AN URGENT REQUIREMENT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 459, 24 April 1912, Page 4

AN URGENT REQUIREMENT.

A difficulty which has presented itself to residents of King Country centres for a considerable time |b the necessity of estnbliphing suitable buildings for the reception of the bodies of those who have come to an untimely end. Te Kuiti people are endeavouring to fill the requirement by providing a piece of land and requesting the Waikato Hospital Board to erect a morgue thereon. At Otorohanga the suggestion is made that the Justice Department shotHt) make provision in the new police quarters for a room suitable for the purpose mentioned. It is to be sincerely hoped the efforts being made to make the necessary provision v*ill be succeusful. At both places cases necessitating inquests are not infrequent and hitherto great inconvenience and discomfort has resulted from the lack* of suitable places in which to house the bodies, and conduct post mortem examinations. In addition the common experience of having the bodies of those who have met their end by accident placed in the police cells is revolting to the friends of the deceased, besides being an unfair infliction on the police. The matter is one which merits immediate attention and it is to be hoped the efforts of the public will be continued until such a pressing duty is satisfactorily met.

Attention is dtawn to the replace advertisement of Mr Allison, draper, which appears in another column.

If you mention corns within the hearing of the local wit he will probably suggest that you call in the Bid of poultry. A practical suggestion, however, is embodied in Mr J. Walker's replace announcement.

In connection with tho metalling of the Hangatiki-Cavos road, it is hoped that the work will bo able to proceed throughout the greater portion of the winter without interruption. It is intended to cart to and from the quarry over the metal which has already been laid. ,

Oscar Hewett and Co., the New Zealand agents for the Wertheim sewing: machines, notify through our advertising columns, that Mr A. E. Robinson has been appointed as their district agent for Te Kuiti and district. A machine display of their latest, models is now on viow at their depot, Horn street, and clients will kindly note that all payments are to be miid- to Mr Robinson as from this date. We commend the attention of all Indies to the above notice.

A little timely advice regarding the purchase of winter furnishing will prove acceptable now that there is B crispness in the air. Messrs Blackman and Cobb have a rnesaage for housekeepers in this regard in another column which in worth reading. Some idea of the Plato of the roada in the Thmgitu block may be obtained from the fact that on Thursday laßt it took a band of : (-(tiers to carry a lad of 1 ■'« .year;; a distance of about 12mileB to the Wasnnha railway station. From Tangita ; ritlement. to the railway, a distance of eight miles, the road is imiescrihnhlo. As this is the outlet for tb.e whole district Borne idea may be obtained of what the settlers have (o fare dining tho ensuing winin. The at tent ion of alhlot.es is drawn t(i the programme of the Mokau-iti Sports ('lull, which appears in this issue. The open events consist of tunning,chapping and sawing contests, which should at trad, good nominations.. Tho spoi 's of iho district are to he congratulated upon their enterprise in promoting the mooting, and it. is. to ho hep. d, i.hey will meet with the '.t)g|K,n v. huh they deserve. En.» 4 tries close with tho secretary, Mr E. t'hurehiil, a*, Mokau-iti, on April 30th, and the meeting is to bo hold on May :hd. For in Uietr/a take Woods' Great f'eppornrnl. (.Tiro. Never fails —ls (id, L'a Cxi.*

Members of the Te Kuiti library who still hold library books are requested to return same as soon as possible as it is intended to classify the books at an early date. The Waikato Winter Show this year opens on June 4th, and will conclude on Saturday, June Bth. Matters are well in hand for the function, and schedules are available for those desirous of forwarding entries, the last day for receiving which is May 9th. Everything points to the fact that the show will be a record success. It Will in all probability be opened by the Prime Minister.

It appears that the King Country is not the only district in which members of the local body indulge in an interchange of amenities. At the last meeting of the Waimarino County Council a member of the council and the engineer, after a wordy spar, came to blows. There was no blood shed.

Information has been received to the effect that R. Arnst, the worlds champion sculler, severely strained his leg on his voyage to England. The injury was sustained during training operations, and may seriously handicap him on his preparation for the .world's sculling championship with *E. Barry, the English champion. The secretary of the Australian Tennis Association has received a letter from the English secretary intimating that the council of the English Association has instructed the International Match Committee to endeavour to arrange for all the preliminary tie's of the Davis Cup to be played in Australia.

Ada Ward, the actress-evangelist, in an interview, complained of the starvation wage she received as an evangelist. She said she could not shut her eyes to the fact that nearly the whole of the religious profession to-day was a commercial affair. There were exception?, but the prevailing passion was for money, money, money.

Attention is drawn to the notice appearing in another column inviting all those interested in the formation of a town hand to meet on Monday evening next. There are a number of old bandsmen in the town, and it is hoped the project will be taken up with enthusiasm.

The Right Rev. the Bishop of Auckland, will visit Te Kuiti on Saturday next and will hold a Confirmation Service in St. Luke's Church at ILj-B.m. on Sunday. At 8 a.m. the Bishop will dispense Holy Communion, and at 7 p.m. he will conduct Evening Prayer. At 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a a Maori service will be held. The Rev. G. H. Morse, who was for some time vicar at Te Kuiti, is at present on a visit to his old parish he and Mrs Morse being the guest of Mr C. Stevens. Mr Morse has left Methven, and is shortly to proceed to Waikino, the well-known mining township near Waihi. Like others who have been absent from Te Kuiti for a year or two, Mr Morse is much struck with the growth of the town since his departure. The work of conveying the books from the old building. which has done duty as a library at Te Kuiti for the past eleven years,_to the new rooms in the Municipal Buildings has now been accomplished, and the volumes make quite a respectable show on the new shelves. Looking at the rows of book 3 it seems little short of marvellous that the old building was capable of holding such a number.

Speaking in support of a resolution o£ thanks to the Rev. R Mitchell at the householders' meeting at the Te Kuiti School on Monday evening, Mr E A. Power, headmaster, paid a high tribute to Mr Mitchell for the great assistance he had been to the school, arid the manner in which Mr Mitchell had devoted himself to advancing the interests of the school on all occasions. On his own behalf, and on behalf of the staff he expressed the deepest regret at the retirement of Mr Mitchell. During the course of his address last Sunday morning, the Rev. R. B. Gosnell drew the attention of hia congregation to the fact that the Methodist Church had recently secured three sections of freehold land in Te Kuiti, centrally -situated; and that before many months they hoped to have a church erected.

In order to help the distressed wives and children of sailors lost in the wreck of the Titanic, the Methodist Church has decided to hold a special service in the Town Hall on Sunday evening, when the collection made will be devoted to this object. Donations will be received and acknowledged by the Rev. R. B. GosneH or Mr J. Nicholls. We publish in our correspondence column a letter from this church which should be read by all. The favourite hymn, "Nearer, my God, to Thee " which the band played as the ill-fated vessel took her last plunge, will be sung. For chronic chest complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure—ls 6d, 2s 6d.*