THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1907, Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 327, 23 August 1907, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1907, Local and General.

A RUSH ON IT. -What ? DEBBY tobacco in the new TWO OUNCE TINS. It’s splendid A passenger fell off a tr. 'n on the Grey month ra’lway the other day, and bad to walk back lo Greymouth. He was prosecuted for “getting off a train wli’st in moJon.”

A Parliameotry return states that at the end of the year 18,257 people were in receipt of pers.one (including 660 Maoris), an increase of 575 on the previous year. An unusual occurrence in connection with iambing is reported from Kaikojra. A tine ewe, within about a week of lambing, was found dead and a post mor .am revealed five fully de-vc-loped lambs, a fact never previously br light under the notice of the owner du ing a hngtbeaed exparle ice.—We are informed tbit a pod mortem cf th- ewes of Mr Mounlfort’e flock, w ioh were recen ly worried, revealed i many inst voces i>bree tine lambs. At the Hspnil ' n Police Court on Thm-.-duy last, Mr Northcrof', S.M. gave bis ra.-etvjd deci ion in the case in which Albert Powell, proprietor of a bi Hard sal >on at Hur.t’.y, was cbarg el thx.t between February 18th and Mvrch 12th he did permit the said r oms to be used for the purpose of playirg an unlawful game, to wit, muffpo 1 for money, also wi-h allowing j im >? Cnx and others to play pool thereon. He said ;• “I t.bink that where a game, though absolutely iunp c no in its-lf, is phyed f- r money, it beco nes il'« gil. The e were alternate qha gea, covering the same offence, and I shall infl a tine of 40s and 85a cost-,” SMOKERS.-A firstciaea tobacco DERBY FLAKE CUT in the new TWO OUNCE TINS.

SMOKERS, PLEASE NOTE The famous DERBY To baoco is now sold in TWO OUNCE TINS, FLARE OUT. Try it. Iu this issue a fruit and hop beer business in Kawhia is advertisrd for sale, particulars of whiohean be gleaned at the Bettilsr office. Mr Mainland, formerly of the s.s. Waiotabi, has succeeded Mr Baggs trom as chief engineer of the s.s. Wai tuugi, the latter having taken Mr Mainland's place. The dance, under the ausp’nes of the Oparau FoctbiH Club, wi’’ e hel I in Scott’s Hap, Kiwhja, on Friday. September Gth. Ou the night of the football match against Pirongia, a si-loud dance will take place in .leu of the usual smoke concert.

In connection with the recent Parliamentary banquet at Raotibi, it is s ated that the Commissioner of Police has issued instruc ions, that the committee be prosecuted for selling liquor without a liceut). The magisterial district cf Waikato is likely to be divided, and Mr Croicksbank, formerly of Te Awemutu, may offices at Hamilton end in the King Country, Mr Nortbcroft taking the remainder of the district, as defined at present. Many Parliamentarians could, with advantage, wash themselves with water oftener, and refrain frequently from ablutions in alcohol. It is in the last pathetic that inches of intellect sbou>d represent people who for a large pirt are cilinarily intelligent.—Foxton Herald, According to the Waitara Ma - 1 further efforts ate to be made to have Wai- . ara declared a grading port for flax. If this is done the produce from Taranaki and the West Coast un to Marokopa, will be landed in Waitara and shipped per the Home steamer in the Loadstead.

Last weeks Raglan Chronicle contains a lengthy report of the Kawbia County Council, and, strange to say, it is almost identical with the account that waain go? columns. We stre igly object to our contemnorary carrying on such plagiarism, and would ask that future abridgments of our n ports bo ar knowledged. Persons who require a firat-class piino on very easy terms are advised to read the new advertisement of the London and Berlin Piano Co. on oar back page. ' We acknowledge receipt from the Department of Agriculture of “Leaflet fur Gardeners and Fruitgrowers," deal ing with the control of insect pests and plant diseases by Mr T. W. Kirk, F.L.B. These leaflets contain valuable information, and all fruitgrowers should secure copies. An application to the Department will be readily rerespunded to. A correspondent writes: “Those who travel oserland when forced to do so at this time of the year know the disgraceful state our only overland road ia in. The Government employees have put two feet of liquid mud on lop of the punga cjrduroy; the conch wheels go right down to the pv.ugas. Why could not this mud have been thrown oyer ? I wonder why ?”

There are two firemen in the employment of the Northern Steamship Company who have got a big eye to the main chance. Recently, evidence of the death of Captain Blacklock was required. It was a mere matter of foiin, and these two firemen who were on the Kia Ora with the late skipper, and who are now employed on another boat belonging to tbo Northern Company, were brought in from Onehunga in order to sign (a declaration that, to the best of their knowledge, the captain was dead. But these gallant firemen refused to sign anything at ad until they found out who was going to pay I their expenses—for coming in from Onehunga. And this notwithstanding the fact "that during their short absence from duty their pay was going on just the same. Truly, the edmighty dollar is responsible for many strange things.— Observer.

The following letter has been forwarded to us by an Oparau settler, he having recently received it from the Hon. R. M‘Nab, Minister of Lands : “ Re laying out township at Oparau land’ng :In reply to your letter of the 20th June, I have made enquiries and find out that the area in question—which you recommend should be laid out as a township—is native land, being a portion of the Pirongia West block, in block VII, Kawhia North SD. I cannot at present ask my colleague, the Hon. Minister for Native Affaire to undertake this purchase.” In a note accompanying the letter our informant says :—“ As the land at the upper elandlng is native we must put our wharf and shed at the ferry, where there is plenty of land aad a township ready to build on, on the main road, with a clear run to Kawhia ot almost low tide.”

A Kinohaku correspondent writes ; “The road work seems to be progressing iu a satisfactory manner. At the present lime there are three gangs at w -rk and two more are to start immediately they get their mates together, on the Whakapirau road. Lt is intended to complete this road right through to the extreme ehd of Snowy's G Hy, which will be a great benefit to th .ae settlers in that part of the Kinohaku Village Set:loment. There is a giod percentage of those bi sb heroes running in double harnesF, aid I do t link it a great pity that tbuy should b> denied the felicity ot creating a hums fi’t themselves and their fami.ies simply through having no access or egress to their -estions. They certainly deserve some consideration, it not rec gobi >o, for the brill ait example they have shown to fc’ieir slower going follow settlers” Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure r ou Coughs and Colds nnver fails, la. fid. and 2j. fid.

Note the altered advertisement of Messrs Jonathan Ltd on our third pageWe regret to announce that Mr E. C, Falwasseris again laid aside with illness. Mrsjjangley, who has been residing tn Onehunga for some mouths p returned to Kawhia by the s.s. Wai tangi on Wednesday. The sheep worry/ng in this dlstiict has not yet concluded, Mr Mason finding another ewe, which had.been badly muii’ated, d<>ad the From the ioue f the report of the Native Laud Comm’seion, we should

nob be surprised to hear that it will sit ia Kawhia shortly.

We learn that the Minister of Mai w has returned the cer.’flcate of Mr T. De Wolfe, which was withheld rem porar ly in connection with the wreca of Hie s.s. Kia Ora. Whitebait, remarka the Wes‘port Times, has a’ready made its appearance in the Hokitika rivet. According to Maori tradition, this ia an indication of an early spring. Mr Samuel Godfrey, 101 yearn old, of Wells, Minnesota, has observed his I auuuai c. stom of swijnning a mile. At the finish of this fine performance be was carsied shoulder high vonud ihe town.

According to an official report the Government commenced purchasing i: id in the Rohae-Potae in 1892, and by the end uf the year had purchased 17,218 acres osiing £2,288, at a price fging from 2$ 6d to fin per acre. The Northern S B. Co. do not intend to waste any vime in the erection of their shed at the end of the wharf, (permission for which was granted at the last Harbour Board meeting), the necessary mater al being already on «he ground. After many years of a£ : taia.ion the powers that be bat j at last decided to bt Id a. retain’ ig wall around the samous pohutukawa trees on the Kawhia beach, and the work will be commenced either to morrow (Saturday) or a»yOn many occasions during the past few months letters have reached this t dice, and personal application made, for postc/uus of local views. We went into the question thoroughly, and found that the expense of having a series of iews printed was too great. However, an arrangement has now been made with Mr Frank Soaking, for a supp'v ot photo post cards, and we trust that residents will avail themselves of the opportunity of sending glimpses of our beautiful harbour and district to their friends. The p;ics has been fixed at 4d each.