THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1906. Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 250, 16 March 1906, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1906. Local and General.

Over 250 pictorM post cards to ohjose from at this office. Messrs Wako Bros, have sold their interest io tho Maugonui County Timts tia Ryndic'ite. Pending the erection of the school at Kinohaku. teaching has been commenced in Mr Newton’s store at the Junction. Attention is directed to the new ad" ▼ertisements in this issue of Messrs Watkins Bros., sawmillers, Raglan, and Yates and Co., seedsmen, Auckland. A nice collection of post cards, comic and views of New Zealand, have just been secured from Auckland, ■ad are now on sale at the Settler office.

The work of repairing the pontoon used as a ferry (which was washed away by a flood some months ago) has been satisfactorily completed by Mr Berg, and the ferry will shortly be placed in position. By private wire we learn that early on Thursday morning the building known ms the Raglan Hull was demolished by tiro. At the time it was occupied by a Chinese firm, who carried on a general storckeeping business. The building is owned by Mr A. R. Langley, who will be a heavy loser, his office being situated in tho front portion. At a meeting of the Kawhia Harbour Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday iss* (Mr Pettit in the chair), the rules ai framed by the executive were adopted, and it was decided to adopt the “ ladder" system on the court, Mr M‘Cariby being placed at the top. The court will be opened at 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon next by Mr E. C. Falwasser, who has been appointed chairman of the executive.

In another c lumn the Government invite tenders for the construction of ths Opotoro bridge at Raglan. The booth at the Oparau Axemens* Carnival on Friday next has been secured by Mr A. E. Ward, and also the right of the card?. Persons who require a first-class piano on very easy terms arc advised to read the new advertisement of the London and Berlin Piano C». on our back page/ 1 T|ie petition to the Governor-in Oouncil relative to the formation of a Town Board at Kawhia has been furwarded, and is now under consideration. A reply is not expected for some weeks. A farmer nt ar Temuka declares that a paddock of wheat grown on the same ground ns a patch of badly b'ighted potatoes last year, is becoming infected with blight. The cargo per the Kia Ora on Tens day last*was perhaps the biggest ever received here, whilst the same applies •o that taken away on Thur dty. Both imports and exports are increasing, and rapidly too. Before 81st March Messrs Jonathan Ltd. must reduce their heavy stock of drapery, ironmongery, etc., for‘stocktaking purposes. Now is your opportunity to secure a years supply at ridiculously low prices.* Owing to not baviiug been properly labelled in compliance with the Act relative to sending liquor into the King Country, a keg of beer was taken charge of by Constable M‘Car»hy, on Tuesday last, and the firm who forwarded it ,will probably have to faee S.M, Nortbsroft.

The work of tarring the wharf has been commenced. We believe that tho trustees have decided to widen the wharf from tho berthage end to the steps and to erect a derrick. Tbe money in band will thus be spent as it should be, and not in making streets, which is tbe duty of the Government. According to last week’s Government Gazette the following local polling booths in tne -Waikato electorate have been abolished :—The Schoolhouse, Oparau; Mr J. Scott’s house, Hauturu ; Hinton and Hustler's Store, Awaroa ; Government Whare, Te Anga ; Tamaranga’s Whare, Marakopa Heads; Mrs Carr’s Boarding House, Kinohaku. The National Waifs’ Magazine for January has just been issued. Since the widely lamented 'death of Dr Barnado in September last, tbe work of waif rescue carried on by the homes, which he established, is being actively pursued. Eight thousand boys and girls are under the wings of the Institution ; nearly .30,000 in all have been rescued.

Road work is this district is being pushed ahead, and is likely to be continued on a larger scale in the near future. A commencement was made with the Kawhia street on Thursday, whilst tbe construction of the road from Crotty’s to the ferry has also been put in band. We learn that an additional £l5O is to be spent on the Pirongia West road.

There appeared in a Southern paper an advertisement reading aa follows: ‘ The man who found a pocketbook, containing a large sum of money, in Californian afreet, is requested to return it to the undorsigod, ‘he loser, as be was recognised." In a few daya tbe reply was inserted : “ The recognised man who picked up a pocket-book containing a large sum in Californian-street respectfully requests that the loser call at bis house." Mr John Scott left Napier on Wednesday with 2000 sheep for various settlers in this district.—On Bunday last Mr C. King crossed 250 sheep to Te Maika, to be placed on hisTabaroa run.—By the s.s. Kia Ora on Thursday, Mr Holmes brought up 81 calves and two horses from Waitara, which ware landed at Demon Point and then d-iven to bis Kinohaku section.—A large mob of store cattle arrived from the Waikato during the week for Mr W. A. Mason’s Kawhia run. Native lands must ba opened up (said the Premier at Te Aroha). He believed be would be able to keep faith with Parliament and be able to announce by next session that the Government had secured half-a-miilion acres of native land for settlement. He told the Maoris at Waimarama that the demand for surplus native land was like a tide coming in. Nothing oould stop it. The only thing that could be done was to pass a law that would make provision for landless natives, and see that the native landowners got a fairer lease for the lind. He thought tbe Government was getting on better lines, and he hoped there would be a little of tho surplus native lands bought up for settlement, and at the same time they should get the Maoris to settle on portions of their land. He had often asked why there was tbe falling off in produce grown by the Maoris, and had come to tho conclusion that tbe Pakeha was <nore to blame than the Maoris. Natives could produce good lamd products, and he believed they would do so in the future.

“ To discontinue advertising/’ says John Wanamakor, the millionaire, “ is like taking down your sign. If you want to do business you must let tbe people know it. Standing advertisements, when frequently changed, are better 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 clerk as without advertising." This is advice which all business men would do well to follow, but it must be borne in mind that the advertising medium must be the befit obtainable. We can confidently say that in consequence of its Urge circulation, The Kawhia Set i lek is one of the best papers to advertiee.in>