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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 432, 20 January 1912, Page 4

The event of the year in drapery and wearing apparel is about to come tu pass. On the 21th inst., Messrs J. ami B. Rosenberg commence their great realisation sale. There are bargains for everybody man, woman, and child, lie there at it a.m. on Wednesday.

The annual general meeting of tho Te Kuiti Sports Club will bu held in the Waitomo County oll'iee on Thursday evening next. Jt. is hoped that a large number of those interested will attend. The old committee are requested to meet at 7 p.m. sharp.

Attention is drawn to the notification appearing in another column of a public meeting 1o be held at the office of Mr 11 J. Mussen on Monday evening next for the purpose of organising a rally of Opposition members and tendering a banquet, to Mr C. K. Wilson, the newly elected mem-' her for the district.

It, is ;il all times pleasing to ace a well-kept (lower garden more particularly in a new town like To .Kuiti. In the local school grounds a portion of the play ground has been fenced off for the children's llower garden. At the present timo the garden is good to look upon, being a mass of (lowers o(L all kinds. Those, who have the children in this branch of ing are to Ijd congratulated, as also the children themselves. are conspicuous by their absence ami the garden is tastefully laid out.

A leather pavement has stood a successful trial of a year near Birmingham. The material is leather waste, shredded almost to pulp, and treated with bitumen and tar. The road is not all'ected by heavy wheels, gives oil' little dust, resists wear, and is not influenced by weather. Its news and springiness give a novel kind of comfort to horses and drivers.

The recent scheme of improvements carried 01U by the Railway Department at Te Kuiti station left little to bo desired in the way cf facilities for working. However, it has been found ncessary to further increase the engine accommodation and the necessary additions are now being carried out. The shed will now have two joadg. for engines and although the

Mr H. B. Taylor, late of Mercer, has taken over the duties of chief clerk at Te Kuiti railway station, vice Mr Connell promoted to Auckland.

The stock traffic at the Te Kuiti railway station shows no abatement in volume. On Thursday no less than twenty-five trucks were unloaded between 5 o'clock and 8 o'clock in the evening. This speaks well for the facilities afforded by the erection of the new yards.

Owing to the unusually wet season shearing operations are much later than usual in this district, and heavy consignments of wool are still coming in from the out districts, for shipment to Auckland. It is impossible to estimate the amount of wool to be sent from the district this seaon but from appearances there will be a substantial increase on previous seasons.

The fact that steady progress is being made in Te Kuiti town and district is clearly indicated by the volume of the trade in building materials at the local station. The amount of timber and iron handled by the department is steadily maintained and is an important feature of the traffic.

Some idea of the progress of Te Kuiti is to be obtained from the faCL that during the Christmas holidays there were two thousand passengers booked at the local station. Of these eight hundred of the bookings were for Auckland.

The official opening of the Te Kuiti dairy factory will take place on Monday and a dinner in celebration of the event will take place during the evening. The ceremony is to be performed by Mr C. K. Wilson, member for the district.

We have to acknowledge the receipt of the Waikato Central Agricultural Association's prize-list for their show to be held at Cambridge on March 7th and Bth next. The list has been revised and enlarged and now contains 400 classes. The stock sections of the Waikato Central list have always been considered amongst the first in the Auckland province, and will no doubt attract full classes as in former years. Additions of fruit and flower classes have been added to the horticultural section, and some 20 classes in needlework. The prizes offered amount to over £IOOO and are well worthy of consideration by all exhibitors. Lists may be obtained from the secretary (Mr E. Veale), Cambridge, and from all kindred associations.

To-day we give a final reminder of the sale by auction on the 24th inst. of the Lusk block of residential sites. This is without doubt one of the very choicest, having the sun all day, abuve the fogs and on a good road near town. The sections are a good size and easy terms are advertised. Full particulars and ground shown by Mr N. Lu3k or J. R. Graham.

Mr Graham sells on 27th inst., at 2 p.m., the privileges at the A. and P. Association luncheon booth, and soft drinks. Full particulars at the Exchange Room, Taupiri street. The 81st (Te Kuiti) Company of Senior Cadets held their first parade last evening. There was an excellent muster of youths, who seem to take keen interest in their new duties. The youths were "sworn in" by Lieut. Price and Staff Sergt-Major Mooney. The next parade will be on Monday next, 22nd inst., at 7.30 p.m. Mr H. Rothery, who has a metalling contract in the Otorohanga district to the extent of several thousand pounds, is evidently one of those on the progressive side. He has no less than 22 teams at work, four of which are bullock teams.

A report published in the Irish press of a successful experiment in the use of peat as fuefl at a Portadown weaving factory may mark the beginning of an important departure in the development of Irish industries. It is" stated that by means of a gas generating plant, wherein the only fuel used is peat, sufficient gas is generated to provide the power required in the factory at a cost vastly less than that incurred when coal is used. Not only is there a big direct saving in the price of the peat, but about 30 per cent, of its cost is recovered from the tar by-product. The Portadown tion is the first of its kind in £ and the problem of the protfiable uti> « sation of peat for driving plant has, it is declared, at last been solved. The commercial benefits accruing to Ireland from a substitution of peat for coal would bs inestimable. An intending female passenger to Auckland attempted to take a little dog on board the train at Palmerston North, wrapped up like a baby, but the porter looking after the barricade on the platform had suspicions. He made the woman undo the shawl which was wrapped round the poodle, and did not allow either to board the train, it being too late to consign the canine to the dog box. The effect of the Budget on the Scottish whisky trade has been illustrated in Edinburgh Court of Session, when a petition for the winding up of the Glenmoray Glenlivet Distillery Co., Ltd.. nf Elgin and London, was considered. It was stated that there was now no market for Highland distilleries, and that a distillery at Kinguaise. which cost about £40,000 was recently sold for £6OO. The Glenmoray Company stated, in reply to the petitioner's statements, that owing to the depression in the whisky trade, they considered it expedient not to distil during the past season. At least ten other distilleries in the district followed the same course.

The grass grub for a long time provided plenty of material for keen discussion in the south, but now nothing, says an Invercargill paper, is being heard of the parasite, which in the meantime is as dead as the proverbial <Joor nail. Although the long spell of ivet weather caused a good deal of "grumbling and. uneasiness, it certainly effectively dealt with the grass