DISTRICT PARS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 198, 11 October 1909, Page 2

DISTRICT PARS.

The connecting link between the Awaroa-Waiharakeke road and the Kinohaku-Waiharakeke road in the shape of the Waiharakeke bridge, over an arm of the Kawhia harbour will be finished at the end of the present month. The completion of this work will be a boon to the settlers, who have hitherto experienced great difficulty in bringing stock back and forth. Mr G. Turnbull, piano tuner, notifies in another column that he will visit Te Kutii about the middle of this month. The No-license party is preparing for, and has issued, its proposals for amendments to th Licensing Act, and will secure the introduction of a bill during the coming session embodying the following clause.: I—A1 —A bare majority vote; 2—the placing of brewers in the same position as hotels in electorates where no-license is carried; 3--the repeal of the provision requiring that half the voters on a roll shall record their opinions at a licensing poll, where no Parliamentary election takes place, before a valid vote can be secured; 4 —abolition of barmaids after a stated period; s—one hotel, one bar; G —Dominion option; and finally in regard to lockers: 7—making it illegal for one man to store liquor for any other person.

Up to the present between 300 and 400 applications have been received by the YVellington Land Board for the sections on the block of land to be thrown open for selection to retrenched civil servants and discharged railway hands. The block consists of 15,000 acres, lying to the west of the Main Trunk line, between Raurimu and Piriaka. Applications will close on October l!i, and the ballot will be held on the 29th of this month. Attention is drawn to the advertisement which appears in this issue, whereby it is notified that applicatinos will be received at the Lands and Survey Office New Plymouth, f landless married men. The land oi ed compriess K.j sections in the Maj.ara and Tanpitu S.D. and !k-: ; to thv northwest of Wain. rd. a Kaii-vay ~ t r-. from which idacf the centre of ir.e block is about 10 milts di?tar.t. The land is cla<!, i.. - ing in heavy manuka, fern and scrub.

The bathing season has conyr.«r:c«d. and on Sunday last a ;argr; raoober o: children were to be seen ia -0.. ... available swimming places akag too banks of tk vx aa. V. :.a every prospect nf a vrry hoi -aaaact a. would add to the pleasures of . ■_eamunity if a swimming por.d, say the reserve, were to be ir.ade, so cricketers, athletes, and the ; utile generally could have a coohr.g . without going too far iron: the Domain. Besides this, when children start bathing along the banks of the river it causes a good deal of ar.r.oyance to the residents near the r:v;r, and complaints are very ofu-r. ar a Mrs Cross's usual dancing ch--ss ar.a evening will be held in the ke- Ikk.i Town Hall tomorrow nig!.:. I: is Mrs Cross's intention to give a Lai'. ek rtly and if the fine weather we ar- iaack.g continues, the function should i ra c a great success. We beg to inform the public of Kangatiki and surrounding district; that Mrs. J. Tasscll has now taken over the Hangitiki Butchery. Lovers of the fine eld game of chess will doubtless be interested in the advertisement appearing in another column. It will be seen that a meeting } is called for next Thursday evening, with the object of forming a club in Te Kuiti. What might have been a serious accident occurred to Mr W. Bathe, Public Works Inspector, resident in Kawhia last week, while returning from his usual rounds of inspection. He crossed the Puti between 7 and 8 p.m. on the flood tide, and pushed on to the "short cut" across the Ruaaku Bay between Motutara and Kawhia before being cut off by the rising water. On his arrival, however, the tide had risen to such an extent that it was not long before he found himself and horse in aifficulites. The horse was swept from the track by the current, which was now running like a mill race owing to the exceptionally high spring tides, and was soon plunging hcavily about in the boggy portion of the 1 ay. Both girth 3 were burst, and. weiyhtoa with the heavy impedimenta which :'s usually carried by road inspectors. MiBathe soon parted company with, ha horse, but managed to grab th: animal's tail and was pulled out to shal"low water. H's saddle was recovered next morning, and, beyond getck a thorough soaking, Mr Bathe was fortunately no worse for his evening's experience. Until now the Government refused to appoint the Leader of the Opposition to the Public Accounts Committee, and its proposal that Mr Ma-:oy should on this occasion be include a among its members is therefore ge:an - ally regarded as striking recognition on the part of the Government of tho increased strength of the Opposition. Both Mr Massey and Mr Jaao.es A M a are amongst the members propose-.1 for this committee. We have received from the Secretary, Mr W. I. Coniadi. a copy of the . balance sheet of the Waikato Hospital ! and Charitable Aid Board. The figures , show that the gross revenue was £l6, j 042 os 4d, of which the local bodies' ; contributions amounted to £4929 Ivs, j patients' fees to £1166 13s 6d, and ! voluntary contributions to £lls 10s 3d, while the Government subsidy was £SOOB lis lid. A sum of £3728 5s 3d ! was raised from the Bank of New Zea- j land tor the new buildings, and the Board is gradually reducing this amount by raising proportions every year from the contributing bodies, which also carries a Government subsidy. The final payments on account of the new buildings were over £8300; salaries amounted to £1991 17s 9d, expenses of old men's home to £sio 15s 2d, payments on account of pa- ; tients in other hospitals to £156 2s Sd, I and charitable aid to £219 Is 4d. The Waikato Equestrian Carnival promises to be a hugh success. En- i tries are coming from ail parts of the Dominion, and a very large number ; are expected. The Hamilton Fire , Brigade will give a display one nigfit ; and a Marathon race between Harnil- • ton and Cambrdige to finish at the ; Horse Bazara is being taken up with | interest. The Rugby Union, too, is : entering a team for the tug-of-war. j A team from the Encounter w:!l be in- j vited if that warship is in port. j The revenue of the Tost and Tei'e- ! graph Department has more thanuoub- j led in the past ten years, having risen ; from £445 770 to £913,994. The expenditure in the same period has increased from £390,197 to £3>J7,6u2. The balance of revenue over exvenditure, which in 1898-99 was £55,-373. this year stands at £106.3-12. 1 ao main increase in expenditure is due- t the higher cost of conv'eyaa. e of ia ad by railway and the heavier c.o.ae- ? against themails by sea and a a;:o - laneous votes. The prine;;.a: sa ta-co : of revenue —via., stamps, tke aaaroa and telephone receipt- haoo a . tributed well towards the ok. a which the revenue exceeds -.oat o: .a.at year. The expenditure eaeo-ekd the expenditure of laoT--- he v' 27. From statistics ,-u; : lied ' y a. ternational Bureau at Ik rat. aypears that NewZealaad staak :w...i0 amongst the countries of the- w .oa : a. respect of its telegraph buknes-a exceeding such countries as Koik'ak Switzerland, Spain. Egypt, Sweden, Turkey, and Portugal. "How to make money,'* is a subject that will always interest men and women, and in the October nun I ?r ot "The New Idea" just to hard thereare a couple of interesting ar.d ir.:V.a~ - ative articles giving det; two methods by whk:; women may earn money. aa. a o. Feather Making— ar, kak as a protest agaa at ko ■ wild birds r ; .a ■ o-o'o tively limited in .- . e; • . ; o t . a. a.ture offers a v- ida a- a a .a o . tive field ka " oo< a.' - '• r; tal and physical eaera ies. -a. a.-00.. of illuatratka - are ahe.o men at v.-f t-'o i:o.oda k.a : . a.. : accomplished by aa Engash peeress "The Making of a Southern Home," and "How to Decorate a Bedroom. ; ' j , 1 1

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