King Country Chronicle Wednesday, August 2, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 383, 2 August 1911, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Wednesday, August 2, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The annual balance : beet of the Stace Fire insurance (Mliee shows ISM 0 to have bi-di the most, successful year so far expericr.ced. The profits, sifter jHit.t.in/r .WTO:-, es dd to the reserve, were .i.'>• S;■ 1 Ids. The losses were below the sveiago. '.lie office being fortunate in not. being involved in any large Mock conl'sgraf mus and losses in hush tire:: not. being, ei a serious nature. Hates, in spit, of the favourable year, are mam .paste on certain classes of risk. A large reserve 1 fund is deemed necessary hy the general manager. The Te Kuifi (."hambor <>f i'oiumercc is strongly uT'j;iJi)-' the I'< ■partniejit, to provide direct telephoi; is eoiimitnric.-i----tion between Te Kuili and. Auckland. It is to be hoped the H enart mh-iil. will grant, this request., as a -real, deal of the delay which now o, cm s wil Ihe done away with. IMr 11. Mine, solicitor, of To Kuili, has just, in en a.dvisi d I'roai I lonic of his appointment as Netary Sublic. Kino; IVlahuts arnv< s in Te K.ui!i hy the afternoon .->;pr. as. to d.ay. He is going to Ops.rnre, to ohser\e the obsequies in connection w,(li the death of the aired chief Mahutn. Supporters of the Muniaput.o I I'nion football -.earn, who wish to travel wdli the team winch leaven Te Kuit ion Sri,lay nt •. i. ilh insl... are notified that, if they wish to participate in the railway concessions granted to the team should apply to the .Secretary. Mr iJreshuin. without delay. Notice is given in tin ilar.etl.o that. sections k'A No. '.'. No. '■'<''< section 1 and No. 1 K section A'. Haoturu Is Hloek X Orahiri S.P., comprising some L'tt edit acres, are to be taken under the Public Works ,\c(, I'.ms, for sconc'-y preservation purposes. The total number t>( pa l senpe-rs Carrie;! over the North Island main linos and branches, tor the period ending ;j I |.li ,!une If i i was a (in, a.'.'. I ; for the same pcrieii la-i year the total was ■l7o.Tig'. The corresponding; figures for the South Island mam lines and branches wen 1 : d:.''.. . "n and .":.::;, XIS. Mrs Martin h.as just opened the Lotus Tea roams in premises next to Kelvin House. She makes a feature of little lunches i"or schoolchildren, j something that will hi appreciated by I parents who lie at some distance from i school. See the aiivf in the "wanted" column, ilooil seeds t rue io name, ami having the power of gi rminsi ion ate of untold value to the fai mi r. We therefore. ! draw the attention of farmers to an | advertisement in this issue o{ Messrs I Mackay and ,lon.as rmi merchants, oC j this town, who are willing to give n guarantee as to the purify and gormination of their seeds. This appears. to be a step in flu- rig. Ut dn ect ioon. I At a meeting of the directors of the j Te Kuili District Co-operative Hairy j Company held ou Monday aflernooa, I if was decided to appoint. Mr Hugh T. j llosoawee, hea.i butter maker at. tho I Waihon factory belom.Mii;: io the Te j Aroha dairy t'ompany. a.s manager of | the factory at. Te Kuili. There were j .| ;> applicant,s. I lb-fore prcvi ding with the special | business o( tin 1 .ighl iug. i 'ommift.ee ! on Monday night, the Clerk read a ! letter from Messrs Sorter .and Co". i stating that, owing; to the strike of boifer-makcrs, they could not deliver a LMlOlhs pressure sder.ni rosd-rotler by ISth November, hut could supply a ISOlhs one. The committee decided to accept the pressure boiler. Messis Sorter concedme .AC in the price. Tho rainfall in To Kuiii for July was as follows . '.'nd .T.'m. dual .1 1 in, nth . 1 !. 1 (Mil 1. /.'in. IKb . I'.bn, Kith, .(ighi. 1 itb. .(idin. '.'.'ha! 1 .main, Ifhlh .iii g(i(li .<M. in. .". let. . l.Mii ; total, -I.Tin on eleven days. The rainfall for duly I'd 10 was 7. It' umbos on I'J days. Though act i\ e in the destruction of insects, if is not, ver\ often ilia I, the kingfisher prow s himself to lie a mouse oxternnnaioi . On a recent. Sunday a Huntly resident observed one of these birds make :i sudden swoop from the spout ;np. ol he; house to the ground where tin fou Is- were feeding. and a quick return to its original position, where if startid io hang somo object which if held in m its beak against, the corrugated iron roof. Determined io asctiiain the teusnn of such peculiar actions, the lesidenf in question got his ;\o-,: and shot tho bird, which fell to the ground with ;s large ami half-dead mouse still in its beak.