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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 494, 24 August 1912, Page 4

Settlers should note that an important hogget sale is to be held at Marton on Tuesday next by Messrs Abraham and Williams. Special linos of ewo and wether hoggets are advertised. Nominations to fill tho vacancy on the Te Kuiti Borough Council caused by the resignation of Cr Finlay, close on Thursday, August 29th.i Several names have been mentioned as candidates for the position, including that of Mr J. F. Walsh, manager of tho Limeworks. It should be noted that the stock reserve situated on tho Te KuiUAwakino road near tho 13 mil'.' to be open for lease by public tender up to September Gth. The reserve is well situated and should make a useful holding paddock for settlers along the road. An important sale of leasehold sections in tho township of Otorohanga is to be held on September 3rd, when thirty-seven lots will be offered under the auspices of tho Waikato-Mania-poto Maori Land Board. Full particulars concerning tho sections aro obtainable from the president of the board. The recret ballot has been tried at Huntly by tho Miners' Union and has resulted in the triumph of common sense and tho discomfiture of tho extremists. It will bo remembered that six young men belonging to Huntly were charged with defying tho military law and were each sen- • tenced to a month's imprisonment. Their sentences expired on Thursday, and a section of the miners proposed that tho union should show its sympathy with the six young men by declaring 'a day off," and according them a public, reception. It was ultimately decided that a secret ballot should be taken on the proposition, and this was accordingly done, with the result that a largo majority of the miners decided against it. It is announced that Mr Dive has retired from tho contest for the Egmont seat, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr T. Mackenzie, luaving only Messrs Wilkinson and Astbury in the field. It is popularly held that Mr Wilkinson, tho Govornmnt e.u.didate, will secure the by ,t m' majority. We have made special arrangements for tho publication of a new seriiil story commencing in our next uihu<> entitled "The Doctor's Protejree," and written by that widely-known author Albert Lee. The story is an intensely interesting one, and should appeal to all readers of newspaper serials. Don't miss tho first instalment—Wednesday next;.

Mr J. R. Graham's advertises large consignment of general drapery for private sale during the week, the balance will be cleared by an auction on Saturday 24th. inst. The beautiful weather experienced te since the beginning of August has had IK a wsnderful effect on the roads of the district. On the main thoroughfares where the mud is deep there is, of course, not much improvement as the deep holes are heavier to negotiate, but in the by roads where traffic is not so great the effect has been very marked. Present indications point to an early spring. The Minister for Customs (Hon. F. M. B. Fisher) has issued instructions to the head of departments under his control that in cases of positions for which no very special qualifications are required the suitable applicants are to be submitted to ballot. Notification will be sent to the applicants, and any of them who desire may be present at the ballot. The suffragette Mary Leigh, who was recently sentenced to five years' penal servitude in connection with the attempt to Set fire to the Dublin Theatre Royal on the occasion of Mr Asquith's visit, has smashed the windows in her cell at Dublin. The prisoner alo demolished everything in the cell that was breakable. At Manchester a paper bag maker named Colclough i 3 claiming the Earldom of Newburgh and estates which are worth £6,000,000. The principal of teetotalism adopted rigidly for military camps and gatherings of the militia is not to interfere with naval canteens in Australia. A new regulation has been approved by the Federal ExecutiveCouncil cancelling the old regulations governing ihe use of liquor on Australian warships and at naval establishments. It provides that canteens may be established under the conditions prescribed by the King's regulations and Admiralty instructions for the Roval navy. "Can the Prime Minister formulate some scheme this session to prevent the Mormons from inducing young girls to join their religion and go to Utah" asked the member for Wairau in Parliament. Mr Massey replied that the matter would be referred to the Commissioner of Police for report and if it were fond necessary steps would be taken with the object of venting nay such practice as that referred to in the question. Mr Mc- • N Callum stated that in his own district, Ato there were instances of young girls having been baptised by the Mormons, and several had gone to Utah. The question was much more serious than the House conceived. We would finally remind our readers of the special Anniversary Services which are to be held to-morrow at 11 a.m. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church, and also of the soiree to be held on Monday commencing at 6 p.m. in the Municipal Hall. The Government is not in favour of introducing legislation that would lead to reconstruction of hospital districts especially in the direction of making them smaller and thereby unduly increasing the burden of local bodies in the immediate vicinity of the larger hospitals of the Dominion, states the Hen. R. H. Rhodes in answer to the member for Otaki. Enlarging on the subject in the Houee'the Minister said that whilst they could not provide for maternity homes in the back blocks, they were training nurses for service there. He announced that there would be a sum on the Supplementary Estimates for sbusidising those districts that were endeavouring to collect money from the settlers etc., to pay for the upkeep of a nurse, and also to enable country settlers to

obtain the services of a medical man. /, Jack Sanderson, for the past four and a half years with Green and Colebrook, has started business, opposite Fickling's, as a cash ironmonger and hardware merchant. Goods will be sold at Auckland prices for cash only. The many friends of Mrs M. Robertson will be pleased to hear that she has taken over the premises lately occuine.d by Mr Gheal in Rora street, Te Ksti, and will open same as an up-to-date tea rooms next Monday. The Native Land Court, which has been sitting at Ngaruawahia for the past six weeks under the presidency of Judge Holland, is expected to conclude in about a fortnight. The work of the court has been to individualise the titles of blocks in the Kawhia district, covering an area of .52,000 acres, including the Muerangi block. Owing to the Aria team, winners of the B competitions under the auspices of the Maniapoto Rugby Union, being unable to get a team together to play off with the Te Kuiti club for the preiroership to-day, the fcr - match will have to go by default to * Te Kuiti. It is to be regretted the r team could not be got together as an interesting contest was anticipated.