King Country Chronicle Saturday, March 14th, 1914

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 651, 14 March 1914, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Saturday, March 14th, 1914

The jam making season is always an important one for housewives and Mesrss Oooley and Co. draw special attention to their ability to supply first-class lines of sugar, fruit and ginger at the cheapest rate for cash.

Attention is directed to our advertisement column, where particulars will be found of a sale of work to be held on March 31at, in tbe Town Hall, in aid of the Methodist Church Building Fund. It is reported that contaginu? mammitis is again somewhat prevalent in Taranaki. Some farmers, it i*) stated, are threatened with heavy losses by this disease getting into their herds In one case a farmer is likely to have to condemn eight or nine cows, worth about £ls each.

The committee of the Te Kuiti Golf Club met in the Chronicle office this week. Mr A. B. Maids was appointed secretary pro tem. It was decided to hold the annual general meeting on Wednesday, March 18th, in the Chronicle office, at 8 p.m., when it is hoped that all interested will attend.

During a meeting of the British Chamber of Commerce, Sir Algernon Firth urged that the pr duction of raw materials and foodstuffs throughout the Empire be stimulated, because American competition in Europe for foodstuffs would cause a considerable rise in prices unless production was increased.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received cable advice that Mr W. O. Gilchrist, London, has resigned niß seat on the Board of Directors, and that Mr T. H. Fisher has been elected in his stead. As Mr Fisher has retired from the position of secretary to the company, Mr H. E. Davidson, Sydney,has been appointed secretary in Mr Fisher's place.

The Baptist Missionary Society has received a cable stating that the Rev. J. S. Bowskill, a Baptist missionary in Portuguese Lower Guinea, who was arrested for participation in the natives' revolt, has been released on parole. He will be court-martialled in San Salvador for supplying natives with ammunition and permitting the natives to fire from the station. The society has appealed to the Foreign Office to prevent the court-martial. A poll to fill the vacanc.v on the Auckland Land Board, caused by the effluxion oE Mr J. Trounson's period of office, was taken this week. Mr Trounson again offered himself for election,a nd was returned by a larg«« majority as the representative of Crown tenants. The voting was as follows:—James Trounson 1817 votes, Henry Carlton Powell 233, Patrick Kesgan 182, informal 205. The Rev. Mr Hall, a New Zealand Presbtyerian missionary, wbo has working for the past four years among the blacks in the Gulf of Carpentaria, establishing a mission at Mornington Island, says that it is absolutely virgin field. The blacks are in a primitive state and are of poor physique compared with the Papuans. They are inclined to laziness. He hopes that traders will be prohibited from settling on the island. Mr Hall returns north next week.

The project for establishing a freezing works in Waikato is being vigorously promoted, and bas been taken up enthusiastically by the Waikato farmers. The King Country is

equally interested and is well represented on the committee set up to further the scheme. By advertisement in another column it will be seen that Mr T. Cooper intends delivering an address at Pio Pio on sale day in connection with the proposal. Adresses will also be delivered in other centres on suitable dates.

Lord Rochdale, after a two months' stay in Australia, largely devuted to attending the wool sales , will sail for New Zealand to-day. In an interview he said it appeared to him that Australia possßsses such astounding prosperity that the Government could attempt almo3t anything from the economic standpoint. Regarding wool he thinks there will be permanent appreciation in price the world over owing to more people using it. With the lifting of American tariff, the increased demand from there will be a permanent factor in maintaining the present basis of prices. The annual report of the Sydney Inspector of secondry Schools shows a net increase in enrolment for the year of 6292 pupils. The Inspector reports growing demand for placeß in high schools. The city schools are overcrowded, necessitating large expenditure on buildngs in the near future. There were also signs that the supply of qualified teachers was not equal to the demand. Mr Carroichael, Minister for Education, commenting on the report, thinks the growing interest in the high schools one of the healthiest signs, showing that the vigorous, progressive education policy of the Government is proving fruitful.