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Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1927, 28 October 1926, Page 4

The Rev. C. Mclr;time,r-Joneis, vicar of Cambridge since: 1912, has been appointed’ viicar of (Hastings. Eighteen bankruptcies 'were notified in last week’s issue of the N|ew Zealand Gazette. 'Fiftje'en of the number wore In the North Island. The lambing season in the Te Awam'ufiu district this yfear 'is computed by 'a reliable estimator 'to give a percentage of 95, which (is appreciably better than (the figures for any recent year. Last year Ithe percentage of lambs 'was about 93. Another “shot” in the campaign of educating the ratepayers of Te Awamutu on thej subject of whether rating on unimproved values or on the capital basis lis preferable for this town /'is to he fired on Monday evening next, when 'Mr J. W. Shackleford, of Auckland, wiilll state the case in favour of retailing the present system. Mr 'Shackleford is very well known |in local body affairs in the Queen City, and as he is an interesting speaker well abreast of his subject he should be able to Interest the eVidence on Monday evening.