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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 629, 20 December 1913, Page 5

The London Sportman has received Paddon's deposit, and has declared that the Sydney advices conclusively establish "the priority of Paddon's challenge to Barry over Albany's,

In connection with the breaking up of the main Ohura road owing to the heavy traffic the Ohura branch of the Farmers' Union has been informed by Mr Baker, the railway engineer, that he intends to repair the road to the 14-mile peg as soon as the weather conditions will allow.

Commenting on the gojpel of tha peace party, Mr Roosevelt says:— "There"is no more thoroughly international Mrs Gummidge, no more utterly useless and often utterly mischievous citizen, than the peace-at-any-price, universal arbitration type of being, who is always complaining Of war or the cost of armaments which act as an insurance against war."

Already we begin to breath the festive spirit so happily associated with this season; and, with the improving weather, we may yet have "A Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year." The musical service in the Town Hall on Sunday evening, and the Christmas Tree in the Congregational on Chruch on Monday will doubtless contribute to this much-to-be-deserved end.

Appreciation of the action of the Farmers' Union in organising the specials and keeping the ports ODen daring the strike waß expressed at the last meeting of the directors of the Te Kuifci Co-operative Dairy Company and it was. resolved to make a donation of £2 2s to the funds of the Union in view of the heavy expenditure incurred in connection with the strike.

The cause and cure of headaches is a subject to which a great deal of attention has been paid of recent years. Defective eyesight has been found to be one of the most prolific causes of headache and the cure for this fnrm of malady is undoubtedly consultation with an optician. Mr B. M. Irvine, opthalmis optician of Karangahape road, Auckland, draws attention to the headache question in another column of this issue.

At the breaking up of the Te Kuiti public school on Thursday advantage was taken of the occasion by the pupils of Standards six and seven to present Mr E. A. Power, headmaster, with a silver mounted walking stick. Miss Tuhi Carpenter made the presentation, and thanked Mr Power on behalf of the pupils for what he had done for them. Mr Power returned thanks for the gift and wished the scholars all a pleasant holiday.

The annual children's flower show in connection with St. Luke's Church, was tr.ld in St. Luke's schoolroom on Thursday evening. A great amount of interest was evinced in the function by both children and parents, and considering the bad weather experienced of late the show of blooms was exceedingly good, while the entries constituted a record. The proceeds of the show are devoted to the Sunday Bchool funds. The awards of the judges will appear in next issue.

The Public Service Commissioners, in reply to representations made by the Public Service Association, have stated there is no objection to an officer accumulating annual leave for two years. As the regulations now stand the right is discretionary, and the association is pressing for a regulation defining the right of officers. The Commissioners propose to go into the whole matter at an early date with tha executive. In response to representations, the Commissioner has informed Mr MacDonald, president of the association, that scheduled holidays occurring in the course of officers' annual ieave period will be allowed either as an addition to such leave or at some other time.

The uaual weekly meeting of the Te Awamutu Christian Endeavour Society took an interesting and pleasing form on Monday evening last. At the invitation of the president, Rev. J. A. Lamond, the members and some friends assembled in the parsonage to bid farewell to three of the members who were leaving the district. After a few musical items had been rendered and a presentation made, the president, on behalf of the Christian Endeavourers, spoke a few words of farewell to Mr R. A. Douglas, who was on the eve of taking jp his permanent residence in Te Kuiti. He referred to the great service that that gentleman had been in his indefatigable efforts as a local preacher of the Methodist Church, and trusted that he would be as keen an Endeavourer and local preacher in his new home as he had been in Te Awamutu, for Te Awamutu's loss was Te Kuiti's gain. Mr Douglas suitably responded, aftur which supper was handed round by the ladies.