PORT MACQUARIE NEWS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915.
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Local and General News SAWTELL & CO.—
The firm of Sawtell & Co., of Horton Street, Port Macquarie, announce that they are starting the year with a very complete stock of goods of all descriptions which go to make up the stock of a well-equipped fancy goods and music emporium.
A careful selection has been made, and new lines are constantly arriving. The firm specialise in sheet music, and facilities are afforded patrons to try compositions on the premises before purchase. They have the agency for the famous firm of W. H. Paling and Co., and can meet all demands in regard to many splendid makes of musical instruments.
Some standard lines of bicycles, motor cycles, and accessories are stocked; as are also a fine selection of smokers' requisites, &c., &c.
KINDEE SCHOOL.— Mr. H. D. Morton, M. L. A., has been informed that the Minister for Public Instruction has approved of the preparation of full plans and specifications for the erection of a new building in connection with the Public School at Kindee, Hastings River.
The matter has been referred to the architect of that Department with a view to the necessary action being taken.
A VARIATION IN SMELLS.— The patient public of Port Macquarie were afforded a change in the matter of smells this week. On Monday morning about 11 o'clock a horse dropped dead in a street in the centre of the town.
It was allowed to lie there all day in the sweltering sun, a centre of attraction for all the flies in the neighbourhood, and an interesting object to crowds of small children. Decomposition rapidly set in, and towards evening, it could best be described as "very dead indeed." Still it was apparently no one’s business to give it "decent sepulture."
Many credulous ratepayers thought the municipal authorities feared to offend their susceptibilities by removing it in daylight but would have it spirited away at night. Vain hope.
When Tuesday morning broke, it was still at the old address, and as the sun rose high, it assumed a fantastic shape, and small boys speculated gleefully as to when it would "bust." Their elders realised wrathfully the truth that "being dead, it yet speaketh”.
Towards midday, when certain householders were considering the advisability of evacuating that part of the town, the horror was removed. Truly we are a casual and complacent people! The municipal authorities evidently believe that "variety (in smells) is the spice of life".
RACEHORSES for SYDNEY. — On Tuesday morning last Mr. Arthur Harriott left for Sydney by the steamer Macquarie with the well-known racehorses Memeret, Goalone, Fortuanna, and Morefun. They will be trained in the metropolis, and in due time entered for various events.
“THE FOLLIES” – In introducing the fascinating “Follies” on Monday evening next at the Port Macquarie School of Arts, Mr. Reynolds Denniston presents a form of entertainment which has become popular in America, and which has satisfied the public desire for novel and tasty entertainment in Sydney.
The elaborate and more effective way of presenting vaudeville is bound to captivate country patrons. “The Follies” comprises a rare combination of exponents of high vaudeville from leading London and Continental theatres, with the addition of established favourites on the Australian music hall stage.
One hundred and twenty minutes of music, mirth, and melody, interspersed with clean, crisp comedy, should form a presentation most acceptable for country playgoers for the summer nights.