Untitled

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 448, 16 March 1912, Page 4

Mr Hardy wishes us to Btate that in the Now Zealand Graphic thifl week there is an illustration of a remarkable Lilinm Auratum. tho photograph of which was supplied by Mr E. H. Hardy. Tho flower was not grown by him, i>u( by Mr Munro near Te K u i (i. A eonospondont has written to Mr Fisher, I'nmo Minister for the Com* inoiiwi alth, Hijigesting that he make it compulsory for every child between tho :0:0a of 12 and 21 to attend church, thorohy tho blessing of God would •(i upon him like a dove. A biir native gathering opened a fow miles from Ngaruawahla, along tho Waipa river on Wednesday, and many visitors are present from (he Kinj: Country and as far back as Kawhia. Tho meeting is to decide na to whether the / owners should throw open about 12,0010 acreß of native land situated between the Waipa river and the Raglan harbour, ami known aB lota 63b, 3 and i i. Parish of Waipa. The proposal is to cut up the land into small holdings for private leasing.

The public should take notice that all County rates require to be paid by March 20th, otherwise they are liable to be sued for.

Mr G. E. Freeman announcs that he has opened a boot repairing shop at Pio Pio. Customers can reply upon getting faithful work at reasonable prices. Attention is drawn to the forthcoming sports meeting to be held at Waimiha on Saturday next. An excellent programme of athletic and chopping events has been arranged and a successful meeting is assured. A concert and dance is to be held in the evening.

The population of Victoria at the end of last year was 1,337,678, the increase for the year being 29,06/. The population of Melbourne, within a ten miles' radius, was 600,160, an increase of 12,160. The number of marriages in the metropolis was the highest on record. A meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association, after a warm debate, by 22 to 8, defeated a resolution that the Board of Control, by its attitude in the recent crisis, had forfeited the confidence of the association.

Reports received from Colon indicate that a sleeping volcano lies under the Culbera Cut, in the Panama Canal. Steam is reported to be escaping through numerous small openings in the surface.

Excavations at Pompeii have uncovered a vintner's shop. The vintner was overcome by lava while filling rows of wine jars. There are many election placards on the wails. There is also in the shop an hermeticallysealed cauldron still containing water. Details of Mr Graham's sale of Mr Jones Prossers goods and effects appear in to-day's issue. Mr Prosser is leaving for England and the auctioneer's instructions are to clear every line. The goods are a really well kept lot and alomst new.

Alfred Leigh, aged 39, was found lying on the floor of a room he rented in Wellington yesterdaj, with a cut inside his left forearm. A razor beside him wag covered with_ blood. The man was discovered by his wife and was removed to the hospital, where he died in the evening.—Press Association.

Owners of dogs in the County should note that fees for dog registration, if paid before March 31st, are 2s 6d for cattle and sheep dogs and 5s for other dogs* If left unpaid till after that date the fee to be charged is double This is a substantial consideration and merits the attention of all.

The Government lias accepted a tender for the erection of the departmental buildings at Hamilton at a costof about £SOOO. Ample accommodation is to be given in a neat brick building for the Lands, Agricultural, Public Works, Inspection of Machinery, and Electroal Departments.

The growing capacity of Te Kuiti soil is strongly evidenced in a bunch of tomatoes shown us by Mr G. Hitchcock. The bunch which consists of three perfectly developed tomatoes, without a flaw, of the large red variety, weighs just over one and ahalE pounds.

Mr Palmer has purchased Mr G. N. Jensen's paint at Aria, and is installing an up-to-date planing plant. He is also as soon as the roads permit of getting the machinery in, erecting an up-to-date mill on another site in the block. We feel sure this will fill along felt want in the Aria district, as settlers have been greatly hampered in erecting dwellings and sheds on account of not being able to obtain timber.

A conflagration was nipped in the bud and serious damage prevented by prompt action last night. An incipient fire was discovered in the bath room at the residence of Mr J. R. Graham. Assistance was promptly called and Mr W. Edgar, fire brigade superintendent, assisted by neghbour*, quenched the fire before mil en damage was done. The origin of the outbreak is a mystery.

Mrs Mac Donald has now in stock "Line Upon Line," "The Peep of Day.V and "Precept Upon Precept, That'these book 3 have met a very wide want, is clear, for now, after sixty years, they are still in favour and geem unsurpassed for the purpose for which thev were written. The bishop of Durham, writing of the new edition of "The Peep of Day," says: "For verv many years Mrs Mortimer's book has been the first bible lesson of innumerable English cnildren. Many people now middle-aged associate "The Peep of Day' with their earliest, and tenderest memories." He says the new edition does not vary in one item from its reverence for God's written Word and in absolute loyalty to its truth. ine Blessed Book" is treated here as truly as ever as the Oracle of God; the "Old Gospel" of salvation by grace through Christ alone pervades the ]PS*ons These books are attractivelycovered and illustrated, and are only Is 6d each. Every mother who fee s she wants help in teaching her htt e ones, or is anxious to have Bib e stories for her children to read should inspect these books.