THE KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1910 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 235, 19 February 1910, Page 2

THE KING COUNTRY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1910 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The plough trial which we recently notified would take place at Pio Pio, will eventuate on Tuesday next on Mr. Rawstron's farm. t\ Attention is drawn to Messrs Lorigan and Co.'s land sale in the Te Kuiti T own Hall on Tuesday next, at 10.0 a m., when a number of valuable surburban properties will be offered for sale.

An advertisement appears in this issue notifying that Mr W. Coffin, of Kakepuku, has applied for an o.r.p. license of 131 acres in Block VIII., Pirongia, and that such application will be considered at the Land Board meeting on 31st March, 1910.

Entries have come in most satisfactorily for the Te Kuiti Sports to be held on Wednesday, March 2nd. Besides various post entry events the chopping entries total 84, and the running entries 80. The indications all point to a huge attendance, and with fine weather a very popular carnival will be inaugurated.

There was a pleasant gathering at the Hop Gardens on Thursday afternoon, when the members of St. Lukes' Ladies' Guild gave a "Gipsy Tea." Conveyances had been provided for taking visitors to and from the grounds, and these were made use of by many who would otherwise have felt the stiff climb. The gardens were looking at their best, and the outing was much enjoyed by those present, it being generally held to be one of the sights of Te Kuiti. Afternoon tea was provided by the ladies, and games were indulged in by those present, the various attractions combining to make up a most enjoyable outing. The Borough Committee took advantage of Mr W. T. Jennings' presence in Te Kuiti yesterday to go into borough affairs with him. After the meeting, Mr Jennings telegraphed to the Minister for Internal Affairs, intimating that he had been interviewed by the Borough Committee and that, as there was no valid objections offered to the incorporation of the Borough, requesting that the matter be dealt with at once.

At the Magistrate's Court, Te Kuiti, on Thursday, before Mr. F.. 0. B. Loughnan, S.M., a resident was charged with bringing in liquor insufficiently branded. Mr Finlay, for defendant, said that the box was labelled whisky and 'the words "For private use only," had been added. The magistrate held that the requirements of the Act had not been met, and fined the offender sb, with 7s costs. Judgment for plaintiff was given by consent in the case Townsend v, Ratima. This was au action on a guarantee to supply milk to a creamery. The amount claimed was £3O. Mr Finlay appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Hine for defendant. In the matter of C. Stevens (Mr. Hine) v. H. Hetet (Mr. Finlay), an application for a judgment "summons for £6l, the magistrate,, after examining Hetet, refused to make ap order. Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., was in Hamilton yesterday, leaving by the midday train for Auckland. In the course of a conversation with our Hamilton representative the Member for Taumarunui said that the King Country everywhere was showing signs of activity and progress. Nowhere, however, was this more noticeable than in the Ohura district, which had a great future before it. As an evidence of the strides the Taumarunui electorate was making Mr Jennings said that at Te Kuiti at the present time eighteen buildings were in the course of erection, Bujldipg activity was also marked at Taumarunui. At Matiere, in the Ohura, 3 row of eight shops was being built. This was without precedent in a country town of the same age, as at Matiere this time last year there was nothing doing. Mangaroa showed signs of expansion, buildings were going up and a commodious sawmill hnd been established. The county about Matiere, near Tatu, was showing a growth of grass that was wonderful. •'■As a matter of fact/' continued Mr Jennings, ''there is not sufficient stock to keep it down. Settlement also appears to bp progre>sing satisfactorily. A lot of new people have come into the district, who had had experience of farming elsewhere, and these made a class of settlers that .vould indeed b.o a,n acquisition to a country so rich and capable pf much 3xpansipn' as the Ohura. Mr. Jenilngs Mates ajso that all the people ippear to ibfi in good heart and gre loing ver.vj well.