THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1907, Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 330, 20 September 1907, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1907, Local and General.

The coal shed on the local wharf, for the Northern 8.8. Co., has just been c iinpleted by Mr J. C. Berg. We learn that there is every reason to believe that the mail to Hauturu will ba altered from Wednesday until Saturday. Captain Allen Bell, of Hamilton, ha-t been selected as the Opposition candidate to contest the Waikato Electorate at the next general election. We have been asked to notify settlers in the county that supplies of poisoned wheat, to keep in check the sm dl birds nuisanc?., cm be obtained on application to the County Clerk. M r Stewart commenced packing the ' mail between Oparau and Pirongia on ' Monday last, the state of the road ba- • mg -uch that it was absolutely ”npos sibie t<» get through with the co ch. SMOKERS READ THIS. The good thing at last! DERBY Tobacco, FLAKE OUT, in TWO OUNCE TINS. Try it. The Rev. C. E. Davidson basso tar rec >vered from his recent illnoea as to be able to take the services on Bunday next at Kawhia in the evening, but wi be unable to go to Oparau on the afternoon of that day. We regret to report thait Mr R. Carnahan, who is well known in the district , is at present laid up io Kawhia with an attack of pleurisy, and it is probable that be will be removed to Auckland by the Waitangi on her next trip. Persuns who require « first-class piano on very easy terms are advised to r>ad the now advertisement of the London and Berlin Piano Co. on our back page? 1

Attention is directed 'o an extra list of properties placed in Messrs aer and Pettit’s bands, advertise d on our third page. The last issue nf the Government Gazette contains notifications of the setting apart of 8 lores 13peroheg at K-iwhia for a ho-pitnl Site, and an area of Broods at Te Rau-a moa as n wife for a sheep dip. The loc-sea of sheep and lambs at Te Rau «moa, on account of the rec* nt seviro weather have been vefy heavy. To ndd to the settler*’ discomfi’nr”. some dogs have be nam • ngst :• v <•’ the flocks, doing considerub'e L m ttf''

The barquentiue Frank G «y is now 29 days out from Gisborne to West port, and the fact is causing anxiety. The vessel is in charge of Cip’ain Mit cbell, (who was in here in the sc >w Reliance last Easter), this being his first trip. Mr Lister, second engineer of the s.s Waitangi, did not do the trip this week, owing to serious illness in the family. His place is being filled by Mr Edgar, whom, it will be remembered, brought the s.s. Rothesay from Auckland to Kawhia. SMOKERS PLEASE NOTE. A rush on it. What ? DERBY Tobacco, FLAKE OUT, in TWO OUNCE TINS. All tobacconists. After being bar-bound at Aotea for nearly a fortnight,.-the R>thesay returned to Kawhia on Saturday last bringing a cargo of 21 bales of flax and 18 sacks wheat. The steamer is at present loaded with a fall cargo for Marokopa awaiting favourable weather. “We want roads” is the cry of the set ters, and it would be difficult to describe the amount of hardship bordering on despair, and cruel experience that wrings from them again and vagain the same old story : “We want roads.”—Dargav : ’le “Bell” As an indication of the high opinion in which the land m the King Country is held, it is worthy ol note that no fewer than 818 applications have been received for 11 allotments, comprising 1923 acres, which have been thrown open in the Olanake Survey District, Waitomo County. A'l the preliminary work in connection with the uew fhx mill at Nukubakari hr j now been completed, and £ « soon as the weather is fayourable Mr Will’aimson will bring the lighter around to Kawhia. Mr Atkinson was in Kawhia during the week making final arrangements. SMOKERS, PLEASE NOTE.— The famous DERBY Tobacco is now sold in TWO OUNCE TINS, FLAKE CUT. Try it. v

A resident in Otago who recently advertised for a house maid received the following amongst the applications for the position :—“Dear Madam,—l wish to apply for the position of housemaid to you, and in doing so I strongly wish to impress upon you that I do not to attend to any cb ’dren, as children always get on my nerves ; and also would like one htuf-boliday in the week, and also to have my evenings to myself. lam dog an early riser, being used to the town. My age is 17, and, being engaged, I could only promise you 12 months. I think I will suit you, and wor’d be quite willing to start at 15'i per week. Of course I dont milk cows or feed any pigs. Kindly reply at once to‘Minnie, Dunedin. P.B.—May I ask for references as to your respectability ?”