King Country Chronicle Wednesday, March 29, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 348, 29 March 1911, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Wednesday, March 29, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Mr John S. Colquohn, the new schoolmaster at Otorohanga, in succession to Mr Lowe, comes from Ohaupo. He takes up his duties next week. Mr H. C. Cornwall, a newcomer to Otorohanga, has been buying sections and broad acres pretty extensively. This last week he has bought town sections to the value of over £BOO, ranging in value from £65 to £175, a block of over 200 acres lately owned by Mr Barker, and Mr Richard's Kiokio interests. The New Zealand egg-laying competition is now in its 48th and last week. The white Leghorns from Kangiuru are carrying all before them, and will in all probability put up a world's record. Up to the 46th week they had laid 1410 eggs, an average of 235 eggs per bird. Messrs Allison and Co. who have just taken over the business carried on by Mr W. Andrew, announce that they are shortly opening up new consignments of special winter goods. Owing to Mrs Matheson's ill-health, Mr J. Matheson has disposed of his stationery and fruit business to Mr J. Miine, late of Hamilton. Mr and Mrs Matheson intends farming in the Hawke's Bay district. j It is announced by the Mercantile | Gazette that the Mokau Coai and j Etates Company has been formed to I "acquire, take over, and purchase as i a going concern the colliery and the j business of a coal merchant at Wai- : tara and Mokau, now owned and car- j ried on by Mr George H. Stubbs." The capital is £IOO,OOO. J The Norfolk Island pine, which for j half a century has formed a prominent j landmark at what was once known as j Omiti Point (near Kawhia wharf) was j felled last week, as it was considered ' a source of danger to houses in the J immediate vicinity. The tree was j over 100 ft in height, and was a per- ; feet speciment of its family. j Mrs J. Williams, of Hamilton, who | has a great reputation for the produc- j tion of ladies' headgear, announces ] that she will open a special display of ■ new season's millinery in rooms above j Blackman and Cobb's, Rora street, : and will be pleased to see old and new customers. Inspection is at all times cordially invited. The show will be open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next, April 3rd, 4th and sth.

Typhoid fever has broken out at Taumarar.ui and one if not two cases are notified. A meeting of the General Committee of the A. and P. Association will be held in the Loan and Mercantile Co.'s offices at 7.30 this evening. Referring to the application for a telephone office at Tangitu, Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P., is informed that a bond fur execution by six settlers has been sent to, Mr E. 0." Guilford. This telephone connection will be of immense advantage to the settlers in putting them in touch with other centres. The committee appointed at the meeting of farmers held last week in connection with the dairying business, will report to-night the number of cows that have been guaranteed so far. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Mr J. R. Graham has a special advertisement in the "wanted" column, which chose interested in grass-seed should read. Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P., is informed by the Acting Minister of i Lands that the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor, Auckland, has been instructed to have the work of opening up and sub-divid-ing the Rangitoto A ,No. 18b, No 2. block, put an hand without delay. This land lies wide of Otorohanga. In reply to the suggestion made by Mr F. P. Moorhouse, President of the King Country Acclimatisation Society, that a meeting of delegates be held at Hamilton at an early date, Mr Moorhouse has received word from Mr W. H. Hazard, President of the Auckland Society, that a meeting will be held in Auckland on Thursday next, and a delegate from each branch society is requested to be present. Mr Moorhouse will attend the meeting in order to represent the King Country Society. While a man named J. H. Dunn was conducting a team of five horses from Ongarue to Mangaroa the other day the leaders bolted, and the whole team together with the driver fell over a cliff. The driver's back and head were badly injured, and he was conveyed the same evening to Taumarunui Hospital, the scout ambulancecorps taking him to the station. The subject of ring-barking willows was dealt with at the last meeting of the Waitomo County Council. The Minister of Lands now writes Mr Jennings that the Chairman of the County should send in a voucher for liablitiy of £6O already incurred, and can further incur expenditure for the same class of work up to say another £9O. The work is a most important one, and it is gratifying to see that no obstacles are to be placed in the way. Mr J. Barugh, chairman of the J Auckland Farmers' Freezing Co., i Ltd., in conversation with a "Chronij cle" representative said.that the comjpany's turnover for the past season i would not prove to be as large as in | previous years. Something like 12,- ; 000 fewer sheep had been put through, ! and a smaller number of cattle. He j was inclined to predict a higher price I in the immediate future for meat in ! the Dominion, but did not anticipate l higher rates for stock sold for export. ) Refering to the abnormal drought, i the North Island has experienced, he I said that in all his experience in Waii kato, not excluding 1908, the season | had never been so dry. Springs | which were running three years ago |on his place in that drought had comj pietely failed this year.