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Waikato Times, Issue 12177, 12 September 1911, Page 4

Mr J. H. Nicholes has sold his farm, Newstedd, to the Hon Mahuta. The price has not transpired. The Waipa County Council decided yesterday to repaint all sign posts in the County, where not at present legible. ' The meeting of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce which should have fcteeo held last night, has been, postponed until Monday next. The Elthiam Daliry Company has sold the season's output at llfd f.o.b. This is said to be a record price for the Dominion. In view of the coming County elections, it has been decided to establish two polling booths in the Hamilton riding, one at Rukubda and the other at either Frank ton or Te Rapa. The stacks of jarrah timber, the number of huge piles, each of which weighs som-3 five tons, on tfie roadsid?, toojther with the frame-work required for pile-driving, show that matters in connection .with the erecof the Huntly bridge are in a forward state. While riding to Kimihia on Sunday afternoon, the horse on which Richard Claghorn was ifcding fell dead without the least warning, the ruler coming down heavily with tha animal and sustaining a fractured leg. The injured man, who is employed on Mrs R. R. Ralph's farm at Kimihia, was taken to Huntly by Messrs D. Holland and T. Johnson. The leg was set by the doctor and the injured man was brought to th Hospital at Hamilton by train yesterday morning. Spectacles and eyeglasses iu tsuit all ■sight*. iNew and frames fitted. —H. H. Howden. iewultar, Hamilton. 500 "Startler " 800-page pads, lOd each ; 10,000 good envelopes, 5 packets for 1/-. New cgildren's piclura books, acoount stationery requisites. All )at lowest prices at COX'S Stationery Emporium. 737 Something new for polishing Linen Cuffs, Collars, Fronts. "Glaao Tablet." This is sold by hundreds of leading stores In London and th 9 provinces. OnlF 48 per Tablet. 727

The following instruction has been issued to all postmasters :—When any postmaster has reason to believe that an old age pensioner has become possessed of property or income in excess of the amount allowed hy law in respect of the amount of pension granted, or is in receipt of regular employment, or ir.i.-'-speods his pension in drink, he I shall at cr»C3 report confidentially t" t'.- 1 ' .mu.-'icner at Wellington j iaT'd refrain [rem paying further insta;ir.:Sin.'ts <". til Ouberwisis instructed. Residents of Te Awamutu and (lis- I trict wili be pleased to hear that the ! Waipa County Council has given its consent to the erection of a footbridge addition to the -new bridge lover th? Mangiabi« river at Te | Awamutu, providing that the local bodies interested find the funds. Cr. Teasdaie mentioned at yesterday's meeting of the Council that several Te Awamutu residents had promised I donations towards the work, which lis estimated to cost between £4O and £SO. At the horse bazaar Hamilton on Saturday next, 16th inst, at noon the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., instructed by the Public Trustee will sell several properties as follows :—Compact little dairy farm of 124 acres situated on Main Tauwhare-Morrfinsviile Road, about three miles from the latter township pjid junction, a section along-side of Matangi railway station of 2 roods with dwelling , and store. As Matangi »ls a rising centre an opportunity is offered to an enterprising man to start a good, paying 'business ; farm of 077 acres on lower slopes of Karioi in Rua-puk-e, originally all heavy bush—this property is now ring fenced and subdivided into convenient pad- . docks ; all in exoept 200 acres of standing bush, easy siopes and practically the whole will be plougbable when timber is off, good iCjuality soil, comfortable dwelling, , sheep and cattle yards, about eight miles from Raglan.

The September issue of Progress is a railway number, the major portion of this instructive and' entertaining periodical being devoted to a bright and interesting account of the railways of New Zealand, from the pen of Will Lawson Beginning with the broad gauge, which was laid in Canterbury in the late "fifties," the author deals graphically with the subsequent conversion of the line to the present gauge and the building of other railways on simitar gauge in the various centres Interesting chapters comprise those on the Midland -Railway Company's operations the Wellington-Manawatu Company's successful career, the Auckland to Inveroargill mail service, and the history of the express enjgines of this Dominion. Such a comprehensive account has never hie-fore been published, and the number should be read with interest by every one who has a general interest in the affairs of bis country, and by als those who are particularly interested in railways from the politician to the schoolboy.

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