King Country Chronicle Saturday, Jan. 17th, 1914

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 635, 17 January 1914, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Saturday, Jan. 17th, 1914

To-morrow the service at the Anglican Church at Te Kuiti will be taken by the Rev. W. J. Piggot, while the Otorohanga service will be undertaken by the Rev. E. S. Wayne. In bis usual space Mr A. E. Robinson has a replace advertisement calling attention to his piano business Intending piano customers who appreciate a straight deal will do well to consult him before buying elsewhere. Mr Douglas, sale is advertised in to-day's, issue for Thursday, at his residence past the old Borough quarry on the Esplanade. Mr Graham states it is a nica, clean, well-kept lot for unreserved sale.

The N.Z. Dairy Association has decided to make the payment for the December supply of butter fat the same as for November. In view of the decline in prices on the Home market the majority of companies have had to reduce the price paid to suppliers. The local Borough Council has decided to use Soltar on Sheridan street when the permanent formation is being undertaken. It is claimed for Soltar that it is unrivalled as a binding for roads and that it minimises the dust nuisance. The dust in Te Kuiti during summer is a bug-bear to business people and residents generally, and if the preparation does all that is claimed for it a big effort will doubtless be made to have it utilised throughout the chief thoroughfares.

The head of the Sydney detective office has issued a warning to the public against subscibing to \a "sweep" for the EnghshDerby, con ducted from Switzerland, aa being on a par with the notorious Spanish buried treasure swindles. The Ladiea' Guild of St. Luke'B Church are holding their annual bazaar on Wetfnssday, the 28th of this month. Thpy ask for contributions to the plain and fancy work, the produce, the sweets and flowers, the refreshments and jumble stalls. Particulars of the bazaar will be advertised in our next issue.

Putties as a part of the uniform of the military force of Australia will probably be abolished. The favourable reports from New Zealand concerning the use of hose tope has induced the Minister for Defence to order a limited number to be issued to each military district as an experiment.

It will be seen by advertisement in another column that a meeting is being called at Te Kuiti for the purpose of forming a County Ratepayers' Association. Ample notice is being given, the date of the meeting having been fixed for February 28th, so that settlers in all parts of the county will have the opportunity of attending. Tennis season at Otorohanga was officially opened on Saturday last by Mr W. Vicary, patron of the Otorohanga Club. A very pleasant afternoon was spent on the courtß by players and visitors, and the season though somewhat short promise! to be full of interest from the players' point of view.

The annual picnic in connection with th« Oturohanga Preabyterian Sunday school took place at Mr D. Scowns' farm on Saturday last, a large number of children and parents attending. The ladies provided plenty of eatables and amusement for the children, and the drum and fife band played excellently at intervals. The lovely willow trees afforded protection from the heat of the sun. All present spent a very pleaßant outing. The Minister for Public Health, writing to the Waikato Hospital Board on December 18th, expressed to the board his thanks for the excellent work performed by Dr Dougals in connection with the recent small pox epidemic, and asked that this appreciation should be suitably conveyed to the doctor. The Minißter had also to thank Inspectors Bennett and Calderwood, who had never spared themselves in carrying out their onerous duties.

A meeting of the Honikiwi school picnic committee was held on Saturday. All accounts wern passed for payment, and a small credit balance carried forward for next year's picnic. The chairman (Mr Budden) congratulated the committee on the success of its efforts and the way in which it had worked to bring about the desired result, and also wished on behalf of the committee to offer sincere thanks to all who assisted in any way to make the picnic and social so successful.

The widening of the fuotpath in Rora street hag led to a number o* verandahs becoming too narrow and many verat.dah posts are standing nearly it? the centre of the new footpath. Seeing that some doubt existed concerning the powers of the council in the matter the question was submitted to the solicitor for the Local Bodies' Association. A reply has been received to the effect that the council has power to cause the removal of the obstructions, and notice has been issued to the property owners calling on them to comply with the requirements of the situation.

At last meeting of the Waikato Hospital Board Mr J. W. Walsh, in forwarding to Mr Cotiradi the sum of eleven guineaß gifted by Chinese residents in Hamilton to the fund of the boar'l, conveyed their expression of "thankfulness for the goodwill and kindness extended at all times to their countrymen in times of sickness." Mr A. -H. Waring sent a cheque for £4 lis 6d, the proceeds of a collection by "Taupiri Tin Can Band." Twenty young men, he wrote, had gone round and collected this sum. Last year the collection amounted to 355. The donation! were thankfully received. The firm of Chas. Begg and Co. was founded in 1861 by Mr Chas. Begg, a piano manufacturer of Aberdeen—many of whose pianos are still in use both in Scotland and in New Zealand. Business has been consistently carried on under the founder's name by his family, thus avoiding the adoption of high-sounding pseudonyms so much favoured in this country. Last year Messrs Chas. Begg and Co. sold more than one-seventh of the total number of pianos imported into New Zealand. When one remembers that the firm doss not operate over the whole of New Zealand, an idea of their exceedingly great popularity is gained—a popularity founded on the consistently good quality of all instruments stocked by them, on the unique knowledge.. they possess of the pianos best suited to the New Zealand climate and on the persistent refusal to have their name associated with any shady transaction. Though Messrs Chas. Begg and Co. handle the most expensive English and German pianos, yet th«nr cheaper pianos are absolutely dependable—a. point worthy of consideration. Except where branches exist the business is conducted by local agents and Mr A. E. Robinson has been established in Te Kuiti for two years. As a rule from ten to fifteen pianos and organs are on show in hi; warehouse. Mr Robinson bas been associated for years with the piano trade, both wholesale and retail, in England, Australia and New Ztaland. He is always to be relied on to give honest advice in the selection of a piano and it is his boast that never yet has he failed to give satisfaction to a client. Messrs C. Begg and Go's, system of easy payments is too well known to require description, but the feature of free insurance may be mentioned. It is also customary in this district to make piano purchasers a substantia gift of music*