DISTRICT PARS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 75, 27 March 1908, Page 2

DISTRICT PARS.

It has been decided by the Government that (lie ! ' >ry School for the North Island : h:ili he established at Palmerston North.

Messrs Y..nn:i and Co., land agents, Te Ktiili, haw an advertisement in this is: ne, and n \>• >rt the sale of Ml" H. V. ?vK'tealfe's farm, at Paemako, to Mr T. 11.11 all, of I'iopio, at a satisfactory figure. The annual Ivisler Tennis Tournament, under fhe auspices of the Hamilton Tennis ( dub will be held this year on Saturday, April iSth and Monday. April .~:oth. A larac entry is expected from die country districts and visitors from Auckland are expected in kntrv forms, which arc returnable up to April 10th, may be obtained from the .Secretary at Hamilton.

Owin;; to the slump in the flax market it is stated thai two flax mills in the Awakino district are about to be closed, Messrs Otway Bros'., of Whakawau, being one, and Mr Montcith's the other.

There is stated to be a probability of another rise in the price of meat in Auckland, owing to the dry season. Very little fat stock has been forwarded or is likely to be forwarded for some time to come.

An exchange states that the last lot of mohair shipped by Dalgety and Company to London, realised as high as 12%. per lb. This is a very satisfactory figure, considering the circumstances in which the mohair has been grown recently. Dalgety and Company shipped about 2li tons for various breeders in New South Wales and Queensland, as a result of the season's clip, and probably another 2Vi tons would represent the extent of the industry in the two State. After February next the Railway Department will charge four times the ordinary rates of freight for all sack containing more than 200ll>s. each. Cabinet has decided to establish several scholarships for the encouragement of research in connection with the staple industries of the Dominion such as sawmilling, flax preparing, and meat freezing. A correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald writes : —A pamphlet was recently issued by the Agricultural Department warning sheep-owners to be on the look-out for the maggot-fly which attacks live sheep, and known as the " Lucilia sericata," as it was known to be in New Zealand, having been definitely recognised in Hawke's Bay, in the Ruataniwha district and without number, and that it has already commenced operations on sheep, and it.is evident that it is going to do a great deal of damage. It would be well if some fertile brain could devise some remedy. It is believed that the maggot fly has also made its appearance at Tenui, in the Wairarapa district. The local stock official has also has had samples of the fly sent him, which appear to correspond exactly with the description in the bulletin. Specimens are to be forwarded to Wellington for identification.

" Experts," particularly Government experts, are becoming so common that some people consider it an insult to be called by that designation. A dairy farmer who was a witness before the Compensation Court at Dunedin was asked to give his opinion "as an expert "in farming. The witness's stream of information dried up suddenly. " I'm not an expert, " he said. Then the lawyer asked him to speak " as a practical man," and at once the fountains of speech were unloosed' Work in connection with the Te Kuiti Congregational Church Bazaar is now well advanced, and a great amount of interest is being taken in the function. The ladies of the congregation and their friends arc working loyally to make the project a success, and so far everything augurs well for their efforts. A concert in aid of the bazaar is to be held in the Mali on Wednesday evening next.

Speculation in town sections at Te Kuiti continues and the sale of an allotment by Mr V. S. Hattaway to Mr C. Bielawski, through Messrs Young and Co., is the latest reported t ransacti' >n.

The tirst sitting of the S.M. Court at Maticrc. Ohura will be held on Qth April. Mr Cutten the newly appointed Stipendiary Magistrate for the King j Country will preside. S Members of the Congregational Church at Te Kuiti will he pleased to I learn that hcneeforib service will be held at that centre each Sunday, ari rangenu-nts having been made for Mr I Mitchell to have an assistant ap- | pointed to the di-lricl. As the couni try worked by Mr Mitchell is of the ! worst description, as regards roads, it I will be recognised that assistance was i badly needed. The point of view is an important j factor in all opinion, and the personal I element often decides for or against, j In speakine. on i'neday evening of the results of [prohibition at Ashbnrton, the Rev. K. M. Isitt said that Mr Spragg, during a (ourol the no license district, was informed by die local constable that the police cell was no longer required lor casual drunks. Air ! Spragg venhired the opinion thai .-neb a result was extremely sati -laetorlv, but the man in blue was not so sure, as under the altered conditions he had to chop his own 'ii'cuood and dig his own gaidcn. Considerable di\crsiiy of opinion has been caused by the recent telegram received from the Prime Minister with reg.mi go the Ministerial visit to the King Country, and doubts were entertained as to Sir Joseph Ward's intention to pay 10 a visit in the near future. llowc\cr. a wellknown Te Kuiti settler, in conversation with Si; Joseph's lVi\ ate Secretary. on I ucsdav last, elicited the information that the Prime Minister has every inienlion of visiling this district beiore next Session ol Parliament. As notified in another column. Mr l<\ W. Shortland. solicitor, of Taumanuiui. will a.t ien< I the S. M . C. hi rt sittings at Te Kuiti. Mr Shortland arrived at Te Kuiti on Thursday. March 20th, in order to attend the Court sitting on Friday.