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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 644, 18 February 1914, Page 4

Sydney Levy, junr., a picture show manager, was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour at Suva on Saturday for throwing ammonia and severely burning Arthur Groom, who intervened in a fight between the Levy brothers.

Attention is directed to the replace advertisement notifying the special half-yearly sale at Burley's importing' stores. Wonderful bargains are said to be obtainable and an inspection of tbe various lines should well repay housewives.

The Waitomo settlers are deßirous of getting Mr C. K. Wilson, member for the district, to visit Waitomo, and receive a deputation on various local matters daring this week. Mr Wilson will not be in Te Kaiti until the second day of the Show, but will be glad to meet the Waitomo deputation on Friday or Saturday. In view of the fact that the Ram Fair in connection with the Show takes plac* on Friday it will probably be found that Saturday will be the most suit' able day.

The difficulty with which country visitors and others are confronted in the shape of obtaining refreshments at Te Kuiti after the usual hour will be obviated on Show nights, Wednesday and Thursday, when the Croydon tea room) will be open till 9 p.m.

The Aria Athletic Club has registered their forthcoming sports meeting with the New Zealand Athletic and Cycling Union. The Auckland Centre has ove: 120 clubs registered and some 700 competitors. A good day's sport is promised at Aria on Marth 20th.

The catering at the King Country A. and P. Show is in the hands of Mesraa Thomson and Rutherford and they leave nothing to be desired. Patrons of the Show will have no need to carry provisions with them as full and plenty has been provided by the caterers at a moderate price. The meeting of ratepayers of the Waitomo County, convened by Mr Lorigan, will be held on Friday even ing Feb. 27, at 7 o'clock. The time of meeting has been altered to 7 p m. so aa to alio* of visitors from Otoro banga and districts leaving by the 950 p.m train. A large number of ratepayers have promised to attend.

The death is announced of M Alphons Bertillon, the inventor of the finger-print system for the identification of criminals. He was officially appointed in 1894 to report on the handwriting of the bordereau in the Dreyfus case, and aa a witness fcr the prosecution before the cour de cassation on January 18th, 1899.

An a American engineer has planned a submerged tube railway between Scotland and Ireland, believing that this would be for the commercial betterment of the two countries, and a remedy for the Irish unrest. The tube would lie in quiet water, and be free from the effects of wind and waves. It would be built in Bhort and convenient lengths, towed out, sunk, and fixed.

The Parliamentary Committee of the London Trades Union Congress sent a deputation to Mr Asquith to urge the nationalisation of the railways. Mr Asquith, in reply, said ac quiaition of the lines by the State would inevitably be followed by a demand for the reduction of fares and rates and a requeßt by the employees for shorter hours and increased wages. A Royal Commission was inquiring into the question, and its ultimate determination might well be left for the present. When at To Kuiti recently the Hon. Mr Praaer, in conversation with a Chronicle representative, said the understood the northern portion of the Waitomo County was anxious to set up a separate county. Personally, he Was opposed to the subdivision of counties and would not encourage any idea of the sort. Concerning the Awakino County on the other hand, he thought it might visable to subdivide that county with a view to the various sections joining the contiguous counties.

Speaking at the County Council meeting on Monday evening the chairman said that when in Wellington he had obtained particulars of the amount of money there was available for the main road out of the grant of £8250 which appeared on the last Estimates The amount of .-£724(5 148 had been authorised leaving a balance of £IOO3 6b for which no authorities had been issued. Of the amount for whii:h authorities had been issued there might be small balance unexpended, but it was evident that, not a great deal of work could be done thin a a aon with the amount available.