Local and General

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 21, 6 December 1912, Page 2

Local and General

We would draw th ■ attsnti.m of intending builders to the replace advertis'unent of the Hu: - tly Timber Company appearing on the front page. Th ' members of the Huntly Musical Society are notified by advertisement in this issue that a practice will be h. hi in the j King’s Hail on Mon lay evening at 8 p.m. Wo vv nil draw the attention of our read ts to an auction sale of Mr I dw ud Kennedy's household furniture an i effect . which tads place to-morrow, at 2.30 ! p.m. It is the intention of the natives to build a large meeting; ii ius*» at Hukenui whore M diuta’s grave is. The w >rk wi’l be commenced with >ut delay so that it may he ready by the new year. An a lyerti -'in.ent in t >-d i.y is-uk directs attention \ > the Luct tli it 1 ro. 20 peg of Inn 1. pr. rt of Section 1 .f lo t, of Rangiriri, has .hcon : for historic purposes under trie Public Works Act, 1908. A m “a ting of the Huntly ■ . ■ i r League will be held in the King’s Hull on the evening of Wednesday next. The Secretary (Mr W. J. Ra ph, junr.) has sum * imp c - taut general business to bring forward. On S ii ir 1 ly i ist at the Takapuna r c . , Mr L. B. Harris’ hots < Virtue, scored a nother yin. IDs supporter:-,, who were lot very nurn irons, are c >n - Tatiila'i g the: use lyes on the arse’s sensational vie: iries. A - the result of a b ill U taken 4>n Wednesday, tlio following gentleman were elected memb. rs of committe e of t!i 3 Waikato Miner’s (tlie old) Union: Messrs. W. H. George, R. Grundy and F. Knapper. A mission will c.uinre >C3 in St. Anthony’s Catholic Churcli on Sun day. Dec. I,sth, at 11 a.m. ; and will close on Thursday 19th. The mission will be conducted by the Rev. Father O’Connell, who is renowned tboroijghout the An Drain da :i aoionick .j •• pn. experienced missionor ami a fjueqt speakcu., ..In conversation witli some of the natives vv’ao have retimed from the tangi at Waabi, says the “Rotorua Times,” “It is evident. that the impression aim) 11 get a l irge s *ction of the nulives is to the effect that the body of Malmta was secretly taken away and buried during those days when no outsiders ware allowed iu the (buirt yard. It is staled tiiat tlmnc it, u see ret burying place on one of the famous m ):mtain ; of the Waikato, and that the fear of the Maori that .M ihufca’s body might be m > lasted from it> grave by i some unknown pakehn, bis lei tbera to take thy bo.4y away by night ami secretly bury it. It is state,.! that his predecessors wore hurie i in the same way." From the elaborate prooauti ms taken to guard the grave, and other signs, it would appear that ‘ of Mahuta lies at Hamd that tliere is, so far, ition of removing it. Lib t.

very woman’s h raving to be Wiin.t . . v , me, the desire to be foun l necessary to some one. And, n>t having gods and angels lo pick from, she is content J 4 with man. After examination by Dr Reece in the Hamilton Hospi- p tal, it was found necessary to remove the eye of .Mr Hugh Roberts who receiwjLa severe blow from a coal while working in Among Huntly invalids who are at present patients in the Hamilton Hospital are Mrs Thompson, Kimihia, Mrs S. Broadbent, Huntly, Mrs R. ! Johnson, Huntly South, Mr Geo. | Miller, and the little girl TenI aunt,'Kimihia. AH are doing as well as can be expected. The weather fore-casts, as receive 1 daily from the Post Office, are posted outside the “Press” Office for the information of residents. While they are perused by many, large numbers of residents are unaware of their existence, and hence this paragraph. They are wonderfully correct and should be consulted before excursions or out-door pastimes are undertaken. It i n yfc:-'.v cthy that the II >ll. W. H. H'rries. Native Minister, did nit attend '♦be tangi held at Waabi in honu r of the late Chief Mahuta, the Maori “King.” The reason is understood to be the retention by the Waikato tribe of the title of “ King.” Had the title been dropped as was advocated by Sir Jamis Carroll, the Native Minister woul 1 110 doubt (says the Domini vi) h ive attended j the ceremony, 1 A large number of natives jure engaged in building at Huko .ui a vault for tbj coffin ,of Mahuta, while otii rs are busily employed in the erection (>f a large meeting house which iis exp ?ctcd t ) be finished in | Januarv. The grave dead “King” isclosdy guaroed ;by smitries who do not alio v j Europeans or strangers to go near. Visiles, evidently, are nut d-’sired, so they are politely, but firmly, reipi -sted to move on. Mr Anar 1 Eketone has rer >'v vi tin following letter from Dr. Makgiil, District Ho :Ith 1 Jffic r. “ 1 Ikiv > rec jived a very favourable report from Inspector Benoett on the sanitary arrangethe camp rbe r.'cent car m-.mics. i wish i to congratulate you on the suc- ' cessful way in which you Carried I out his suggestions Owing U : a large number of visitors it was 1 no easy matter to avoid trouble with the acrum.datums of refuse and nights )il. That no evil results have followed is greatly to your credit. An official apknowhlgemsnt of tliis kind is •t gratifying testimonial to the •exc‘llent \v»; k of all connect‘ l with the large meeting. A c uiple d' Hamilt )n residents wh) evince a practical interest I in Hie weifar* of tUb in the Waii kat ) r.ver by robbing the shags’ nests along the bank, paid a | visit t > the Narrows shaggery >n Sunday last, and secured 250 egg-'-. Oil a previous Suni day they got about TOO, making a total of 350 a very nice little | haul. When it is stated that each shag i ; capable of assimilating 40 or 50 young trout in a day, what the destruction of a shaggery means, from a stocking point of view, can easily he Imagiq':!. The robbers are cai-ofqHy treasuring the eggs until next election, by which riffi ■ they will no doubt ha in a '• mpti m to erercise omGderabie’influence on the s iccess or otherwise of s vine of the candivlu os’ me ;iua' “ Waik it<i Argil “). W M