The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipa Post, Volume V, Issue 211, 9 May 1913, Page 2

The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nineteen boroughs in New Zea • land this year elected their Mayors without opposition.

Messrs Lawson and Swain give notice of a sale of furniture to be held at the mart on Saturday (to-morrow).

Yesterday was the last day on which visitors were allowed on board H.M.S. New Zealand prior ‘to her departure from Auckland.

The services at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday will be conducted by the Rev. W. Woollass, both morning and evening.

Mr W. Yule, who has disposed of his farm at Scarborough and intends to settle in the Waikato, was given a send-off at Pahiatua on Saturday night.

Tickets in connection with the send-off to Mr Le Sueur, to be held on Monday evening next, may be obtained from members of the committee or at the Cosmopolitan hairdressing saloon.

The Town Band played several selections outside the Town Hall prior to the benefit which was tendered to the local fire brigade by the proprietor of the Premier Pictures on Wednesday evening.

A reminder is given of the football match to take place between the telegraph linesmen and a team of local players, at Bockett’s paddock, to-morrow afternoon. Play is to start at 2.30.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received advice from their head office that they have declared an interim dividend of 4s per share, being at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, payable on 15th May.

Constable Wade, of Kihikihi, after being on holiday leave for six weeks, returns to Kihikihi to-day and resumes duty tomorrow. In Mr Wade’s absence Constable Lander (Te Awamutu) has been in charge of the combined Kihikihi and Te Awamutu districts.

The trophy presented by Captain Hope-Johnstone to 'the Te Awamutu Defence Rifle Club, and competed for recently, has been forwarded to the winner, Mr A. J. Blythe. The trophy consists of very handsome rose bowls, and these will be placed in Mr Spear’s window, where they may be seen.

Attention is drawn to the advertisement calling a meeting of the Te Awamutu Terminating Building Society to be held at Bockett’s Buildings on Friday next. All those likely to take an interest in this Society will do well to lodge their names with the secretary (Mr A. J; Bray) at or before this meeting.

Good progress is being made by the contractor with the work in connection with the Teasdale Settlement roads. The lower poition of Market Street is being filled to its proper level, and the footpaths on both sides re-formed. Two cess-pits are also being built at the corner of Mahoe and Market Streets, and this should prevent any chance of the. drain becoming blocked during a heavy downpour. A path is also being formed on the south side of Mahoe Street, which should prove a boon to residents living in that locality.

Two exactly opposite conditions have helped materially to bring about a rise of id per lb in the price of butter right throughout New Zealand, states the Otago Daily Times. These conditions are the droughts in Auckland and the floods in Southland, which have brought about a shortage of milk in these two localities, and consequently the butter supplies of Otago and Canterbury are being called upon to a much greater extent than is usual at this time of the year. As matters now stand there is a scarcity of butter right throughout New Zealand.

For some time past (says the Waikato Times) MrJ. A. Young, M.P., has been in communication with the Minister of Railways with regard to the erection of a more suitable Railway Employees’ Social Hall to replace the structure at present in use at Frankton. As a result of his representations plans have been prepared and approved by the parties concerned, and Mr Young received advice from the Minister of Railways this morning to the effect that as soon as men are available the work of erecting the new hall will be commenced, it i being thought that a start will be ! made in about three weeks.

The annual general meeting of ; the Waipa Rugby Union is ad- ! vertised to take place in the j Cosmopolitan Club room on Saturday.

A farmer at Rewa, in the Oroua County, who was formerly a resident in the Manawatu district, is reported to have received a legacy of four millions.

A meeting of the committee of the Te Awamutu Young Men’s Institute is called for Monday, May 12th, at Mr Empson’s rooms. The committee will meet at 7.30 sharp in order to allow members to attend a send-off to Mr Le Sueur, which is to be held the same evening.

A local resident has, says the Morrinsville. Star, been creating a “corner” in coppers. He paid his rent the other day, and drew from a calico bag the sum of £5 in coppers, weighing iojqlbs. The landlord realised that it was not a legal tendre, but in these days of tight money he thought it wise to take even a parcel of brownies.

By advertisement to-day the Railway Department notifies a change in ihe present time-table which takes effect as from May 14th (next Wednesday). This means that the trains will pass Te Awamutu at about the same time as they did before the second express was put on, the principal alteration being that the north bound train, which at present leaves Te Awamutu at 11.35 a.m., will be leaving at 12.15 pun.

At a meeting of 50 delegates (held at Hawera) of farmers representative of the whole province, it was unanimously decided to form a Farmers’ Cooperative Organisation Society. A provisional prospectus will be drawn up and an executive committee appointed. Mr G. H. Buckeridge was appointed chairman. The executive committee will have to instal capital of £500,000, and will have for its object the purchasing of farmers’ requisites, and for the distribution of their produce.

At a meeting held on Monday evening, it was unanimously resolved to accord Mr J. Le Sueur a public farewell prior to his departure from Te Awamutu. A committee, consisting of Messrs A. S. Wallace, W. N. von Stunner, W. F. Stewart, J. Middlebrook, Wm. Taylor, H.JulI, H. A. Luks, J. Oliphant, H. Williams and A. Me Murray was appointed to complete arrangements. It has beendecided to hold this function on Monday evening next, at Mr Norden’s sample rooms, and an advertisement to this effect appears in our advertising columns to-day. The popularity Mr Le Sueur has gained for himself during his four years’ residence at Te Awamutu, and his ever ready and valuable assistance to all matters pertaining to sport makes it a matter for regret that he is leaving the district, and it is anticipated that there will be a large number of residents present on Monday evening to accord him a fittingfarewell.

Yesterday the children from the Te Awamutu, Kihikihi, Paterangi, Ohaupo, Ngaroto, and Kakepuku schools, together with the teachers and members of the respective school committees, journeyed to Auckland to inspect H.M.S. New Zealand. The train left Te Awamutu at an early hour, reaching Auckland at the scheduled time. After inspecting the warship the return journey was commenced, and Te Awamutu was reached at 9.30 p.m. The children were very much impressed with all that took place, and although the time on board was somewhat limited they were given every opportunity to see as much of the vessel as possible. Those in command speak in high terms of the good conduct of the children, which, according to the expressed opinions of the railway officials, compared most favourably with their experiences during the week’s conveyance of school children.

As indicating a great saving j effected by the cessation of the : second Main Trunk expresses bei tween Wellington and Auckland { and vice versa, it is estimated that the saving in the coal consumption alone by the engines of the two trains will be about 40 tons per day. This represents the total amount of coal taken by the six engines which hauled | the expresses between the ler- | minal stations. One engine runs from Auckland to Taumarunui, one Taumarunui to Taihape, and one Taihape to Wellington, and vice versa on the return trip. Each engine, it is stated, takes between six and seven tons on its run. With coal at about 25s per ton, this represents a saving of about £SO per day. The wages paid to the train-running men, including cost of boarding them at terminals and sub-terminals, amounts to £l2 ros per day. When the cost of wear and tear to engines and rolling stock, cost of stores and wages of station employees throughout are added, there must be a saving of close on £75 per day, based on the fact that all passengers wishing to travel between Auckland and Wellington and intermediate j stations can conveniently be ac- j commodated on the ordinary ex- j presses. —Exchange.

A settler from Motumaoho was in Wellington when the battleship New Zealand was there, and was struck with the willingness of the crew to give information about the boat and explain things to the children. The latter asked if they might go here, there, and everywhere. “Yes/’ said the man, “ Go anywhere you like ; it is your ship.”

George Gray, the well-known billiard player, in his evidence in respect to his means of satisfying Roberts’ (the English player) judgment for £2311 against him for breach of contract, said he had an agreement with his father by which he received £3 a week. Gray’s father deposed that all the money made in England (about £4,000) had been eaten up in expenses. He had not a penny now.