THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1907, Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 302, 22 March 1907, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1907, Local and General.

Note the altered advertisement in this issue of Mr J. D. Sutton. Anglican Church service will be conducted in the Kawhia Congregational Church on Sunday next by the Rev. F. W. Clarke, of Te Awamutu. ; The Rev. R. Mitchell has arranged 1 to come from Te Kuiti to hold service 1 at Marokopa once every three months, j ibe first visit being fixed for Sunday, tbe Bist inat. ; Mr I). L. A. Aslbnry, a farmer, has , publicly announced his intention to I cinteat. the new Egmunt division. He will support the Government, except iu tbe land question. Tbr course of action adopted by the Natives relative to th? Moeraugi block acem«, on the surface, as if it would expediato matters bo far as regards the block going through the Land Court ; hut we fear there aifijF be » hitch, n« the agreement between lhe two, tribes niakee no provision for giving the o'her Waikato claimants a share, . and <• .us< qnenlly they will fight- — Raglan Cbrouic'c Ti. H ands of pounds are yearly paved tu the poultry keepers of this Province by tbe use of Bharland’s Moa Brand Egg Pjiesejivative. It maked tgga bring in Is 2d to Is 4d per dozen instead of 63 to 8d One gallon presents 80 dozen cpg-. S«e that tbe correct name is cn tbe label.*

Held Over—Engineer’s report and Harbour Board. P. T. Porima has just opened up a splendid lot of bools and shoes. Call and see them.* Athletes and pedestrians are reminded of tbe sports to be held at Kawhia to-morrow (Saturday). Kawhia is to be represented at tbe Raglan Show next week, Mr A. F. Wilson having entered both potatoes and onions. Alter an absence of nearly two years, Mias A. Hamilton returned tn again take up her residence in. Kawhia on Wednesday last. After being laid up in the Awaroa River for some months, the steam launch Hauturu ia again in commission, being in the charge of Mr G. H. Mackenzie.

The s.s. Rothesay landed a cargo of stores at Harihari on Wednesday and brought back 90 bales of flax and 26 of tow from Messrs Bell Bros, and Ross’ mill. Mr Iloflmann’s racehorse, Repealer, injured his front legs so severely whilst running at the recent Hamilton Races that it is not likely he will I ever race again. Spray, spray again, and still spray your potato plants with Suarlakd’s Potato Blight Exte&minaior. It may be a little trouble, but it will pay you when you come to dig your crops,* There was just a quorum present at the Council meeting on Monday, Crs M‘Cardie and Babbage being away on account of ill-health, tbe wet weather b iug responsible for Cr Norton’s absence.

KAWHIA SUNDAY SCHOOL.— Distribution of Prizes, Recitations, Music. Good Friday evening, March 29th, in the Church. Mr W. A. Mason, J.P., chairman. No collection.—Advt,

At the Pirongia Axemens’ Carnival on Wednesday, the Maiden Chop was won by Mr D. Coe, junr., of Te Rau-a-moa, and tbe 20in. and 18in. Standing Chops by Mr Osborne, of the same place. Messrs Tynan Bros, and Goddard, of Kinohaku, brought in 250 sheep from tbe Waikato on Tuesday, which were put on the pontoons at Oparau. Mr Mason is also bn the road with 75 3-year-old steers.

At the Council meeting on Monday a schedule of thirds due to the County was received from the Land Board. This showed that since July 80tb, 1906, £241 Ils lOd bad accrued, the accumulated amount totalling £Bl7 Ils.

We regret to learn that Mr A. W‘ Babbage is at present an inmate of the Hamilton Hospital undergoing an operation for a serious internal complaint. May his recovery be speedy and sure is the wish of his many friends.

At a meeting of a council in a country town one of tbe speakers was boasting that he could bring an argument to a p’int as -qaibk as any man. A friend replied: “Aye, man, and ye can bring a quart tae a pint a guid bit quicker.” Attention is directed to the advertisement in this issue of the Oparau sports, which is a fixture for Easter Monday. The programme is lengthy and varied, whilst the prizes are literal. We trust that the gathering will be very successful.

While Captain Blacklock is nn holidays, the 0.8. Kia Ora is in charge of Captain Bark. Mr Robinson has been temporarily appointed second mate of the Rarawa, his place on the Kia Ora being taken by Mr Jones. Mr Lester is relieving Mt Baggatrcm. The following Edster holidays will be observed at the local Post Office : Good Friday : A close holiday (no mails delivered). Easter Monday: The office will bo opened lor the transmission of telegrams and the sale of stamps between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Complaints reach us of lhe taking of wild ducks from the Taharoa Lakes in large quantities, some -of the bags (save the mark!) running into hundreds. We shahid particularly like to see some of these out-of season sports (!) caught and made an example of. The County Clerk has received the folKif jig letter from tbe PostmasterGeneral :— “I bare the honour, by direction, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, applying for the opening of a telephone office and bureau at Waiharakeke, and to inform you, in reply, that tbe desired office will be established if the Postmaster, Waiharakeke, agrees to provide suitable accommodation,”

The editor of the Grindstone (8.D.) Bee is evidently not fond of a certain cook in that town, for this is what he wrote of her Fowled the accomplished cook at the Fowler Inn, had quite an accident last week. She baked a batch of biscuits which weighed less than a pound each.

It is a very remarkable fact that tbe New Zealander drinks' more per head 1 under prohibition than he did before there was any thlk of prohibitiou iu the colony. Why?—New Plymouth News.

Business people everywhere complain that trade has slackened, that money is not so plentiful, and accounts are paid leas regularly than they were a couple of years ago or even twelve mouths ago. position is sufficoeutly serious to set men thinking and if they can find the cause, then a remedy should bo applied.—Palmeiston Standard.

Seven years uxpenened has proved every claim made for Shariand's Moa Brand Ego Presbuvativk. Id all that time not one egg has been lost when directions have been carried out. It simply cannot fail. One pint bottle preserves eveu dozia <*gffB. See tha ths same is on the Uotl.*

I If you wont fine potato crops don’t forget to spray your phints with Shar land's Potato Blight Extbrminatok. . lv is fatal to blight spores.* [I A new milking machine has just been invented, and it is said to be in Hccceeafnl operation at Dayton, Ohio, It ia an electric motor, which fastens to the ramp of the cow, the electricity being generated by a Email dynamo attached to her tail, the dynamo starts, and by means of a bevel year and block and tackle, the milk is extracted, rawed, and the pail strainer hang up to dry. Make euro vf gaihcriug your potato crops by spraying the plants with Shakland’s Potato Blight ExtkkwnaTOR. It is the surest safeguard you can hzivo against blight There is brotherhood even amongst lhe “tipeilers,” says the “Woodville Examiner ” The youngest of the trio who were fined the other day bad only half-a-crown. The others had money and between them they raked up enough to pay the boyji fine and let trim go free, while they went to do their month. The locvon should not not be lost on the boy. Picton wants a now wharf, and can’t get it. The local paper says:—We extend our sincere sympathy to tha Government and the Minister for Public Works on tbe straits iu which they find themselves owing to the crippled ntate of the colony’s finances, and would suggest that they appeal to the beucFolfßt business people of Picton for a supply of old cases, in order that the decking of tbe wharf might at least be uniform in appearance. A spray in time saves not nine, but many times nine, if it be potato plants you spray, and the solution Saarland's Potato Blight Exterminator,* Pennyroyal ia giving great trouble to Bangitikei farmers. Some farmers are doing all they can, by the expenditure of both time and money, to keep dhwn the pest, but their efforts are being frustrated by the want of concerted action among their neighbours Some negligent farmers whose lands face a stream in the district periodically seeding properties lower down owing to flood waters carrying seed from their infested land. Accommodation paddocks adjoining saleyards are hotbeds of the past, and the atock passing through them carry seed throughout the district. Under the circumstances, owners who are trying to keep the’r properties clean have an almost insuperable task. Persons who require a first-class piano on very easy terms are advised to read tbe new advertisement of the London and Berlin Piano Co. on our back page.*