THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1905. Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, 14 April 1905, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1905. Local and General.

We shall bo pleased to procure seed from any firm on a small commission. —Hinton & Hustler.* Attention is drawn to the altered advertisement of Messrs Jonathan Ltd., appearing on oar third page. Taharo, one of the natives who had a severe attack of enteric fever, is now making good progress towards recovery. At the Whatawhata Hack Races fast week, tho local racehorse Howitzer, annexed the Hurdle Race, winning in ifood style. Now that you have burnt make out your quantities of seed ami send order to Jonathan Ltd , Kawhia. They will mix all ready (or sowing if inquired, without further charge. Mr A. Moulton, the well known dentil t, makes his next visit to Kawhia on yVediiesday, April I'.Hh, and m>\ lx> cnuHHlled at R•> ainond House daring one week only. To morrow (Saturday) Mr A. R. i Langley, of Raglan, conducts a clearing sale of furniture and effects at Ka- ' v his, on acronnt of Mr W, M. Howe, t '■ i Sjli'l- •o'l Co.'s sawmill at Oparau is now in full swing, everything running very smoothly. A large nitnib§r of orders have been secured, and at the present time the mill is engaged cutting bridge timber. Dr C, Campbell Jeukius, of Kawhia, has been in Auckland dating the pair,l week, undergoing an operation. Wc arc pleased to say that the operation has been successful, and our popular medico is expected bank on Tuesday next. A now batch of Justices of the Peace for tlic Auckland district has been gazetted, amongst whom we notice . Mr VV. 11. Grant, Pirougia West, and Mr A. M. Symons, KaI whin. We congratulate these gentlo- ! men upon their appoint meat. Ou Sunday morning last the Rev. |p ’Ji'.ch. i. i ■ nd.uci.Ld church j'trice a. Lius icii' C; Awatlm A good number of Kawhia people went over the harbour in Mr Morgan’s launch Naumai to attend the service, but the attendance of the Awaroa residents was smallMr H. Nelson, of Nelson, Moate and Co., Limited, returned to Wellington on Wednesday from London and Ceylon. During his stay in Ceylon he opened a branch oflico there for tho purpose of buying and shipping teas. Mr Nelson spent some time iu the tea-growing districts/ A chopping match for £5 aside, with the door money added, lock place in the hall at the Royal Hotel. Riglau, on Saturday last, between Esau Pretty and O. Noffke. Noffke received one minute start, and had com me need od his back scarf before. Pretty had begun ; but the latter soon gcif i/i fv'.-'d n”iu. 3-nd when he gL«rlf-<i *»n H b n:k i 'hot bu» V - Jekut i. tud tUb Ujuk ins t.kx.e vu uuisu. run wiuuev s time wai 3min. lOaec. The log was 20iu. pukatia.—Chronicle. After waiting many months the , Marine Department has decided that the beacons d noting tho channel into Kawhia Harbour fdr.Jl be removed to th pi; lion they should occupy. it will i r< i ienibercd 'hat about nine months ago, owing to ji very heavy westerly galo, the bar shifted considerably to th south, and th© authorities were immediately notifiad of the f»>ct. Since that time Captain Blacklock In kept* the matter before the department, and on Tuosday last Mr Berg, of Kawii. , ric' ived notice that he was to put the beacons in their proper places, which work will be Commenced at oner,

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Our stock of boots and shoes will provide you with an excellent choice. —Hinton & Hu»tlB,r.The firm of Gleen and Dercoonr’, of Kinobaka, will be di* olvod at die end of the present month.Messrs Jonathan Ltd. have rcceivtd a large consignment of all linos of drapery. If you cannot call send for samples and quotations.* In this issue Mr Hans Boesen announces particulars in connection with the poach service between Oparau and Te Ran-a-moa, which lie has acquired. Attention is directed to the professional notice of Mr Percy Ba ty, solicitor, of Auckland, appearing on our second page of this issue for tho first time. The usual sitting of the B.M. Court will be held at Kawhia on Wednesday, 1911; inst,, when several cases that promise to prove interesting are set down for hearing. The annual meeting of householders for the election of a School Committee for the Kawhia Public School, will be held on Tuesday, April 25th, at the school, at 7.30 p.m. Cull and see samples and quotations of grass seed, clover, etc. Consignsignments arriving every three weeks. Order in time to arrive at end presen!) month from Jonathan Ltd.* A save indication that tho football season is apprdaebing. Tho boys of the Kawhia Public School are at present busy collecting fdr the purchase of a football, and are meeting with good success. Mr J. G. Howes is making good headway with Mr Terry’s new residence, in course of erection at Tiritirimatinga, the roof of which cao now be distinctly seen from the town. The house when completed will contain seven rooms. The Observer says :—“ That the bookmakers have made an arrangement to bar one of the horses now running in an up-country Auckland district. Its outrageous tonguetwisting name, Tattyabodhinisabha, is sufficient excuse. Matamataharakeke was bad enough.” Rightly helped and with full justice in all things the Maori should live the life of a pakeliia, andTivo it profitably, if he can but fully awaken'to the possibilities of his position ; —and it is puch talk as that of Mr Carroll at Kawhia that is calculated to so awaken him, if anything is.—-Masterton Age. Mr Wallace Thomson, of Rua puke, the contractor, made a start with the spacious Public Hall, which is oeiog erected at Te Mata, on Monday last, and it is expected that the work will he f ir enough advanced trt have it opened in about fix wot ks* time. The Kawhia Braes Band has been engaged for the oci’twion. ’ Improyi-montM to the r<md .between Kawhia and tin- Antes Befti-h are now being proceeded with, and the work already CHDjplatetL will .proxy Very, beneliftifiik We believe that there are several very bad phic. i on th? Raglan end of the Aotea Beaeh, which demand immediate attention, as if left too long th - portion mterted te will b. .-..rn. Mb.- iluti iy imp,.’. i -ible. W, ri i\c revived th- lira’ nurni - r • t ‘ Bh. Sin:. u myiithly u». ...pupei for the business man,” published by G, -I. Andrew and Go., at Sydney, tho price of which is l’»d per copy, It is well printed and smartly written, and as its object is to inculcate correct busincsH principles, to teach modern methods, and to afford reliable business information iu a concise form, it should, fjud a wide sphere of usefulness, At the last meeting ofjthe Auckland L.-iud Board, Mr 8, 11, Carr was granted 50 acres out of block 10, Kawhia South, on the ground that tho road frontage to bis holding was an impassible bluff, auff that he bad no building site. It was pointed out that 50 acres could be cat out for' Mr Carr, and the balance of ■66 acres could be made a resting-place for stock. The land was valued at £2 p<r acre. } A !-:iH? »•' (u ba uicLicd ai your own piiea 4it.lii.-i-_-.-Hustler’s. I: The native land policy of the Government is not a success, and a radical change in the administration of native lands is necessary in the interests of the Maoris themselves and the colony iu general. It is notorious that in many parts of the North Island settlement is obstructed and the progress cf the colony retarded by the inability cj refusal of tho natives to throw their lands open to Europeans. Wanganui Herald. Owing to the s.s. Kia Ora being in dock undergoing very ucoussary repaira_ and improvements, there bus been no communication by sea with cither Onubnuga or Waitara this week. This has been tho cause of much annoyance and inconvenience to several passengers, who were nwaiting hero to journey per steamer, The N.S.g. ' Uump-Hiv .h'fiiki have i>»lver(i-e<l the iuu'.. bl ■>. io allow racick-uta lu make other arrangements for travelling. The Kia Ora does not leave Oaehunga for Kiiwhia until Mouday, IZth inst, The New Zealand Timo? (Wellington), in giving an account of the recont visit of tho Hon. Q. H. Mills to Kawbia, bays that “ the trip was made for tbc purpose of inspecting and arriving at a rough estimate of the value of that traOt of bash land that lies practically untouched botwpen Hawora and Kawhia (in tho King Country), and what was seen and heard will prob.bly result in the formulation of some scheme for utilising the area for settlement to a greater extent than is tho case at present, and improving tho bash reads which become so bad in tho winter months.” Wo sincerely hope an,

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For every description of Job Printing go to the Settler Office. Sheeting.—-Just to band a splendid 72in. fro nls 4d per yard. - Hinton & Hustler. Th reply to ft oamtnuniotion sent to Mr Massey, Leader of the Oppodtiop, a-king that ho address a meeting -in Kawhia, ihe following answer has been received :— 11 Sir,—R° addreß' ft* Kawhia, Mr Mu-*-, yis a’ crouiit in Dunedin, bin. I forward the note t<> him and I have no doubt bn will give it dae consideration.—Yours, etc., E Massby.” In a letter to a resident of Kawhia, Mr W. W. M Cardie says:—“My time is fully occupied with the Royal Commission. You may expect as in Kawhia early iu June. I shall endeavour to get tho Commission to visit all tho settlements near Kawhia, and gei four days for Kawhia, Te Ran amva and Pirongia Wost. Notice will be sent fixing time and place of meet ings as soon as possible.” Our attention has been drawn to the posts which have been recently erected noar the premises of Messrs Dance ■’.nd Maxted, Kawhia, which have caused mui h annoyance to pedestrians. The posts have evidently been erected to prevent vehicular traffic tbrouga the right-of-way, but they are a menace to th® public,' and thould be immediately removed, before they a**© responsible for a serious accident. The crops belonging to the Maoris at Paikarekare, have now been harvested, and notwithstanding the adverse season yielded very well. The cereals grown weire chiefly oats and wheat, and at the present time are busily engaged iu chaff-cutting for winter feed. The yield of potatoes has not eceu as good as former years, owing to the dry weather and blight, but still there will ba a fair supply, as the area usually planted has been increased. There is every probabilty that a scow will shortly bo placid on the Kawhia Harbour, to work the coast south of the port and also the Aotea Harbour. The boat will be a privatelyowned one, and the owner intends visiting Kawhia ond the settlements interested at an early date so that be may talk the matter over with the residents, and got approximately an estimate of the various quantifies of cargo that will bo required to and from the places to be served. Work at the Awaroa Coal Mine is ; being pushed on with energy, uud soon coal will be one Qf K&WSiSTs exports. Mr J. Salvation has satisfactorily completed his contract for levelling and cleaning out the old drive, which will greatly facilitate the production of the mineral. Per tho s.s. Muratai la -t week two tons of stool tram rails wero brought.from Auckland, and the manager with a gang of mon is now potting the tram lino down, between the mine and th a rjvor. “ Fair Play ” writes :—“ Sir,—lu tho I a *t issue of the Settler I noticed paragraph re tho Shops Act being in force in Kawhia, anil that it was'compulsory tor business places te strictly it<. hull II .lid .y Lu. t W. J li. • lay idlurilf'lou, h > VCVur. I llHlivi'd the frunt >» p>i' <jt j cerl.tiu shup wide up'-n Surely this is not as it should be, and appears to my mind very like unfair competition, which should be strongly opposed by people who like fair play. I would also like te suggest that the boarding houses iu the tewu alter the time at which they have the mid-day meal on Wednesdays to I o'clock, as 1 feel sure it wdhld be beneficial to all.” Perhaps our correspondent is alludingjto fruit shops, which are allowed to keep open.—Ed. k.s.; Kawhia is not a very easy place to get to at the beat of times, but when the steamer service is disarranged it is indeed a hard matter to get here at ad. Last week some of our residents journeyed to Auckland per steamer, on business, expecting to be able to return by the Muritai on Tuesday of this hwee’-- Owing, however, te» 'ha': ve.<-el being behind lime, ihe raiuni .trip io Ka win a was abaudondd, abd the Steamer despatched to Wanganui. This upset the arrangements of Messrs Bell and Langley, who were due back in Kawhia on Tuesday morning. On Saturday afternoon they boarded the train for Ngaruawahia, and on Sunday morning engaged Mr Gibb Roper to drive them to Wamgaro, whore Sunday night was spent. Early on Monday morning they were driven to the landing, a distance of five miles, where the oil launch Nita was waiting to convey them to Raglan. Ou arrival there the genHemen tried te hire horses to ride to Kawhia, but were unable to do so. Not to bo beaten, they set out te widk the journey, and arrived at Mr Langley’s flaxmill at the Pdcok.i, having walked about 18 miles. The launch Vera convoyed them aoross the Aotea the next morning, the bilmce of tho journey being ilc- ■ c’mpii. h d "n aud Kawhia reached about xiu<m cm Tuesdaj. The trip was voted to bo “ enjoyable,'’ but our idea of enjoyment docs not evidently agreo with that of Messrs Bell and Langley.

THE LONDON AND BERLIN PIANO COMPANY have forwarded fo their Kawhia Agent a REVISED CODE of TERMS for ptiyment of Pianos and Organs. Ail information and specimen instrument on view at tho local Agency, Sbttlkr Printing Offiub.