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Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12539, 10 May 1915, Page 4

9-97 Private W. Ward;lc (0.M.R.), of Ngapaiia., has been invalided home from Egypt. Private "Wardlc was .suffering from ear .trouble,, but is now recovering, and hopes soon to. rejoin.

Owing to the tents being required at Trentham, the casual camp will not be held at. Waianakarua a* previously stated, but at Oamaiii. The infantry w'H be quartered at the Drill Hall and tho. Mounted. Rifles at the Show Grounds. Major Mol'.en, 4th Regiment, ,Dunedin, 'will be in command, with Captain Redmond, N.Z.S.C, as Adjutant. Men. to the number of 150. from' all parts of Otago will; attend, this camp. The main floor of the Drill Hail has been marked: off in sections, with suitable rmssages, and will accommodate 360" beds, and. the arrangements, should prove excellent.

The lion, treasurer. Mr C. W. Kent, acknowledges the following donations to the Belgian fund:—J. G. Finch £5; employees Oamain Woollen Factory, beino- fourth fortnightly contribution, £8 2s 6d.

Good entries of blooms for the Oamar.u Chrysanthemum Society's Show 'are. it is understood, being urgently'canvassed by energetic and wellknown growers in Dunedin, Hampden, and locally, and these seems every likelihood of a really good show. Mr Bamek.of Dvmediin, has agreed to judge the cut blooms and pot plants, and Mrs Davis, cf Hampden, the decorative classes. ■ A donation of £1 Is has been received from Mrs M'Douall toward-.! the prize fund. Mr B. A. do Lautour will provide music. Entries close at 7 p.m. on 19th instant.

The following additional special prizes have been decided in connection with the Waitaki Collie Dog Trials:—The Club's specials of £3 and £2 for maiden competitor and dog in each class resulted a& follows : Class I (yarding)—A. Valentine 1, A. Pearce 2; Class 11 (huntawav)—R. G. M'Nair 1. W. Welsh 2: Class'Hl (long pull)—E. Valentino 1/ D. H. M'lntyre 2. Mr G. Stringer's special o 1 : 10s Gd for local mu.sterer making most points in long-pull was won bv E. Valentine. .

The indications are for westerly winds strong to gale and veering by west to south. The- weather will probably prove very boisterous: expect a very low barometric pressure. Snow in the high country. Indications for electrical disturbances; barometer'unsteady, but rising after 24 hours; then the weather will probably become colder. Tides and .sea increasing off shore.

The Defence Department notify that they require for the fifth and sixth reinforcements to leave about 15th May, three carpenters, one plumber, one draughtsman, one blacksmith, one shoeing .smith, one tailor, and three drivers. Applications must bo made at the Drill Hall before 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.

The Otago Education Board has appointed Miss I. J. Eskdale sole teacher at Ineholme, and Miss G. M. Connor to a similar position at Kauroo.

Mr Larry Wootton was fa re welled by tlie residents of Kin- Ora in the schoolroom on Friday, before leaving for Trent-ham. Mr -Joint Duff presided, and congratulated the large assembly as an appreciation.' of Mr "Woof-ton's -notion. His welcome on return would be greater still. Major J. Searle made Mr "Wootton a presentation of'-a- wristlet watch. Mr "Wootton not only had a brother now at the Dardanelles, but Mr Wootton, sen., would go if lie could be accepted. Continual recruiting must be our watchword. A similar presentation- was made to Mr P. Carmiehael's Mr Carmiehael having already gone to ; Trent-ham. Mr Wootton having replied and supper over, an hour's dancing was enjoyed Mr Cook acting as M.C. and Miss Woodhouse and Mr J. Duff supplying the music,. ''Roll up "the Mao of Europe,'' set to music by Miss "Woodhouse, was sung by the children, and proved a- prom in en fc attraction of the following programme :—' Overture.. Mrs C. Cowan - and Miss Woodhouse; songs, Mrs Carmiehael, Misses Matches and L. Anderson. Messrs A. Anderson, T. Simpson, and J. Duff; recitation. Mr C. Cowan; Scotch reading. Mr B. Allen piano solo. Mr L. Wootton.

At the opening of the new Municipal Hall nt OfcorohaiigH. on Wednesday (says the Auckland Star), Lieutenant Closey stated that 100 men from Otorohanga were at the front. Mr Jt. Wallace, the Mayor-elect of Te Awamutu, surpassed tin's when he" said: "I may say that every young man from our district has already gone to the front." The number who have gone from Te Awamutu is two hundred.

The Triumph Junior is the most remarkable Motor Cycle ever made. Us simplicity is wonderful, the running cost is trifling. To clean and overhaul the engine is less than half ah hour's work—"W. Stuart Wilson and Co . The Windsor BaeheloiV annual ball w'll be held in the Windsor Hall on ■Friday, nth June. Good music will be supplied by Messrs Sherwin and Smith.

The general public is not constituted in such a way that from purely instinctive motives it fossicks out your business to sec what yon sell and how you sell. You must attract them. The world knows no better attractive force tlifin .idi'e'rHsini!.