King Country Chronicle Wednesday, June 28, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 373, 28 June 1911, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Wednesday, June 28, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The Gazette contains a notice by the Hiniiter for Internal Affairs revoking all licenses issued under the Race Meeting Act, 1909, as from July 31, 1911, with a view to issuing licenses in future on such dates as u£r be required.

At a meeting last week of the Waikato Acclimatisation Society, Messrs R. Reynolds president, C. G. Buckland and A. C. Whitney were elected delegates to meet the Auckland Society on Tuesday for the purpose of defining boundaries between the two societies. Failing an amicable arrangement being arrived at, the Minister for Internal Affairs will set up a commission to deal with the whole matter. The Canadian-Pacific Railway is achieving marvellous work in the development of that Dominion. Last year it started forty new towns on its recently built branch lines, and this year it will lay out and start fifty more towns on the same basis. The attention of the public is directed to our advertising columns to a replace advertisement calling for ipecial notice. We all wish to secure goods at the very lowest price and the circumstances which take the great clearance sale needful also make the reduction in price a very considerable one. Owing to dissolution of partnerohip, Barton and; Row, Ltd., are compelled to reduce their very large stocks, and from a perusal of the advertisement the public will readily perceive that goods are being offered at prices far below the usual cost. We would recommend those requirng any article at allvior the home, whether furniture, crockery, furnishings, no matter how small, to call or communicate with this firm. The immigration branch of the High Commissioner's department has never

been busier than it is to-day. Shoals of applicationsfor reduced-rate passages are pouring in upon Mr ' Donne and his staff, and although . only farm hands, farmers and domestie servants can be selected, the work entailed by the multitude of inquiries is very heavy. The probable explanation of this rush of would-bee immigrants is that Canada is. to put it tersely, beignning to be "found out" by the people of the Old Country. So many letters are coming back from disappointed immigrants in Canada, describing the severity of the winters, when the country is snowed up for months at a stretch, and the awful loneliness of life in the far NorthWest, that those left behind in England are beginning to discount the glowing advertisements of the Canadian Government and turn their attention towards Australasia. The ball to be given in aid of the funds of the King Country A. and P. Association, promises to be a great success. The ladies' committee who have the matter in hand are receiving good support from the townspeople, and the gathering is now an assured success. Those who have not already obtained tickets can get same from the members of the committee or from the "Chronicle" office. Mr Colin B. King has just completed a 7000 mile touring run in a 30 h.p. Cadillac car, Bhod with Dunlop tryes, journeying from Brisbane passing through New South Wales to Sydney, over the Blue Mountains to Melbourne, and across the desert to Adelaide and Broken Hill to Cunnanull.a passing within a few mileß of the historic spot on Cooper's Creek where the Burke and Wills expedition perished of thirst and privation, the only survivor by a strange coincidence, being a man named King. This is the Autral'an record long distance touring run in the one car with the one set ol tyres, and is the •vent ofthe year in motoring. At the sale of trees, sbrubs and flowers at Mr Graham's rooms on sth July, at 2.30 p.m., the consignors Will be present in order to give advice and assistance to buyer*. There will be no reserve on the lots submitted. At Mr J. R. Graham's mart sale on Saturday there will be offered a good line of cutlery, a white and gold cup and saucer set, toilet set r etc. For details see advertisement. A meeting of the members of the To Kuiti Dog Trial Club will be held on Wednesday. A full attendance of members is requested, as the business to be transacted is very important. Miss Pine's now quarter for music painting and infant school begins on Juiyßrd.* ,