DISTRICT PARS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 68, 7 February 1908, Page 2

DISTRICT PARS.

Workon.Te Kuiti Domain is now welTinTtancTrnTd"the contract, which Includes levelling, grassing, and feneirqrthTarea, should be completed in abmrt-a-memth. The reserve which one side by the river, and the other by the main township road, situated, and will doubtless be one of the beauty spots of the town in years to come.

The plan of the new building for the vanousGovernmcnt Departments. at Te Kuiti, is now to be seen ai the Te Kuiti Post-office. The buillini, which is to be of two storeys, will have a handsome appearance, and is to be erected on the portion of the Government reserve nearest to the railway station and fronting Cjnccn Street The ground floor is to contain six rooms, four of which wiil be occupied by the Chief District I'ne.i--neer of Roads, and two by the officers of the Agricultural Department. The upper floor will consist of live rooms, four being devoted to the Assistant Engineer of the Roads Department, and one to the Lands Department's officers.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limbed, report having" received the following cable from their London office, wilh reference to the market for tallow : "Wc quote present spot values for the following descriptions of tallow :

Fine mutton 3 is Qd ; good beef 30s 6d ; mixes 29s 6d per cwt. Market inactive."

The new seasons potatoes are now fairly on the markets, and the WaJkato crops with the exception of a few small patches, have turned out well. Prices have hardened and prime quality is quoted a! about tdj 10s per ton. Victorian now potatoes have been reaching the Auckland niaikcl in sinail quantities, but thev have had no noticeable duel '•n the nil in;;

The Hon. Had:-Jones returned to New Zealand by the s.s. ("orinthie on Fei'iauiiy Ist. '.ri;e Minister is reported to bo in excellent health, and expressed his intention of taking up his Ministerial duties forthwith.

A necessary institution, in the shape of a maternity home and private hospital, is to be established at Te Kuiti in the near future, Nurse Hattaway having made arrangements to start in suitable premises about the end of February.

Dr. Zobel, who started practice at Te Kniti last nionjh. is arranging to visit the various centres of the district at stated periods. The doctor attends at Oto'rohanga every Saturday, and will aiso make periodical visits to Mangapeehi. Other localities will receive attention as circumstances warrani :

Among suppliers a percnipal interest attaches to the question, " \Y)iie|i pays the best---butter or cheese?" We have been shown a letter written by a Momona settler, says the Farmers Union Advocate which is strong' evidence in favour of cheese. lie says: " For the first eight days of November our factory made butter, my supply being 1/.? In. butter fat at iod : for the remainder of the month I supplied 468 11). of butter fat (which was manufactured into cheese) at a is per Hi. Comparing the cheese price vxitk 'the butter (lie settler considers tie lost £t hs Tod for die first eight days of the month, and the if H/tlcr , had been manufactured for the whole j month his loss would have been if, ] 6s iod. This on a herd of I.J cows

..M-'Mk.s' fo, i(se'f. Jam very pleased that we have a cheese ra,-toiy and i ; ad we been able to start at tlie begming of the month my return from 14 cows would have been £p. Js. 1 might add that my test for the month was 3"6.

The adjourned meeting of the Te Kuiti Sports, advertised for last Thursday evening, did not come off, owing to the poor attendance of members.

Tenders for (lie erection of a block of buildings for Messrs (ireen and C'olebrook on the corner of Sheridan and Taupiri-streets and for Mr J. T. Iletet's vilia residence, have been cxterd.'d until liie I.Slh inst.

At country stations £3 is now the top price for this season's chaff in Canterbury.'.

New seasons potatoes are ([noted in Canterbury at from in to 10 15s per ton.

The building trade of Te Kuiti con'inn., s to show gie.il activity, and the town is increasing steadily in the matter of bu:-iru ->s ;nid .residential premises. Mr !\. Taylor, who Mad been in business as a buildi r at Te Kuiti ("<■ about a year, ha-, left for a trip to the Old Gountry, his place has been. taken by Messrs Scolt Bros., of llamilion. The latter firm is well known in the Waikalo, and willdoublless obtain a share of the work going at Te Kuiti. Messrs Sco|| Bros. have an excellent range of plans and designs and are prepared to execute plans and specifications, for all descriptions "I' buildings at lowest prices.

An endeavour is to be made by the seltiers in the iuepjo district to have a public -ehool established in the locality. There is a rapidly growing papulation, and as I'iopio is likely 1o develop into a busy centre, there is every inducement for the Kducation Department io consider the matter favourably. .A .good number of I-'.uropean chikhen of school age would attend, and Maori children, to the nutiib.. i" of about (liirly, are resident in the district.

The Rev. S. Spencer li;is been confined lo bed for tin. 1 pasl week, sufferfrom :i Mwrc attack of influenza. For sonic days Mr Spencer's condition was rather serious but he is now on the way to recovery. 'J'lie attack will preclude Mr Spencer from fulfilling his pulpit engagcmcnlson Sunday n e x t.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, report having received the following cable from thi.ii" London ()f!icc : "Wool sales gain lirmncss as Ihey progress. Since opening of last sales are higher by '.id for good and medium greasy merino, but lower by about par to per In i'or medium and coarse greasy cross-bred, unless suitable for Ameiican market "

Kxtensive additions arc to be made to the H ink of New Zealand building" at 11:::11 i 11< ■n, under the supervision of Mr F. F. Smith, the well-known 11 smile -n archilcc l . The contract fi'-r the v,«.rk, which is to be in brick, has been secured by Messrs Mordaunt and Raiiey. of Te Kuili, the price being about fag-iOo.

A meeting of Te Kuiti Library (' u.imiliee was held on Monday cv> mm.:; last, when the annual balance sheet was parsed and continued. The iinances were loimd to be in a sound condition, and with the assistance of the usual (iovcrnment subsidy there will be sutlicicnt funds to provide a

;',imhl selection isi" !).>,>ks. A e.cneral meeting of siib.soribirs to the library will lie held ;,( Ihe OiK< >mu.k oliice' on iTiday. ;;I ~J.J,0 pan.

The first sheep fair of Ihe season at Ohaup > wis held by the Fanners' Auctioneering Company on Wednesday, when laree enlries were recorded. The nriees made in some of the lines v.arc o.lrcmciy satisfactory, though taken all round there was a marked decline from lasl season's prices. For a ;:.ood line r\' fwo-tooili ewes the

-v'i fac'ory ilj-'jire of 21s _]>\ was rc.ichcd. Hid i wes felehed up lo 14s 0.1. shorn iambs os, and fat lambs ! ',s od.