DISTRICT PARS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 63, 3 January 1908, Page 2

DISTRICT PARS.

On Monday of last week, a man named Thos. Vaughan was arrested at Gisborne for the non-payment of a £6O fine for sly-grog selling in the King Country. On Christmas Day, at Oparure, a large meeting of Natives was held for the purpose of discussing which candidate they should support at the forthcoming election. After hearing the views of Pepene Eketone a long " korero " took place, those present deciding to favour Pepene, It is stated that an office of the Government Roads Department is to be opened at Taumarunui. The ordinary train service was run on Christmas Day, and a considerable number of passengers travelled by each train. The carol signers at Te Kuiti on Christmas Eve were rather disappointed. Shortly after the singers began their round, rain began to fall, and proved an effectual damper on the enterprise. Fortunately the performers were then disturbing the atmosphere close to the residence of one of the most hospitable residents, and were rescued. It is stated that a most enjoyable evening was spent, and the carollers were amply compensated for their disappointmeut. With regard to Te Kuiti Post-office sitera-wire~was rec_es^rfrafflCMf B JemringSi'M.TT,Ton Christmas Eve, *to the effect that efforts were being made* i$ ojjtajn the Maori-owned site in Royarstpeet, anjl it expected negotiatQfts_WQtt¥ fee eoMudecf satisfactorily very shortly, A new meetiWg-htSuW was opened at Ongarue on Christmas Day, when between four and five hundred Natives assembled to witness the ceremony. During the evening a meeting, at which Messrs John and Jer. Ormsby, J. and H. Hetet, Pepene and Anaru • Eketone and Taonui attended, was held, when the question of selecting a candidate to contest the Western Maori seat at the forthcoming general ejection came up for discussion. It was finally decjded that Pepene and Heu Heu (chief tf hg Ngatiwharejtoas) should talk fhe matter oyer and decide whjch of tftem should gp W #« poH- Tfoe Natives of $e Kiqg Country &m i° fee unammous in their wish that Pepene shpujd bj {heir M.P. Mr J. Cox, of Otorohanga, had the misfortune to aecldently run the point of a table fork in His forehead one day recently. No notice waf taken of the appently small wound, which, later on, caused the head to swell, and on Thursday of lastTweek the sufferer came to Te Kuiti, where he was attended to by Mr Holland, the local chemist. SUCCESSFUL MILKING MACHINE. Writing tn inference to the " Law-rence-Kennedy-GtflfSfe # milkiiiS machine, Mr John Mathieson of Tomai hawk says, " I have come to the conclusion that the money was well invested installing the " L.K.G." I have Wff uting four machines, arid can ftbnestly #ay baye fosns no ilf effecfs after &e second yeaj?s mtfkf ng on foe oamspows. J haye tried tfe cows &t inf£f?afs, an(f always found the quantity my mm? sltiMte sas' ne fliau by hand. 61n.ce oteaimajt typ new inflations and raou&pieces nme months ago, have had practically n® expense with the upkeep. MacEwans Ltd., Sole Agents. Fort-street Auckland.