Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 208, 12 May 1905, Page 2

Local and General.

A line of summer straws to bo ci cared at your own price at HINTOK *L Hustler’s.*

Mias Macllwraitb, pQslmisM’ess al Olohubu, is at present upending ft holiday at Kawhia,

Mr F. W. Lang, M.H.R,, will give a pre-sessional address at Hamilton on Thursday, May 18tb. The death took, plar? on Friday lasi of Mr Charles Button, one of Raglan’s oldest and most respected residents. There is every likelihood of a football fifteen being formed at Oparau, and if to Kawhia will also form a club.

On Saturday night last a very enjoyable juvenile party was given by several local ladies in Scott’s ball, and was very well attended. Messrs Jonathan Ltd. have receive?! a large consignment of all lines of drapery. If you cannot call send for samples and quotations.* We believe that Mr Barron, the new District Roads Inspector, will arrive at Te Kuiti from WangamomonJi to-day (Friday), and will probably visit this district next week.

Call and see samples and quotations of grass seed, clover, etc. Consignsign merits arriving every three weeks. Order in time to arrive at end present month from Jonathan Ltd.*

According to the Government Gazette, Messrs John Old and Jonn William Ellis have been appointed members of the Assess aent Court for the special districts of the Counties of Kavhia and Awakino. All ladies interested in promoting a .dpnee on the evening of the £4tb inst., in aid of the Kawhia Publfc'Library, are requested to attend a meeting to be held in Scott's Hall at 3 p.m. on Saturday next (to-morrow).

At tbe Te Awamutn Races Test week, tbe locil horse, Tbe Doo, fell in tbe Hurdle Race when leading by a dozen lengths. Mr A. M'Cardle's Mangahoe ran second to the Auckland mare Idas in tbe Kibikihi Plate.

We shall be pleased to procure seed from any firm on a small commission. —Hinton <fc Hustler.*

The Royal Ho:el at Raglan, and Gilmour’s store adjoining were destroyed by fire on Saturday night last. Tbe fire is said to have originated in thu hotel. It is said that the hotel also caught fire on Friday night, but tbe flames wore then extinguished. Ou Friday afternoon last the final tennis matches for the trophy presented by Miss Stevens, were played on tbe courts of the Kawhia Lawn Tennis Club, when Mr Pettit met and defeated Dr Jenkins by 50 to 45 and Mr Gosling by 50 to 29, thus winning the trophy. Last week’s Goyernmeet Gazette notifies that the following lands in thia district have been excepted from the operation of section 117 of “ The Native Land Court Act, 1904 ” :—5OO acres, Pirongia West -No. bB, section 2o ; 25 acres, Kinohaku West F, section Ib, No. 2a. Now that you have burnt make oat your quantities cf seed and send order to Jonathan Ltd., Kawhia, They will mix all ready for sowing if lequired, without further charge. The b.s. Kia Ora arrived early on Tuesday moruiug from Onebuoga, and left again about 7 a.m, for 3bat port via Raglan. The boat then proceeds to Wanganui to take up the Muri tai’s running whilst that verse! goes into dock. Several passengers miueedi the Kia Ora through arriving too late.

'We believe that it ia the intention of the guarantors of the Kawhia Hack Racing Club to vote Mr Gosling, who acted as secretary to tbe recent race meeting an honorarium of £5. This is a graceful act, for Mr Gouling proved himself a splendid secretary, and the bonus has been really well earned.

On Saturday last a meeting of guarantors of tbe Kawhia Hack Racing Club was held in Mr E. C. Falwasser’s oftca, when about a dozen gentlemen were in attendance, ftjtr E, A. Dance presiding, Mr Gosling, the secretary, presented a balanee sheet of the recent races, which showed a credit balance of £8 14s Bd, The balance sheet wa.4 adopted, and the meeting than closed. THE LONDON AND RERUN PIANO COMPANY have forwarded to their Kawhia Agent a REVISED CODE of TBBMS* for payment of Pianos and Organs.* All information and specimen instrument ®n view at the local Agency, Settlkr pKWitNO Oh'ice.* ‘