THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1907, Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 315, 7 June 1907, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1907, Local and General.

Cap! jin H. D, Couttj, of the Valuation Department, pJd an official j»it to Kawhia during the week. A meeting of the Waikato Native Lind Court (the first for about 18 months) has been fixed for July 18th. To morrow (Sab rd v) at 1 p.m., a sale of ferni uro * I j held at Kawhia on a tit the Hon W W. M'O wdlc, ’I.L C,byMr A R. ngby.

The Hon. W. W. .M Jj.ole, M,L.C., intends leaving for \7ejuii3gion by the s.s Kia Ora on Tuepdjy hexh. Mrs and Miss M’Cardle aro to accompany the bon. gentleman and it is the fßHjity’n intention to take up their residence in the Empire city. The work of laying the pip in < ion :‘ion h the improvemon to Jervo’i ptk Kawhi >, h b» on alm t tn pie. dbyMr H. J. Falwasw. The nr n ! r for the ding (Or Jonathan) is • > commended for attending to tl matter n [ romptly. At the Te Kuiti 1 e on May 24 h Mr W. Huff ma* « • hr m Piroi’oi won tbo following : Maiden Hurdle Raeo of £5 (10.7), Pony R of £4 (8.10), and Forced Handi p of £4 (9.0). Mr Trough on’a pretty little nr » Bnnrb e (now running in M’bi Ci a**by*« name) won the Maiden PI •! •of ,C 4 (8.0), and v. second in fhe Flying llmdioap (8 0) and the F< reed H nd ion p (8.0),.

For Bronchial Goughs take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is Gd &2s 6-. Pf'.rli'*’uont has been summoned for 2.80 on Wednesd y, June 26th. A t .’ution of P imeot in lhe prese y car is an ev predicted y Mr J. M. Horn oy, Mr T i.rell informs ia| since list issue be has reoeiv d irhation th it rbur increased in price another tOi per ton. We learn that Mr A. 0. son of the Hon. W. W. M'Cardk, LLC.), will t-hortly take up hie ro ionce in Kawhia. . The American papers announce the -ale of the cham don milk producing lolstein-Friesiau cow known as “Pun

t.iac Rag Apple,” for £1,600. A meeting of the Maniapoto-Tu wharetoa District Maori Land Boarl is gazetted for Otorohanga on Juoj 18th next. The Raglan Chronicle reports that Taiugakawa has telegraphed tci Mr Jas. Brown, president of the Land Board, that an amiciable settlement of all questions affecting the Moerangi block has been arrived at. At a meeting of the Te Mata Tennis club held recently, it was decid 1 to lay down an asphalt court. Substantial donations are promised, embracing nwnetary aid, carting of sand and labour. The export ot produce ‘to Auckland by the ss. Kia Ora included 29 bales of flax from the Marokopa Milling Co., 70 small ba'e? from Mesbts Bell Bros, and R.iss, 40 sacks fungus, hides and sundries.

King Edward now wears a plain gold ring on the third finger of bis left band the result of t suggestion from a society lady that it would induce married men to wear wedding rings, her idea being that man should be ticketed, so to speak as definitely as is the matron. A Palmerston contemporary, describing a new hotel states that one of the finest apartments is the “bridle” chamber. There is a suggestion that the paper’s horte reporter was at work and reckoned that a couple just come Lorn the “halter” would naturally re quire a “bridle.” Speakl ig before the Native Land Commission at Te Haiti on Tuesday last, Mr John Ormsby Stated that the Maori Land Boards were useful b.dieu and would probably have been able to settle ail the difficulty of settling the Native lands had.they been given full, powers and been supported by the Government.

Writing to a triend at Taumaranui, a Tara aki man says Mr Jenuinge was urged to contest the recent vacancy for the Tara aki seat but declined. Had Mr Jennings consented, it is believed he would have “romped home,” as he ould have secured a large number o. ae independ. & candidate’s votes.

Sam i .1 Hordern info med the Ar iration Jouirt, at Sydney, that the firm’s hi mover was something under wo mil ons annual y, They paid ten. to twelve thousand pounds in wages fortnightly, and distributed six to eight thousand in bonuses to salesman pone, and twenty-three thousand amongst heads of departments annually.

A husband is a valuable animal, but, according to Eng] sh eyes he’s only a third as valuable as a dog. A washerwoman lost her husband iu a railway accident. She sued lihe company, and was awarded £lOO damages. In the same train was the prize dog of a wealthy “country gentleman.” The squire sued. He was awarded £BOO damages. A home paper adv.ses: “Ladies don’t marry I Take out a dog licence! ”

A recent Gazette notice states that goods by rail from Auckland to Onehunga wharf will in future be charged 4s 6d per ton, weight or measurement, at the option of the department. The rates to and from the wharf include all charges for wharfage at Onehunga, loading or unloading in the yards or sheds, and delivery to or receipt from, ships, in trucks alongside the railway wharf.

Ata meeting of those interested in the telephone line to Marokopa, held at K nohaku last Saturday, Mr Toom th was appointed permanent chairman, and Mr P. C. Rose secretary and treasurer. The following committee ware appointed to draft rules and submit same to a future meeting: Messrs Hay lock, Rose, Toomath, J. Shaw, Smith, Stanley and Hartmann. The sum of £47 was promised in tbo room.

Essay by a small school girl on the subject of “If I were grown up” : “If I were grown up I should get married and have jam whenever 1 like. And I think I shall be a dressmaker. When lam married lam not going out washing olotha like some people. I shall have a baby, and I shall not let anybody smack it unless it’s naughty. If it wants smacking, I shnli smack. I shall have a little boy. If I have a place where there is a strict lady I shall leave. I want plenty of money from my husband. That’s all I have got to say about when 1 am grown up.” Ono of the reasons advanced before the Na! : ve Laud Commission at Te Haiti for the non settlement of the Native ’ nds was that the Government wont on baying from the natives, even when n lands had beo handed over to tbo >ri Land Bo 1 to adminis 'nr. C is in point woas stated totho Cijtumi*-ion, affect g about 60,0. . acres. The fee.Tmple h 1 been handed tn th Board, and that body bad bten un ble to de. k t.h the land, o.i ng to want of- fund*. After the blocks had been tied up for some years the Native owners sold to the G vurnment. This had the effect of si ikiug the confidence of the Maoris the Bor di.

• The K ''l’’- bounty Council held their next m pL-lg on Mon., June 7> b, p.iu.y ■J. K v j Lae, adde t another nlc * s loiag list on our jp. ■ „-J ' C g. Alexander, of the Rt < .to. ere rt present :> yi fl’" . the r niual periodical isi.. T m rr gj of Mr C. Tye in apd Mi i - ob’ w r U be ce'ob -led io ihe ng i n .Cbnrc’«, Kav. ‘a, oh W ncxL V-. r o be < c iMiL. - • o intends t-i ..a, .'lejko u line fur e'omoauiiic ti n between l ,: s reaiduuie and pla i of .uainc a.

The usual monthly meeting of the Kawhia Scbu -1 Committee will be held in the Settlli: office, on Monday even in** next, at 7. 30 p.m. I this issue tbo Kawhia County Council coti r y the dates of meetings in connection with the M «hoenui*Kawhia road and Kawhia wharf ex'eusion lo.*ns. Thu tubes for the boiler of the tngiue al the Marokopj flax mill arrived there on Thursday, and it is ex peeled that another st -rt will be made on Monday. The weetherJor the past fortnight has been veij Hue for thia time of the year. | Members of the Kawhia Lawn Tennis Club have lately been indulginr in this truly .-anomer pastime. umpire day wr observed as a holiday iu Kawhia. The day being beautifully fine a couple of piento parties were arranged, whilst locjl tennis entbuHiasts bad a raiding days’ play. The other day there arrived in Kawhia a man who had walked overland from Mukau. FromconVersation with him we k rued that be had had a rough time, and is not likely to set out on tbe return journey.

The tent of Mr W. Duyle, who has a contract for works on the roads H Opar.-.u, wps de itroyed by fire on Wf Ine.day. Everythin,; was burned and the kis w: rather The contract was finish tbe same day. Mr Waiter Morgan had a rather unpleasant experience on the K.rbour on Wedne day night I dj his iauoch baing put on a b ok, and consequendy tbo occupants hrd to remain there all night. We ihiuk that tbo launch i should be compelled to entry some sort of distress signals, so that help conld be rendered when ver an accident such as ibe above occurs.

The ste-m “nder Roth *ay continues to ci ■'"O■! work. On Monduy a load w en o Marokopa and the retu t f lowing day he c <rgo w ;29 L . flax and 27 bgs fanzas. .Or .7- neiday a (rip was m?. ■ . j .. /at on ly 70 small b»les *ve Th was caused ! r ugh he »y swell making it diffi t t > tbe boit being swamr id . hroe i. Better conditions prt.c'le :u Friday, 120 bales bJuL? b ♦ lly D ring surfing a sea -struck the steer oar, Mr Percy Bell, who wr m nipniating it, being knc.k< 1 ove I .rd.

We i-r.tw utendon to the i J.er'i-*-ment in o’he 1 * colamu vuieh c. lls t e ancu I m atiug of tbe Kawhia Harbour Rrlway Le gue for the evening of Monday, June 17th. It should not be nec for ns to urge that the meeting be well attended, ns the benefit which wou d accrue if the object iu view la attained is manifi it to all. Many there are (and we regret to aay it) who treat 1 his matter lightly, and it is to this portion of tbe community that tbe request to be present is extended. With the early completion of the Main Trank Line in view we feel that tbe connecting of that line with the Kawhia Harbour by railway will be accomplished before many more years have elapjed. But we must agitate.