THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER6, 1907, Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 328, 6 September 1907, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER6, 1907, Local and General.

Note the altered advertisement of Mr J. D. Sutton on our third page. We bear that 300 acres of the block of native land at the mill, Oparau, was la?t week sold to the Government for £1 per acre. Mr Wallace Thomson, eldest son of Mr W. Thomson, J.P , of Ruapoke and Miss Martha Phillips, youngest daughter of Mr Jam s Phillips, of Te Mita, (both of whom are well-known in ihis die*riel), were married by the Registrar, at Raglan on Thursday last. The whole question of Maori land set :le in ent with nil that it iuyolvee, is one of vital importance to the welfare of blb races. If the [.resent Parliament can place it on a sound basis, it will have done a groat work which will always redound to its credit.— , Christchurch “Pros?.”

The irony of it I By the last boat several canes ufTe Kuiti batter arrived at Kiwbia for consumption?* It would b interesting to know how much L .s been added to this comniodry for freight siuce it was despatched fi um a j lace only about 20 miles r m here, and alt-o what distance it ban travelled apd bow much bundling t has had. SMOKERS READ THIS. Thu go< d thing at lastl DERBY Tobacco, r”, E CUT, in TWO -

Efforts are being made to haye the mail day to Hau turn altered from Wed needay to Saturday. To morrow (SaLurdsy) at 11 a.m. Mr T. D. Hamilton will hold a sale of goods, ns advertised elsewhere. Rumoured that a well-known local resident is to bo married about the middle of the present'month. Tha s.s. Rothesay went to Ao tea on Wednesday, where she is now weather bound. The usual monthly meeting of the Kawhia School C >mmittee will hn h r ld on Monday Gvoui .g nr£\ i 7 JJJ p m. Up to the present time no w< rd has been received by the local County C uncil as to when the loans fur metalling, etc., will be available. Liicibing on the Kawhia and Taharoa runs has so far been good, and not withstanding the severe weather not roiny losses have occurred. The srst load of stone to be used in the work of protecting the pohutu-. kawa trees was brought from Mctntara by pentoon on Thursday.

A RUSH ON IT. -What ? DERBY tobacco in the new TWO OUNCE TINS. It’s splendid Tt i< pleising to note thaf'Mr■**s£«” Randall, ofc Te Rau-a-moa, is reccver ing from the trouble with bis eyes from wtiicii he whs suffering. During the past week the weather has been rough and stormy. A large amount of rain has also fallen, the gnags at Kawhia registering 1.84 in. on Wednesday. We ncte that last week’s Raglan Chronicle ag’dns contain:? onr report of the Kawhia County Council meeting, which was not acknowledged. We again protest against this action. Since the County Council commenoed sending out timd notice to rale detaulters, a good sum has been paid to the treasurer. Wo learn that it has been decided to issue a batch of sum-

monses fur next court day. In reference to Leo's letter relative to the coal seams undeveloped in this district, etc,, in our last issue, in might be interesting to learn that the s.s. Waitangi brought 85 sacks of cual to Kawhia on her last trip. We learn that there is to be a meeting at Kinohaku to-morrow (Saturday) with reference to metalling some of the roads there, and that much interest is being evinced in what will happen at that meeting. In our {advertising columns Miss Thompson nctiues that she is prepared to accept pupils for music and shorthand, and also to undertake book-keeping. Termscan be gleaned on application to Mrs A. C. M'Cardle, Kawhia.

The football match, Pirongia v. Oparau, will be played at Kawhia tomorrow (Saturday) when a good game should result. The visitors have brought over a good team, but it is unfortunate that as some of th» Oparau men suffering from injuries that club 1 will not be fully represented. The cost of living (says the North American) has witbin recent years increased. out of all proportion to the increase of income of the average family. The condition has reached ft stage where it is recognised by sociological students as a deterrent of matrimony, and as such is a menance to the moral and material welfare of the nation. Attention is drawn to the fact that a new firm of Land and' Commission Agents has commenced business in Kawhia. Mr Pettit has purchased Mr H. Armstrong’s business, and has also bought ft share in Mr Falwasser's. Tb® firm inteud advertising extensively, and having agents in various other districts. A full list of properties will be published next issue. Recently a Wairarapa paper . ran out of news ink, and the inside pages remained still to be machined. The incident was turned to excellent account. The Wangaoui football team (whose colours were blue and black,) chanced that to be meeting the Rugby elect of Wairarapa, and the journal duly appeared with inside pages prints edjroin blue poster ink, and unblushingly averred the colour scheme to have been designed in honour of the visitors 1

The epidemic of iufiuenza, mentioned in our last issue, appears to be getting worse, many of our residents suffering. On Wednesday Mr Durham, tha schoolmaster, was unable to attend to his duty. Mr W. Morgan, Mr bmgley, Mr Wightman, Mr Wilson and Mrs Bircombe are all confined to their homes, whilst many others are afflicted, but not so seriously. The Rev. C. E. Davidson is also laid up with bronchitis, and wrote on Friday morning that unless there was a radical change in both the weather and bis health there would be no services held on Bunday next. At a special mooting of tho Kawhia County Council on Monday last the special order in connection with tho whs.rf loan (as advertised else, where) was passed on tho motion -of Crs W. J. Shaw and Armstrong. The members present were—Crs W. J. Straw (chairman) H. Shaw, G. G. Jonathan, and H. Armstrong. Tho business occupied only minutes. Before a quorum could bo counted a sptcial launch bad to bo sebt to Kinohaku f>r Cr H. Shaw. What severe journeys some of these gentlemen bad for ouch a small amount of work. It is noliceable that tho same four u>ually do the business at the special meetings is it not time the bthor member* took I heir turd ? SMOKERS PLEASE NOTE. A rush on it, What? DERBY Tob.cco, FLAKE CUT, ia TWO OUNCE TINS. All tobacconists. Fur Childrens Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is Od & 2s 0(1. Don’t forget that good printing can be dune at the Seitllu Office.

'SMOKkRS.-JU first'Class tcbaOGO is DEBBY FLAME CUT in tha new TWO O{mCE TINS. A ewe, belonging to Mr G. Williams in the Sandon dfcrtrici, baa given birth to five lambs, all of which are thriving. SMOKERS, PLEASE NOTE The famous DERBY Tobacco is now sold in TWO OUNCE TINS, FLAKE CUT. Try it. At Buabine four men put up a reo rd by fulling 18£> afltreg of bush in 15 weeks and 4 days. They received a oh'que nf f 316 for their work. We le ini iTj i T7ii W ‘5.0.-d intends shortly to proceed t > Willing ■ m with the idea of dieooling of the Te Pnru Township (newr Kawhia) to the Government. Kia Qra, Taui I The stomach of a shark which was opened 4n a fishmonger’s ehop at P. ti fcpirg, Pennsylvania, emtuipea a lady's handbag with four poverdgns, six shillings, four United States dollars, a diamond ring, and a love letter. An Opunalce Maori was asked the other day if he ware married. “Ob, no,” ha saidj cost too much; want too in-thy trips to New Plymouth ; too many new boots, and nearly every week the new blouse." Mr H, Okey, M.H.R., baa advised Taranaki County C luncil that the Public Trustee is miking arrangements whereby he will pay nati ves' rates from his office aqd deduce them from the natives receiving rents.

It the bard work of '.be settlers in the distant localities was to cease it would spell ruin to the large centres, and the only way to ensure a contiouanca of lhe pioneer w >rk is by the provision of roads and bridges of a reasonably serviceable kind.—Manaia “Witness.”

aro essentially reproductive works, and as such the question of affording access to all lands disposed of ought to be faced by the Government, with a determination to set tit rest once and for ail the cry of the back-block settler for a means of reasonable access to his holding.—Stratford “Pus..’*

As a coffin was being lowered to the grave in Dunton*, Maryland, a solemn voico rose from the pit, “Lot me down easy.” Mourners and pall bearers fled in a panic, but later a negro named Samuel Johnson, who had been seen near the graveside, was identified as an able ventriloquist, and was arrested.

Bishop Saul fori Olmstead, of Colorado, at a dinner in Denver, said, appropos of Sabbath-breaking; “I was talking to an Eastern clergyman the other day about bis church attendance. * I suppose, that io your district rain affects the attendance considerably. He smiled faintly. 'lndeed, yes,’ be said, ‘ I hardly have a vacant seat when it is too wet for golf or motoring.”—Cleveland Leader. New Zealand mutton (says a London correspondent) has provided the text of a good story of a clergyman who was untiring in his efforts to develop the Scriptural knowledge of the juvenile members of his flock. Hence his habit was to give out the beginning of the text, and throw the end of ii open to competition. “The eyes of all wait upon Thee—” said the teacher. Up went a little hand, and a small voice was heard to say, “And Thou givest them their meat from New Zealand.” SMOKERS. DERBY Tobacco in the new TWO OUNCE TINS is a delightful smoke—is MILD, but (does not burn the tongue. Try it. A Maori chief from from Kaipoi (says the Press), in a little informal address to the Bench at the Native Laud Commission in Christchurch, said the impression was gaining ground nowadays that the notorious Maori raider Te Rauparaha journeyed down the South Island by way of the West Coast. That was not so. It was the lesser known Te Puaho who travelled by that route, and he met his doom toy being slain in one of the most sanguinary South Island battles—that at Tutureu near Mataura, in Southland, where the power of the northern raiders was finally broken.

Mr H. Bariing, of Wairarapa, is now beyond militia age, as he is 107. Thu ancient pioneer is well and hearty cracks a joke and enjoys life. Also, he makes plans for the future as if he bad an LIP.of oi life. One remarkable thing is that Mt* Burling in not bald, and has plentiful white hair. When be was 100 years old he worked constantly. He was then engaged with his grandsons in sowing grass seed on the steep hills of Alfredton, and himself led the party with a big bag of seed on his back. On that occasion be expressed a hope that he was not making the pace too fast for the boys, and promised to slow down if they felt distressed. There are four hundred descendants of Mr Burling which is a pretty decent tally.—Exchange.

List week’s Weekly News contains i tho following answer to-an enquiry by John, .Kayvhia : —To produce a good b ixthorn that will be cattle pro >f first dlgior plough a strip two leut wide along the. Imo to be planted. Next open out a trench from the roots. Bo lect healthy, well-rooted two-year old plants, and cut the tops back so that they will be about 15in out of the ground when planted. Arrange plants from 10in to 12in apart ; cover lhe roots with fine soil, well tread and make final filling. The after treatment should consist in keeping down weeds for the first year, lightly trimming the hedge at beginning of winter. Under ordinary conditions and an annual clipping a good dense hedge should be produced in three years ufter planting. Winter is the proper time to plant." Persons who require a first-class piano on very easy terms are advised to read the new advertisement of the London and Berlin Piano Co. on our buck page.*