LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8064, 26 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

On Wedneslay, the New Zealand Loan •nd Mercantile Agency Co., hold their I'irongia sale, full particular? of which may be found iu the C advertising joiumn. Oon-iidurable intorest is boirg taken in the visit of the "on. K. McNnb, the Minister of Lands, to Haiuilt' L\ when be j will deliver a putiiic aidress iu the Town lliil on Wedne«d;iy evening, Ilia Worship tho Mayor will pre-ide. As the laud pr'pusals of the (iovernm nt are of the utunst interest to all sections of the community, no person, farmer or townsman, employer or labourer should misa the opportunity to iiear the minister expiain the policy. Ws remind those interested of Messrs McNicol and Co's. 6ale at Ohaupo tomorrow, when the firm will yard 6( 0 head of well bred cattle; amongst them being 200 fresh and f rward conditioned bullocks, b'si'es about 50 purebred bulls from a well-known breeder. At Matamata on Wednesday, the firm will yard 500 he id of all classes of cattle. Full particulars will be found in McNicol and Co's. advertising columns. Mr H. J. Groenslade, M.H.R., has received the following letter from Sir Joseph Ward " 1 have tho honour to refer to your letter of the 13th August last concerning the prop< sed post ofli e at the Pukete railway stati' n, and in reply to inform you that the matter was again brought under the notice of the Railway Department. The reply now received states that it is uncertain what will ultimately be done about the Pukete station building. Until a definite decision is arrived at, which it is hoped will be shortly, regarding alterations now under consideration, it is not deemed advisable to disturb the existing arrangements In view of the foregoing informa- ! tion it has been decided to defer any action in the meantime about opening the desired Post Ollice."

Mr R. 11. W. Bligh, the lecturer of the Au-tralasian White Cross League, who has gained great fame in New Zealand for the capible way in which he h>indl j s his delicate subject, is announced to speak in llnttly ou l'uo-dty aid Hamilton on Wednesday. He believes in a straight-out taik to young men regarding the dangers of impurity, an 1 this is oupled with an exposure of tho tictics of the meiical i|uack, and an appeal t) men to treat all

women with re->puct. 'I he address to women is from the moral side of the ques-

tion. Theie is to be an address to women on each ocoasion iu the afternoon and one to men and lads over H in the evening. The meetings are advertise! in another column.

With the high price of now season's fruit, thrifty hou-ewives will find it particularly advantageous to plaoe their orders for Xmas cakes (plain or iced) with Tidd and Stanton, confectioners, Hamilton. 6

" Are you going to the Exhibition?"— seems to be the burning question of the lay. The question win :h really interests you Mr Clothes-wearer is—" Have you seen the exhibition of lovely suitings in V. Houghton's window?" They are all at one price, ninety-live shillings. It will oost you nothiug to look, and it will save your money to order one. If there is nothing in the window to suit your taste just walk inside and you will be suited at V. Houghton's up-to-date tailoring establishment, Hamilton. 6