THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1907, Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 320, 19 July 1907, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1907, Local and General.

For Bronchial Coughs take Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Is 61 &2s fid Note t 1 e altered advertisements in this issue of Messrs Gunson and Co., and Mr J. D. B dford. A sub -caption list was taken round ou Thursday to get funds to help Mrs Healy who was fined £25 at the court psy that, amount, a good sum being thus collected. In this it-sne will bo found details of the sale of the Hon W. W. M‘Cardie’s I eate in the Kawbia township, which will take place in Auckland on Friday July 26 b. L is pleasing to report that Mr A. Babbage, who has been au inmate of the Hamilton Hospital for some time past, returned to Kawbia to day (Friday) io thorough health again.

Wo learn that a great deal of wreckage from the Kia Ora has been washed n-diore, besides ship fittings the articles found including wire mattress, ch st of dray era, boxes butter, chaff

The proposed trip to Pirongia by ibe Oparau footballers bus been postponed until some day next month,— Next Saturday week Awaroa and Oparau meet on the ground of the latter. The party of bridgebuilders under the pnpervision of Mr J. E Scntt, havi' g completed the Okupata bridge, at Opnran, hayo shifted camp to Awaroa and made a start on the erection of the bridge there. Cr W. J. Shaw, Chairman of (be Ka .\hia Co n y Council, was one of a d pitatif.il which wared on the Minispi f r luands at Wellington, on Wed nahday, a-king that the Harbour Board Endowment of 7000 aert-s be vested in the Kawhia Harbour Board. The Minister pr. mised to accede to the request, but ho pointed out that some little delay in ; ght arise, as speoiai legislation might bo required, owing to the sub-division of the district in teresfed info three counties. The Acting P< stmaater-General agreed to look info the matter of connecting Kinohaku with Marokopa by tele phone. Th ire are woods of high mercantile v alue. Rare woods cf groat beauty and prlcJ, And woods of each dose grain and hardueas As r< b -t all white ants, rats and mice. Hut the wools uf all woitd, to be lauded. (You a l l wi 1 agree lam sere), Is thj Woods to whom mankind** indebted For the only <treat Peppermint Cure, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and CJJs r.ever fails. Is. fid. and 2s. fid.

Mr H, T. GUliee announces in his t's’mont that he has been appointed a eolici' »r for advances at settlers office. Owing to the rough weather the s.s. Muritai was bar bound and did nob get m ivay nntil Thursday. Infornntion lr - reached us that the «,*. Waitangi will leave Onehunga on Monilay next for Kawbia, The B.s. Muritai had a very large cargo for here on her last trip from'Onoliunga, included in which was no leas than 75 sacks of potatoes.

We learn that Mr Martin, lately with Messrs Watkins Bros, Raglan, has been apF dated manager of the sawmill to be put in by the Milling Co., at Marokopa. . It is reported that •*: r, m./ <':>p-a.veh i being shown in acton q urters to, th - lease of the swamp near Ktwitii, The syndic .te who are negot ating aic going, to put up a strong fight to get the lease completed. Mr A. C. M'Cardle, who has been recan--ly appointed Government Valuer for this district, arrived on Saturday last, by the s.s, ATuiitai, accompanied by his wife and family. King Mahuta, accompanied by the Mak-ok-i fife and diuim band aud the usual attendants, arrived at the Waipar-a p.h on Thuftday. The occasion of the visit is to attend the wedding of Huki Wctere to a kotoro from the Waikato A post office has been opened at the mill, Marokopa, and m xuture a weekly mail service to there will ba run. It ia on the cards that the 5.6. Rothesay will also carry a mail whenever Marokopa is visited. The Crown Lands Department has decided to throw open for selection the following lands in about th>eo months* time:—Kawhia County : Kawhia North, 231 acres g roods 32 perches; 58 acres O roods 10 porches; and 108 acres I rood 16 perches. WaitomoCounty: Orahiri, 315 acres 1 rood. A meeting of the creditors of the estate of Symons Sc Co., was held in Scott’s hall on Tuesday afternoon, the inspector (Mr Jonathan* presiding. Messrs Gillies and Mucdnirmid, solicitorsof Hamilton, were present in the interests of creditors. A motion to throw the estate into bankruptcy was lost. “It is not good business buying cows with three feats’’said .« farmer sitting on a sale yard rail. Inquiry as to this reasoning, brought out the following logic, t’ ween puffs of tobacco smoke; “On® teat is pulled by taxation, another for rent, and one for labor, the fourth, well, if it is blind ; where are * you—working hard for somebody else. Mr T. D. Hamilton who has recently been granted an auctioneer’s license, held his ' first sale on Saturday last, when a good , quantity of merchandise was disposed of at fair prices. Mr Hamilton showed promise of becoming expert in the wielding of the hammer. The next sale takes place on Saturday 27th inst. Mr E. D. Hamilton has just opened his new billiard saloon, which has been renovated and extended. The building is 40ft x 20ft, nicely lined, with a big fireplace, and is indeed very comfortable.. There are two excellent tables, both having been recently done up, and we think that Mr Hamilton’s contention that the -, Strand Billiard Room’’ is the finest in the King Country is correct. On Friday morning the s.s. Rothesay left for Marokopa. Before going in to that port it is Captain Roberts’ intention to steam to the place where the Kia Ora was wrecked and take soundings, with a view of reporting as to tne possibility or not of anything being done in the matter of raising the ili-fated vessel.

We have been shown a sketch of a new road oyer the beach which has been explored by Mr C. Qain. It is asserted that the road would be as shore as the present track, be cheaply made, and wonid allow of journeys being made across the beach up to half-tide. Mr Quin is toplace the proposal before the next meeting of the Kawbia County Council. The agitation to have a steam boat connection with Wellington and the prominence given by the movement has had the effect of drawing the attention of the southern people fas to the of Kawbia, and much good must result therefrom. Already negotiations have been opened up by a wealthy syndicate for the lease of the Taumatatotara block of native land consisting of 16,000 acres.

Recently a traveller between Kawhia and Raglan had rather an unpleasant experience. He becme benighted before getting off the beach, and asking some one he passed on che track was advised to keep around the beach. Instead of leaving the Aotea, he went right around the heads, out along the beach, and up the Kawbia harbour, making a distance of about ten miles instead of four miles. How he ever got safely to his destination is little short of marvellous, as the night was dark, and the track very dangeros® with rocks and quicKS-nda. As it was both horse and rider tell over a ledge of rock but fortunately no injury was received by either.

At the meeting of the Kawhia school committee on Monday evening (Mr F. W. Newton presiding) letters were received from the School Commissioners, Auckland, stating that section 4 and 2, block IX, Kawhia township, had been leased, it was decided not to plant trees on Arbor Day owing to the Scenery Conservation Society, from which trees were obtained, having suspended operations, A referendum paper was received from the secretary Bible-in schools comm ; ttee, Wellington,’ asking if the committee was in favour of the proposal or not, and it was decided to vote in the afiirmative. Accounts amounting to £2 7s 7d were passed for payment,

The cunning of the Maori ha® become almost proverbial in the colony, but his pake-ha-like “greed for gold’’ sometimes overcomes his ’cuteness. For instance, the Maoris in this country have steadfastly declined to take delivery of ratecards posted to them. When one of these demands arrived there was never a man known by the name of the addressee, and the ratecards never reached their destination. But : n envelope with a big blue cross, denoting registration, is always eagerly looked for, and ee;zed with the greatest avidity. The other day a batch of these landed at a post office down the coast, and there was no difficulty in disposing of them. When opened they were found to contain demands for payment of rates l JMr Ellis, the county clerk, h:id scored.—Taranaki News,