskatchewan, and is the centre of a magnificent mixed farming district. The entire country is underlaid with t.wo or more beds of good coal, and natural gas is, found by boring, being to manufacturers at 3d per 1000 cubic feet, and for domestic use at yd. The town, which is at an elevation of 2000 feet, has a population of about 6000.