NEWS AND NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17964, 8 March 1930, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. No matter what may he your requirements in dressmaking, you will lind a reliable service maintained by the Beehive, next Haeremai Tearooms. Here experts will attend to every detail of your new frock. Hemstitching, ladder-mending, French embroidery and over-locking are also done. Walter Hagen has already had two games of golf in Sydney, and has given a taste of his quality. Large crowds followed him round the Kensington links. At the Manly links the onlookers were amazed at his dazzling play. He will make his first public appearance at Manly to-day. He will be partnered with Mr Ivo Whitten against Messrs L. H. Wines and 11. Ilattersley in a four-ball match. Hagen admits that he finds the greens very tricky. People nowadays arc much wiser lo what constitutes flimsy construction in building, and architects, conIractors, and home-builders are insisting that every length of timber used must come up to correct standard. That is why so many are'ordering their building material from the Sawmillers’ Timber Trading Company, Ltd., Ward Street. Here they receive honest values, and guard against deterioration through rot and shrinkage.

: 'The Noorilim stud farm, the property of the late Mr Norman Falkiner, M.L.C., in Victoria, was sold yesterday l'or £5-1,000. When you require a baby carriage which combines strength and durability with smart appearance and comfort, you will find just the pram that you are looking for in the stocks of ■ Louden and Hawkins, Waikato’s pre--1 mier split cane and seagrass furni- . ture manufacturers, Ward Street. ; Your inspection is invited. , The New South Wales Cabinet has . fixed May 17 as the date for holding a ; referendum on the plan for reforming the Legislative Council. At this time of the year, when the weather is hot and sultry, many women contract illnesses which leave them in a poor slate of health, weak, and lacking in vitality. For such cases a re--1 markably eflieicnt restorative is Forsythe’s Yitasan Tonic, which will comi plclely transform weak and sickly , women. 2/0 and 4/6 a 'bottle at ' H. N. Forsythe’s, Chemist, Wesley > Buildings. The New South Wales Legislative Assembly has passed the Transport Bill, which measure will give trusts ! and municipalities complete control over motor bus competition. The Bill contains 250 clauses, and almost every one was fought and the closure applied by the Government.

Smokers! Look at this! High grade cigarettes, the popular “Barney’s,” usually sold at 9d for 10, are now being cleared at 6cl a packet at Michell’s, corner of Ward and Victoria Streets.

The Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street, when dismissing Hip appeals of two bank robbers, commented on the increase of serious crime in Australia. The Judge said it was a disquieting cirmumslance, hut while nobody wished to see excessive severity reintroduced, which at one time was a reproach to. the country, punishment in future would have to fit the crime, as leniency might sometimes be misplaced and might do more harm than good.

Great value in cigarettes I “Barney's.” a high- class English brand, usually 9d a packet, now 6cl for 10, at Michell’s, corner of Ward and Victoria Streets.

Lieutenant Costes, the French aviator, announces that he will attempt in the middle oi’ May a nonslop flight , across the Atlantic to New York.

There is no car service so complete as that which is offered lo New Ford owners. Throughout New Zealand there are agents at your service. Join the ranks of satisfied motorists by investing in a New Ford. Arrange l'or a demonstration with F. Baker, Ltd., Collingwood Slrect.

Proposals are being drafted by the Federal Treasurer, Mr E. G. Theodore, to enlarge tile scope of the Commonwealth Bank. Their object is to divide the bank into two departments, one of which would exercise the functions of a central reserve bank, and the other operate as a trading bank, which would come directly into competition with existing trading banks. The idea is likely to encounter severe opposition. Even members of Mr Theodore’s party are not wholly in sympathy with it. They believe a better substitute would be an increased note issue.

Smart and seasonable styles in men’s wear are now offered by Alick j. Connell, Men’s Wear Specialist, Wesley .Buildings. New designs and shades in lies, socks, shirts, hats, and other articles of apparel which are so essential to smart appearance await your inspection. No man can afford lo -miss the opportunities lo acquire quality wear offered by this business. Step -inside as you pass, and see for yourself the wonderful values in all men’s wear.