LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXI, Issue 2440, 13 May 1925, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thirty-seven poufids nine shillings, representing 749 poppies, was real.sed by the sale of poppies here on Anzac Day.

The second series iof the card tournament—UddieiHows v/ersuis d'aik.sters —. will take place in the< Oddfellows’ Hall to-night commenc.’jig at 7,30.

A meeting of the management com mittcc of the “Waipawa County” Suu union will be held in Waipawa tonight,

A meeting of shopkeepers to consider the question of a “shopping week*will be held to-night at 7 in Wioods’ Tearooms.

The AVaipukurau Band of Hope Society will recommence meeting next Friday evening at 7 o’clock in the Methodist Hall. All children arc invited to be present.

At the mect.Jig of the Napier Harbour Board yesterday Mr G. Latham was appointed to keep a check on the boring operations being carried out by Mr R. I’engelly,

The- usual monthly meeting of the Patangata County Council commencing at 10.40 yesterday concluded at 1.10 — the shortest meeting .on record for that body for twelve months.

On page 5 of this issue will be found the- first of a series of football notew and comments on local football mattci* wr.tten by “The AVatcher.” Special arrangements have been made for these articles to be contributed as a weekly feature

“You will be surprised to learn that there is a possibility of procuring them cheaper in Wa’.pukurau than in Wellington.’ stated Mr W, H Rathbone of the Hospital Board to-day referring to some blankets that were required, “1 think that is a credit to the, township,” he added.

these days, when' we- start our races by machinery, and bet by machinery, it. might be wondered why we do not have mechanical horses,” saia Mr Justice Alpers in the Supreme jouic yesterday afternoon. “People who frequent the racccuur.se were, so engrossed in the mystic numbers flicked across the totabsator face, and showed such little interest in the beaut >ful beasts that took part in the races, that it might be they would D just as content if the horses were not of flesh and bone ”

One of the jokes of the AVairoa mum. cipal election concerns a certain we.lknown North Clyde- resident, says ihc “Star.” He had been spending a mer ry night awaiting the early morning results, After his celebrations, he reached home an hour or two before daylight. Tip toeing into the house, he was about to get into bed when his bet ter half sleepily mquired what he wans ed to get up early for. His brain immediately cleared, and he g'ably told her that he was going to make her a cup of tea. The joke is that he d d s«, and had to retain his spouse’s conn donee by remaining up, and thus going without hig sleep until the next nign*. However, his wife- rema ns in blissim i ignorance of the fact that her bubbv j was only just going to bed at that i hour. For Children’s Hacking Cough, AVoods’ Great Peppermint Cure.!