King Country Chronicle. Wednesday, January 13th, 1915
Ab the prize for the Doll-Guessing Competition was not won, Mr V. E. Robinßon has enclosed a cheque for £1 10s for the Belgian Relief Fund. The retail value of "Sybil" was £1 sa, The Te Kuiti Borough Council put up a record in respect to meetings on Monday evening. It was well after half-past seven when the Mayor took the chair, and the meeting was concluded before half-paat eight. Despite the brevity of the meeting a considerable amount of important businega was transacted. . ~._, „ 1
Mr Graham inserts particular of Saturday's Mart sale comprising pigs, fowls, produce, and 100 casse of fruit, furniture', etc. There is no reserve on the fruit. The Te Kuiti Racing Club are call- . ing for tenders for the rights *o sell drinks, fruits, sweets, etc., at the next race meeting, to be held on February 13th. The club will be pleased to receive members' subscriptions that are outstanding. At the Kawhai tennis tournament during the hohdayß, H. Wilson and W. Hitchcock, of Te Kuiti, won the handicap doubles from scratch, and in the final of the championship doubles were runners-up to De la Mare and James, of Hamilton. The Te Kuiti players report having had a most enjoyable trip. The high price of butter on the Home market is a gratifying thing to the dairy farmers of the Dominion, and those factories which are consigning to the open market appear to in a good position. The price ia apparently likely to be maintained, the figures quoted in the High Commissioner's cable on Monday being 138 to' 140 shillings per cwt. The Minister for Defence, the Hon. Jas. Allen, states that the Governor has received a lull record of the courtmartial on F. E. N. Gaudin. As a result of a perusal cf the report, it appeared necessary to communicate with the Judge Advocate-General and the Administrator uf Samoa. No further announcement than this could be made for a few days. Full publicity, says the Minister, will be given as soon as possible.
The Sydney Abattoirs Board has issued a statement regarding the price of meat. It sums up the high priceß as being due to the drought and tho exporta on account of the war. The board points out that drought conditions still prevail in the Riverina district and in other large tracts in tho west. It is anticipated there will be a return to normal conditions in the autumn if the weather be favourable. Tho report adds that the community must realise that with a meat-hungry world nnd Australia as one of the great sources of supply, cheap meat is a thing of the pest.
In regard to the coat of living, the Prime Minister stated on Monday that the action already taken by the Government would stand until the new crop of wheat comes in. Then he hoped it would be possible to remove the restrictions and allow the rulfi of supply and demand to operate. "In the meantime," Mr Maasey added, "we are keeping a watchful eye on whatever transactions take place, so aB to prevent any exploitation of the public."
The manager of the Te Kuiti dairy factory reports that the supply to the factory since the hoildays is keeping up remarkably well. The drought experienced in other localities has not affected this port'on of the King Country, nnd the prospects for the ensuing months are extremely good. This is evidenced by the fact that in certain instances the supolies are increasing, while in no case is the supply showing signß of dropping.
Mr J. Boddie, chairman of directors of the Te Kuiti Dairy Company, speaking at the first meeting of direo« tors in the New Year, congratulated his ca-directors on ths excellent prospects for the season. In respect to local supply the chairman said he had heard with surprise from one business m:sn that complaintß had been made regarding the quality of the butter in the local trade. He had gone to Borne trouble to get the trade opinion on the matter himself, and could say that the quality of Limedalo butter wai regarded as excellent. It was gratifying to know that the grade notes for the output were consistently good; in fact, better than had ever been the case previously, and with the maintenance of an all-around improvement there was no riaubt it would be recognised as the best article procurable. At the last Borough Council meeting, when the plans of the proponed bridge at the river deviation, were being considered, Cr M. J. Jones suggested an alteration in the width of the beams in order to allow a footbridge being placed beside the traffic bridge at some future time. By having the necessary width in beam Cr Jones pointed out that the additicn would be made at less cost when required, than if an entirely neW structure had to be erected.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 736, 13 January 1915, Page 4
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