King Country Chronicle Saturday, July 1, 1911.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 374, 1 July 1911, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Saturday, July 1, 1911.

The residents of Te Kuiti and surrounding districts are promised a new - and novel entertainment by the White Diamond Minstrela on the 21at t and all preparations are being made for a refined and amusing evening's performance. The "Niggers" can be relief upon to drive away dull care. 1 Messrs Green and Colebrook invite l the public of Te Kuiti and surroundB ihg districts to call and see, them duri ing their sale. Th* sale begins on July 3rd, and lasts for ten days. i Mr W. Johnston, of Hangatiki dia- . covered a new cave on his property at Waitomo a few days ago. In the in terior he found a hbman skeleton, the head of which was 'much larger than that of the ordinary human being. - Other human bones were also found. A peculiarity of thia cranium is that the back part of the lower jaw had never grown any teeth, and those teeth which were in the front apparently grew inward. It is the in--1 tent ion of Mr Johnston to forward the . skull to Mr Cheesman, Curator of [ Auckland Museum, for examination. r Attention is directed to a replace . advertisement in our columns, wherein | Messrs Chas. Begg and Co., Ltd., 1 notify the last few days of their sale of pianos. These pianos are to be r seen at Messrs Blackman and Cobb's 1 shop in Rora street, and are being sold ' at Wellington prices. The terms are 1 made to suit everyone's pocket, and the public will do well to avail theiht selves of this chance before the close > of the sale. We call the attention of readers to " four interesting advertisements by Mr J. R. Graham, viz., land sale, tree sale, and others notified in advertise- ■ ment columns. I We have received from the pub- . Ushers, Messrs Ferguson and! Higks, i of Wellington a copy of Mr . WUI/am Jolliffe's "Parliamentary Electoral . Law." It aims at simplifying lihe Statute Law relating to Parliamentary elections, and contains the provisions of the Legislat ; ve Act" Second ; Ballot Act and Amendment Act of last ■ session. The work has been adopted ■ for official use by electoral registrars and returning officers at the coming , election and should be of great use to : candidates and their commit teas. The friends of Dr Fullertoti 'will be glad to learn that he arrived safely at Colombo on his way toEngland. The complete rest obtained on shipboard has greatly improved his health, which will enable him better to sustain the cperaton he has to undergo on bis arrival Home. Mr Thompson, Mayor of Taumarun J, received a telegram this week from the Advances Departmrnt stating that the Taumarunui loan was now all in order and that the money was available. The Mayor thinks the first work that will be put in hand will be the water and drainaee. The Council are now in correspondence with the Engin'e-", and it is expected that these two contracts will be ready to start in about two months time. Tttfs will ensure .* long summer for the work. Referring to th 9 stimulus which the Mayor of Auckland, at the official reception, said he hoped the visit of the Sheffield Choir wou'd give to musi* in Auckland, Dr Coward, in the course of bis remarks in reply said that in England the counties which were most prosperous and progressive were those in which choral music was most popular. This applied particularly to Yorkshire and Lancashire here choral music was the key to comradeship and health. The influence of music as beyond computation and it was desirable that in every community there should be come such legitimate recreation lest the people developed a taste for less worthy pleasures. Mr J. R. Graham ie offering on Saturday, 7tb July# fo addition to the Bonny Glen suburban sections, three town, Metions, as also a nice cottage and one acre, centrally situated. By advertisement Mestors Dalgety and Co. notify that they have been instructed by Mr A. Barnett to sell six freehold sections in Te Kuiti. These sections are fronting Jennings street, King street, and the Esplanade. Further particulars may be obtained from the auctioneers. Miss Pine's new quarter for mupio painting and infant school begins on July 3rd.*

We have to thank Mr T. E. Foy for the following record of the rainfall, at Te Kuiti, for the month of Jane, 1911:—2nd, .Ooin; Bth,; 1.08 in; 9th, .361n; 10th, O.lin; 11th, 1.1lin; 12tb, .43in; 13tb, .06in; 19th, .02in; 20th, .39in: 21st, .36in; 22nd,.36in; 23rd, .69in; 24th, .10in. Grand total 5.02 in on thirteen days. For Jone, 1910, the rainfall recorded was 6.68 in on Bixteen days.

The Main Trunk express from Auckland ran off the line near Wairangi station on Thursday night. The points had not been locked, and the engine and mail van took the siding and dragged four secnd class carriages across the rails from the main line. No passegers were seriously hurt. After a wait of over seven hours, the passengers were got away by using the Wellington incoming train for taking them back, and by ten o'clock the line was sufficiently cleared to allow the ordinary traffic to proceed.