LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 311, 12 November 1910, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Latest additions to Te Kuiti telephone exchange: No. 77, Bowling Green; No. 78, E. C. Tassell, butcher; and No. 79, J. Carr, builder, private residence.

In our advertising columns to-day, the Bank of New Zealand announces the opening of a pew branch of the bank at Onura, with a receiving office at Matiere every Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

On Sunday last the eldest son of Mr J. Williamson, of Honikiwi, met with a painful accident. It appears that while playing near the house he tripped and fell, breaking his leg between the knee and thigh. The sufferer was taken to the Hamilton Hospital where he is getting on as well as can be expected.

Mr J. R. Graham advertises an unreserved sale of Mrs Morris' stock in shop and household furniture, on Thursday next, near Kelvin House. Full particulars elsewhere. No reserve, therefore a fine opportunity for buyers. The following is the result of Tonking's fourth contest: —First prize, £5 ss, Mr W. Ambury, New Plymouth; second prize, £2 2s; Mr Oliver Johnston, Pahiatua; third prize, £1 Is, i Mrs W. F. Field, Aokautere, Paimerj ston North, and the four prizes of 10s | 6d each to W. J. Mason, 8 Buckley's road, Linwood; Mrs James Russeil, BJackwell street, Marton; Mr Martin Allen, New Plymouth; and Miss Drydsn, Martinborongh. The final social this year in connection with Te Kuiti Bowling and Croquet Club was held in the Town Hall on Thursday. The attendance was only average as the weather is now getting too warm for dancing. However those who did attend spent a very enjoyable evening. The major portion of the music was supplied by Mr E. A. Power and Mrs A. Johnson and Messrs Mussen, senr. (violin), and Mussen, jum\ (piano), while extras were contributed by Mrs Lissarrian, senr., Miss James, and Messrs D. and J. Hetet.

On Wednesday next Mr C. B. Lever will hold a sale of sundries at his mart in King street. Amongst the items to be sold are a number of boots and a quantity of new potatoes. The advertisement, which appeasr in another column, contains full particulars of the various lines and householders should avail themselves of the opportunity offered as the goods are for absolute sale. -*•

It is more than probable that this summer will see a shortage of the meat supply in New Zealand—not a famine, but a distinct tightening of the meat market, in sympathy with the Home markets. Already (says the "Rotorua Times") buyers from the South Island and from Auckland are exploring the coastal areas of the north and east of Rotorua, To Puke, Tauranga, Whakatane, and those districts. Two of the Dominion's foremost buyers of Jive stock are at the present time in Rotorua to secure stock foi their firms, though so early in the season, and everything points to a good time coming for the holder of cattle and sheep- and a poor time for those whose dietary consists of three feeds of beef a day. Important amendments to the Licensing Bill were argeed to on Thursday in the House of Representatives. The proposed 55 per cent, majority vanishes, and in place two separate voting papers for or against national prohibition and for or against local license will be issued, the issues being carried by the old three-fifths majority. At the Juvenile Court, Te Kuiti, on Thursday, before Mr F. O'B. Loughnan, S.M., Alfred Plier, a lad of 13 years, was charged with entering a cottage occupied by Miss Grattan, and stealing two £5 notes. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, the Magistrate remarking that if he offended again he would be sent to an industrial school.

The current issue of the "Gazette" contains an Order-in-Council establishing the reciprocal application of the Workers' Compensation Act to the United Kingdom, Queensland and Western Australia. We note that it is provided that relatives of a deceased worker, resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland the Stale of Queensland, and the State of! Western Austraila respectively, shall have the same right 3 and remedies under the Workers Compensation Act, 1908, as if resident in New Zealand."

Messrs Samuel Vaile and Sous, of Auckland, announce that on the 24th inst., they will sell by auction the Kawa township. Very easy terms have been fijeed,. viz. : £lO cash, £lO in three months, and £lO in six months and the balance in three years, with interest at 5 per cent. Kawa ia the only freehold township in the King Country and it is anticipated that when the contemplated railway links Kawhia with the rest of the railway system, Ka\va will be an important junction. The sale takes place at Messrs Samuel Vai'.e and Sons' sale rooms, Queen street, Auckland. Plans and further particulars may be obtained locally from Mr F. H. Solomon,

The fact that the soap in the sleeping cars on the North Island Main i Trunk railway is branded "Made in i England," was the subject of a coin- | plaint to the Wellington Industrial i Association the other day. The | writer of the letter thought that it j was not right that a Government | that professed to encourage local ! industry should go to England for ian article of every day consumption j that can just as weH be made in ; New Zealand. Mr Crease volunteered ■ the explanation that the quality of the soap in the sleeping cars was such that people would not cure to carry it away. - Suppose English farrnei'3 said they would grow their I own wool and proposed to shut out I New Zealand primary products, j Would that suit the Wellington In- | dusjrial Association?