LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipa Post, Volume IV, Issue 158, 29 October 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Talk carnival

Messrs Lawson and Swain give notice of a sale of drapery to be held at the Mart on Saturday next.

A church parade of the boy scouts will be held at St John’s Church on Sunday morning next at II o’clock.

Local residents will be pleased te/ hear that the twin children, Colin and Mary, of Mr and Mrs F. D. Wood were awarded special prizes at the annual Labour Day sports in Auckland yesterday.

As a sequel to the charges preferred against Leonard Lotter at the local Court recently, to all of which he pleaded guilty, and in connection with which he was remanded to appear at the Supreme Comt at Auckland, the New Zealand Herald reports as follows: —- Leonard Lotter, a middle-aged man, was charged with theft, forgery, and uttering (four charges), forgery, false pretences (three charges), and contemplated false pretences, at Te Awamutu. The evidence of the Crown solicitor was to the effect that the prisoner had stolen a cheque book from his employers, and had forged cheques amounting to £3O or £4O. There were a number of previous convictions of a similar nature against him. A sentence of six months’ imprisonment on each charge was passed, the sentences to be cumulative, and the prisoner was .declared to be an habitual criminal

The manual exercise competition for which a gold medal has Ixen presented by Mr Stonehouse, a d the physical drill (school cadets) competition for which a cup has been presented by Mr Kendrick will be decided by individual comp tition at a later date.

The Ivio Kio biaacli of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union recently forwarded to the Hon. Postmaster General through Mr J. A. Young, M.P. for Waikato a petition for a telegraph office at Hurimoana. A reply has now been received stating that the line will be extended as requested provided the settlers contribute £lO towards the cost. The new office will be called Ra tginui as there is already a post and telegraph office in the Taranaki district called Hurimoana.

The entertainment to be given by the members of the Te Awamutu Girls’ Club in the local Town Hall to-morrow ( Wednesday ) evening is being looked forwa d to by many and the occasion of the first public appearance of this club will doubtless be greeted with a packed house. The entertainment promises to be a most successful and enjoyable one as will be seen by the programme published in our advertising columns to-day. The members of the club have been practising most assiduously and the items in this connection will doubtless be above the ordinary standard.