DISTRICT PARS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 169, 1 July 1909, Page 2

DISTRICT PARS.

Travellers by the through express on the Main Trunk line speak in appreciative terms of the hot water pipes which are now installed on the trains. The heat in each car can be regulated by a tap which controls the supply of water. The Main Trunk expresses are the only trains in the Dominion in which the hot water service is installed. One feature of the innovation which is not quite satisfactory is the fact that any passenger in a car can turn on the heat,and this is sometimes done to the discomfort of the majority. It is suggested that the heating of the cars should be controlled by the guard.

Arnst brothers and Fogwell, in company with Brown-Parker, intend touring the Dominion and Commonwealth, giving athletic and picture exhibitions.

The Hon. Dr Findly, Attorney-Gen-eral, who was in Christchurch last week, made a statement in regard to the granting of wholesale liquor licenses in the King Country. He said that a great deal of indignation had been expressed in the North Island in refer, ence to the matter. The decision seemed to have been arrived at by one vote on the Licensing Committee. Apparently it contravened the whole spirit of the regulation applicable to wholesale licensss in that part of the Dominion and it was regarded by the best friends of the Maori race as a serious menace to their well being and progress. Apart from that, if granting of licenses was illegal it should be quashed. As Attorney-General, therefore, he had given instructions to the Crown Law Office to take proceedings to have the legality of the granting of licenses tested in the Supreme Court if upon full consideration, it was found that the granting of the licenses was not strictly within the powers of the committee.

Attention is called to the fact that a general meeting of the' Acclimatisation Society will be held in Hattaway's sample rooms on Thursday, July Bth, at 7 p.m. It is hoped that there will be a good muster, as the business will be of an important nature.

Passenger traffic on the Main Trunk line is keeping up remarkably well]during the winter months. Doubtless the Wanganui boat race and the Palmerston North Winter Show have had much to do with the volume of traffic, which has exceeded anticipations hitherto.

It has been stated that when the reorganisation of the Public Service was over there would be no Native Health Department left, but this turns out to be wrong, for, on the contrary, the organisation will be more efficient than before in keeping the Maori up to the realisation of the value of hygiene. For many years the Native Department had control of Maori health matters, but upon the creation of the Public Health Department this duty was transferred to the new organisation, though the Native Department's estimates bore the cost of the Work. It is now proposed to return the controlling power to the Native Department, making it a distinct branch, with Dr Pomare, former Chief Health Officer, in charge. In the more remote districts the staff of Native inspectors, many of whom have become very enthusiastic and effective advocates of sanitary reform in their own race, will also be retained. Some features of the reorganisation have yet to be settled, but the main lines will turn out to be substantially as indicated above. Speaking of the changes, the Minister for Public Health, Hon. D. Buddo, repeated his assurance that neither the Public Health Department nor the Native branch of the work would suffer in efficiency. "There will be no case of an epidemic either among Europeans or Maoris," he said, 'without a district medical officer being on the spot within a few hours." Information has been received by the Taumarunui Town Council from Wellington that arrangements have been satisfactorily completed in connection with obtaining the £SOO instalment of the loan for town improvements. .Pending legislation when Parliament meets, the money must be regarded as a gift from the Native beneficiaries, and their consent in writing must be obtained before the Maori Land Board hands over the cheque to the Town Council. The scheme to settle retired civil ! servants on small area l ? of Crown land j along the Main Trunk line is being j taken up in a business like way by a number of those who are intended to benefit by the facilities offered. They held a private meeting in Wellington to discuis the matter, nearly fortybeing present. Details of the scheme were explained by the Under-Secretary of Crown lands, Mr William C. Kensington, and some indication was given of the regulations, which are to be gazetted to govern its operation. The proposal was very fully discussed, and the meeting decided to take steps to ascertain the full number of those desirous of securing land, and also to send a small committee to the three i proposed settlements to report upon j the prospects of making good homes, j Messrs Dalgety and Company. Limited, Auckland, haw received the following cable from their London o:nce. under date 28th inst. :- "Woo! saks: The list of arrivals k andai: your wools have- air:" 'i :r :::r.o. .\-■'■■■' arrivals 27.".riMw oaks; dkcn:or.var:ings to manufacturers at lioir.o an;; abroad 130,000 oales: o.d :-to':.-: i ! '. li:i!: bales; left available for sale IOO.uOu bales. For Chronic Chest Complaints, . Woods' Great Peppermint Cure/ Is 6d : and 2s 6d. I

Sneaking at the annual meeting of ' thtW-ik ji < _< 3 V Sta-g^ saia i t tac k- i quaii young n close to th ■> the land runn - h also haruounrg spoke of the poison ine," and instanced had done with it on bis P If others dealt with the c Wallis had done there u be one left in the district spoke of an estate where it c c ated 10,000 more sheep cou thriven had it not been for the rab Mr Brooks referred to the incr depredations of the rat, and hr of the poison called "common se. as being the best remedy Fifty-one men have so far patched by the Labour Depar do bushfelling work at Waitoic c _ of the number being sent this we Everything is being done to make th< lot as comfortable as possible C arrival at Waitotara they are aceommo dated there until next day a very re a onabie rates at the local hotel and the leave for the timber area next mor ing. It is expected that they will be able to traverse the six and a miles from the township and 1 camp in one day. For each gan.tr six men two Bft by 10ft tents are vided by the Labour Department, also the necesesary tools. Arrangemer have been made whereby the me" working on the co-operative system will be able to obtain their supplies at a very reasonable cost. A store is being erected on the block, at which supplies can be obtained at rates which will enable the men to live at from 9s to lis per week. In the Masterton Town Hall on Tuesday night Mr A. W. Hogg, exMinister for Labour, addressed a very large meeting, explaining matters in connection with his retirement from the Ministry His speech was similar to the one recently deilvered in Wellington, and he received a most enthusiastic hearing. At the conclusion the following resolution was carried: — "That this meeting, having heard Mr Hogg's explanation, is thoroughly satisfied therewith, and as such is thoroughly satisfied with him as representative for the Masterton electorate." In the early days, when the town of Stratford, in Taranaki, was a very small centre, tales of whisky mills and saurian monsters occasionally floated out to places where settlementwas older and less strenuous. It is stated that strange doings went on in those dark ages in what is now a highly respectable hostelry, conducted by Mr T. Lawless, and that the cellars were connected by a secret passage with the Patea river. A few days ago, while some import-int alterations were being made, the workmen discovered a pipe leading from the cellar up through the bar into an upstairs chimney, and cunningly boarded over so as to eva-le detection. It is believed that the pipe played a very important part at some period in the early history of the hotel. Detective Cassels left for England, via Sydney, in the same steamer as Sir Joseph Ward. Subsequently it was given out that he was proceeding Home to identify a pri-:-. in.-r named Usher, believed to be :::c-r. t :•_■ k i wit:: a criminal who had practised ir. Hv-w Zealand, and escaped irom th-. '■■".' a i,tapu pri -on camp. Tiioug:: t.ns may be true it is known that the netective ! will shadow Sir Joseph Ward -.-.•;-.- has ireceived several tiireate: ::r.g .etters : from a former resident of V7e..ir.g--_r.. j now in England. Detective '_as..-t.s :s ! said to be th-: enly oiiiier in the ser- ; whose return to the Dominion £ coose i watch is known, to have beer. :■>_■;;t. At a meeting- of the Te Kuiti F'coti ball Club on Wednesday evening an I invitation was received from the Otoj rohanga Ciub to play a match at Ororohanga on Saturday next. In view of the club fixture with Mokauiti the invitation had to be declined, but a game will probably be arranged later in the season. The Te Kuiti club has undertaken to provide horses for the members who have to make the journey to Aria on Saturday. Cabinet had decided to have 200 acres of land on the Weraroa State farm stumped. The bush was felled many years ago. The Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister for Agriculture, says the work is o : a character which can j be done by anyone with a pair of nan as i willing and able to work. ;. tit '■'■■- ■'•-'- : j not intend making a :. ere "."■_.-.-nt institution of it. When rut in hand the work should give employment -o a con siderable number of men. A certain old dame, who is well known to fame For preferring a shoe for a cottage, Her children would spank and to byebye would yank, If they ever complained of their pottage. Now this shows she was wise, and it"s safe to surmise In a household so strict and housewifely. If a child had a cough it was treated | right off, With Woods' Peppermint Cure — i quick and lively. '' _________________