LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 298, 28 September 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Mr E. Roget, of the Auckland district fltaff, is relieving Inspector Bennet as health inspector during the latter's holidays. Mr J. R. Graham will .sell as per advertisement on account of Messrs Robinson and Tod, fresh meat and small goods on Saturday. There will be no reserve, and the sale starts as usual. Ajleat will be sold at 2 p.m. The demand made upon Masterton and Wairarapa breeders for Ronmey rams has been phenomenal this season. Excellent prices have been obtained. As showing* the value of draught horses at the present;, a line of 20, sold on account of Mr W. Douglas, at the Hawke's Bay sales realised an average of £3B per head. The 16 year old son of the wellknown authoress, Annie S. Swan (Mrs Burnett Smith) who was home from Rugby for his holidays, was examining his father's gun when it exploded, and he was killed. Mr V. S. Hattaway had the misfortune to be thrown from his horse when nearing his home on Monday evening. He was picked up unconscious and Drs Zobel and Paxton were called in. He was found to be suffering from a slight concussion of the brain. He is now making satisfactory progress towards recovery. Dominion Day was celebrated in Te Kuiti by working as usual. The weather was delightful. The Post Office restricted its opening hours but the banks and stores remained open. We ] noticed no flags flying. Are people j getting tired of spasmodic holidays? j A generally recognised series, observed j by everybody, is what is badly wanted. | Miss Pine's new quarter for music, ] painting and elementary school com- | rnenced on September l'Jth. * i At the Borough Council meeting jon Monday evening last Dr Makgill, who was present, stated that he had perused the proposed sanitary and ! public health by-laws and considered j they were excellent; in fact, he j doubted if they could be improved iupon. ' At the last meeting of the Raglan 1 County Council the chairman (Mr j 13. Ilewett) resigned office on account !of his leaving the district. The counI cillors and officials presented Mr i Hewett with a gold cigarette case and Mrs Ilewett with a silver jewel case. Each councillor spoke in the highest terms of praise of Mr Hewett's capabilities as chairman, and eulogised the good work he had done in that capacity. Cr Johnstone was elected chairman. I Mesrss Goodfellow, Ltd., have just ! acquired the business of Gavin WalI lace, in Hamilton. The premises will j be used for a branch of Messrs Good- ; fellow's business With the excep- ! tion of a few market changes no alter- ; ations in prices are to be made, which I accounts for the general satisfaction I shown at the change. Messrs Good- ] fellow, Ltd., acquired the business of j Mr ,1. E. Skuse, at; Pirongia, as from I September Ist, Mr Skuse joining the ! firm in Hamilton. Extensive alteraJ tions and improvements are in process jat the butter factory, but nothing I short of reconstruction on a larger I scale can meet the prospective business for the ensiling season. A terrible tale of a tub —no, a tank —reaches us from Awakino. During a recent gale affrighted onlookers saw what they imagined to be an aeroplane taking a rapid course through the air. It seemed like the Japanese invasion, or war in the air, or some other wonderful occurance this twentieth century is producing, but plain bald truth demands that the facts be told. It was a tank, a water tank; one of those tanks you put up when you erect a house, and strange to say, it com pletely disappeared. Not a trace of it is left for mortal man to set eyes on. Where is that tank" '" What is Labour?" asked the Teacher. Said the school girl, smart and bright; "It is Labour to be coughing As some people do, all night!" "What is Capital?" he asked her, After a brief interval. i "Woods' Great Peppermint Cure!" she answered. "Mother says that's Capital!" i