THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1907. Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 324, 2 August 1907, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1907. Local and General.

We regret to loarn that the illness of Mr A L Higgins, reported 'last week, has taken such a| serious turn that the doctor is afraid that it will! proye fatal. Cr A. W. Babbage, who has been an inmate of the Hamilton Hospital for some months past, waa present at the U ui cil meeting on Monday, and was hearlily welcomed by bis colleagues.

Many of the travelling public will regret to hear that Mr E. Baggstrom engineer of the Waitangi, has been rem »ved to a similiar position on the Waiotabi, Mr Mainland, of the last num* d boat, taking bis place# Mr W. Howard Booth of Carterton, has for years made a study of breed-i»-g freezing sheep (says the New Zealand Times). He thinks that he has now a rived near perfection. He slates that his best results are obtained whs Southdown cross out of a Linc>!n Romney ewe. Great' care is taken in the selection of ewes and ram’, and all freezers are artifically fed.

A somewhat remarkable coincidence occurred on the last homeward voyage o’ the A'henic. On the vessel’s arrival at M >nte Video she was joined by a y ung Scotchwoman, who bad been spending a six weeks holiday at iLietios Ayres. When the vessel arrival a’ Tcneriffe she received a sablegiam informing her tbafc she ''haiTwon the A gon tine state lottery of £25,000. A <be rerne lime another of the pi<-ergprt, who had travelled in the s aeragefr >rn New Zealand, learnt that be bad inherited a fortune of £BOO,OOO. It is not often that wa have toebron'cle misdeeds in those columns, but information reaches us that just at pre ent a great amount of pilfering is g >ing on at the local wharf. For some time past there has been a dearth of fi.wd in Kawhia; this has evidently been tbe reason why so much coal has disappeared, several sacks being unaccounted for. Such paltry acts art* deserving of rich punishment, and tbe culprits bad better mend tbeir ev‘l ways before Corn table M'Carthy p mnees on them and in turn S.M. N irtbcroft. For Bronchial Coughs taka Woods G real Peppermint Cure. Is Gd &2s Gd

SMOKERS, PLEaBE NOTE The famous DERBY To bacco is now sold in TWO OUNCE TINS, FLAKE CUT. Try it. A contract has been let for posts to fence in flix at Maunganu, preparatory to a mill being put there by a Taranaki syndicate. The State pays £2,000 per annum for the eradication of nrxious weeds on Crown lands. We would also like •o know how much is spent on this w< rk in tbe Kawhia County. If liquor is so unwholesome, why .ire the English, Sc« e''*.,. >. ... I people the greatest drii.k.oa n :i ’ the healthiest of nations.--News Letter, Sin Francisco. Particulars are advertised in this issn > of household property and goods t iba offered tor sale by Mr T. D. Hamilton at Kawhia on Saturday, August 10th.

SMOKERS READ THIS. The good thing at last! DERBY Tobacco, FLAKE OUT, in TWO - OUNCE TINS. Try it. The native leasehold section in Kawhia put up for auction in Auckland last Friday was sold for £2OO. It is supposed that the Hod. W. W. M'Cardle, M.L.C. was the purchaser. The Manukau Chronicle says :—“A goed deal of salvage is now coming ashore from the wreck of the Kia Ora. Amongst other things the ship’s compass, about so much has been said, has come ashore undamaged." Such is not tbe case, as the compass is very seriously damaged. The compilation of a “Whakapapa," or Maori dictionary of genealogy has been occupying tbe attention of a considerable numbar of Natives at Dinnevirke for some weeks past. The tribes concerned sre located in Hawke’s Bay West Coast (N. 1. and Wairarapa, and the arrangement of the work was completed on Saturday.

We hear that another serious case of sheep worrying has occured during the past week. Mr Mountfort’s flock was grazing on Mototara when a settler’s (so it is alleged) dog got amongst them with tbe result that seven were found dead, and many others maimed. As the ewes were close to lambing, the worrying is a very serious matter. SMOKERS. DERBY Tobacco in tbe new TWO OUNCE TINS is a delightful smoke—is MILD, but does not burn the tongue. Try it. Mr James Forbes, brother of the late Mr Magnus Forbes, who was drowned when tbe Kia Ora was wrecked, was a visitor to Kawhia during the week. The journey from Taranaki was accomplished on horseback, and a sharp look out was kept all along the beach, but.no bodies could be found although a large quantity of wreckage was noticed.

A small farmer in tbe North Can terbury district last year bad 268 lamb 8 from 208 half-bred ewes, the lambs being by English Leicester and Down rams. The whole of the lambs were reared and sold at an average of 1,6 s lOd, amounting to £220 10s. The wool cheque came to £B6, and the return from the 208 ewes was thus 30s per head. We regret to state that the serious illness of Mr Tom Bainbridge proved fatal on Tuesday last. Tbe deceased was well known in this district, having been employed as driver of "Ebe mail coach between Pirongia and Te Awamutu, and was generally recognised as a white man. Our sympathy is extended to his sorrowing wife and children. SMOKERS PLEASE NOTE. A rush on it. What ? DERBY Tobacco, FLAKE CUT, in TWO OUNCE TINS. All tobacconists. On Tuesday the s.s. Rothesay went to Harih&ri, bringing away 120 small bales of flax. The next day a trip was made to the same place, tbe cargo on this occasion being 71 bales of tow. On Thursday the little steamer took a record cargo to Marokopa, returning on Friday with 28 bales flax. In the capable hands of Captain Roberts and Engineer Pressley this steamer is doing really excellent work.

The Marokopa Milling Co. have decided to put in a sawmill at Marokopa, the machinery for which arrived from Waitara by the Waitangi on Wednesday, being transhipped to the Rothesay, which vessel landed it at Marokopa on Thursday. We learn that it is the intention to cut 100000 ft for local orders and the same quantity for a scow to take to Sydney. For Childrens Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d & 2s 6d.

As a milk supplier the Maori is a decided success, remarked IJIr T. L Joli, the well-known dairy factory proprietor of Okaiawa, to the writer the other day (says the New Zealand Tinies). If the native lands were only individualised, eaid Mr Joll, the Maoris would go in largely for millring Many of them are keen on taking up dairying, and are ready to adopt improved methods. There is much of the child in their natures and they nre iuvaribly very obedi<nt: to the factory and creamery manager/ Certainly, in Mr Jell’s experience they are more amenable to discipline than the white supplied Milking suits the Maori, as it is a light occupation, and then they are naturally early risers. Native suppliers always deliver their milk to the creameries before the Europeans. Mr Joll states that the Maori does not trust to luok in regard to the provision of stock any m.ito than tho European. Ho stores winter food, and general I y takes an interest in his stock. Ibis bears out the experience in tho case of one fi c’ory at least tn tho Manawatu district, where natives are most satisfactory suppliers, SMOKERS.—A first-class tobacco is DERBY FLAKE CUT in the new TWO OUNCE TINS.