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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 564, 3 May 1913, Page 4

Complimentary reference was made by a number of speakers on Wsdnesday"evening to the fact that the electrical installation for Te Kuiti had been completed and the current turned on for the first time that evennig. Tbe first premises on which the light was used were the Municipal Chambers and the Chronicle office. After a long stretch of flne weather a change set in on Friday, and a fair amount of rain fell. The change would be widely welcomed by the farmers, who were feeling the lack of moisture considerably. Great interest was taken in the voting at Auckland on Wednesday on the question of whether Wednesday or Saturday should be the day fixed for the weekly half-holiday in shops for the future. The combined vote of Auckland city and all suburban districts, except Onehunga and Devonport, was necessary under the Shops and Offices Act to decide the question. It was decided by a large majority that Saturday afternoon should be the half-holiday.

Special attention is directed to the opening oE the new and up-to-date tea rooma in the upstairs building next to the Bank of Australasia. No pains nor expense has been spared in the fitting up of these rooms. Afternoon tea parties can be arranged for, and it is a foregone conclusion that the patronage which will be bestowed will be satisfactory evidenco that a long felt want has been supplied.

We have received an excellent booklet entitled "Poultry for Profit," by J. B. Merrett, Christchurch. The advice in this book is of great value to beginners, and no one interested in poultry Bhould be without a copy, which may be had for six penny stamps from box 588, Christehurch.

At Taumarunui an elderly man named John Boggs was found dead in a drain near his cottage yesterday morning. Deceased had been drinking a good deal of late. For the quarter ended March 31st, the post and telegraph revenue for the Dominion was £316,495, compared with £263,797 in the corresponding period of 3912. Mr T. E. Foy supplies the follow ing figures details of the rainfall for Te Kuiti for the month of April:— April 4th .07 inches, 13th .68, 14th .12, 25th .06, 30th .06; total .99 inch for five days. The return for April. 1910, 1911, and 1912 respectively was —1.45 inches on eight days, 6.58 on sixteen days, and 6.89 on nineteen days.