DISTRICT PARS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 210, 22 November 1909, Page 2

DISTRICT PARS.

Mr Jennings has been informed that a grant of Nl-Bj has been made for barking the remaining willow trees in the Mangakewa Stream, near Hangatiki.

Mr M. Forsyth, late Bridge Inspector for the Roads Department, returned to Te Kuiti from Kawhia last week. The Kawhia wharf, which has been under construction by Mr Forsyth is just about completed, and Mr Forsyth h about to take charge of the erection of a viaduct over the Mangatewainui stream on the Woodville-Napier railway.

Despite the controversy which has raged in every part of the Dominion in regard to tbe licensing reform compromise, the amending bill will come down before the House in a few days' time on the exact lines already indicated in the terms of the agreement. Counsel are at present engaged in working out details of the new bill. Mr C. P. Skerrett, acting for the trade, is collaborating with Mr A. S. Adams, for the no-license party, in the preparation of the amending legislation.

Many farm labourers are inquiring at the Australian State Agencies with a view to emigration to Australia. All the steamers leaving England are taking full complements of third class passengers. Wharo Waiora was at the last sitting of the Te Kuiti Magistrates Court, committed to take his trial at the Auckland Supreme Court on a charge of assault and inflicting bodily harm on H. Jensen. The case was heard on Saturday last when the jury returned a verdict of not guilty and prisoner was discharged. There are 267 passengers on the Turakina, due to arrive at Wellington from London this week, twenty-one of whom have been assisted. Twelve of the adults were approved by the High Commissioner, the remaining nine of those assisted having been nominated by friends in the Dominion.. The assisted passengers, consisting of farmers, farm labourers, and domestics, have capital ranging from £4OO to £25.

Bishop Neligan will-pay a visit to Te Kuiti at the end of this week, and will conduct services at St. Luke's Church on Sunday next. The Bishop will also preside at a meeting of the congregation to be held in Hattaway's Hall on Saturday at 7.30 p.m., when proposals with reference to turning the district from a Home Mission district into a parochial district will be submitted and discussed.

The Wairere Aquatic Carnival which was inaugaurted two years ago has now become an established New Year fixture. A meeting of those interested in the popular function is to ba held at Miroahuiao on Saturday next when preliminaries for the coming carnival will be arranged. This years' fixture promises to be the most successful yet held in the district.

From Rangataua, through the Tongariro National Park, to Mount Ruapehu, the track is now an accomplished fact. During the coming summer those desirous of climbing this mountain will be able to do so with comparative ease. By starting from Rangataua at an early hour in the morning on horseback, the journey to the summit and back should be completed easily in one day. Horses can be taken to the foot of the mountain (about nine miles,) through some of the finest bush scenery in New Zealand. No doubt those to whom mountain climbing appeals will take advantage of this easy ani pleasant mode of enjoying a holiday amongst the snowy peaks.