King Country Chronicle Saturday, May 30th, 1914

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 673, 30 May 1914, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Saturday, May 30th, 1914

Under the Temperance Act, Scottish public houses will not be opened before 10 o'clock in the morning, precluding pre-breakfast dining. Attention is again drawn to the Church Parade in St. Luke's Church to-morrow morning. A special invitation is given to all who wish to attend.

The annuel meeting of the Te Kuiti branch of the Reform League will be held in the Municipal Hall or. Thureday, June 4th, at 7.30 p.m. A full attendance of supporters is requested. Miss Grace Butcher, who ia leaving Messrs Green and Colebook's Te Kuiti branch to Jake up duteis in the Pio Pio telephone exchange, was entertained on Thursday evening by a few friends at the residence of Mr Crawford Boles. A highly enjoyable evening was sp9nt f all joining in wishing ths guest prosperity in her new sphere. Before leaving Miss Butcher wa3 the recipient of a presentation' j from her fellow employee:.

A conference was held at >Motueka to select a Reform candidate. Fortytwo delegates were present, representing all parts of the electorate. Six candidates all agreed to abide by the decision of the meeting. After three hours'_ deliberation Mr R. P. Hudson, president of the New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Associaion, was chosen to contest, the seat. The gathering ia considered unique in the history of the Dominion.

Professor Henri Bergson, the wellknown French philosopher, delivered the Gifford lecture at the Edinburgh University, and contended that the illusion that obsessed some people of living a past life over again was due to the attention flagging while they were converting a perception into the memory. Thereby the details of the scene were thrown into the recollection, while the scene, as a whole, was recognised to be new.

As a result of the demonstrations made against him in connection with the Colorado Btrike, Mr John D. Rockefeller is taking extraordinary precautions to ensure his safety. In addition to doubling the guards on duty at hi 3 Puncantico Hills estate, the oil-king has established an elaborate system of electric lighting round about his house, by means of which at night, he can flood the ground 3 with light by pressing a button at the back of his bed.

On Thursday evening last four of the local railway employees were entertained by the stall on the eva of their departure to other stations, and were tbe recipients of tokens of appreciation. Mr G. Ray presided over the social gathering, and a very pleasant evening was sp=nt The toast of the guests, Messrs J. Levis, E Ellis, H. Wigtrora, and S. Deerey, was druiik with entnusiasm, and ?uitable replies were mada by each. A number of musical items were rendered during the evening.

Judgment was given last week by Mr E. Page, S.M., in a case in which five settlers in the Whananaki district were chargd with having illegally conducted a horse race, known as the Whananaki Cup. The race was run at a sports' carnival on March I7tb, the conditions being that the horses should walk half a mile, trot half a „ mile, and finish tha remaining portion of the d'stance at any speed. The event was won by a lady rider. The Magistrate held that the competition was net a horse race within the meaning of the Act, and the case was dismissed.

Interviewed in reference to her report upon the health of the school children in the Wellington district, Dr Elizabeth Gunn stated that it showed that 25 per cent, of tha children, and not 50 psr cent., ss had been telegraphed, were suffering from malnutrition. But when the health and wealth of the Dominion was considered, the correct figure was rather alarming. Dr Gunn added that she had not found any case of malnutrition which was due to actual want uf food. All cases were due to wrong feeding.

The native element is not so prominent in tha social life of Te Kuiti as was the case a few years ago. Several speakers on Thursday evening referred to the part played in the early life of the town by Mr and Mrs J. Hetet and the fact that Mrs Hetet was known far and wide for her good works. Messrs John and Harry Hetet and A. Eketone attended the farewell banquet to Mr M. W. Forsyth, and the Mayor made appreciative reference to the excellent feeling existing between the Europeans and natives, both in tha olden days and at the present time.

A deputation, consisting of Mr C. M. Luke and representatives of the Architects' Institute and Municipal Electors' Association, accompanied by Mr Charles C. Reade,organiser of the Australian town planning tour, waited on tha Hon. H. D. Bell, Minister for Internal Affaire, this week, and asked for financial assistance from the Government towards the cost of the proposed public lantern lectures on "Town-planning in New Zealand" during July by Mr W. R. Davidge and Mr Reads. Tha Minister intimated that the Government woald contribute £350 towards the expenses, and would .do everything in its power to facilitate the objects of .the tour.

Reference to the progress of Te Kaiti was mads by several speakers at the farewell banquet to Mr Forsyth on Thursday evening. Mr Pine, in responding to th-3 toast of "Agricultural and Pastoral interests," referred to an occasion about seven or eight years ago, when he waa replying to the sam'e toast, he referred to the necessity for stock and predicted that thousands of sheep and cattle would in a few years be found where tens existed at that time. How this prediction had been verifieud they were all aware. Mr Boddie said his first public meeting at Te Kuiti was in connection with the obtaining of a resident doctor.. The only application received at firs'; was from a lady doctor. Now there were three doctors at Te Kuiti besides others in various parts of the district who had come since that meeting. For children's hacking cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d.