King Country Chronicle Saturday, August 19, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 388, 19 August 1911, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Saturday, August 19, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tin l I'atca Horough Council ia offering n £2O bonus* for the beat plan of a town hall. not. to cost more than

! An important; meeting of settlers | will 1m- held at Pio Pio on Saturday, | August, 2<Uli. to discuss the beat i method of inducing the Government I to tin t;il balance of the To Kuiti--1 I Awakino main road thin summer. Tho | c.er,vi nor: : hope that, all interested will not faii t.< at 11 iid, as they feel that matters to he dmens: <-d at. this meeting are of \ital importance to the welfare of the district, and consequently to those living therein. Messrs 1 und i ■ ri. and Mr Neilscn, settler:- 1 of ihr i'omoisugi district, have return, d iivm the KeiJding district, wlirr.i e th. y have been purchasing: shoe],. They : t:i(e that there is a t general sea: eit\ of sheep in that district and that tiny had considerable trouble m picking up their requirements. In the Oloiohanga district, a considerable amount of improvement is beim: carried out. on farms with a view to furtlx ■ring tho dairying industry. Large areas are being cleared and laid down in grass. A good amount of ssiibdivisional fencing is being done, j A propoi ai has reached the New I South Wales Premier's Department from Noi way for the formation of a soeitty to operate in Scandinavian ; in 'ho interests of New ! South Wales. The idea is for a comi j mi.-sion of Norwegian experts to visit i the Sir,to at the expense of the New South Wales di.vcriiincnl lo study conditions. .It ir also proposed that' free ; passages and. land should be granted ! te a. f, -.v :« 'ecu d families to pioneer ; the ir.ovi a nil. There is not a great ' pris'i'i i-t . ' tin scheme being carried into ci'f<;-i. Tho Agent-general in hoiuiiip, however, has been asked to : rt pert on the ma! j.-r. i An et;i p 1 e of the rapid way in which cose *i y is being broken in in < Urn K i:i;; ', 'ouniry is to be found in the | L'aemnke dd-triei. Mr .Tames Wall, I I a now set: ier. who took up a couple of 1 thou, and acres, of hush laud country just before thrift mas has had up to , the pros, ;d this season Stlt) acres of hush fi'lled. and it is his Intention to get another 200 acres down. Mr Wall ; is a.i.o in el ii:g a bridge across the Mangaotaki river for the purpose of crossing stock, and other general conveniences. The structure is a good uselul one. and will last many years. The [>! ogress made right through the ()Ivars. valley during tho past year and a half has. been splendid, and is an e\eelh at tribute to the exertions ; and belu f :n (he future of the settlers j of that district, especially when it is taken into consideration the distance from the railway, the absence of good roads and the fact, that the Ohura valley was but, eight years ago staniiiiiii hm-h. The townships of Matiero and Mangaroa have doubled their numbi r of buildings during the past , year, in the country districts buildj jugs have been going up at a rapid : rate, with the result that there are six | sawmills in the valley doing a splendid business. Many of the farmers have built up to date heme: toads with every convenience, mclnemr hot and coldwater syst ems. "Pidyoii tell :s,st man who was round phot- .-graphing for the newspapers the; >ou didn't want your picj ture ;akrn'."' " i o! ; ." answered the [ emiriid, hut uncomely personage. | "IHd he take ..li'ooce?" "No, he said lie didn't, bkunc me" delf as an antidote for pour preaching, was warmly advocarod, says the "Post." by the hYv. .1. (i. Chapman, min is tor of Taranak i st roe t Methodist Church. Y> id img t on. "When wo ministers hoi a tit of the blues we ought." b,e jocularly suggested, to take our oh;i>:. and a doren balls and go oul to (lie Moks; only, you good people won't U ! nr.. 11 every Monday morning w. ministers went out to the links at /diismar and had a good game ei go!!'. t am sure wo would preach la t(• r sermon: . and you would have koto i work done." Seiaiing hut ier to New Zealand is like .".■ntisng coals to Newcastle, but ye t ;he present higli prices make the trade pi ofi! aide, despite the import duty. !ipr:n:; the ouartor ended June df.cw! ,s:i" in troii! Australia, and dnriii;, i i)'\ • Ocv. i valued at Xi!S(52.

Sir James Carroll, acting Prime Minister, is to be entertained by his Wellintgon friends on the occasion of his fifty-fourth birthday on Monday next in Sydney Street Schoolroom, when opportunity will betaken to present him with an illuminated address, and to congratulate him upon his knighthood.

Mr W. Gadsby who has just returned from Sydney informs us that he has purchased the entire "Knight of the Thistle" (Cl.vdesdale). This horse was imported by Mr Alexander of Taranaki and has obtained first and champion awards at the Havvke's Bay Palmerston North Wanganui and Hawera Shows and also sired Marscellus the horse which is making such a good name for himself in the Waikato. In a recent Melbourne sale, six of the Knight of Thistle's progeny averaged £2OO each. No doubt local breeders will be glad to avail themselves of the oportunity given by having this well known horse in their district.

Mr A. Scholes, Chairman of the Waitomo County Council left by the 2 a.m. express to attend the Counties Conference in Wellington, which commences on Tuesday next. When in Wellington, Mr Scholes will take the opportunity of bringing before Ministers of the various Departments the most urgent matters in connection with his County.

An advertisement appears in this issue notifying the fact that an important sale of drapery, by auction, without reserve, will be held in Mr C. B. Lever' 3 Auction mart, commencing to-day at 2 p.m. Private sales will be made after auction, and everything will be sold at auction prices.

The Honikiwi settlers will be glad to hear that the specifications for the Honikiwi loan have been approved, and tenders will be called without delay in order that the work may be commenced in the spring. The loan is one of £4OOO which carries a Go-

vernment subsidy of <£4ooo. The exPpenditure of this sum shuuld make a great improvement in the roads in this district.

At Monday night's meeting of the Waitcmo County Council, Mr W. F. Dines wrote on behalf of a number of subscribers to the Shelter of Sufferers Fund asking whether the Council could do anything in the matter of getting the Waikato Hospital Board to allocate a portion of the county's contrib'jton to that Board for the purpose of erecting a cottage hospital. The Council after discussion decided to leave the matter over for the present, as it had been stated that the Mayor of Te Kuiti intended calling a public meeting at an early date. "Supposing an old horse was wandering about the road and died, does the Council bury him?" was the query put by Cr O'Dwyer at the last meeting of the Waitomo County Council. Cr Johnston: "No, the riding burys him." (Laughter). The practice of casually "potting" here, three and everywhere with the pea-rifle is becoming a source of private danger. It was only the other week a fatal accident occurred near Taumarunui, and another fatal accident was reported from the same locality at the end of last week. Locally, we have been free from actual accident, though some narrow escapes are occasionally reported. On Saturday, as a party of goiters were engaged in play on the golf links on Mi* Somerville's property, the bullet of a pea-rifle whizzed through the air, only a few inches above one golfer's head. Some unauthorised person was apparently out "shooting," and in addition to carrying a rifle on property where such carrying is forbidden, very nearly caused a fatality. It is becoming a serious question whether the licensing of every pea-rifle will not have to be compulsory.

In spite of the very inclement weather prevailing on Thursday afternoon, a number of ladies met in the Congregational Church and discussed the inauguration of a local branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This Society is interdenomijiational, and has a world-wide membership. It was decided to postpone the election of officers until next Thursday afternoon, when another meeting will be held for that purpose.