THE KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE. MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1909 DISTRICT PARS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 168, 28 June 1909, Page 2

THE KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE. MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1909 DISTRICT PARS.

♦ The public are notified that Miss Pine's next quarter for music and painting commences on July sth. — Advt. A meeting of the Te Kuiti School Committe will be held in the school at 7.30 p.m. this evening, and all members of the committee are requested to attend. Doctor Zobel has been appointed* medical officer for the railway district between Frank ton and Taumarunui. Before leaving Te Kuiti to take up a position in the Auckland railway office, Mr J. Taylor, who has been associated with the Te Kuiti office since it was first opened, was presented with a suitably inscribed gold medal. Mr White, -tationmaster, who made the presentation, on behalf of the staff, referred to the esteem in which Mr Taylor was held and wished bim every success in his new sphere. Mr Taylor suitably responded. Mr Worsnop, who is to take Mr Tay lot's- place, has arrived from Auckland.

In the early part of last year, J. Us- j iv.-r, who was convicted and sentenced ; at Auckland to five years for a series ot burglaries in that city, made his escape from the Waiotpu prison tree planting station. Efforts to trace his whereabouts were futile, and it was assumed by the police says our Wellington correspondent, that he had made .his way to either America. South Africa, or Great Britain. Finger prints of the escaped criminal were forwarded to Scotland Yard, together with such particulars as might assist in his detection. A few months ago a man was apprehended on a charge of house-breaking at Bournemouth, England, and a subsequent examination of the finger prints forwarded by the New Zealand police authorities pointed to him as the person who had given the slip to the warders at Waiotapu. To clear up the matter of his identification, Detective Ca?sels, of Wellington, left for England, via Sydney, on Friday last. It is expected that some interesting results will be obtained from experiments in conection with the effect of radium on fish, which are being conducted in a well at the Canterbury Museum. The investigations are being carried on by a committee appointed by the Canterbury Philosophical Institute. Some of our local sporting enthusiasts have, it is said, gathered the impression that the Acclimatisation Society is interested solely or chiefly in the angling branch of sport. This impression may have been gathered from the fact that only fishing has been hitherto discussed. This, of course, has happened because just now is the season during which the stocking of streams has to be undertaken, an the members have naturally been directing their attention to trout. It is intended however, to pay every attention to the feathered tribe, and already Mr Moorhouse has approached the Auckland Society with a view to procuring a stock of pheasants and quail when the season arrives.

Mr White, stationmaster at Te Kuiti. accompanied by Mrs White, proceeded South on Saturday last, on a month's holiday. This is the first holiday Mr White has had since being appointed to Te Kuiti about two years ago., and the leave should be appreciated. The midwinter holidays at the local schools commence today, and extend for a period of one week. The attendance at Te Kuiti school is keeping up remarkably well and so far has not been interfered with by the usual influenza epidemic. The sale of shortweight bread is generally recognised as objectionable and two Waikato bakers were heavily fined last Monday for such practices. In one case £5 and costs was leveid, the Magistrate saying that though probably an unintentional fraud, nevertheless the public must be protected. In the other case a fine of £lO and costs was inflicted, His Worship describing the offence as a glaring one. Two pound loaves were 2oz. short, and 41b. loaves ooz. and 3oz. short.

The High Commissioner cabled last week that N.Z. butter was quote! at 106s, and since then a press association cable announced a rise of 4s in the price of butter, making it 110s. There is a very limited supply on the London market, and this will account for the sharp upward movement. tn connection with the Piopoi school which was recently established by the Board of Education, we understand that Mr G. J. Bevege has been recommended to act as commissioner in place of the usual committee being appoin ted. Mr Bevege has always taken a keen interest in school matters and can be relied upon to carry out the duties of commissioner in a satisfactory manner. As a rmall instance of Mr Bevege's interest in school matters it may -be remarked that the certificates for Te Kuiti school have always been framed by Mr Bevege without charge. __ The potato blight is causing severe ravages in Australia. It has obtained a footing in Queensland from the New South Wales border up to Gympie and westwards to Ipswich. At the Waikato Hospital Board last week a letter was read from the In-spector-General of Hospitals, asking if the Board would object to Dr Douglas attending consultation and emergency cases at Taumarunui Hospital. Dr Douglas said there was a lady doctor in charge of the hospital, and when necessary assistance could not be procured. He thought a fee of £lO 10s should be fixed. As to his absence from the Waikato Hospital, he could leave by the express and get back to Frankton at 3 o'clock the following morning. If the Board approved he was willing to act. In the event of any emergency cases being brought to the hospital during his absence he could arrange with a local doctor to deal with it. the Board agreed to the proposal. Lord Kitchener, who will retire from the position of Commander-in-Chief in India in August next, and will subsequently visit the Japanese military manoeuvres in November, is then to proceed to Australia, Canada and other parts of the Empire, his tour lasting till the close of 1911.

A number of township sections in various places are to be open for selection by the Auckland Land Board shortly, including two lots in Rangaroa Village Settlement, Taumarunui, which are to be offered for sale, and two lots in Teasdale Settlement, Te Awamutu, which are offered under renewable lease. Applications close on July 28th next. It is stated that a lady resident of Whangarei, in the north of Auckland, who has power of discovering underground water by divination, has also found that she possesses the power of locating coal seams. In searching for water she, was puzzled by having a strong contrary attraction. On one occa ?ion, when in a building in Whangarei, under which a considerable quantity of coal was stored, she felt an almost irresistible inclination, and in making further investigations as to the cause found the existence of coal. She has since tested the matter in various ways, and has found that the attraction was invariably due to the existence of coal. Since then it is stated that she has done a good deal to assist in locating coal deposits in Whangarei and in preventing useless boring in unfavourable positions.

Among the birthday honours the following have been conferred on New Zealanders:— Knight Bachelor: Mr Walter Kennaway, late Secretary to High Commissioner's Office. Companions of the Imperial Service Order: Col. Collins, Paymaster General; Mr W. Kensington, Under Secretary for Crown Lands; Mr James Logan, Superintendent of New Zealand Telegraphs.

The Rev. A. T. Chodowski, who has held the position of Minister of the Jewish congregtion at Dunedin for 11 years, tendered his resignation on Thursday to take effect from September 9. In a letter to the president, Mr Chodowski says he hns been engaged in the ministry for 22 years, and has not been able to make any provision for failing health or old age, or for his family. During the whole period he has felt work involved in providing for the supply of "kosher meat" very oppressive, and it has now become almost intolerable.

A Christchurch reporter called on a | prominent wool-broker last week in reference to the report from Auckland that wool was badly packed, and that sales in that city and Christchurch clashed .The broker said that bad packing df wooll did not apply to Canterbury, where the wool was always well got up, the buyers being satisfied. The packing might have been bad twenty years ago, but growers were educated up to the position nowadays. Clashing of sales could hardly be avoided in New Zealand. There were many small sales, and buyers had to arrange sales sOjthat they would fit in with each other in the best manner po ;sible. None of the sales in the North Island clashed, and neither did those in the South, the clashing taking place only between the Far North and the South. Buyers were busy men, and they arranged sales and informed brokers, who approved of the dates. If there was any clash it was almost certainly unavoidable.

Of twenty-seven horses taking part in the Maiden Jumping Competition at the Palmerston Winter Show yesterday seventeen belonged to the Woodlands Hunt Club. The first and third prizes were won by the members of the Palmerston branch of the club, and the second by Mr G. H, Ranby's All Gold. Mr W. Halliday's John Paul also gave a fine display of jumping.

Abstinence from cigarettes is the lesson for soldiers preached by LieutGeneral Sir William Knox in the current number of "National Defence." A singular fact mentioned by him is that at one time during the South African war there were thousands of soldiers away from their units who could not be found. Of these hundreds must have been wilfully away, cursed with nerves, and unable to face the music even for a day. What cigarettes can effect is shown in an anecdote of the medical examination of a certain unit, when 20 per cent, were rejected as unfit for service in India, owing to heart weakness. Some time later General Knox paid a visit and found that not one per cent, failed to pass. The fact was that, with a view to evading foreign service, the old stagers among the men had organised smoking competitions, so as to bring on smokers' heart among their comrades.

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