The nomirations for the Te Aroha races, which take place on the 14th and 15th of March, appear in another column. The children of the Parawai Sunday School are busily engaged rehearsing for a conceit, which is to be held at an early date. In our repDrt of the Thames Cycling Club's sports yesterday we omitted to mention that Mr T. S. Scott discharged the duties of Number Steward in an efficient manner. The annual meeting of the School of Mines Council and subscribers will be held this evening, when the certificates and prizes will be presented to the successful pnpils by the President—Mr J. McGowan, M.H R; At the general meeting of tbe Kirikiri School Committee held on the 14th inst. a unanimous vote of 1 hanks was passed to the TVtayor (Mr H. J. Greenslade) for his courtesy and trouble in arranging with the Mayor of Te Aroha (Mr Mills) re free baths, etc., for the children on the occasion of the schools annual excursion and picnic, They say you can buy Summer dress gcod-i at about one third their usual price from W. S. Wylie. If the articles offered were fl may rubbish it might be necessary to say all we could in their favour, but the excellent value in dress fabrics sold by W. S. Wylie speaks for itself. We understand these lovely materials are to be cl ared out rrgardlessof cost previous to taking stock, — Advt. We have been requested by Ensign Ratnage, officer in charge of the local Salvation corps, to draw attention to their forthcoming hnr^est festival, which promises, by all accounts, to be the most successful ever held here. Several novelties are to be introduced, of which space does not permit us going into details at present However, recognising the beneficial effeot of the work of our Salva tion Army friends, w« wish the corps success in their erdeavor to raise £100 by Mwoh 15. boiug the date of the conclusion ot the effort. In addition to cash, which should be for warded to ihe Ensign, Pollen street, he will gratefully acknowledge contributions of agricultural produce of any kind, groceries, drapery, poultry, sheep, and pigs—in fact, he is open to receive anything that can be turned to good account. 