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King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 93, 31 July 1908, Page 2

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We would draw the attention of our readers to the general and varied class of our advertisements. Those of our Auckland advertisers will be of special interest to those visiting the city during the forthcomine; festivities. In doine; business kindly mention the CIIRONICLI-:. A largely attended meeting was held in Kawhia on Saturday last, when it was deeided to request the government to have a creamery site set a-u!e in Kawhia. It was also decided! to request the Government to compel Kawhia with the Main Trunk ivaiiway. A meetine; of tiie YVaikalo WinL.T Sliow Association was heid in Hamilton last week. The provisioned statement of receipt and expenditure was as follows :--Total bono 14s lid; total expenditure. 176510s Sd ; leaving" a credit balance of £l4} lßs 3d. Out of this amount o.iymeutto the secretaries have to i-e made,_ so that the balance to be omTicd forward will be a small one. Mr H. I. Mussen, representing Messrs Lucicn, Allen <!cio., intimates that he lias removed fro in his <>! d premises in Rora-street, Tc Kuiti, to offices in Messrs Green and Colebrook's new buildings at the corner of Sheridan and Taupiri-streets.

Several replace advertisements appear in this issue, amongst which is one from the well known jeweller, N. Phillips, which our readers will do well to peruse. Visitors to town durim: licet week will also bear in mind that Cummins and Co.. Tailors, are now at 30, Coombes Arcade. At the Hockey Club's social at Te Kuiti on Monday evening, a presentation, by the Te Kuiti residents was made to Mr. MacKechnie the Club's secretary, who is being transferred from the local branch of Messrs. Green & Colebrook, Ltd., to the head office at Auckland. The presentation which took the form of a handsome travelling bag. was made by Mr. J. Mclndoe, who in a neat speech made appreciative reference to Mr. MacKechnie's work on behalf of the club and Oddfellows Lodge, and wished him every success in his new sphere. Mr Mackechriie. suitably responded. The following are the receipts in connection with the benefit tendered to Mrs. Bowden, on June Ilth. Besides the £l3 9s 6d derived from the concert, subscription lists were issued and the committee are congratulated at the successful results : —Mr. Seymour's list, £29 4s od; Pio-Pio list ios.; Mairoa, £2 45.; Limekilns, £6 3s 6d.; Chronicle, £i 9s 6d.; total £53 Os 6d. The amount has since been increased by further subscriptions, and as the expenses only amounted to a few shillings, over £SO has been handed to Mrs. Bowden.

Football is proverbially a noisy game, and the after celebrations of a momentous struggle are often of a scmewhat noisy character. This was evidently the case at Te Kuiti on Saturday evening last, and two members of the Te Kuiti team were hailed before Messrs. Tammadge and Sims, J's.P., on Thursday to answer charges of threatening behaving, and using 4 " language." After hearing evidence the charges were dismissed, the Bench remarking that though the evidence was in favour of the defendants, there had evidently been a noifty gathering, and ! Constable Matthew was to be commended for his efforts in checking unseemly behaviour in the town. The Stratford-Ongarue railway continues to receive attention in various quarters, and recently a request from Mangapapa was sent through Mr. Jennings, M.P., to the Prime Minister, suggesting that a trial survey should be made through the Mangapapa valley to Mangaroa, with a view to locating the railway along that route. Mr. Jennings received a reply from the Prime Minister to the effect that the recommendation of the settlers would receive due consideration, but that the Engineer-in-chief had examined a portion of the valley referred to, and scarcely thought the route suggested would be a practicable one for a railway.