THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1905. Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 231, 20 October 1905, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1905. Local and General.

Kawhia’s latest J.P., Mr W. A. Manon, was sworn in by Mr Northcroft on Tuesday last. Mr Borsen is at present busily engaged overhauling the machinery of tbe Te Rau-a-moa Butter Factory, preparatory to commencing operations for the season. On Sunday last the first raft of logs (70) for Messrs Watkins Bros.’ up-to-date mill at Raglan floated down the Waitetuna River, but, unfortunately, went past the mill and out to sea. About 20 were recovered, but the rest are now on the beach outside the Raglan harbour. Kawhia had quite a lively appearance on Tuesday and Wednesday last. A fair number of passengers arrived by the Kia Ora nn Tuesday, whilst the sitting of the Police Court and. Mr Greenslade’s meeting on .Wednesday had the effect of bringing a lot of people to the town. Messrs Jonathan Ltd. are now having their cash orders packed in Auckland and consigned direct to clients, as they find it more profitable to do so. It is, of course, essential to make the orders fairly large, or the charges of delivery would he too heavy for their customers.* A mi eting for the purpose of makj ing arrangements for the forthcoming i minstrel performance was held on Tuesday last, whet: a lot of prelimin- | arics wire arranged. Mr Jonathan has been appointed interlocutor and manager, Mr Sircombe bones and Mr Pettit tambo. Rehersals are to be commenced next week. The New Zealand football team had the first try registered against them on Saturday by Durham. The cable message says ; “ Towards the end of the sped Durham rushed through Jlm colonial defence, and Clarkson gained the honour of being the first man to cross the New Zealand line.” The first* Jap who reached the top of Golden Hili in not in it with Clarkson, and it he doesn’t get the Victoria Cross it is not because he doesn’t deserve it. The exorbitant price of potatoes just now makes one pause and consider whether he will consign the indispensable tuber to the domestic pot or return it to mother earth and thus provide foy future requirements (says an exchange). Opts ingenious individual io iiic Otautau diatrict has rJt on a plait of bis own to secure both lhot<e desirable ends—to provide a med and procure seed from * the self-Rama “sup.” This is how it is-, done;—Pare off. a thick pealing, bhj up to of an imfi id the c-ise of large potatoes. Cook ihe inside and plant t’e ped, which will return just as good a crop ns if the wide (über wore planted.

Mr T. Bard, district Roads Enginecr, is at present paying his peri'd - eal visit to this district. Poultry fanciers are recommended to peruse an advertisement relative to ihcubatora appeiring in aao ber Column. By the Kia Ora on Thnisd-y Messrs Bell Bros, and R >s=, of Haribaii, shipped 69 cwt. bales of flax to Onehunga. The Rev. R. Mitchell will conduct services at Te Rau-a-moa at 11 a.m., Oparau 8 p.m«, and Kawhia 7 p m. on Sunday, October 29th. To-morrow (Saturdry) a meeting of the settlers of Kinohaka will be held at the Junction, nt 2 p.m., to form a ’ branch of the Farmers’ Union or a Farmera’ Club. The series of articles in the Auckland Herald and Weekly News on the Nntiye Land Question have' been read with great interest by residents of this district, who are lond in their prai c es of the energetic and fearless manner in which tho taihoa policy of the Scddon Goyernment has beeu assailed. During the early part of the the special commissioner (Mr Rollett) visited KaWbia, where a lot of valu able information was collected. The bathing season is rapidly approaching, and residents are anxious for warm weather so as they can in-dulge-in a “ dip in the briny.” Those who happened to be on the wharf on Tuesday last, however, received rather a surprise, when Mr Hoffey, of the s.s. Kia Ora, succeeded in hooking four deep-sea sharks, two of them being successfully landed. .They measured sft. flin. each, Whilst one of those lost was estimated to _be 9ft. in length Nice bathing companions. A bushman named Duncan, employed by Mr A. Ward, at Oparau, met wit h a severe accident on Tuesday Ihht. He was proceeding to work, carrying a slasher, when he tripped on a roo‘, falling on the blade, which ih’flictrd a severe wound to the back of the hand- He came to Kawhia, whore Dr 0. Campbell Jenkins put six stitches into the wound. Duncan had only worked 'one day, after being in capacitated for six weeks through having his collar bone broken on the football field, The ball held in Scott’s Hall on Friday night, to celebrate the inauguration of the Oparau Lawn Tenuis Club, was’a very successful function, being attended by about 30 couples. The music was supplied by Mr Watts (piano) assisted and relieved at intervals by Mrs Crotty, Misses Godsell, Yells, Dr Jenkins, Mr Coe (piano), Mr W. Davies (flute) and H. Armstrong (cornet). Mr Elliott was a capable M.C., whilst Mr Turrell and the ladies of Oparau provided a recherche supper. The hall had been decorated for the occasion and looked very pretty. _ This is how a Chinese editor reeutly declined an article:—“ Illaslyi us Brother of the San and Moon,—»-We perused your manuscript with tial delight. By the bones of out ancestors, we swear that we have never ret a master piece like it. If we pub liah it, H.M. the Emperor will com mand us to take it as a criterion, ar d to print nothing that does not equal it. Since that could never be possible in ten thousand years, ,we return your manuscript, trembling and asking your mercy seventeen thousand times. Lo Imy head is at your feet, and I am the slave of your slave.” “ To discontinue advertising,” says John Wanamaker, the millionaire, “ is like taking down year sign. If you want to do business you must let the people know it. Standing advertisements, when frequently changed, are botter and cheaper than reading notices. They look more substantial and business-like, and inspire confidence. I would as soon think of doing business without a plerk as without advertising. 17 This is adviffe which all bnsiness men would do well to follow, but it must be borne in mind that the advertising medium must be the best obtainable. We can confidently say that in consequence of its large circulation, The Kawhia, Seth.eb is one of the be'st papers to. advertise in.