King Country Chronicle Saturday, August 5, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 384, 5 August 1911, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Saturday, August 5, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL

<>•++ — - The number of clergy working in the diocesea of Auckland am! Waiupu, in missionary anil parochial work is now over l'or!y, and of these thirty-nix aro Maori?. Jtesides this, there are European ) 1 ur::i■ missionaries, helped by I\l noris assistants, in both diocesen, am! large schools for both boys and girls. Tin' effort to make the Maori people realise i heir own power and respon sihi 1 ily, both to (heir social and religious state, has never met with a gn a!i r iesponse lhan now. The increasing number of clergy, the activity of the young Maori party, which movement has received so much from To Auto College. and the enthusiasm shown at Ihe Maori Synods, are all hopeful signs, as well as the increasing offerings,such as that at the Waipu Synod where close on .£7(10 was given, the greater part of which is to be spent in rebuilding a Maori college and Maori church destroyed by lire, or the church a Te Kao, in the far north,built by them at a cost of Xl5O and opened a few weeks ago free of debt. The o!ferings in St. Luke's Church on Sunday next will be for the Maori Mission. New Zealand's reputation as an independent, colony is not perhaps as wide as m'iny of us think. We have been shown a letter from a big European firm of manufacturers, which is addressed {.< "Messrs Maekay and Jones, implement merchant.«. Sheridan street, Te K wit t, N< w 'Zealand, Aust r:i I in. " 'I bo l< Ui r. I i ing in referonce te the local :ir:n undertaking a New Zealand Si'em'V, miietly places New Zealand among."; "Australia and the islands, pert ain me la refo. A eeord ing ft: Zii Kov. ids it, s doubtful whet her tbe N >-s fit 1 stand will gain two or possibly "uly one seat in the Ilolise (if Uep resent a lives as 1,1)0 result, of tiie recent census. Tho difficulty of giving a derisive opinion is due to tile fact, t hat the <|Uot.um of electors in lowns is. U■ > 'per e.ent. higher than in t'oiinlrv eieetorab'S, thus it mads some ea'eii Is t ion to work out the r< (mired figures, and this has not yet been dime. If the North Island gains "iie seal it will probably go to the neighbourhood of the Taumarunui electorate; if two seats, the second will befora new electorate near Auckland. A Tasmanian resident c.laima to have invented a loncrcte machine that will revolutionise house-building, fie has en de l a 22-rooinod lip to date betel in I'mdms Island, of reinforced coneret.o, at the rale of fitlO lineal 11't curses :! day, and only six men were employ* J on ihe job. Tlio whole of the eoiiereic work, 'Joft high, was comp'oii d m 2.'* days, the outer and inner v.s.ils being erected simultaneously. In addition, another 22-roon)ed hotel has been erected at, Linda, and only | tin e men were employed on the job. Tim inventor, Mr David Morgan, of 1 .a'.mc; st.on, claims that he will n > .-.bit ionise the building trade, by his economies of time and money.

i in Tuesday al (ornoon a wo 11 attended meetinc of laim-s belonging to St. Luke's Church wan hold in the t'hureh I!nil. 'i'ho annual report of (ho l.auit t!riM was road, and it wan annotaiiv'.i that. daring the past year saaa had hern made. It it) hoped to .a'rease (his sum very considerably durum. (ho present, year, 03 when (ha i a e e t.i a <: s can ho hold in town, many mare ladies will be able to attend. A spo ial vote of thanks w :a■:a a („ Mrs H ilcticock, Secretary ao.d ;\1 r:; White. Treasurer, and all members of l ho (iuild. Mr Way no spake of (ha invaluable help given to !ho ("lumen hy tho ladies, both of the :>u;11! sad (ho choir. Ji. was resolved to hold a roe', - '! gathering in the (Tame!: iadi a( aai early date, and ]\ ] t ■ k d a a i; s a> ■ i! i i i; v, Dsrrow, Cory Matthew. Amnion, aiai Johnson agreed to foraa a eoamiineo (n make all arrangonientfor ib« social. J air W. i b list :aa ay, of l'io l'io, I saves 1 - tha a aa o „f Mr iV.rio's properly, Mapin, :*»'<« acre!;, io Mr Hooper, ul Mral f.'jd. also (wo l'io l'io town sections. at sat mfaclory lij,';urcs. TI:o irij'h. a ooaioa! instituted by the propriete; a' Tonk iug"s Lin°ecd haaaisaai will close on August 15th. After (hot data ao onirics will be acivpl. a. 'l'ho prizewinners will be deciaiod hy (he ond of August.. Mr if. la Kav, tha well known tentnsaki r of Aiickh-id, has very generously |a o;-onl( d To Kuiti Hoy Scouts with a ilsg of Now Zealand. Would any aympathisci like to present tho j hoys with a drum? Thai, would about complete ! lioir out (it. i Nest tain day the offerings in the J Anglican churches in the diocese. of i Auelt land v, ill bo given to the Maori i Mission. Tho Uishopof Auckland has Ina lira I appeal to his people on laded'" of (hi; work, and aska them to aolhbe i;a ir o! f a ] a; i;;s ami Subscriptions tha- >. nr. o iiaa I. to h am that Mr 11. O, lumber. af (ho local I'ost Ollice stair, has found il noec asry to take a coin - idoli nvt ! a 11 i i i l.us duties, owing to 11IV a h do.w I; Ml ho;ll(ll. We wish Ml" Harker a speedy convalescence. It may ho las. mentioned that tho local staff t: muhsps one of t. he. most; severely laaed in the Dominion, and are piseiically working short,handed owing to ;he lack (if accommodation for a larger :•,( .aa A. I|. Soimuon, of To Kuiti, has ia.a. p ( on appointed agont for tho w(dl-l nown Clohc separators and chums. A, I t )(oivhaii|:u, on Thursday next, liith ins 1., Mr <\ I!. Lover will hold an unresolved sale ~f fruit and .shelter (it i s en account o! Messrs Duncan and Davh of (he Idxolic Nurseries. < lit nl's a! i end jui; thai sale can rely u I aa i got t i a a ma! class troen, true to name, weii ?: re,v\ a and very hard, bavins I eon ; r.iwti m a. elevated expi'S'i! poriUai clero i o K'c W Plymouth, ww - . -v.. »_ • TV..... ' . ..

The next nieeting of the -Waitomo County Council will be held on August 14th instead of the 21st.

The annual general meeting of the Te Kuiti Bowilng and Club will be held on Tuesday to a c ; tb, August, in the "Chronicle"' office.

Mr J. ]l. Graham has three ndver tisements in cur ' wanted ' columns Read them.

Mr J. It. Graham sells by auction a

per advertisement, next Saturday, two nice building sit?s. They are being sold to clear accounts and present a fine opportunity to the investor.

MrW. E. Fuilerton of Waitomo lost a valuable dark brown thoroughbred mare on Wednesday night in Te Kuiti, and requests the finiler to return it to him or to McDonald's stables. ¥