DISTRICT PARS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 74, 20 March 1908, Page 2

DISTRICT PARS.

_. .._ Miss Melling, Postmistress at Te Kuiti, returned from a well-earned holiday on Tuesday, and resumed duties on Wednesday. .Miss Melling spent her holiday at Rotonia. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, advertise a third Ohnupo Sheep Pair to take place on Monday, April 13th. The present slump in the 11 ax market is a serious matters for millers just now, and plants are being closed down in many districts. The work of metalling the Awakino road from Te Kuiti has been discontinued for the present. The metalled portion now extends continuously to close on the five mile peg, and one particularly bad place, which was corduroyed with timber last winter, is now within the metalled portion. The traffic on the road is very heavy, and is increasing every year. The stone-crushing plant, which lias been agitated for by the residents affected for a considerable time, lias now been practically promised, and metalling on a more comprehensive scale should be undertaken next year. Mr F. R. Dawson, photographer, announces that he will open a temporary studio at Te Kuiti at Saturday for a few days." We understand that arrangements are being made to build a Catholic Church in the Paemako district. Mr Y. S. Hattaway, of Fio Pio. is having a fine large store erected at the junction of the main road pas! the fifteen mile peg. The store commands a line position and should he a grea! boon to the settlers m outdistricts. A special nam will leave Kirikiriroa'al 5.30 p.m. on Kridav and Saturday next', arrjvifjg at '•'., mhli at 5..:0 j jum ' " I As wiji we seen by advertisement j in another column Mr Creshaim Sur-, geou dentist, has uo\v taken up his i-csi- | dence permantly at Te Kuiti. MrCresham has has been visiting the district periodically for the past year, and, is well and favorable known throughout, j The rooms, which comprise the upper I floor of Mr Nieholl's new building in''Rora-sjreet. are fitted with all the latest appliances''for cVCvy jy-aneh 01' dentistry, the experience gained by Mr Gresham in English and America,n universities is a guarantee of 'the in'qst modern scieiUihc methods in )lie pTofcsgjoij.'

In view of the fact that the shooting season will be at hand, the following particulars with regard to the Animals' Protection Act, TOOJ, will.no (iouli! pr-vc interesting to our readers: The :;i ; repeals ;ill previous acts, and deeh;v> that the season shall conmu !v. e at (> (/clock on the morning of May Ist, and shall close at / o'clock on the evening of July 31st, and thai if May Ist should happen to fail on a Sunday morning, the season shall commence on the following morning. This is to prevent shootisis from going out and sitting up at night in order to slaughter ducks at about two minutes past twelve, as has been the custom of the past. The following birds are absolutely protected : Bellbird, bittern, blue heron, blue or mounlain duck, crested grebe, grey cuckoo, fantail, fernbird, ground parrot, huia, kaka, kiwi, land rail, native thrush, morepork, oyster catcher, paradise duck, tui, rcdbill, saddleback, robin, stilchbird, swamp rail, tomtit, white heron, wren and kingfisher.

Otorohanga residents, and the public generally, will be glad to learn that.the consent of all the Native owners has been obtained for granting the site for the new traffic bridge over the Waipa river, at Otorohanga, and the work of erecting the bridge will be undertaken forthwith. The work of obtaining the owners' consent has been accomplished by Mr John Ormsby, and the time saved by securing the land in this manner compared with taking it under the Public Works Act is very considerable, and should hasten the completion of the bridge, providing the authorities are equally expeditious in granting the necessary funds.

-The road from Tc Kuiti to the top of the hill now carries a greatly improved appearance, the worst portions having been metalled by the Roads Department. The improvement should be appreciated by the settlers on the road, after the experience of last winter. The carrying trade of. Tc- Kuiti, both town and outdistrict, is now particularly brisk, and with the development of the district is bound to increase in volume.. - An additon to the ranks of Te Kuiti carriers has just been made, Mr J. Pitcon having started in that line of business this week. Judging by appearances there is ample room for all, and Mr Pitcon, who is one of Tc Kuiti's early residents, is sure to obtain a fair share of public patronage.

Commenting upon the subject of •the improvement of milk by giving a judicions amount of oats to cattle, a writer in a Danish dairy journal recommends the giving of oats in small quantities when milk is watery, adding that about J£lb or ?41b would be sufficient per head per day. This the authority in question states, might be accepted with a certain amount of hesitation had it not been proved in a definite manner by experiments that a supplementary ration of a little oats has a very favourable influence, not only on the amount of fatty matter, but also upon the taste of the milk and the butter made, moreover, there is an increase in the production of milk and butter made inconsequence. The contention is supported by an experiment which was made on ten cows, divided into five each, in such a way as to ensure that their milk production was almost identical. After a certain day the first group received, as a supplementary ration, about lib of oats per head daily. Even as soon as the second day the favourable influence of this method was apparent and it lasted till the tenth day. The milk was very good, having a fine nutty flavour, the butter was better, and the cattle in good condition.

Telegraphic abbreviations are often the cause of much mental gymnastics, and frequently leave the victim in a state of unrest. In last week's issue, owing to the mis-reading of a telegram, it was stated that the Rev. S. Spencer would probably be about \viihin a week. Unfortunately, such is not the case, and though Mr Spencer is progressing favourably, it will be at least another fortnight before he can leave his bed. He expects to return to the King Country in about a month. The rifle championship of the Dominion was won by Rifleman G. Hyde, of Opaki. Mr G. Loveday, the King Country representative from Ohura, who is noted for consistently good shooting, finished eighteenth lor the championship. Considering that for>e\er;il years p.ist Mi" Loveday lias had no opportunities for practice his form al the meeting was remarkably New 'Zealand is to provide some of the horses for (he Indian army under I the new scheme arranged by Colonel Goad, who visited .Australia and New Zealand last year. The scheme is to issue " commissions " to six firms in Ansirah'a and i<>]< x m New Zealand lo supply ihe i cm< anils. I litherlo l\vculy-o;;c firm-- have been providing them. New South Wales breeders arc complaining dial the effect will he to ceaic seven combines and prevent competition. They have appealed to the Federal Prime Minister p, iceieve ;i deputation ill protest. The contract price for remounst is at present i'.j.s each. A sitting of the S.M. Court will be held at Te Kuiti on Friday, March .:;-;i;. when Mr Cutten. S.M., who has been appointed lo (lie district, will preside for the tirst time. loom ih' ,vool tallies of the York--'•ii.i \ 'fsei \ cm! appears thai (heaverage pi ices oi' Knglish wool in 190/ were not nearly as good as in igo6. Lincoln hog wool eomesnii! at i2Njd per ll> and wether wool at m'ml, as compared with.' i..i'r,d and for for' 1906. All oilier classes of Knglish wool' fell m the chum oi' the -, eai. Half-bred wool, i'oi e.N.miiilc, ayciaged barely Js a !li in Pei-ember, v. here it had been a minute fraction under I.id in march. No wars avcragi is given for any class of colonial wool, but only the (it ice at the end o| the year, which was from < pi to ' -d less than at the eml n\' loop. I'ort Philip grease is put at iv! pet lis against l.S'-id for 100(1 : Adelaide grease, at ocl. against o'.pl : Cape,'eastern .ivcrag'e'fleece I ,'a| toil, against lo.Cd: and Buenos Ayres at jC>'-ti, agajnsl O'-jd. ' ' rt