King Country Chronicle Wednesday, March 20th, 1912.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 449, 20 March 1912, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Wednesday, March 20th, 1912.

On Saturday Mr Graham will offer two lovely freehold section on the flat. Particulars see advertisement. It is stated that Mr W. T. Jennings, ex-M.P. for the Taumaruui electorate, will probably be a candidate for the Mayoralty of New Plymouth. It is reported that the Board of Control ha;: asked Hansford to join the Australian cricket team going to Engalnd. Trumpor goes to England ori business, anil it is stated that he has also been a«ked to play in the team. To Kuiti is not, the only centre which is agitating for an extension of the postal facilities in connection with the Main Trunk express between Auckland and Wellington. A deputation on Monday waited on Mr A. M. Myers. M.P., at Auckland on the .subject. Attention is drawn to the sale of Mr Black' dairy farm near Hangat.il> i. by Messrs St. Hiil. Hrathwaito and Co., on Saturday next at. 11..*0 a.m. Til is is known to be one of the l>rst little farms in the district., and tor a man with a limited capital, the opportunity will be an excellent one. A Kill allowing Parliament to grant local authorities half-a-niillion annually towards housing operations, has been read a second time in the house of Commons. The Hill empowers the .Local Government .Hoard to deal with slums at the cost of the local authority when the latter is negligent. Attention is drawn to St. Hill, Hrathwaite and Go's, horse sale on Saturday next, at \l p.m. They are offering a number (if useful horses of all classes. The sale will be hold on the section next Yerral are.) Price's premises in Tauniri street, opposite the Chronicle office. The attention of those requiring a home or desirous of securing a firstclass investment, is directed to that sale by auction of Mr Solomon's property on the a d ins I. at Mr Graham's mart. This property is splendidly situated, with low ground rent, and specially adapted for cutting up. Mr Graham will ho please.: te show the property and give full particulars. The present: season has been anything but propitious m and around •Vaimarino, on the Main I runk line. The grass seed harvest lias been a grievous disappointment, oniv about twenty bags being obtained from areas from which five times as much had been expected. Kcsnients (if that district speak of the season as (his winter." as though that time of the vear had already arrived, so unseasonable has if been for months past In connection with the sale of furniture and (-fleets at Mr Jones Prosser's resident, Mr wrabam, auctioneer. wishes to notify the public, that a tree ride will he given to the ladies wishing to attend the sale. Conveyances will leave McDonald's j stables at l.'.U) p.m. and 1.-Sa p.m. j sharp. i It is said thai some of the Maoris j at a recent Territorial camp were a j (ritle brusque as regards military > etiquette, particularly in the mode of j saluting the officers. One military j oflicer, who is generally regarded as j a stickler for the proprieties, was ; met by a raw Maori Territorial, -who j addressed him, minus salute or any j other token of respect: Whai ho! j Hoss. What the- time, eh. P\ j gorrv, time for the kai. I think !'" ; The oflicer got such a shock that it fairly took his breath away, and before ho recovered his seifpossession, the Maori had passed beyond hailing distance.

A peculiar ease which no doubt will form a precedent in New Zealand law in to be Itrourht before the magistrate at. Murebirnn. s:>\s the Greyniouth corn jnii,(iri)( .if (Ik* OtagO Daily Timer. A man will be charged by the police \vslb obtaining a bottle of beer. jix ci'i to the local lockup, forcing liir way ■ 11<o (ho premiseß« and, tr:ui:-f> ;; i! r; She liquor into a long-necked vimy.ar bottle, admin is- , tering (he iiijuid through the bars (he celi to :i prirm-, or who had been lucked m> : ! r drunkenness. New contribution of A'Kim! :i. ,h(p;tm'f<o famine relief fund h been acknowledged in an unusual and pleasing way, Sir Joseph Ward, 1': sine Minister, having received a eoliien cohlut, accompanied by a (iiplema which sets forth that the gift ceiiiinemi.irates New Zeaalnd's generosity tin (he occasion of the bad failure of 'he crop in the prefecture of Miyagi and two other prefectures in the twenty eighth year of his Imperial Majesty's reign, this being the year V.Mis. The >;ift will find a place in the I hmiinion Museum.

There is an old saying—easy Won easy lost. Natives in the Hawke's Bay district, have in some cases been concluding land transactions, some long lea: en having fallen in, and they are consequently very fiußh of cash. 11 -in reported that one Maori in that, locality had an £BSO motor car on order. The car had been landed in Wcllingon, but in the meantime he wanted to have a party out for the day. lie hied him to a garage and endeavoured to arrange for the hire of a car. The only car available was a new one, which cost £650, and this the proprietor would not hire out. The Maori tried to persuade him, but without success. Finally he saidt "All right, you no hire the car. How much you sell him?" The figure was nruntMi, a cheque was promptly handed over for the amount and the purchaser went off triumphant with out a thought of the morrow. Speaking nt the Irish banquet held in honour of St. Patrick in Mangaroa on Saturday night, Father O'Bierne, in referring to the cabled reports appearing in the press of New Zealand, stated that they were very farstretched. He had only been a couple of years in New Zealand from the Old Land and was in a position to know otherwise Ho continued by saying thr:t there were many little things which were not made known and which continued to irritate Irishmen to an extent. He related the fact that it had only been five years ajiice he was ordained and since lie had applied for a license to carry a gun en his father's property and was refused. Ho concluded amongst much laughter by adding that he thought he had not the appearance of a man calculated to do his fellowman much injury no matter what creed or nationality