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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 418, 29 November 1911, Page 4

Messrs St. Hill. Brathwaite and Co. report having held a horse sale in Te Kuiti last: Saturday. doth inst., when they offered over horses to a good attendance. Very lew good horses i came forward, I'mnJgh there was gootl j enijuiry for both heavy and medium draughts. Useful sorts el hacks, harness horses and ponies seld well The following prices v.-oiv realised: iluggy hoi' Sis tip to VdO eac'u, fair hacks to Vie. ponies a.'ii to .'J'.) ids. This firm purposes holding a monthly horse sale in Te Kuiti, the dale arranged .for the next sale being Decernber (Uh. They are also holding a horse sale in Otorohnnga on Decchmer Mh. The native gat hiring at km Kio is suffering from the inclemency el the weather. Lust night the : l.rrm blew dawn the tenls in which the visitors were campe 1 and d iscem lit uro prevailed. It is expected that, should the stormy weather continue the gathering will sooa disperse. At last night's nevting of the Horticultural Society Mr A. S. Gresham offered a prir.e ot lls tor the best ; kept cottage garden in 'iV Kuiti. It; i lis hoped that a large number will ; | enter for this e minet it ion. if h ! i necessary that al' work dene ;n the | garden shall be by ihe owe: r. or j | household, e.;ii y a.nd no oofsido iabour ■ employed. Kn'.rier .ior t hi.- competi- J tion close wilh the secia tary on show i day, December S!h. The recall a:;rieuliuval show at Palmerston No v ih resulted in a profit of .i'tiod. The receipts were TdT.'jd and tho expenditure ATI -"d 1 Lis.

*''! he man who if rust prepared to train for the •JclVncr of his country lllKrS not deserve to !1a V O a country to train in,'' divlnr-.-d Mr •'ohsi Findlay. in answer to a -isi.-.-;! w.rr. "I to- | morrow this country. with :»ll its ad- | vantages, wen' pot '.'flow tin- tyrant iu'elti of au Kust-.'rn or iH-mi-KnsU'rn j despo! ism {!)>• man who »;»w oiijiolM j Ln liiiiitary Irai ni; ;g would leara by | lijtlur <>xjvrirt).v (i:;U the man. oven j without Sand. hj ; ,..« many things to !>o tisan kf n 1 for in such a inv r.uisifry ai : ! New Zealand l!f.- i'rili.-h

Tho settlers' annual picnic, promoted by residents of Pio Pio and surrounding districts is being well organised. and from present indications a most enjoyable and successful function will eventuate at Pio Pio on Boxing IJ av -

The start of the roads is always an absorbing topic to the outback settler, while it also engrosses the anxious attention of business people. Usually at this period of the year there iB little cause for uneasiness, but the extremely broken weather which haß prevailed of late has had the effect of keeping the main thoroughfares in a verv had state.

The water supply for Te Kuiti iB being utilised at present for street watering, and iudging from appearances the pressure of water iri the pipes is highly satisfactory.

Waikato and King Country exhibitors were well represented at the Auckland A. and P. Association's show. Mr A. S. Board's line stallion Copped Hall Jameson was awarded the championship among the. draught horses; Mr Wrn. Taylor's pedigree Shorthorn bull, Crown Prince, secured the championship in his class, while the same, exhibitor was successful in other classes of Shorthorns.

The Otorohanga Town Council is taking in hand the defining and licensing of itinerant traders within, and a special meeting for the purpose of deeding with a motion in connection therewith is to be held at Otorohanga on December 15th next.

The Army and Navy Gazette, referring to tho talk of war in Europe,

states that the war of 1870-71 cost Franco twelve milliards of francs. The cost, from July 17th, 1870, to the 1 Sth of the follownig May, on which day I lie Treaty of Frankfort was ratified. was 000,000 francs, or :: lioli t; , 1 ' 77, 00(1, 000, this being for war charges. properly so called. This sum we! out at something like .£.'512,000 per tiny. Hut, if other indirect charges are. included, and the vast imil 11miIy of live milliards, with its interest. lie added, the total cost of <!»• war its brought up to the colossal iieiii-e of XI,(i00,000 and to a rate of seme .1.1, 0L!0,(100 per day. The COBt of the war to Germany is estimated with contingent charges and the reerganisal ion of the army but not the ordinary military budget to have been ,£i:ir>,()00,(l()0. In modern conditions a year of war would cost France Ju 1 -40,000,000 while for Germany the outlay would be something approaching tiie vast sum of .£1,100,000,000. Owing to the water pipes not having come to hand for the Te Kuiti Borough Council the. connections with the water mains have not yet been commenced. In a few instances applications have been made for connection the applicants undertaking to supply the pipes at their own cost. The council has granted leave a;? requested in these cases and although there is no danger of a drought at present the people have the satisfaction of having their permanent supply.

The newly-elected chairman of tho Oliura County Council, Mr G. Loveday. is to lie congratulated upon hia appointment to the position. Mr Loveday was one of the lirst councillors to represent Ohura on the Waitomo County Council and performed' excellent work in t.lu interests of his district. In having tho Ohura formed into a separate county, Mr Loveday took a very active part and the successful accomplishment of the objects was to a considerable extent due to his efforts. Mr Sandison who polled equally with Mr Loveday for the position of chairman and lost on the ballot has also done excellent, work in the public in!' iesi on tho council and in all oilier matters affecting the public welfare. The! district is fortunate in having such men competing for public positions.

It will no interesting to local peoplo, to I;now that the Princess Pictures are now being run by a locil firm. In an advertisement appearing in this issuo it will be noticed that thu new lirm will show larger pictures than have hitherto heea shown in Te Kuiti. It is also stated that the dickering which is so unpleasant; to the eyes, has been reduced to a minimum. Comfortable chairs are supplied and safety from fire guaranteed so that in every repseet pat rone, e m rely upon a safe comfortable and enjoyable evening's en 1 ert a inmetit when they patronise these piclu-'es. They show to-night and to-morrow night when an entire change o; programme will be screened.

Tne Opposition candidate ior Tauranea, Air \V. H. Merries, was one of the audience addressed by Sir Joseph Ward at. Morrinsville on Saturday. As the Prime Minister had been specially advertised by the local Libera'a to reply to Mr Merries' recent speech in that town the gonial Oppositionist, when he saw Sir Joseph on his way to the meeting, jocularly advised im "to lay it on light," Imt he cot no such as-

I snrance, though Sir Joseph aa usual avoided person:)! references. Anotmtr interesting attendant at one of the j meet ings was Mr T. T. Taylor, an Knglish member of Parliament now pay in;; a visit to Rotorua. Ho took an opporunitty of heartily congratulating: Sir Joseph upon his broadminded ami far-seeing views oil tho Imperial questions dealt with during the speed). Run-getting against South Australia seems to be fashionable just now and evidently the bowling talent of the wheat State is not high class. In tho match against Victoria the South Australians took the field and Victoria's innings produced . r i. r >;{, of which Arm- v strong compiled UM). Armstrong's# score is a record for Victoria. It ww* a great innings, th" batsman Hctvntiig freely t hroughcut, and it oompM.ely disputed of doubts regarding his form. Ni 1 w i I list and in:: th" fad. that thr '! i s p [ i ( e between (lie d i rocf ors of tho I'lo I'm a leya rds I 'i>::ip:!iiy and tho local t iur.ocring unm- in : till in nr..

A cable message from London states that the Observer announces that Maggie Papakura is engaged to be carried to Mr Staples Brown, member of an spld Oxfordshire family and that the marriage will be celebrated later in Fiji. Only half the Maoris who came Home for the time of Coronation sailed for New Zealand in the steamer Somerset. Ramguia persuaded JO members of the party to remain in London in expectation of music hall engagements. The Hi§h commissioner for New Zealand (Sir Wm. Hall-Jones) has expressed his disapproval of the natives remaining.

Speaking at the laying of the foundation stone of a number of workers' homes near Auckland on Monday Sir John Findlay said that already a sum of £I,SCO,OOO had been lent under the Advances to Workers Act. and an additional £250,000 was authorised this vnar to the half-million already authorised, making in all £750,000. If that sum was insufficient, it cou'd be increased next year. The deter-

mined policy of the Government, he said, was to provide Hie means for bona fine workers to acquire houses. The following figures taken from the Gazette shows the totals of the principal religious denominations in New Zealand, according to the census of April, 1911, to; ether with the increase or decrease per cent, compared with the census of 1906 (in case of decreases the v, T ord "decrease" is put in parentheses) : Church of England and Episcopalians not otnerwise defined 411,071, increase per cent. 12.22 Presbyterians 234,662, 15.26; Methodist Church of Australasia 63,969, 0.56; Primitive Methodists 27,445, 25.92; Baptists 20,042, 12.93; Congregational Independents 5756, 18.97; Unitarians 1316, G6.79; Society of Friends 412, 23.35; Church of Christ (Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ) 9187, 30.11; Brethren (Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren. Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren) 7865 (decrease) 0.46; Salvation Army 9707, 15.71; Christadelphians 1028 (dcerease) 2.93; Seventh Day Adventists 1113, 12.42; Roman Cathoilcs 139,191, 10.37; Catholics (undefined) 1332, 50.34; Catholic Apostolic 336 (decrease), 118.1; Hebrews, 2128, 13.98; Mormons, Latter Day Saints Ufa 3, 30.82; Spiritualists 1197, 13.01; Agnostics 618 (decrease), 158.0; no denomination 4241 (decrease), 21.69; no reliigon 5414, 238.38; Atheists 111, 9.90; object to state 35,905, 47.61.