THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1906, Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 283, 2 November 1906, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1906, Local and General.

Messrs Newton and Armstrong have a ided some choice properties to their li-t on our third pagf*. If yon want fine pr»f» to crops don’t forge to tpray your plants with Bh<r land’s Potato Bmuht Extkrminator. It is fatal to blight apores Persons who require a firat-clasa piano on very easy terms are advised to rend the now advertisement of the Loi don andißerlin Piano Co. on oar bick page.' It is gr iH ying to know that ths l.’ligbt bai in t yet attacked the potato crops in this district. Tbe crops of the natives are looking particularly well, and a very good yield is antiei pated.

Seven year- experience has proved every claim made for Sharlknd’s Moa Brand Ego Preservative. In all that limo not one egg has been lost when dircc ions have been carried out. It limply cannot fail. One pint bottle preserves even dozen eggs. Bee that tbe name is on the label.* From November Ist, 1906, the rate of postage on inland letters will be Id for Gficb 4oz’. or fraction thereof. The postage on letters for United States wi’l be Id for .‘,oz. or fraction thereof. The charge on telegn-ms for transmission will be |d per word ordinary and Ll per word urgent, with a minimum cLarga of 61 and Is teepee ively. The Minister for Lands la just re ,ii ! to •be request of thi Kinoh >ku i tin cb of the 1* onurs’ Union that the 1 1. ck revives beivacn there and the W.v.kalo -honld be f God, grassed and f.i.ccd, that the wotr be cariisd on*, immedia’.ely. M< M c Nub adds that be cannoji unda/ tand \thy such an important work should have been so long. Au Awaroa correspondent writes :

“ Tbs crocUon of tbe so rage shod on the river banks here f .r tbe of settlers bae just been complated by Mr Haywood Armstrong, the work being d me in a very satisfactory manner. The building is 20ft. k 16ft., and con strop. .1 < f galvanised iron. The shed was • pened with a dance last Saturday night, a good number attended. Mi Lustier supplied the supper and provided the music (lending an accordeon which w«fl played by N’tban) ” Vuu buvo soaked yoilr weed in SuakiAmd’s Potato Blight Exterminator Mid your p ants are now looking well. Ke« p them vroll by spray ng with the same iclu’ion.*

k Mr W. A. Mason announces elsewhere that tbe annual horse hunt will be held on Saturday, November 10th. A party of about 50 natives (acoom pnnyit g Wberowhoro, brother to King Mnhtita) arrived in Kawhia this (Friday) afternoon. Last vear’a testimony i-i being con firm'd hy this year’s vxperinnee, that Sharland’s Potato Blight Extebmina Tor i« h c-vain d bffoyer of bligh’. Uae it tn spray yoor plants, it will destroy any f the spores that may have been blown from dise.i ed plants on to yyur bcaliiiy < n- s *

By the r.r. Kia Ora on Tuesday, ft lot of da rying utensils (Hepaia’or , churns, e'c.), and a quantity of bu ter boxes, were brought to Kawhia, consigned to settlers in various parts «»i the district.

Tbe following a r o the only items of local interest on tha suplemeutary e-ni mates : Compensation to Arthur Ormsby for fei e ng road iaken through the Waiwhakaata Block, Te Rau-a moa, £l2O ; Whakapirau Road, Kinohaku, £‘loo. A complaint has been made to us of an obstruction to boats that exists on tbe bach in the form of a heap of partially submerged firewood. There is no doubt that the complaint is correct and steps eb .uld be taken to have the matter attended to.

Remember the spores of Potato Blight are carried by tbe wind from diseased to healthy plants, therefore to keep your healthy plants safa spray with Sharland’s Potato Blight Ex terminator, which is fatal to blight •pores.* Mr Green dado, M.H.R., his received tne following letter from Sir J. G. Wari, Postmaster-General ;—“'Referring to your letter of the 15th ult., J have the pleasure to inform you that a tender has been accepted for a twiceweekly service between Kawhia, Te Maika, Kinobaku and Waiharakeke.” At a meeting o! tbe Waitomo Council last month, when it was proposed to invite tbe Minister of Lands to visit the district during tbe recess, a member expressed the opinion “ that it was no use asking a Minister to come here dming the summer; they ought to get him here in the winter, when ‘the place where the roads ought to bo,’ was a sea of mud.”—Te Kuiti Chro-

Spray, epray again, and still spray yoor potato plants with Sharlakd’s Potato Blight Exterminator. It may be a little trouble, bat it will pay yon when you come to dig your crops.* Daring the latter part of last week the Rev. R. Mitchell paid a visit to. tbe Marokopa district and held tbe first services conducted in that locality, good congregations being present at Harihari, Marokopa, Kinohaku Junction and Kinohaku. The rev. gentle men did tbe journey to Marokopa from Te Ma ka, and then up the river to Mr Haylock’s, on foot, and besides the distance and the bad tracks, a fresh had occurred in the creeks, which made tbe task more difficult. We hav e often had instances »e--lated to us of tbe difficulty that exists in securing signatures to native leases, in some blocks tbe number being over 800. A Kawhia resident lately instructed bis solicitor to search tbe title of a blcok of 19 acres on the Harbour, and was amazed when he was iuformed that there were 91 natives in the block ! The solicitor suavely wrote “ I think you must have made a mistake in the block, as surely you would not have tbe heart to face the herculean task I” That solicitor was quite right. Make sure of gathering your potato crops by spraying the plants with Sbaiuland’s Potato Blight Exterminator. It is the surest safeguard you can have against blight.

Tbe Waitara Mail says: Captain Williamson made a run up to One haoga last week in his oil launch Kntahi, the main parpose of his visit to that port being to aee the manager of the Northera S S. Go., relative to a request that the Kotahi should do tendering from Kawhia to Marokopa, taking cargo from the Kia Ora and bringing buck flax. Captain William son saw the manager of the company, who said they were willing to charter the Kotabi pending the building of a new boat for the Kawhia Marokopa trade, and when it was taady they would give the Kotabi’s skipper charge of it. No definite arrangement was same to. Tbe company are awaiting a supplementary report from Captain Blaoklock as to his opinion of the Marokopa bar.”

This is a tale with a moral, which they who run may read ! Two burglars broke into tbe office of an up countrv newspaper the other day. Probably they were beginners, or they would jjave known better than to have undertaken such a thankless j>b However, »h'-y got the safe all right, and, af<er destroying several crowbars and chiseL, nnd using a consider able quantity of d; . amice and profanity, (Ivy succeeded in bursting it open. Then they discovered that it contained a pair of shears and a paste pot, two writs for libo 1 , three postage sramos, oinepenci in coppers, a receipt for rbenmatirm, and last year’s prize pumpkin. What the burglars said is not recorded, but, when the editor arrived next morning and found out how tbingfi stood, te promptly aat 1 down end wrote a five column article, with the following beidl'oes : “ Daring Burglary—Our Premises Ransacked—lo the Dead of Night—Deaperadoea D camp with Priceless B<»o»y.” Thea be added a footnote j ” Owing to our heavy 'o s through the above sensational occurrence, sub scribers iu arrears aro requested to forward remittances at once ” A spray in time saves not nine, Lot mony times nine, if it be potato plants you spray, and the aolution Sharland's Poxaxo Blight Exterminator, ■'

The annual meecting of the Kawhia Cricket Club is advertised to be held on Wednesday evening next.

The Taumarpnui Press pays :—Mr T. Moffatt, J.P., and Mrs Moffict are at present visiting Rotorua, and their many friends will be pleased to learn ’hat their health is improving through tbe change On Friday next the bachelors of the district intend entertaining the followers of dancing at a ball iu Scott's Hull. All arrangements have been made alre idy, and a happy time is be ing looked forward to. A party of seven man are camped at tbe Puti, being engaged laying off tbs route of the line round tbe harbour. Mr Hargood is in charge of operations. It is reported that the line will ba compto ed lo Oparau in about three weeks time.

The quantity of fungus ixpoHed from Kawuia has been large, and the oisb thus distributed mue: represent a fair sum. We haar of the family of one settler in this district who have invested in a 60 guinea piano, earned by picking fungus in-their spare time I Thousands of pounds are yearly ■aved io the poultry keepers of this Province by the use of Sharland’h Moa Brand Egg Preservative. It makes eggs bring in Is 2d tu Is 41 per doz«n instead uf 61 to 81. One gallon preserves 80 dozen egg?. See that tbe correct name is on tbe label.*

Mr Shaldrick, representative of tbe Northern S.S. Co., acc anpanied by Captain Dlacklock, Messrs Langley, Baggatrom and W. Morgan, paid a visit to Marokopa during the w< ek in connection with shipping matters. A report on the matter will appear next week.

The s.s. Muritai arrived from Wan ganui on Sunday with the first load of machinery and sundries for the Marokopa Milling Company, who have acquired valuable flax and timber rights in that district. The cirjo has been placed on the beach and will be taken in punta to its destination. Mr Toomath, the manager, states that he expects to have the mill going in two month? time. Already there are men engaged preparing tbe site. We acknowledge the receipt of the King Country Chronicle, a new paper published at Te Kuiti. If the paper maintains the high standard set up in the first issue, it must prove a powerful lever towards advancing that ria ing district. We wish tbe proprietors every eucoeas. Now we have t-o draw the editor’s attention to an inaccuracy that is mentioned in connect! >n with tbe Chronicle, that it is ’the first dis triet paper published in the King Country.’ Thinking that the Settleb is a ‘ district piper,’ we object to our contemporory publishing this report broadcast, as this paper has been established some years. We hope tbe error will bo rectified.

At one time or other there b&ve been some most carious animals imported and liberated by tbe Government, and of all these it is doubtful if any solitary one of ibe’m have proved of the slightest benefit. Of the pests there is not a greater than tbe stoats and weasels, and people in this district have cause to know what an evil they are and what damage can be dme by them. Tbe little pests are getting very prevalent round the Kawhia township, scarcely an evening passing without two or three being seen on the outskirts. At Te Maika, though, is where they are most plentiful, five baen noticed Together. This seerns a!mo?t incredible, but our information is very reliable. Mr C. King has lost a lot of lambs this year and wes puzzled to find out the of the mortality, being naturally much alarmed. One lamb (too old to tail) wa? picked up by Mr King, who was amazed to find two small b des in tbe neok near tbe jugular vein, which is the method the pests adopt to kill their prey. We also hear that Mr Goodfellow has also lost several fowls from tha same cause,