LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 299, 1 October 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

To-day's issue contains:- —Meeting of ratepayers (page 3), Notes for Women (page 6), the discovery of Waitomo Caves (page 2), and the Farmers' executive attitude to the Land Bill (page 2). The serial story is suspended for the present; and next issues owing to great pressure on our space. Mr J. K. Graham had a successful sale of Mr I\ Beck's property of furniture and stock, every line, in- { eluding the property, being cleared at 1 prices satisfactory to the vendor. i A Maori named Hinaki is a candiI date for the Borough Council elections j ao Taumarunui, and considers he i should be returned because he has "a j good eye for the see, a good ear for | the hear, and then he can jump in j the right place." I It is stated by a Palmerston paper j that at this time of last year there j were about two hundred shearers in ! Masterton waiting for engagements, J whereas this year there is not one, and I sheep-owners are experiencing conj siderable difficulty in getting men. i Mr J. R. Graham has a replace adj vertisement in to-day's issuj quite J worth the attention of buyers. We note he is now holding stocks of ; Messrs Barraud and Abraham's celeI brated grass seeds. The next Horse ! Sale is on the 15th inst. Entries for i this sale are invited. In order to secure their coal supplies I at a cheaper rate, threshing mill owners in South Canterbury propose to band together and buy from one merchant, providing him with a guarantee in each case. It is hoped to i secure a rebate of "is a ton, and a com- | mittee lias been appointed to go into j the matter. j Mr Bevege. commissioner for the j Pio Pio school, took advantage of Mr i Jennings' visit to that district, to lay j ; before him the many shortcomings I of the present school building. Mr I Jennings stated that the Education J Board were the responsible body, and I advised a visit from the inspector. ! He would do all he could to assist them I in the matter. j Messrs J. and B. Rosenberg have a ] i half-page advertisement on page 7, j ! drawing attention to their special dis- j play which will be shown on Wednesday next and following days. A high- ; class gramaphone recital will be given i each afternoon, and ten will he provided for the ladies visiting the show ; rooms. The firm has imported its new ; spring and summer goods direct from : England, and claims to sell at prices favourably comparing with Auckland ; or any other lai'ge centre. Attention is called to a notice in outadvertising columns asking the settlers , interested to be in attendance at Aria on Saturday, 10th inst., at 8 p.m., when a presentation will be made to Mr H. E. Lewis, the popular coach ■ driver. The presentation is being j made to Mr Lewis by the settlers in j order to show their appreciation of his J services as the carrier of their mails j and parcels, ,

A meeting of members and intending members of the United Ancient Order of Druids will be held in Congregational Schoolroom on next at 7.30 p.m. sharp. Business iSaf important, being to arrange lars for the opening of the Lodge ofc the 18th inst., and general. We are indebted to Mr T. E. Foy for the following statistics of Te Kuiti rainfall for September, 1910: September 2nd, .03 inches; 3rd, .17; sth, .52; 7th, .01; 12th, .02; 13th, .57; 18th, .52; 19th, .19; 20th, .56; 21st, .08; 22nd, .04; 23rd, .08; 24th, .11; 25th, .05; total, 2.95 inches on 14 days. Just as the Mayor had finished enlarging upon the virtues of acetylene gas lighting at Thursday night's meeting in the Town Hall, the acetylene light, for the second time that night, completely failed, and the meeting compulsorily broke up. It is to be hoped no moral was intended to be drawn, as it would be a very bad one. Mr Vernon Reed has given notice of his intention to move in committee of the House a new clause to the Land Settlement Finance Amendment Bill bringing native lands under the operation of the original Act. If this new clause is passed, it will enable settlers to treat for the purchase of Maori lands as well as of private estates. Dr Thacker returned to the Dominion by the Tongariro on her last trip, after seeing the race for the sculling championship of the world on the Zambesi. He has a high opinion of Barry's abilities as a sculler, and describes the race as one worth witnessing. He states that Arnst is to row Barry again on the Thames, for £IOOO aside. An experiment which should prove of considerable interest and probably commercial value is being carried out by Mr J. N. Williams, of Frimley, Hawke's Bay. Over forty years ago he planted walnut, pinus insignia, and African poplar trees, which to-day are fit to turn into milling timber. Mr Williams has had some oi them cut down and sent to the sawmill. . It is believed that the timber will be very suitable for cabinet-making purposes. The postal authorities have issued the following notice to private-box holders: -The department specially requests private-box holders to have all correspondence addressed to a number of a box. Business firms would greatly assist the department by having the following words added to their letter-paper, accounts, etc.: "All replies to be addressed to Box No. —." Compliance with this request will considerably facilitate sorting and delivery of correspondence. A Christchurch Press Association message to-day states that G. Clarke, a young man employed on the Midland railway, was drowned in the Wairhakariki river on Thursday. He had been to Cass to collect the wages and when fording the river on the return journey was seized with cramp and was washed down stream. —Messrs Dell (mailman), Paterson (assistant engineer), Sutcliffe and Stratford (paymaster and clerk respectively) on the public works'), were involved in a serious trap accident on Thursday evening at Broken river. The horse shied whilst going through a gate and overturned the buggy. All the occupants were badly bruised. The Govenment Labour Department is about to make an effort to obtain first-hand and reliable information as to the actual cost of living in New Zealand. It is proposed to issue book- | lets, in the case of Dunedin to the ! number of 750, to married persons of j any calling who are disposed to accept I them, whose earnings do not exceed I £250 per annum, and who are without ! any other means of income, and whose I children are under the age of 14 years. ! The booklets which it is proposed to j distribute for the purpose of collect- ! ing this information provide for the j setting out of the income and detailed i household and other expenditure for | each week, or each month in the year, ,as the case may be. It will, of course, be a purely voluntary action on the part of anyone who decides to furnish the information desired, and the details will be regarded as strictly confi- ! dential.