King Country Chronicle Wednesday, Feb. 17th, 1915.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 746, 17 February 1915, Page 5

King Country Chronicle Wednesday, Feb. 17th, 1915.

A social to welcome the return of Rev. and Mrs Beattie, who have been, on holiday, will take place in the Municipal Hall on Friday evening, Febrary 19th. Musical items, games, supper, etc., will be the attractions. The Rev. and Mrs Beattie have been one year in Te Kuiti, and the social will celebrate the conclusion of their first year's labours amongst our people. The directors of the Te Kuiti Dairy Company have decided to pay out a shilling per lb butter fat for the past month's supply and in view of the fact that record prices have been obtained for the output of the factory for practically the whole Beason the average price for the season will be exceptionally good. It is also anticipated that a substantial bonus will be available for distribution at the end of the year's working. ? To-morrow afternoon should be a time of special interest to all who are concerned in the religious welfare of the town; or who have any pride m its public buildings, and desire to see Worthy structures added to the number Memorial stones are to be laid at 3 p.m. of a Methodist Church that Will be nicely situated on the Esplanade and we trußt be a centre of beneficient religous activity, as well as a distinct gain to the architectural features of the town. The Mayor (Mr J Boddie) and the Chairman of the South Auckland Methodist Synod are each to lay a stone. The Ladieß' Guild is supplying afternoon tea on the ground, and, given a fine day, the function should be a pleasant and interesting one. In the evening a concert is being held in the Congregational Church. The school children of Te Kuiti will have a display of the flowers grown by them in their garden attached to the local school on Saturday next in Mr J. E. Walker's chemist shop. The authorities have issued instructions regarding the sending of cables to the effect that in the case of code words only one of the authorised codes way be used in writing any one message. Telegrams written in plain laneaa ge or mixed with authorised code must bear a clear intelligible meaning to the censor after decoding. In case of figures being used in messages without clear meaning to the censor the same will be disallowed. All messages are accepted at sender's risk, and are subject to censorship. No refund or enquiry Will be made regarding the non-de-livery of any message.