THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1907, Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 323, 26 July 1907, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRI DAY, JULY 26, 1907, Local and General.

Don’t forget that good printing can be done nt the Settler Office. We learn (hat the Okupata bridge, at O para a, has opened for traffic aud is already proving quite a boon to settlers iu that district. Ou Wednesday last Mr M. Galvan took away a m »b of 30 splendid h'trees which he purchased from the Maoris at Taharoa. SMOKERS, PLEASE NOTE The famous DE RB Y Tobacco is now sold in TWO OUNCE TIN'S, FLAKE CUT. Try it. In this issue Messers J. Neilson and Co., advertise the lime table of their launch, Kinobaka, which will be altered weekly. On Saturday August 10. b, Mr T. □.Hamilton will offer for sale at his shop, Kawhia, a ;-acre section at Raglan on which is a 6-roomed house and outbuildings. The font ball match between Oparau and Pirongia, at Pirocgia, will take place on Saturday, August 10th. On the 3rd of that month, Oparau and Awnroa meet at Oparau. Ata meeting of the Kawhia Harty nr Lawn Tennis Clnb or Tuesday evening las*, Mr Pettit resigned the secretaryship, aud Mr P. J. McCarthy wib appointed la the position. It was decided to get the courts in order for «<>xt season’s play. Amongst the latest appointments to the position of Justice of the Peace we nre pleased to notice the name of of of our townsman, Mr G. G. J.onathen We congratulate Mr Jonathan, •nd feel that the duties which fall to hii» lot will be carried out in a becoming manner.

The. mmy friends of Mr A. L Hig m«, proprietor of the Alexandra Ho*? 1 , Pirongia will regret to hear that ho is at present dangerously ill, suffering from an attack of rheumatic fever. Mr T. Bainbridge, also of Pirongia, w ho whs recently recovering from an attack of pleurisy, has had a r< lap=e, aud his recovery is staled to be very doubtful.

Advice from Mr W. J. Shaw chairman of the Kawhia County Council, states Hod it is a certain that the Har bi ur Endowment, which the Council has been trying lo' eblftin for some considerable time past, will bo vested in ine Harbour Bopid. This is particularly good news, as the rental of this block will pay in Treat on a loan Ruffic’entiy 'auge to make the Kawhia Harbour tho best in New Zealand. A RUSH ON IT. -What ? DERBY tobacco .in the now TWO OUNCE TINS. It's splendid.

The good thing at last ! DERBY Tobacco, FLAKE OUT, in TWO - OUNCE TINS. Try it. Mr H. D. Bedford, the well known dilitatum grower of Ngaruawiliia, announces that the price at the 3?ed has been reduced from Is 4d to 1> Id per lb., if taken by the sack Is per lb., will be charged. In the course of a lengthy article in tne Auckland Herald on “New Zealand Railways,” Mr Samuel Vaile says : In view of these indisputable fact?, I ask if it is not national madness to •pand further large mw in »’• ujp f' while the Main Trunk L’ L I ■ M uii* uui is neglected, ns als > co m'icu m be »ween Auckland & Taranaki, Gisborne, ' Kawhia, Napier. Any one of these linos would pay New Zealand bettor ib.r; any line that can be c-mstruo'ed in tho South Island.

The Northern 8.8. Company haye been very active in replacing the lent .-teamer Kia Ora on the OnehungtvKa whia Raglan trade. The Waitangi, one of the fast boats of ths fleet, has just undergone a complete overhaul, and will leave for Pacengarenga and Ouehunga on Tuesday co take up the running. Captain Bark has been ap pointed master of the steamer, with Mr John Hoffey as chief officer, and both of these officers arb well acquainted with the trade in which the vessel is to be engaged.—Herald. Night and Day for June has much to tell of Dr Barnado’s Homes and the 8000 children in them. That Britain would do badly without this famous Charity is clear from the fact that in the single mon th of April last 282 des titute boys jmd girls came under the care of the Homes. Iu 1906 there were 2,091 permanent admissions : two out of three of these coming from the provinces or abroad, only one out of three from London. The 42nd anniversary of the Homes took place lon Saturday, 29-h June, at Barkingside when ti et j were many attractions.

Recently a constable stationed in the Wairarapa district was walking up a street in toe night time, when he saw two harass grazing on che roadside. With the assistrnce of che poundkeeper he impounded both animals and retired for the night. In the morning, meaning to go on a journey, he went to his paddock for bis horse, but found the gate open and the animal gone. Remembering the impounding incident of the previous night, he went to see the impounded horses and found his own securely looked up. With mingled feelings the constable paid th) fee and released the animal.

Auckland had once a bachelor tax in the old provincial days—an historic fact not generally known ; and a like experiment has been occasionally tried elsewhere with scant success. But it has remained for the Argentine Republic to adopt this invidious impost in its severest form. Every man over 20 years of age, not living in matrimony, must pay a .monthly fine of £1 unless he can prove that he had three times within the year made proposals of marriage which have been rejected* From 30 to 85 the fine is doubled, from 45 to 50 it is quadrupled, and from 50 to 75 the amount is £5. After 75 it drops to £2. A widower who does not remarry within three years is agun liable to taxation. Such a tax making it practically impossible in many cases to provide a home, must defeat its own purpose. SMOKERS PLEASE NOTE. A rush on it. What ? DERBY Tobsojo, FLAKE OUT, in TWO OUECE TINS. All tobacconists.

One of the table tenets of the Maoris is that fingers were made before forks. A company of specators at a Taranaki tangi was vastly interested in watching a party of three Maoris at their own particular fire having a quiet snack between meals. The joint under discussion was the shoulder of a bullock, the meat upon which was perhaps a couple of inches thick. The shoulder was dropped upon the blazing log? and pushed into position at the toe of a muddy boot. Presently the fragrant odour of a grill reached the nostrils of the lunebers and the joint was rescued on a piece of fencing wire and dropped upon a log which lay conveniently near the fire. Knives were sharpened on a piece of grindstone kept for that purpose, and the three natives cut away at the meat until they reached the raw fingering the juicy slices to their mouths, when the joint was returned to the fire, and the precess of cooking and eating repeated. Judging from the enjoyment their countenances betrayed no dainty morsel ever set before a king gave such supreme satisfaction.

The question was asked Elias Baggstrom, in the course of the Kia Ora enquiry, why, if he had been twenty-odd years in the service of the Northern Company, he had only attained to the position of chief engineer of such a small steamer. It is currant gossip thaf there is a sufficient reason, which was not stated in court, and which implies anything but discredit on Mr Baggstrom. When he first entered the service, he might easily of passed bis examination and obtained bis certifi cate only that he had neglected to bring his apprenticeship indentures with him airl these are indiepensible under our 1 regulations. He suffered under this disability for years until Mr Gow assumed the the position of superintending engineer of the company. Recognising the capability of Baggstrom, Mr Gow arranged matters so that he should go in Sydney, where the absence of indentures is no bar, and undergo his examination there. Baggatrom adopted this cjurse, obtained his certificate without any difficulty, and has since ma le steady progress in the service of the c oTipany, with whom he is a valued officer.—Observer.

SMOKERS. DERBY Tobacco in the new TWO OUNCE TINS is a delightful smoke—is MILD, but does tot burn the tongue. Try it.

Th© -next meeting of the Kawhia County Council haa been fixed for Monday next, 29th inet. Tenders are invited in thia iasae for the le ee of the straud Boardinghouse, Kawhia, the impiorCments to which are now nearing completion. A few days ago some scaffolding at the site of the now bridge over the Awaroa River gave way, but fortunately none of the people working thereon were injured. After a week’s solid korero and fensiing iho visiting Maoris have now . all iiX’. f'' ' «■••• h .■xt’.s- It is Gd that there •■.tire le nrt-n 300 and 100 Maoris io Kawiiit duriu» the festivities.

Just ps wo were going to press the s.s Waitangi (Captain Birk) made, her first trip to K-iwbia, and after taking on board a smalt quantity of c.rgo and some pisjeugers cleared oat for Waitara. On Saturday last Captain Roberts visited 'be of the Kia Ora wreck in the e.s. Rothesay. Soundings proved that the wreck lay in 11 $ fa thorns of water, so that there is nut much chance of salvage work being gone on with. A nervous King Country youth en lured a drapers shop in Auckland to buy a tie. Youth: “Haven’t you anything new? I have seen all these at other shops.’’ Shop assistant : 1 have an entirely new pattern hero, sir. You see that the border runs right round the edge, and the centre is in the middle.” Youth : “Well give me two of these.”

A severe easterly gale prevailed here at the latter end of last week. Many of the boata in the harbour were washed ashore, some receiving ninob damage. The launch Naumti had the rudder broken off through bumping on the beach. A large window at Captain Roberts’ house was blown in, whilst many gardens around the town suffered severely. At Awaroa a roadman’s tent was torn up by the wind and carried right away, no trace of it having been seen since. Ao inquest was held at the Dairy Co.’s offices, Te Ran-a-moa before Mr T. D. Hamilton, J.P., Coroner, ou Friday last on the body of Jo?eph Carrol, a saddler residing at that place. A jury of six were empanneled, Mr D. Coe being chosen as foreman. J. N. Clark gave evidence to finding deceased on Thursday morning in a moribund condition. Dr Jenkins, who had performed a poyt mortem examination also gave evidence, and the jury found that the deceased died from apoplexy. Last Friday the s.e. Rothcaiy made a trip to Marokopa, returning the following night with 28 bales of flax. On the return journey the fall force of the gale raging at that time we 3 encountered. The steamer paid her first visit to the Aotea on Wednesday, going right np the Pakoka stream to Mr C. Williams’ ruill, where 35 bales of flax were loaded. The captain says that if a few pounds were spent in removing snags aud rocks that goods could be delivered at the Pakoka landing shed. On Friday the vessel went to Haribari bat th 3 sea was too rough to permit of surfing. Cheerful stories about the non-pay-ment of rates on native lands were multiplied by the Taranaki re present a tires at the Counties Conference at Wellington last week. One of them, the Chairmtu of the Taranaki County told ♦he Native Minister that on seven thousand acres of native land lying chiefly between New Plynoutb and Okebu, the Council last year collected 15s 6d iu rates. This year it has collected nothing. The Egmout Council ehoxld derive £422 from na tive lands within its borders, but it has only been able to recover £lO6, of which £6O was paid by the Public Trustee, aud only £46 by the ratiyes. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d &2s 6d