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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 547, 5 March 1913, Page 4

ThG ordinary monthly meeting the School Committee will ho hah Thursday evening next. The po for which the committee was ele< has almost expiree], and the annual meeting of householder will take place in April. The work of metalling the borough streets is being steaiily carried on under the supervision of the engineer, Mr Dodge. Tho work on Ward Ueot, is just about completed, and tho Hpalla are now being laid on Rora street near the school. The grade at the railway crossing has also been ."aned by filling,and an entrance to tho school ground has been made. Mr Graham advertises particulars of the unreserved sale of Mr Ireland's (late borough foreman) furniture and effects at his residence on tho Esplanade just past borough crusher on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. This is a nice little lot of sound ntuff, and everything must go. Further particulars in our advertising columns. Open for inspection on Friday.

The portion of the Te Kumi-Oparure road left unmetalled last season by the contractor, Mr Innes, is about to be completed, the contractor having made arrangements for a supply of metal from Messrs Wilson and Cos. lime and metal works. The metal is to be delivered at Te Kumi railway station. Te Kuiti bowlers are to be kept busy during this month. In addition to the visit of the Mount Eden bowlers on Saturday next, a number of West End bowlers are to pay a visit to Te Kuiti on Saturday, March 15th. Arrangements in connection with both vidits were made at a meeting of the Te Kuiti Club, held en Monday evening.

The last issue of the Government Gazette notifies the opening of two section of land in the Awakino County under the optional tenure. One section consisting of 504 acres of bush land situated twenty miles from Hangatiki railway station; the other comprising 253 acres is half fern and half bush situated twentyfive miles from Hangatiki. A sitting of the Native Lands Court is gazetted to be held at Te Kuiti on March 14th, and a large amount of business is scheduled to be dealt with.

Motor car traffic between Taranaki and Auckland has been fairly frequent during the summer though the roads are somewhat rough in places. On Saturday last Messrs Lambie and Forsyth, from Eltham, motored through to Te Kuiti, and spent a few days in the district, the Waitomo Caves being visited on Monday. To-day the tourists proceed to Waikato en route for the thermal rsgion.

South Austraila defeated Victoria in the Sheffield Shield cricket match, which concluded yesterday, by 162 runs. Crawford contributed a total of 163, out of 368 for South Australia in the first innings, and took eight Victorian wickets. Ransford, Armstrong, and Matthews were the most promi nent for Victoria.

Mr Graham instructed bv Mr E. C. Falwasser will sell on the 13th inst. all the contents of his well-equipped home and at the same time will offer his very fine house and property for sale. Full particulars will appear in our next issue.

The well-known bicycle importing firm of Messrs Skeates and White, Queen street, Auckland, have a replace advertisement appearing in this issue. The firm claims that only the best material is used in the manufacture of their bicycles and that an eighteen months' guarantee is given. With the rapid improvement in the roads throughout the King Country there will doubtless be, at an early dato, a large demand for bicycles. Intending purchasers cannot do better than call upon or write to the above firm.

A final reminder is given of the Waikato Central Show, to be held at Cambridge on Thursday and Friday next. From the fact that record entries have been received and that classes will be contested by stock from all parts of the North Island, the show should prove one of the most interesting yet held. Our readers are reminded that special trains are being run at ecxursion fares.

A cable from London states that with the exception of two small parcels of debentures which are being specially held, the whole of the underwriters' holding of the New Zealand loan will be absorbed within a fortnight. The Taumarunui cricketers who journeyed to Hamilton to meet the "Waikato representative on Saturday last were unsuccessful, being defeated by an innings. They made totals of 50 and 60 in first and second innings respectively, while the Waikato players compiled 117 in their one batting effort.

The rainfall for Te Kuiti for the month of February, as recorded by Mr T E Foy, is as follows:— February lith .04 inches, 12th .01, 13th .12, 14th, .01, 15th .05, 19th .25. 20th 04, 21st .88, 22nd .15, 23rd .17, 24th 01, 27th 0.2; total 1.75 inches for 12 days. The rainfall for the corresponding months in 1910, 1911, and 1912 was 4.71 inches on 11 davs, 1.85 on 4 days, and 2.52 on 12 days respectively. At the request of the Te Kuiti branch of the Bible in the State Schools League, the Rev. Canon Garland has asked W. D. Little, Esq.. of Wellington to speak at the Town Hall on Sunday night next at 8 o'clock. In consequence the Angli can, Presbyterian and Methodist Church services will be over in time for members of the congregations to attend the meeting. Mr Little is one of the three speakers who have offered their services and have been accepted for deputation work by the Dominion secretary. All those who are interested in the spread of Christianity are invited, and questions will be answered. Collection for expenses. The Mental Hospitals Department is steadily carrying out its plans for a big central mental hospital at Tokanui, near Te Awamutu. The extensive site is a very favourable one for building on garden city lines Around a gentle eminence between 400 and 500 acres near the railway at Te Puhi have been set apart for the preliminary buildings where 65 patients are already accommodated, the stan being under the control nf Dr Crosley formerly medical superintendent at the old Mount View Asylum, Wellington Additional accommodation tor 50 patients has been nearly completed. They will be employed in the development of the estate, and eventually a light railway of four miles will be built to the principal site when the main buildings are erected, those now in use being «rt apart for some particular type of the mentally afflicted. An orchard has £en started, and good grass and turnips have been grown. Just refer to my monev - saving Price-list on page 6 oj£ this issue. Good for you-small profit* for J. B. Hillary, cash grocer. Te Kuiti No cold will stay if driven by Tonking's Linseed Emulsion. I/6, 2/6, 4/6.

Mr Graham will hold his usua

fruit sale on Saturday at the Mart, Taupiri street. The sale will start promptly to time owing to Mr Ireland's clearing sale to follow. Mr C. K. Wilson, member for the district, returned from Tangitu on Saturday evening and left again on Monday morning for the southern portion of the electorate. He will be in the Mokau district for the next week, and will return to Te Kuiti in time to take part in the reception to the Hon. Mr Herries on March 19th.

The operations of the crushing plant installed by the borough last year have not proved entirely satisfactory, and the council has decided to obtain a rotary crusher fr-;m Messrs Wilson and Co. The company has had to increase its plant considerably, and has on hand a couple of crushers suitable for the work of the borough. The plant is to be installed at the Te Kumi quarry, and if a satisfactory trial is registered the crusher will be retained by the council.

A report issued in connection with the working of the Rhodes Scholarship shows that a large proportion of the students go into educational and legal careers, while the remainder take up diplomacy, religion, com merce, mining, eneineering, journalism, agriculture, and forestry, in that order. The Australian students exhibit a preference for the medical science, and on the athletic side of University life are particularly prominent at football and cricket. The black list of foreign bondholders shows that Honduras has been a defaulter for 40 years and Guatemala for 14, while nine others of the American Confederate States decline to meet their obligations. The total sum to the bad, principal and interest, is £90,000,000. The new Hamburg-American liner Imperator, which makes her maiden voyage this month, will be the most luxurious vessel afloat. She will carry no fewer than three captains, so that one will always be on the bridge. Besides many other remarkable features the Imperator will have a winter garden, in which marble statuary will be displayed, and a large swimming pool. The first vehicle has negotiated the Tangarakau gorge, the last link in the road connection, between th» Ohura and Whangamomona counties. Mr J. Kallil, the well-known Ohura business man drove through with his niece (Miss Noon) last week from Whangamomona to Ohura in a twohorse buggy. The recently-discovered Waitaanga falls at Ohura are attracting considerable attention both on the part of local residents and visitors. The fall is said to be nearly 300 feet in height, the water tumbling one leap into a lake of about two acres in extent. During the wet season the lake is said to cover an area of five acres. Recently the falls were photographed by the Government photographer and photographs for ultimate reproduction as moving pictures were also obtained.

Mr W. Jennings Bryan, the Democratic lead, who is a member of President-elect Woodrow Wilson's Cabinet, is to be nominated for the position of Moderator of the next General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U.SA.., which convenes in Atlanta, Ga., in May. The executive of the King Country Central A. and P. Association is to be congratulated on the result of the recent show. A rough balance-sheet in connection with the year's working has been produced, and shows a small profit for the period. There is little doubt that now the initial difficulties have been overcome the show will prove a paying venture and the association should in a few yearß be on a very sound financial basis. Several pressmen from the South Island, returning from the conference in Auckland, visited Te Kuiti last Monday and visited places of interest in the town. The visit to the Maori pah house was thoroughly enjoyed by the visitors, who were astounded at the progress and evident mark of prosperity of Te Kuiti. Amongst the visitors were Mr Fenwick (proprietor Otago Daily Times), Mr Smith, of Dunedin Star, Mr Weston, Taranaki Herald. The party left for Mokau and Awakino by motor car last Monday afternoon.