THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1907, Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 306, 5 April 1907, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1907, Local and General.

Last week’s Government Gazette announces that Mr J. K. Newton has been appointed a trustee of the Kawhia Cemetery, yice Rev. R. Mitchell, resigned. Caplaiu Blacklock, of the s.s. Kia Ora, is at present relie.ing Captain Norbury of the Rarawa. Mrßaggstrom has as'ftin resumed diuy as chief engineer of the first-named vessel. Wo have to acknowledge the recespt of the first Issue cHhe To Aroha *'Maii” anew bi-weekly p* ; ■ . rtc-d by Mr i Chits. F- Bpo fter. '■ he Mail is a 28 icdi.tnn double deniy v r.y r, and has a i b.ipht, cheerful appe;.rance, is smartly ' writtenaud v.- !t rVpP' Uvd by advertise, ment?. W' v.l U A.'• Spooner every success. AUenti n i cjlfau ! an advertisement of H ■ ? : .S. Co. in this issue. Th; , !'.• Hra hft? to go on the slip L ' insp<clicm and overhaul, i failing from Oneh> • i . ■ i v.cd from ! ' . ■'*,• .lu.'iiiKy, the l7Hv't Hi -• <i» . . : r u.t d that iha w.,v. . i.i-j . ■ v.iii delay her beyond il t.i:. TLou-anthr • ■ i. o nds are yearly I saved to tbr p ihry keepers of this i Province i ;■ Simrlam/s Moa i|iuxr* E(.'< Pj :'.3h-. rr> k. It makes | eggs bro g . is.2d t i 4d per dozen j itif-tcad of (io- One gallon pre- |

Don’t forget that good printing can be (tone at the Settleb Office. Mr W. Goodfellow, son of Mr T.. Goodfellow, of Te Malka, returned to Hamilton last week, after a trip to the , Old Country. At. the Rangiriri Sports on Easter Saturday E. Edgec itnbe, of Te Rau-a-moa, won the Standing Chop, 20in. block, in which event he received 65 pecs, start. The prize was £l6. During the Easter holidays M-assrs Laurie, Mathieson, French andjlyde .Ijrptii fo Kawhia from Te Awamutu Two nr three d”.ys we-e enj :bly pent in fishing and seeing the b au>y spots around the harbour, and each of the party were well pleaded with tho outing.

Persona who require a fivat-claes piano on very easy terms are advised to read the new advertisement pf the Loudon and Berlin Piano Co. on our back page.* Mr J. K. Newton, School Commie eioner, informs us that the annual meeting of householders will be held in Scott’s Hall, on Monday, 27th inst. Already Messrs Jonathan, K. Newton, E. Falwasser, Turrell and Pettit have been nominated. Nomination papers can be had on application to Mr New-

A little while ago the overseer of the Eketahuna County Council dispen - ;;d with tho services cf a roadman. A vacancy occuring on the Council about the time of hia dismissal, the roadman was nominated, made an active canvass and was returned. He ia now’ the overeser’s employer,and the turning of the tables is the talk of the district. A spray in time saves not nine, bat many times nine, if it be potato plants yoa spray, andYhe solution Sharland’h Potato Blight Exterminator,’' Had Mr M‘Nub confined himself to one interview with the members of tho House, and at that interview made it absolutely plain that it was either the Land Bill or a dissolution, he would have reached the same end as he expected to reach but has not —by carrying the fiery cross of hia new piopaganda into the undeveloped North,—Oamaru Times. The scow Reliance arrived from Onehunga on Friday last with material for the Ukupata, Awaroa and Marokopa bridges. The first named lots were placed on the pontoons and the latter on the wharf ready for transhipment by the s.s. Rothesay. The vessel sailed both in and out of the harbour. Captain Mitchell was very pleased with the bar, remarking that, if it were known to masters that it was so good, the port would often be made instead of battling against adverse winds out at sea.

The vulgar craze for “freakinoss” is still strong in the United states. The latest announced by an admiring press relates that Mr William Mack, a New York company promoter, and Mrs Ida Ohlmeyer, a pretty widow, were married in a stable, occupied by two racehorses, at Jersey City. The proprietor of the stable, James Duffy, owns many racehorses, and he is also a justice of the peace. The couple, who are interested in horse racing, thought it would bring them good luck to be married in stable with racehorses as witnesses. Spray, spray again, and still spray your potato plants with Sharland’s Potato Blight Exterminator. It may be a little trouble, but it will pay you when you come to dig your crops.*

The locality of ihe alleged discovery of gold in the King Country is situated about 15 miles from Taumaranui. It is quartz bearing ground, and to work it payably will necessitate the operating of expensive machinery. We almost know the locality of the gold, but have made a solemn promise not to divulge it at present, lest there might be a great rush, a sudden stoppage of the main trunk railway works, and a disorganisation of traffic and business generally. But, seriously, if there be “anything in it” tho discovery must benefit Taumaranui very considerably, as the nearest township to the find. It is said that some good samples of the quartz have been taken to Auckland for analysis. Recently an expert of tho newly-formed Auckland company visited the ground.— Taumaranui Press. Yoa have soaked your seed in Bhak land’s Potato Blight Exterminator and your plants are now looking well. Keep them well by spraying with the same solution.*

“With the road works in band in the baekblocka throughout the colony,’’said the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Acting Premier, to a Wellington reporter, “ the sum available for each work is not large and permits of only a limited amount of work, either formation or metalling, to be done each year. Now the question asserts itself, whether in addition to forming a road, and in some cases metalling or assisting in metalling it f is it the duty of the State to maintain tho formation when once it is completed. I btid it is right to leave this work of maintenance to the lood authority which is collecting rates from the settlers in the locality . Since taking charge of the Roads Department I have frequently discussed this matter with the county councils and settlers, , and eventually all have admitted that the course I am taking is the right one, as it enables the reading of backblooks to be carried out more expenditiously than under the old system. If the maintenance of .farmed roads by the Government became a general practice there would bo a protest from one end of the colony to the other against the heavy expenditure.’’

Seven years experience has proved ove.y claim made for Suarland’s Moa Brand Eog Prkskrv vuve. In all that time not one egg has been lost when directions have been carried out. It simply cannot fail. One pint bnttle thu JUIiUIU 10 VU i.uu I O. . L*

ADO recont races at Kawhia result,eu in a credit balance of slightly over £6. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Quids, never fails. Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. It is now definitely stated that the ereciiou of the Okupata bridge is to be procesded with at once. By the burning of a whare at Hadbiiixi last week, Mr John Ramsey lost tho whole of his belongings. Mr H. T.-Gibson, teacher at tho Te Mala school, has been elected a fellow nf the Me corologicAl S ciety (England). On Friday last 180 sheep and six working bullocks were landed from the s.s. Kia Ora at Lemon Point, belonging to Mr Stokes. If you want fine potato crops don’t forget to spray your plants with BHarland’s Potato Blight Exterminator. It is fatal to blight spores.*

The wedding took place at Maxwelltown on Tuesday of Mr Turner, of Awaroa, and Miss Goldsworthy. Mr and Mrs Turner arrived in Kawhia on Friday. .. The Hon. W. W. M'Cardle, M.L.C., k-fc for Pabiatua and Wellington on Sunday. Mr M’Oardle will be ten dared a banquet at; Pabiatua on the 9th of April. Au account of the trip of the Kawhia tennis players to Hamilton, and a report; of the Sunday School meeting on Good Friday night, will appear next week.

By the Kia Ora on Friday the local natives seat three tong of kumeras to Huntly as food at the large meeting to be held there shortly anent the. land question. The cricket match, Kinohaku v. Oparau, arranged for Saturday last, did not take place, owing to the latter team not putting in an appearance.- A scratch match was held. Make sure of gathering your potato crops by spraying the plants with Shahland’s Potato Blight Exterminator. It is tho surest safeguard you can have against blight/* At the To Kiri (Taranaki) sports on Easter Monday, G. Tynan (15secs.) was aecoqd in the Maiden Chop, 12in. block, which was done in iosecs., and won the 18in. Handicap from 40secs. start, the time being Imin. 40ieC3,

Several visitors who have been here recently haye expressed the opinion that the advantages of the district as a tourist resort are not sufficiently advertised, and thatif they were better known many people would be glad to spend a holiday here. In numerous cases at land-ballots in New Zealand the balloters have been almost entirely chedammies for sharks. Shirks hold many of the choice spots in the country, and the genuine settler who is honest and really desires kind often goes land-hungry. New Plymouth Nows. In the list of “howlers” given by scholars, appears the following: “Simon de Montfort formed what was known as the Mad Parliament—-it was something the same as it is at present day.” Who can deny the boy knows something of the subject? The Minister of Lands and parly arrive in Kawhia on Thursday next, 11th inst. The arrangements afterI wards are not known, in fact the date of their coming was only ascertained owing to Mr Morgan being wired to have his pontoon at the Ferry then. Tuesday evening last Mr J. Hinton's bouse narrowly escaped being demolished by fire. A candle was placed on a table near an open window, when a puff of wiind blew the curtains on to it, and in a second the fire had run right up the wall. Mr A. Ward, who lives next door, heard the cries for help, and as there was fortunately a bath of water handy soon had the outbreak extinguished. An exchange reports that at the Tai Rawhiti Land board the other day a native claimed an interest in ablockof land. His claim was proved, and it was a sixth of a quarter of an acre, about enough land to put a billiard tabla on. The native whose claim was next to be heard was very scornful at so much time being spent over this “bit of property.” “Not enough to bury him in,” he ejaculated, “less you put him up and down, nil the same strainer post,”

The s.s. Rothesay while crossing the Marokopa bar on Monday of last week grounded on the sand spit at the mouth of the river. Mr Langley received word that she was floated off Wednesday night, after discharging most of tor cargo. Some damage was done to her rudder, necessitating beaching while repairs were effected. She now lies in the river loaded with flax, awaiting fine weather to return to Kawhia. The delay is doubly unfortunate, as there is a lot of cargo at Kawhia wharf and stacks of timber, including bridge timber for a bridge across the Marukopa, while the flax mills are filled with fibre awaiting shipment,