LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8083, 20 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr A. J. Farmer, formerly of Te Aroha, and now of Kawau, paid a flj ing visit to H&uiilton this morning.

Owing to thore being no quorum the Hamilton West School Committee tiansacted no business last night.

Mr F. T. Wilson, morcer, announces that his sh >p will be open from 7 to 9 p in. on Thursday and Friday eights, for the convenience of his customers.

The usual S>,n Francison mail clones at latuilt >n on F.iday, at 915 a.m. Regis-

ti'rcd letters an 1 money orders should by attended to to-day. 'I he usual monthly meeting of the Piako County Council was held yesterday. Owing to pressure on our ipsce, a report is held over until to-morrow.

Bishop Lenihan, of Auckland, hus announced that he intends to offer a prize to next year's bf>st pupil in Esperanto at the Sacred Heart College.

We wou'd draw our readers attention to Messis McNicMand Co.'s advertisiment in this issue which can be cut out and kept in a prominent place in their homei for future reference.

A christmas tree and sale of work was held at Frankton last evening, in connection with the local branch of the Presbyterian Church. A large marquee was erected outside the church, and there was a large attendance,good business done by the stall holders. The baziar will be o pen again this evening.

We draw attention to Messrs Wachsmann and Co.'s advertisement in another column. This well-known firm hold a leading place for the supply of choice agricultural machine dressed seeds, and we can recommend their specialties to all our readers. Samples are willingly supplied. The boys who go to sea in the training ship Amokura will have no reason to complain of their outfit. The Minister has approved a regulation outfit for each boy, which will be equal in quality and superior in comprehensiveness to the kit of seamen in th» Royal Navy. In fact, the only difference, which was made to enable the kit to be manufactured in the colony, is that the working suit will be of khaki cotton instead of white linen. The pattern of the trousers will also be slightly different. The kit ranges from hammock and mattress through all the changes of wearing apparel to the kit bag, invented by the departmental officials, for the holiday jaunts.

At Al'itamata on Saturday last a match was fired between a team of ten men from Matamata troop and a toitu cf civilians, the Mounted Rifles winning by 32 p.ints after a very intereiting matoh. The condition of the weather was anything but favourable. Altnough in st of the men arerecunts, some very fair soores were put up. The conditions were seven shots with an optional sitfhter at 200 and 50] yards. The best scores for the Mounted Rifles were: —Lieut. Moore, 27 and 25; Trooper Young, 25 and 25; Trooper MoJonuell, 25 and 23. For the civilliane, Mr Long (captain), 25 and 23; Mr Mclntyre, 24 and 23; Mr Moore-Jones, 25 and 19.

Owing to the Christmas holidays the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company will hold their Cambridge s;oek sale on Saturday ntxt. Tnere will be a full yarding of all classes of catt.e, including prime steer and cow beef, forward bullocks, dairy heifers, upwards of 4'DO hoggets, wethers and ewes with lambs. Special lines ent°red are 100 choice 18 months heifers and 20 fresh t-vo and a-h.tlf to three-year oil steers from the Assets Realisation Boardg and 40 well-bred 18-mi nths to two-year-old steers and heifers from Mr K. I'. Warnock, who has disposed of his property. Tho sale will start at 12 o'clock snarp, w.th the fat catt'e and sheep. The breeding siason at the Government poultry farms throughout the colony has been the best experienced since the establishment of those Stations. The Ohitf Poultry Expert (Mr. It. D. Hyde) states that the poultry industry is making great strides all ov-r the Cjlony. Tne progress in the Auckland district has been most marked. Last year Messrs. Dyke and Walker bred no fewer than 16,700 head of fowls and ducks on their farm at Avondale, and of that number 10,000 were purchased by an Auckland butchery firm for looal consumption, Good b : rds whsa killed and plucked are readily sold in Auckland at Si per pojnd. Mr. Hyde says that the export of poultry from Auckland next year will be exceedingly '"gj. One firm hbs just sent to the Govt-nment depot 6000 birds to be prepared for the II ana market, and other breeders have arranged to ship consignments of poultry ranging from 2000 to 4000 each.

Pushfulness and resource in securing trade are not monopolised by Americans, says the Hawera Star. A certain travelling representative of a firm which is pacing milking machines on the market arrived at a farm one evening at milking time, with a view of doing business with the dairyman. The dairyman at once placed an obstacle in the oinvasser's way by telling him that as he bad so many cows to get through in such and-such a time he could not be bothered talking tbout milking machines or any other machines. "I'll give you a hand," said the canvasser, "and then pjrhaps you'll have a little titno to devote to me." With that he took off his oat, borrowed an old pair of trousers, and set to work, tind to the astonishment cf the shed hands put through 15 cows in good time. He gained his object. The farmer changed his attitude and rewarded the agent with a oouple of hours for business conversation after tea was over.

The half-yearly meeting of the Hamilton Lodge, No. 7349, 1.0.0 F., M.U., was held in the Lodge Room list evening, when there was an attendance of abont 40 members. Keen competition took place for the various chairs, especially those of V.G., L.M. and E.S. The following office s were elected for the ensuing term:—G.M., Bro. 11. Salmon; N.G., Bro. F. H. Tuck; V.G., Bro. S. Wilson; E.S., Bro. H. Wbitiker; L.M., P.G. Bro. D. Salmon; P.S, P G. Bro. J. M. Enerson (re-elected) ; treasurer, P.G. Bro. J. E. Hammind (to elected) ; truitees, P.U.'s Bros. D. Salmon, 11. 11. Veats and T. A. Chapped; R.S.N.tJ., Bro. W. Tarbott; L.S.N.G., Bro. W. /-ill man; K.S.V G., Bro W. L-twell ; L.S V.G , Bro. A. W ii. Pearce; warden, Bru. T. W. Th mp-on ; guardian, Bro, J. P, Mooney. PG's Bos. D. Salmon, H. Veat3, an! T. A. Chappell aoted as Installing Olticirs. 41! the brothers elected to the different offices roturnel thinks. Tin lodge has made c n-ilerable. prognss siaco it was first opened, there now being over 100 financial numbers on the books. Correspondence has been passing betwe >n the secretary of the Municipal Association (Mr. T. F. Martin) and the Trades and Labour Council on the subject of a superannuation scheme as applied to municipal employees. The proposal "ft he association is to bring within the scheme the members of the otii •« stuffs of tliH seventy-sir city and borough council-; atli'iated to the association anl the perm m ent workmen employed by tho.-e bodies, and the secretary of the as-oeiation asked the Trades Council to a-cert'iin whether the workmen desired to be include Jin the scheme. Tha hist letter sent by the secretary of the Trades C ■until in reply states. "My council considers it would be useless t > ask the men to lmvu their opinion of a schemt unless we could place before them such information as to the cost to them, etc. Most of tho outside workers have a difficulty in paying thoir way undor present conditions, aul unless a scheme cai_ be evolved which will not entail any considerable saorifice of present comfort, I fear no great success will follow. At any rate, we believe it necessary to obtain the probable cost before any attempt is made to get the men's opinion." "Are you going to the Exhibition P"— seems to be the burning question of the day. The question which 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-five shillings. It will oost you nothing to look, and it will save your money to order one. If there is nothing in the window to suit your taste ju3t walk inside and you will be suited at V. Houghton's up-to-date tailoring establishment, Hamilton. 6 UAVE YOU USED THE GENUINE? and expeneuoed the delight of immediate and permanent relief ? Medical authorities all over tho globe announce that the genuine SANDEIt and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT outdistances all known remedies in influenza, typhoid, and all ether infectious fevers, diarrhoea, dysentery, rheumatism, etc. A local application will at once stop neuralgic pains. Skin diseases, wounds, ulcers, it heals without inflammation. Inhalations (5 to H drop- to a cupful of boiling water) give ooruin relief in throat and bronchial troubles asthma, consumption, etc, Thirty years' use has proved the merits of SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT; no ill effects over followed its application; the cures are legions. 'Try it! But to avoid disappointment be sure and get SANDER and 80N8' PUBB VOLATILE EUCALTPIIKXTBACT, I