Local and General.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 7003, 7 May 1906, Page 2

Local and General.

Owing to the death of .Miss Campbell's father, the dressmaking in connection with the Hamilion Technical School will not be held to-day.

A general meeting of the members of the Hamilton <Tolf Club is called for to morrow evening at 5 p.m., at the Loan Company's • lliee. As the business is important, a full attendanee is requested. Tenders for the supply of music f"r the railway social to be neld in the Town Hail, Hamilton, on .Tune 14th, will be received by the secretary, Mr H. T. I Cromby, Hamilton railway station, tos p.m on Friday next.

The special clearing sale held by Messrs Davis and Co. at their auction rooms on Saturday wa'j very largely attended, and bidding for all Hues w.is brisk, 'l'he sale will bo continued on Saturdiy next. To-day is known among Theosoohists as White Lotus Day, and special meetings are held in commemoration of Madame Blav= t : ky aid other deceased Theosophists. I'he New Zealand I heosophical Magazine reports that Mrs Besaut has been obliged to decline an invitation to visit New Zealand.

There is on view in Mr C. F. Boad'i window, Hamilton, a framed enlargement of a group photo of the Borough Council, taken lately by Mr H. E. Gaze. A special sepia process has been used, and the work is a tine example of modern photography such as Mr Gaze has taught the public to expect from his studio. The picture is to be presented to the Council by His Worship the Mayor. We draw attention to the advertisement in another columu of the clearing sale to beheld by the New Zetland Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd,, at Mr J. T. Major's farm, Fencourt, on Wednesday next, 9th May. There are some very choice heifers and dairy cows to be sold. The horses comprise draughts, thoroughbreds, and useful farm horses. The whole of the household furniture, including piano (almost new) and large overmantels, will be sold at 12 o'cloCK.

A meeting of creditors in the estate of David Maxwell, of Toko, Stratford, and formerly of the Waikato, who sought the protection of the Bankruptcy Court some 15 years ago, and had not obtained his discharge, was held at the Official Assignee's office yesterday ufterHOon, the Assignee(Mr E. Gerard) presiding. Mr C. R. Walker appeared for the creditors, and Mr J. W. Gittos represented the bankrupt, who was not present. The Assignee stated that Maxwell's properties were valued by his (the Assignee's) agent at .£-1709, and the liabilities, including mortgages, at .£3BBI. The bankrupt's ordinary assets amounted to .£ HI, but there was a liability against this. The ordinary debts were .£553 9s lid. There was a sum of £B3O apparently available for the old creditors in his bankrupt estate. The creditors' claim of 203 in the £ would mean that .£320 would have to come out of the estate if it were paid in full. The meeting decided to accept a second dividend of os in the £ in addition to the cost of the assignee's present action, the assignee being requested to oppose the bankrupt's discharge, and to resist the removal of the caveat if the creditors' demands were not satisfied.

Mr Seddon, on his Premiership anniversary last Tuesday, gave a Wellington Times reporter some Parliamentary reminiscences. In 1881 there was a battle royal over the Representation Act, under the provisions of which the representation of Nelsou, the West Coast, and the other outlying districts was considerably reduced. On that occasion Mr Sodden formed one of seven atonewaliers, with Colonel Pitt as their captain. The House was kept sitting continuously for three days. The late Mr Richmond Hursthouse lectured the members on natural history, and the Hon. Richard Reeves discoursed on bees and foul brood with political applications. " I took as my text," said Mr Seddon, " the West Coast and its residents, using the electoral roll ai a sort of chart, and by this means brought the West Coast and its people under the notice of the House. I hud got as far as the letter 'L' in this category, when, pausing, I said to the Chairmau of Committees, ' We are now going to '• L"—with the aspirate. He immediately ruled me out of order, and declined to allow me to prooeed any further. " The noble forests of our land

Beneath man's devastating hand

Soon will have vanished, leaving there This country lying, gaunt and bare. No wooded clothing, now she's old,

To save her from her death of cold,

But io 1 new Woods arise with healing sure, All hail then—Woods' Great Peppermint Cure 1 5 TREAT IT PROPERLY.

Colds weaken the lungs, lower the vitality and pave the way for consumption. Pneumonia always results from a cold, or from an attack of influenza. G iva every cold the attention it deserves; treat it properly and promptly. What should you do ? There is but one answer. Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It always cures. For sale by W. DEY, Hamilton; THOS, WELLS, Cambridge; GEO. M. A AHIER, Te Awamutu; GREEN AND COLEBKOOK, Ngaruawahia; CHAS. DVLLAS, Tautn*rumii: T. FT. OHAPMAiV. Jiamkihi.