THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Local and General,

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 228, 29 September 1905, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Local and General,

Mr F. A. Pearson report** ?fln eale of a 109-acre stc'iou ut Kinohaku to Mr Tcmpieman. Oti'dm last trifi of the p.h. Kia Ora to Ouehuuga, Mr Ar. dvapatched 15 of The usual monthly uieetiue of ‘he Kawhia School Co DflliUee will bo held iu the Sehler Olliue uu Tuc&day next at 4.30 p m. Atreutiihi ia directed to the altered advertisements in this in,ue of Messrs Hiutou aud Hoefler and Mr K. C. I’al waaser. The seo'oud ajYboalmeeting of* the ahaiehoiders of tbt» f.e Rii-i mui Dairy (’-mpany is a fixture for tomorrow' (Saturday) at 1 p.m. After waitjug many monUis the native owners of the Te Puru town* ship received their rept from the 'Joveroownt during the week, a sum of over £lOO being thus distributed. 'There are 17 sections m the Awakinff (Jounty, totdiing 1&88 scree; 3390 acres of nueui veyed land in the Kawhia County and two .sections, totalliuir 245 acres in rha yVaitomo C junfy available for seleo ion. Those who have oooaSion to use the roan from Kawhia to the Ao tea will be p’eaeed tn learn ’feat Mr Barron, District Roads O/erseer, has reseutly let a contract io Mr J. Falwaeaer for improvementg tbareon, and work is to be commenced imine* di i»elf, Deeply r-egiei i > record ih , m ae of Miss Annas (Eve) per hum, who passed peacefully away on Waduwday last sfigr a short but ooi ilkieas. Miss Perharp, who 1 was only 22 years of at *bo tim<« of her finMh. w'lH-Wiovrd fcy Ml who k .ew her, and v.. I<H| bnt add our i«:r (elr sympathy •»> her and 1 th<‘ family, k o*»iug flur -liis Bfl nij 1 rant will be -h«n-d by o-u- rosdjra. 1 The itiG.o ro.-.x’ • ,< k pl <-• ■ c>u Thu a I .hy. the hurtsi eer, j.io bc.ug read by i he Rpv IL yiiclKil. j.

For ©very description Jo# ing go to the Skttler Otßoe. Thu New ssealand footballers beat' North Hampvhira o*i- Wedueeday- iant . by 32 points to nil. tw-s.ihe.,.. ina’la ace the altered notice in another column. A football match, between the Bu-h- , men and Opaiau and Kawhia (com ; biued) will be played on Saturday, ; October 7th. On Monday next, October 2nd, the j L iau and Mercantile will hold a eale > of stuck, etc,, at Oparao, the on* ( : We believe, ouAberiug i : ISppetß are aguiu remindt-d *4 the ' ridVentijf to bo held fto morro .If fSatur i day night) to decide on a apOn I : which to bold the Kawhia races, ofc. i i Owing to a bereavomeut in the town, the coinpiimentnry social to Mias Stevens and Mr Junothan, which wad arranged for to-night (Friday) has been po tponed till Friday, October ti h. «. pMHpa'jm dilitatum —the bait grass —seed Cun be obtained from. M■-■».*« Julia*ban, L d., wlio will lie pleased io alww samples 9nd ..forward-' eouaigu-m-ntF.*, Air surgoou duiitlflt, Las decided to income u resident of Kawhia. From 0.11 account Mr Biird is very proficeut in his profession, and it is his inteuliou to visit the different per* tious of the district. Road work is being rapidly pushed forward in this district, bo far six contracts have been let, covering a distance of 8J miles. Two have been completed, and the work done i? creditable to ail concerned.—Kiritehere ojr respondunt. 7 Mr Babbage, who recently roturued from VVulliugton, states that Ibe Minister of Public Works (Lion. Wm Hail-Jotresy is favourably impressed w.th the idea of-having the Mum .I’runk Liue aud tbe K&tvhia Harbour connected'by railway. I Messrs Jonathan Ltd. ;,re now having their cash orders packed iu Auckland and consigu'jd direct to clients, as they find it more profitable to do ao. It is, of course, eseeutial to make the orders fairly large, or the charges of delivery would be too heavy on their customers.* As a sequel to the recent prosecutions under, the noxious Weeds Act the Wyndham Herald is informed that a petition is to be circulated amongst landholders to have ragwort eliminated from the Act. Farmers bold that as sheep eat the weed readily it is more a benefit than a nuisance. There is every prospect of a rifle shooting match taking place on Friday, October 18tb, between tenra-t representing the Civilians and R’fle C ab. The former will be represented by:—J. Preotio•, Mackenzie, Taai Wetere, W. Davies, M‘C»rthy, A. Ward, Hodgson, Ci Armstrong, Sep. WrighfJ Anderson, Derecourt aud W. Morgan.

A Japantjwe paper, iu cumptaining bitterly against the exclusion'of Japanese from Australia, says the men who compose Australian Parh'snients are so ignorant as to be unable to speak the Jahguage correctly, ft is therefore necessary to employ geutle men of high education oalled u Hansa rd’' to translate their remarks into readable form.

Last Thursday Constable M‘Cartby, of Kawhia, arrested at Rua puke a I man who gave the name of Th m Smith j on'a charge of breaking into the house of R. Diamond, and stealing therefrom a pair of trousers. Aooased was brought to Kawhia and appeared before Messrs Coweru and Symons, .J s.P., and commuted for trial to the Auckland Supreme Court, on November 20th. The Laud Agents Bill, which was introduced to the Legislative Council by the Attorney-General on September 14th, provides that after January Ist. 1906, laud agents are to be iioeueed, the lice eases to bo issued by the local authority in applicants district. For wrongful conversion of money, or the presentation of false accounts, the land agent is liable for two years’ imprisonment. For currying on business without a license he is liable to a fine of £5O. The licence fees a;*e at the rate of £2O per annum.

Mr A. Armstrong, of Oparau, has received the following letter, through MrF. W. Lang, M.H.R. 1-“ Sr.-I have the honour to acknowledge re Ceipt of the letter signed by Mr Armstrong and other settlers of the Pirongia Syest district (together with ranp) asking that provision should he made upon the public Works Estimated for a grant for the purpose of constructing a 6ft. stock track over the route known as the Ngutunui road. *ln reply thereto, I ha ye the honour to Inform you that I ba?e carefully noted the contents of the memorial a&ddball be glad to give same my careful ecueiderstion when (dealing with the Supplemenfary Estimates for the pnrreut year. —Yours, etc.,'Wm. HaLl-Jonvs, Minister for Public Works.” A case was called ou at one of the up-country courts a few days ago, and a young man, freshly imported from the Dear Old Motherland was put iuto the box as a witness. “Do you know the plaintiff ?” began the examining c uusel. “ No c I don’t k u °V anybody here at. all ?” was the prompt rejoinder, •* Weil, do you know anyihing about thia case P’’ “No, I knows nothiuk at all about anythink nt all,” was the next very unsatisfactory reply. “Then you canrot give the Court any evidence ftt ail, J eup poee?” “Nt..,’ 1 the crushing answer. “ How can I say auythh k about anythink, when I don’t kn< w no’hink about nothink?” Even the B.M. couldn’t solve that problem, and the young man went on bis way rejoicing slightly, and wondering greatly why he hau b ‘en troubled at all,— Observer.