King Country Chronicle Saturday, July 2, 1910 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 273, 2 July 1910, Page 2

King Country Chronicle Saturday, July 2, 1910 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

—„ «. Canada haa resolved to mint 5 dol. gold pieces hereafter. No gold has hitherto been coined in the Dominion. One of the largest municipalities in Berlin, in order to check the two-child standard, offers municipal workmen with three children an extra five shillings monthly, with four children 12s 6d, five children 15s, six children 17s "63/ and above six £l, the payments to be made while the children are under 16 years of age, -■■■'■ We are indebted to Mr T. E. Foy for the, following table of the rainfail for June, 1910, in Te Kujti:—sth. .52 inches; '6th, .15; 7th, .02; 9th, .17; 10th, 1.55; 11th, .14; 12th, .13; 13th, .08; 14th, .82; 15th, .64; 16th, .06; 17tb, .16; 28rd. .85; 28th, .25; 129 th, .95; 30th, .24; total, 5.68 inches on 16 days. The rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 9 o'clock this rooming was 1.20 inches in Te Kuiti. J Mr Young raised the question of the Kiting of Native land-J for hospital maintenance, at the Waikato Hospital Board meeting on Thursday. There Were certain counties in the Waikato Hospital district, he said, that were rated on the value of their Native lands, yet those counties no rates themselves from them. The Natives weie admitted Jo Jhe hospital and received similar treatment to Europeans, yet they refused to assist in the maintenance of the hospital, and seldom paid their fees. The matter was a large question and one which he thought -was worth looking into. \ Oh his suggesfjon ijt. was decided to write., the Premier en tb.e matter* . „,-» • ■' , *■-

The pasteurisation of milk has been lately condemned by experts, who aver that the milk thus treated only spoils and becomes rotten without decaying. It is consequently being abandoned for medical use.

There are now two hundred newspaper correspondents in Reno, Nevada, recording the final preparations for the world's heavyweight championship between Jeffries and Johnson, compared with twelve American correspondents sent to the Russo-Japanese war. The fight takes place-on Monday. Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P., who has been collecting facts regarding the mortality of Parliamentarians, is a strong advocate of daylight hours for Parliament, or, at any rate, the carrying out of at least half its work in sunlight. "Why not follow the good example of the Californian Senate?" he asked a reporter, when discussing the question of a lgeislative methods. "There they sit from noon till mid- 1 night. Here's 4 another thing that kills a member,'" he continued, pulling three or four big handfulls of correspondence out of his letterbox. "My average for the year is 3000 letters, and this is my start for the session. I have a district of 6000 square miles—a cruel thing. I v am bound to see the electors once a year at least, so you can imagine what that means in the way of travelling." The following are the winners of the first Tonking's contest, each having forwarded word lists containing the maximum number of word and each bearing the earliest post mark. The prize-money has therelore been divided equally between these contestants, each receiving 10s: —Mrs C. F. Giesen, Auckland; Master' R. Kinlock, Mount Eden; Master I. Kronfeld, Auckland; Mr J. Murphy, Kamo; Mr R. Brown, Stratford; Mrs A. Andrew, Waihi; Mr R. Giesen, Auckland; Mr F. M. Smith, Helensville; Mr F. Deas, Auckland; Mr J. R. D'Oyley, Wellington; Mr J. Cutter, Christchurch; Miss Ivy Gavin, Te Aroha; Miss Hilda Bird, Westport; Miss Eva Cameron, Lawrence: Miss L. M. Gaudin, Ellerslie; Mr F G. Marshall, Wellington; Mr R. Whitelaw, Kamo; Mr F. G. Baildon, Arch Hill; Mr Wm. Cox, Northcote, Auckland; Miss A. E. Smith, 'Helensville; Miss A. M. Mensies, Mount Eden.

On Thursday afternoon a well attended meeting of the ladies of St. Luke's Church was held. The Rev. E. S. Wayne explained to the meeting that it is necessary to make the district which is at present helped by the Home Mission fund, into a self-sup-porting parochial district, and also to enlarge the church as soon as possible. The Rev. H. Wingfield is very kindly drawing a suggested plan for a church, of which it is proposed to erect the Chancel as soon as possible, using the present building as the Nave, so providing extra seating accommodation at once, and in time to complete the new plan, leaving the present church to be used as a Sunday School and Parish Hall. The hearty cooperation of the ladies was promised. The ladies' sewing guild resolved to begin work at once, Mrs Wayne being appointed president, Mrs Hitchcock secretary, and Mrs White treasurer. Mesdames Bond and Johnson, Misses Grattan and Mussen, also agreed to act as collectors of all sum 9 promised by parishioners in aid of the stipend fund. The thanks of the vicar and ladies are due. to Mr Lever for so kindly lending his room for the meeting.