King Country Chronicle WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1912.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 469, 29 May 1912, Page 4

King Country Chronicle WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1912.

"Clean Sport" is the subject to be dealt with by the Rev. R. B. Gosnell on Sunday evening in the Municipal Hall, and an invitation is extended to all intereste to attend. Footballers and hockeyites are especially invited.

The Pio Pio town hall is to be the scans of special festivity on the evening of June 3rd when the opening ball is to be held. The function is to be plain and fancy and promises to be the event of the Beason. An advertisement conerning the ball appears in another column of thiß issue. With respect to the • representations made by the Te Kuiti branch of the Church of England Men's Society regarding drunkenness on King Country trains, a reply has been received from the Minister for Railways to the effect that the matter will be carefully gone into.

A movement ia on foot at Te Kuiti to form a Defence Sifle Club. Considerable support has already been promised and the necessary membership ia assured. A meeting is to be held shortly for the purpose of placing the matter in proper form. It is officially stated that the total amount owing by the local bodies in the Dominion, apart from loans, from the Government, is nearly £17,000,000 and the inerest paid, apart from any sinking funds, averages £4 lis 7d per cent. Three millions of this is paying more, than 5 per cent., and a million and a half ia paying 6 per cent. Sir Joseph Ward, in an interview befqre his departure from Australia, said he was satisfied that Premier Fisher was whole-hearted in his desire to effect reciprocity between the Commonwealth and the Dominion of New Zealand, Premier Fisher stating that he would be prepared, personally, to go to the extent of establishing free trade between the two countries. The Sydney Morning Herald states that Sir Joseph was "sounded by Sydney and Melbourne friends as to whether, if a seat was found, he would contest it at the next Federal election, on the Liberal side. He was assured that it would not entail any pecuniary sacrifice. The represntations, however, were not made on behalf of the Liberal Party or its organisations. Sir Joieph did not reply absolutely in the negative, but indicated the possibility of consent in certain eventß, and if assured of the desire not to limit him to any one section.

The damage done by quail in certain districts was brought up at the Farmers' Union conference at Auckland last week, by a remit from the provincial executive. One delegate stated that the birds consumed a big proportion of the smaller seeds whirl) the farmer was compelled to sow. as well as clover leaves in largo quantities. They were very fond of blackberries, and helped to spread tlxweeds.' The only argument in their favour wan that of sport, to I"- g»i out of them except on stubble }amb\ He had brought down seven with or.e shot. Another delegate paid that he had taken a whole handful of clover seeds from one bird's crop, an:! en one drive he had counted 40 qinil along the road, besides young ones. n v.-as resolved: ''That owing to the I"occasioned by quail, more especially to bush settlers, by dest rnct ion o> mm n and the spreading vf noxious w, e;i.* seeds, the Minister.'!' jnternni All airs | he approached by the with a view of quail being exelunei: ll " n ' the Game Prosorvaf mil Aci, :n districts where a majority (if the set tiers express sueu a (losire through then local bodies."' Particulars, of the survey work in connection with the North Islam; is.ii--1 way extensions have been prepared by ' the Minister of Public Works ior {| K , hifxrmalion oi the J (ami It en uroaehed him regarding the b-sst. Coast, railway. The Pnhim \\ orks Depnrtnu-nt'r- surveyors have, ne say, been pror-pee(ing for a route (or the East (dens! line from Psewema, via i- ;t ii ill i-- reuse v." ii i soon OODtli". i.l Oil i m i) i • be available, Meanwhile ins! rnct ions have been • iven ior a trial sin *e\ from ■ 'aetigaroa. via OT-re to gotorua. Thirf'work is now in bans, aim on i, completion a dc!'.sn;e dee i s ion ho arrived e.l: as to the route to be JinalU adopted. .survey work oil the route from Motu to OpntiKi will ne completed in V. few months, and the ; location of the line deiin'.Udy deeidou. ; Xcglc«-10l O.'i'is kill I'i UIU: less WOllU'ii | and ehiklron every winler. i eakinr s I 1 jiwal Kmu!-i« , n i- a sovereign ami i inmieiiititi cure. I <>. ■ ■! <>■ j For children's backing cough at ; night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure | •—is Gd, l's Od."

Attention is drawn to the advertisement calling the annual meeting of the Acclimatisation Society. The meeting ha:» been unavoidably postponed from lime to time owing to the absence of (hr president. Mr Moorhouse I)tv;- now re turned to Te Kuiti and the dm clinic if" called for Thursday, Juno (Illi. For mmi' f.imo past the directors of the i'io Pio ami Aria dairy factories have boon it) communication With the Government with a view to having the coal deposits which are known to exist at Wa>rcre tested and opened up. A representative from the Government Mines Department arrived from Wellington and proceeded to Pio Pio yesterday to investigate the matter. A deputation from Raetihi arrived at Te Kuiti this morning to confer with local representatives regarding the subject of native land tenure. A conference will be held under the auspices of the Te Kuiti Chamber of Commerce in the County Council Chambers this evening at the conclusion of the i\, and I'. Association's annual meeting.