The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipa Post, Volume XII, Issue 662, 24 July 1917, Page 2

The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A High Commissioner's message this morning reports successful local operations on Sunday night. Our objectives were reached with little loss. Fifty prisoners have already been brought in. Casualty' lists issued by the Defence authorities during the last few days have contained the following local names: Died of wounds, Percy Wighfman,—Mrs Wightmaii, Kawhia (wife). Slightly wounded; Percy G./ Mills—W. Mills, Te Kawa, (father)./' The assistant under-secretary o!/)j.. department of Internal Aff-Pt noli lied Mr A. .1. Bray of IP ■/moiitiment as Returning Ollicur .0/ •.nidm the lirst election of the boa re, ( ,r y,-yvi members of the Lower /vlangapiko Drainage Board which luy b now been constituted. At a meeting of the (directors 01 the Kakcpuna Dairy Cuivjpajtv on Satur day it was decided Li) pay a rurihor interim bonus of I.d p t .i lb of huttorfat delivered a! the Company's factory last season.' This will practically bring the adv:,’ ;u , ~ payments up to 15Jd. /

Mr SI. Cedi.,., si, wart of piano and organ-tunini-jf t/jm is at. present in Te Awainuiiu am! r open for engagement. Ord.viv out be left at F. J. Oilbci*’!. /..ml will receive prompt attention. • At. tbe/'j’i. Awantulu poliee court 011 Friday lt/--;' fSV ,. Messrs W. Jeffery and A. A'ounf:- ji/ ;he native, Morelin ’lei,it gauri appeared on remand to aaswe/| 11, i.iiarge preferred against bint / te. ••oumablc Doyle of having ftrn/.tiiv Known it girl under the age 111 | b y at.. and over the ago of 12 Aeatj:,. j;, uior Sergeant Cassels protwill l lie a censed, who pleaded /unt guilly, elected to reserve bis (iei'ojH',,. The Inking of the evidence of several natives lasted for sopte /linn and the .accused was committed in the Supreme Court, at Hamilton on 4th September for trial. Bail was allowed, himself for .1)1100 and two sureties of 11250 each which wore' forthcoming.

Advice lias been received that the police department lias decided to appoint a second constable in the Tc Awamutu district and that Constable Rushton now of Taumaruuui, is shortly to be transferred to this centre. The annual meeting of the Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce takes place this evening and, in view of the importance of the work of the coming year and the interesting subjects which will be brought forward for discussion, a full attendance of members is expected.

A meeting of the Te Awamutu committee of the Auckland Provincial Patriotic aud War Relief association took place on Friday, the Mayor presiding. Several applications for assistance were considered and grants were made according to the merits of Die applications.

Speaking at the farewell social on Friday night, Corporal D. Bockett, town clerk of this borough, offered some advice to the Mayor to overcome a nuisance which is not made an offence within the meaning of the borough By-laws. Pie was speaking of the grumblers—the ceaseless critics of any and every policy of municipal control. “If you have any of these men on the council, if you have them about the street corners, the best remedy I can suggest is to bundle them off to Trenliam wrere a few days of military control will rob them of any silly desires to express silly opinions. Trcntham is not the place for a liberal expression of opinions, although if a man lias a real grievance he soon learns that -there is a time and place to make it heard, and perhaps if tlie same principle applied to municipal affairs it would be a good thing for everybody.”