NEWS AND NOTES

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17581, 10 December 1928, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

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There is a good demand for land in the Kaponga district. One farm of just over 100 acres lias changed hands at a price of over £6OOO, all of which paiu in cash.

“If the Marconi Company were ready we could begin a limited wireless telephone service between England and Australia to-morrow,” said Mr Fisk, managing director of Amalgamated Wireless, Ltd., at Melbourne.

Keep on burning Taupiri Coal. You are sure of plentiful supplies and a prompt delivery by ringing 2914. —W. J. Graham.

Mrs Edith Dettles, of Rodney Street, London, gave birth to triplets—all boys—at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

It came as no great surprise to read of the no-confidence decision in Parliament last week. Confidence means a lot in modern business. That is why the saddlery and sport equipment shop of E. Jones, Victoria Street, is the Mecca of many gift selectors now, who have full confidence in the articles and their prices.

Princess Beatrice put a wreath on the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London, in memory of 11,452 officers and other ranks of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died in the war.

Probably the most attractive outdoor proposition to-day is the new range of Chevrolet cars. The performances recorded by these reliable cars are the envy of all competitors. You would enjoy a run in one. We arc pleased to demonstrate. Look around before Christmas. —Ebbett Motors, Ltd., Hood Street, Hamilton. ’Phone 1311.

Colonel Fitzmaurice, the Irish Atlantic airman, recently flew from Croydon to Manchester and Dublin, where he inaugurated the first light aeroplane club in Ireland.

Nothing could gladden the hearts of the children more than a musical chair or a doll’s pram purchased at Taylor’s Emporium, Victoria Street, W'here the best toys are.

Mr W. T. Layton, editor of the Economist, has been appointed financial assessor with the Simon Commis- j sion, which is in India studying the i question of giving the country wider constitutional rights. Garde’s,'Frankton. —Plain fugi 1/94, 1/111; fancy voiles 1/6 yard; ladies’ crepe bloomers 1/11. Wc pay postage. Claims in connection with the collision in Sydney Harbour last November between the ferry steamer Greycliffe and the • New Zealand liner Tahiti, in which 38- people lost their lives, are expected to aggregate £250,000. • Corn sufferers can join in the happiness of Christmas by purchasing a bottle of “Favourite” Corn Cure from J. M. de, Montalk, Chemist, Frankton, price 176. 1 The New Plymouth Citizens' Band funds are to be augmented by a donation of £7O from the dance committee. Childs’ Morris Chairs, upholstered in moquette' and shadow tissue-18/6, usually sold at 25/6. A most desirable and everlasting present.—-J. Trevarton, opposite P.O. Savings Bank. At a meeting of the executive of the New Plymouth Old Boys' Association, applications for affiliation from the ilawera branch, with 200 members, and from the Dunedin branch, were granted. It is estimated/ that the wool sale in Christchurch brought in £315,000 to North Canterbury wool growers. As a Christmas Gift to a man, we have a Trousers Press and Stretcher, of real good make, with all the fittings nickel plated. It will not rust. Just the ideal present for Christmas. — Prices 27/6 and 35/-. —F. T. Wilson, Victoria • Street, Hamilton. It is expected that as a result of the concert held by the Boys Band at Hawera, the funds of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind will benefit to the extent of £SO. We are into the Christmas month and without doubt the buying public are getting into the spirit of the season big business doing at White s, where the value and variety of seasonable goods are so tempting. “Cutting the corner in my experience is one of the worst motor offences,” said Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., at the Hawera Court. “1 hear between 80 and 100 collision cases in a year, and this offence seems the most fruitful.” The “secret of slimness” —combined bust bodice and hip belt —supremely comfortable garment, 2/ii to -a5/6. Glencoe House. Mr G. Vaughan-Morgan has given £SOOO towards the re-building of Middlesex Hospital. What you would like tc see the kiddies dressed in for Christmas is now showing at the Juvenile Band Box. Bank notes for £2OO were left as a gift at Nottingham General Hospital by a poor-looking man. It is a very pleasant occupation selecting your favourite gramophone records and sheet music at Arthur Eady, Ltd., Victoria Street. The best selection in Hamilton. At a meeting of the Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals a request was received from the Palmerston North Society asking for financial assistance, and in view of the good work that the society was doing it .was decided to make a grant. Although the early indications in the orchards that the Poverty Bay apple crops would not be nearly so large as was the case last season arc not disputed, it is thought that the crops will be better than at least some of the growers estimated recently (says an exchange). The battering that the trees received by the gale a fortnight ago destroyed a great deal of fruit, and damaged the foliage to no small extent. The trees, however, seem to be recovering very well from the destructive storm, the prospects now appearing to be a great deal better than many thought they would be. The trees are clean and healthy,, and though the bronze and brown beetles have been nibbling at the fruit to extent, the crops generally =.[,,, u ’,l be very fair in most orchards, j,,' ~;! tlr parts of the district, hower, the crop* are very light, and they are expeated to fall a good deal below the sd/9 rage_

Most Hamilton people realise the necessity of putting the home in order for the holidays and consequently lawnmowers and gardening tools are much in demand. They have still to find a better value-giving firm than the Hardware Corner, Wesley Buildings, Victoria Street.

In commemoration of the silver wedding of himself and Lady Evelyn Guinness, Colonel Walter Guinness presented a motor ambulance to the Suffolk branch of the British Bed Gross Society at Bury St. Edmunds.

They say that good luck comes with a happy Christmas, and 1 his is proved by Hamilton’s good luck in being able to secure exceptionally perfect footwear at amazingly low prices. This is to be found at J. Henderson’s Footwear Store, Victoria Street. The offerings arc unique and are really great value.

Archibald James Do.wsett, works foreman and a Braintree (Essex) councillor, was remanded there, accused of corruptly soliciting a reward as a council member in a transaction in which the council was concerned.

In a big departmental store preparation for Christmas and New Year is no small matter and months before the public have any thougths of the Yuletide, orders are being despatched overseas for the necessary merchandise. At the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co., Ltd., Victoria Street, one finds every one of the spacious well-stock-ed departments fully equipped for the coming busy days. Every necessity for a successful and happy Christmas fresh from-its source awaits your order which will be promptly delivered free to any part of the Hamilton Borough. Telephone orders promptly executed.

Lord Burghley, the athlete, who is an officer in the Grenadier Guards, took his seat at St. Martin’s Police Court, Stamford, Northamptonshire, last month, for the first time since his appointment as a magistrate.

Mrs H never did like to grudge her children anything at the table, but very often she remarked to her husband that butter was an item to be considered. Imagine her joy at the announcement of Mat Cook, of the Cash Service Stores, Corner Victoria and Knox Streets, who is now' selling pure first grade superfine butter at only 1/6 per lb. Buy as much as you wish.

George Partridge, • heavy-weight boxing champion of Wales for a period before the war, was found dead with his throat cut at his home at Onllwyn, near Neath, Glamorgan. .

The menu of the London Pie Shop is prepared to give thorough satisfaction. That it succeeds .is proved by the large number who dine at this place only.

No less than .6709 students of the total of 12,408 in the evening and art schools of the Dominion are paying students according to a statement made at a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Wellington Technical College. A protest is being made at the decision to increase the fees at the college.

Do not walk the streets unceasingly searching for the Christmas gift store. It is situated next the Hamilton Post Office. Baillies’ Ltd., Chemists, have some very sensible suggestions including Yardley’s Soap and perfume combinations from 3/9, Yardley’s Lavender Water from 1/9 to 50/-, and Manicure Sets from 3/6 upwards.

an hour all efforts to release the finger, including the partial dismantling of the machine, failed, and it was not until a doctor was summoned that the victim was released from her predicament.

Every child looks forward to the coming of Santa Claus and the big day eventuates to-morrow at the Great Bargain Stores who are telling the whole story on page 10 of this issue. Bring the children along to see Santa Claus arrive at 2 p.m. with a free gift to every child.

Steps are being taken by the Christchurch City Council to endeavour to stop the undue use of motor horns between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Correct weight at W. Gann’s, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, in tobaccoes, also your own weight free on perfect scales.

“Then she is not a wife at all,” said Mr R. W. Tate, S.M., in New Plymouth, following an admission by a native ’judgment debtor that his wife had been married according to the Maori custom. The Maoris must get rid of the idea that marriage in this way gave them legal wives, continued the magistrate.

Hamilton people know Mr Les Turner, of Hamilton East’, as a business man who is always keen to give the utmost value .in footwear dealings. He now announces the gift of a pair of silk stockings to purchasers of 30s of footwear and over. This is a grand opportunity. See the outstanding window display at the shop in Grey Street, Hamilton East.

In the Ulster House of Commons a Bill to enfranchise all women of more than 21 years was read a first time.

If you knew our prices the painting and paperhanging of your home would be an accomplished fact. R. R. Lovegrove, 139 Grey Street, Hamilton East. ’Phone 1809.

Farmers 1 Now is the time to see us. We specialise in every class of sheet metal working and dairy engineering, King and Jack, Vialou Street, ’phone 2921.

After 33 years in prison at Detroit following a sentence of life imprisonment for the alleged' murder of her husband Mrs Nellie Pope has received a free pardon.

There is only one best and when it concerns Wedding Cakes, Lowrys, the Caterers, Victoria Street, are the Specialists to arrange with.

A Whangarei resident had an unenviable experience. She was using a sewing machine when the needle penetrated the little finger of her right hand pinning it to the machine. For

Christmas is never without its Christmas Cake aud you will find the best selection of these at Lowry’s, Victoria Street, next railway line.

According to. the report of the Town Engineer to the Invercargill Council 19 building permits were issued during the past four weeks to a total value of £9063.