LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipa Post, Volume IV, Issue 165, 22 November 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Talk carnival. By advertisement to-day nominations are invited for a pairs match in connection with the Te Awamutu Bowling Club. -

The Waipa County Council notifies that all rates unpaid on or before December 31st will be sued for without further notice.

The petition against the validity of the poll taken in connection with the rating of unimproved value at Marton will be heard at the Magistrate's Court to-day.

The poll for increasing , the electric lighting plant at. Te Aroha involving an expenditure of £5500 was carried on Monday, the figures being 45 for, and 6 against the proposal.

By advertisement in to-day's issue and Cooper announce that they are starting in business as butchers and will call on householders. An up-to-date shop for their business will shortly be erected in Te Awamutu.

Two additional stoppages are (if required) authorised by the Railway Department for the second Main Trunk express. In making Hangatiki and Waiouru stopping places for this train the Department is evidently desirous of catering for the tourist traffic.

The. Hastings paper, commenting on.the light recently installed there said : " Hastings business people express satisfaction with the results of the electric light In their premises, and a number have decided to have the current supplied to their private residences.

A coincidence in the pollings ac Levin and Northcote concerning rating on unimproved values is the identical majorities. Northcote's figures were 191 < against and 92 in f avour ; a majority of two to one plus seven. Levin figures were 243 against and 118 for; a majority of two to one plus seven.

The official opening of the Kawhia Tennis Club courts took place on Thursday, 14th inst, when there was a large attendance of members and visitors. Mr E. F. N. Morgan, the president, declared the courts open and congratulated the club on being able to commence the season with a new pavilion free of debt.

The Rev. Samuel Garton, minister in charge of Pukearu, near Gore, is on a visit to friends in this district, and will conduct service in the Presbyterian church on Sunday next at 7.30 p.m.

Arrangements are well in hand for the sale of work and fancy fair in connection with the Presbyterian Church at Kihikihi, which is to be held on December 13th and 14th, in aid of the renovation of the church.

We understand that the delegates appointed by the Chamber of Commerce (Messrs Bray,' Lawson, and Warburton) to confer with the settlers in the matter of telephone connections will attend a meeting at Hairini on Monday and at Paterangi on Tuesday. Other meetings throughout the district are being arranged.

An accident happened at Barton's Circus at Wanganui. In the " Death Defying Art," something went amiss with the final trick, and Miss Babs Baker fell 30 feet and Tybell collapsed as he was lowering himself. The latter had several of his top teeth pulled away and the palate injured —a dental act indeed —but the lady only sustained a severe shock.

There has been such" an indiscriminate slaughtering of cows in the Argentine during the past year or two to keep up the supply of stock to the meat works that it has been proposed to levy a toll of 17s 6d per head on every cow slaughtered in future, so as to discourage the practice. It is also proposed to entirely prohibit the sale of female calves for killing purposes.

Sir James Crichton-Browne an authority on brain diseases has read a paper on " Brain Rest." He maintains that children of ages from four to seventeen years should have 12 hours' sleep in the 24, persons between 17 and 21 should sleep for 9 hours, between 21 and 27 9 hours, and above that age for 8 hours. The sleep of the rising generation declared the doctor was being detrimentally disturbed and a rich crop of neurasthenia would be the result.

For the month of October (writes our Kihikihi correspondent) the sum of £906 13s. 4d. w*as paid out by the Dairy Association to the suppliers of the local creamery. As this gratifying return represents the profits for butter-fat only, from 21 herds, it is very apparent that the present season has so far been most favourable. This is a considerable increase upon last year's supply, and should favourable weather conditions continue the season's output should constitute a record.

On Tuesday afternoon delegates from the Moanavale Settlers' Association (Messrs Buckland, Doyle, Fisher, and Bartleson) journeyed to Te Awamutu and met the delegates appointed .by the local Chamber of Commerce (Messrs von Sturmer, Middlebrook, and WarburtonHn the matter of making preliminary arrangements for the permanent formation and metalling of the Cambridge-Te Awamutu road. The delegates went very carefully into the matter, and as a result of their deliberations it is hoped a proposal wi 11 be put afoot to provide ways and means for the carrying out of this much needed work.

Owing to the breakdown to the machinery at Te Kuiti on Monday the management of Hayward's Pictures found it impossible to show at Te Awamutu on Tuesday. The weekly exhibition was shown last night.and was greeted by a fairly large and appreciative audience. The programme was an exceptionally good one, the selection being up to this firm's usual good standard. The film showing the sinking of the Elvertia after having come into collision with the Express of Britain was most realistic and is worthy of special mention. While this picture was being screened Mrs Black kindly contributed the solo "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep," which served to throw greater stress upon the stern reality of the shipwreck as depicted in the picture. Next Tuesday's programme is advertised.

On the roof of Gamage's buildings, far above the roar of the traffic pouring through Holborn, London, there is an apiary to which many a former martyr of rheumatism owes his cure (state? the Daily Chronicle). It is recognised even in medical circles that a bee sting is a remedy for rheumatic complaints, and the manager who has charge of Gamage's aerial apiary had suffered twice from rheumatic fever, after which he decided to take up beekeeping. " Since then," he declares, " I have never had a twinge of rheumatism. Several patients who were victims to the complaint have come to us on the advice of their doctors, and our bees have cured them with stings. Three years ago the apiary on the roof was formed with a nucleus of half-a-dozen hives, taken from the firm's farm at Finchley, each of which contained a minimum of 60,000 bees, and to-day, up among the chimney pets of Central London, there are over thirty hives with a total of bees which may be anything from 1,800,000 to 2,000,000.

Readers are reminded of the military sports to be held in Mr Pollard's paddock on Wednesday. Keen interest is being taken in local military circles and many interesting contests are being looked forward tj.

The sooner cyclists appreciate the fact that riding on the footpaths is an infringement of the Town by-law the better both for themselves and the general public. Appearance in the Police Court is looked forward to by no one, but Constable Lander is looking for a victim to make a test case of and is bound to make a haul before long.

Everyone is looking forward to the philharmonic- operetta " Princess Chrysanthemum," the first performance of which will take place in the Town Hall on Wednesday. The b )x-plan at Le Sueur's is rapidly filling up and those desirous of obtaining reserved seats should lose no time in arranging for them. Everything promises a most successful and enjoyable evening.

A dastardly attempt was made to wreck the midnight express from Auckland to Wellington on Wednesday night, a large sleeper having been placed across the line about a mile south of Taupiri Station. Fortunately the engine driver saw the obstruction, and slowed down, and though the train, struck the sleeper, ho damage resulted, and after a short delay it was able to proceed on its journey.

Auckland's fine new post office was opened by the Prime Minister on Wednesday afternoon. The handsome front was gaily decorated for the occasion, and an immense crowd of both sexes packed the adjacent space. Addresses were given by the Mayor of Auckland, the PostmasterGeneral, Mr Herries, and the Prime Minister. The function concluded with the entertainment of the guests at afternoon tea in the new telegraph operating room.