Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 342, 20 December 1907, Page 2

Local and General.

The Secretary of the Kawhia Cricket Club has received a beautiful cricket bat from Mr F. W. bang, MP. for Manukau. SMOKERS, ATTENTION PLEASE, i —The best of all smokes is DEBBY OUNCE FLAKE CUT in TWO ! TINS. To-morrow (Saturday) night, the residents of Kawhia and district are giving Mr B, Barron a amoke concert and presentation in Scott’s Hall. The cargo from Kawhia by ibe s.s. Waitangi on Thursday last was rather heavy, and besides a quantity of sundries included 12 sacks of fangas, 50 bales of wool, and 148 bales of flax. We are pleased to be able to report i that the Marokopa Milling Company i have definately decided to start their I (Ux mill, and operations will be commenced immediately after the holidays. Last Saturday Dr Campbell Jenkins was called to see Mr G. W. Doaglas, ■ of Te Bau-a-moa, who was sufferihg i from a cat over the knee cap. AlI though the wound, which was done : whilst cutting scrub with a slasher, is [ not severe, its position renders Mr Douglas an invalid for a few weeks. SMOKERS. DEBBY Tobacco in the new TWO OUNCE TINS is a delightful smoke—is MILD, but does not burn the tongus. Try it. A laage amount of business is now being done in ths King Country at each sitting of tbe Maori Land Land Administration Board, and Judge Browne, President of the Board, expressed the opinion, at last sitting, that there would be very little land left for tbe Native Land Commission Co deal with in this district—it wsa being all taken up by private arrangements. —Te Kuiti Chronicle.

Sand-drift, tbe trouble of many oastal districts in the Dominion, has been successfully combated st the Wei liogten seaside suburb of Eastbourne. Marram grass was planted on the af fee ted area, and the deep holes in the sand, through tbe wind went on its damaging mission, were filled up with ti-lree fences, against which the sand has drifted. On top ef these drifts the marram grass has been planted, and tbe whole is now solid.

Ou Monday last Mr A. Wright, who is getting on so well with hia maebinary and house addi'ionsat Oparau, we regret to sayonagh* hi« adze iu a piece I of board, which caused him io m*ke a i ruis-blow, with the result that be in 1 dieted a wound about four inches long into the instep. Dr O. Campbell Jen kins, who was telephoned for, arrived in quick time and g«vc the necessary tendance, stitching the tendons, etc This seems a bad start in his new ven'iire, but on going to proas we learn <h;*t Mr Wright is progressing very well. Persons who require a first-class piano on very easy terms are advised to read the new advertisement of the London pud Berlin Piano Co. t on osr back page.*

SMOKERS.-A first-class tobacco is DEBBY FLAKE OUT in the new TWO OUNCE TINS. Mr T. Wackeft, who recently purchased Mrs Healy’s bnsiness in K<whia has an adveifUsemei t in this issue. In this issue Taui Wetore notifies that he will in future be prepared to supply fresh fish every Tuesday and Friday. The s.s. Rothesay made a trip to Marokopa on Wednesday, and returned with 115 bales of flax from Messrs Bell Bros and R mill. Already tburo are a good number of holiday makers iu the district, ana it is thought that there will be more tbh year than ever previously. The Rev. Clarke, of Te Awamutu, will Conduct Anglican service al Ka whia at 11 a.m. and 7. 30 p.ns. on Bun day, December 29th. In the inter-provinoial cricket match Auckland v. Canterbury, the farmer team won by an innings at 186 runs, thus securing the cricket shield.

The tennis match between Messrs Jonathan’s and Pettit’s teams, did not eventuate on Wednesday last;, owing to tbe first mentioned being away on a business visit. Mr W. A. Mason, JL.P., bie handed the secretary of tbe Kawhist Harbour Liwn Tennis Club a cheque for £2 2s with which to purchase trophies for competition by members. Mr Fowler tbe Government auditor visited Kawhia on Thursday, and went through the ißooks of tbe Police Court, County Council and Wharf, finding in each case everything satidfactcry’ By advertisement in this issue, the New Zealand Bteamship Company announces that the next boat to leave the Waitara roadstead will ba the twin screw steamer Opawa, about January 10th, 1908. By the s.s. Waitangi on Monday, Mr Ceiulfield, (wbo has recen‘ly been appointed Clerk to tbe Kawhia County) was a passenger to Waitara, but as the boat only stayed a few minutes be had not much opportunity of meeting many of tbe residents. SMOKERS, PLEASE NOTE The famous DERBY To bacco is now sold in TWO OUNCE* TINS, FLAKE CUT. Try it. A resident of Kawhia received a nice little Chri/tmas box last Tuesday, when the postmistress banded him a letter which contained a bank draft for £94 Os 4d, the result of drawing a starter (Knox) in the Melbourne Cup in Tattersall’s consultations. We draw attention to a splendid section which is advertised for sale by Messrs Fslwasser and Pettit. The improvements are considerable, and we believe it to be as it is beaded “The best farm in tbe district” Fuller particulars can be had on application. Wednesday, 25th D-.cember and Ist January (Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) will be ob erved as close holidays at all post offices. On Thursday 26th inst (Boxing Day) the Kawhia office will be open in all branches except money-order and saving bank, from 9 a,m. to 10 a.m. Service will be held jin the Congregational Church on Christmas night at 8 p.m. Sunday next will be “Tbanasgiving Sunday” at Te Rau-a moa 11, Oparau 3, and Kawhia 7. 30, and on the following Sunday at Kinohaku Junction at 11 a m., and Kinobaku Landing 3 p.m.

Whilst working in a felling gang on Mr A . Wright's section at Oparau, a local native named Ake had the misfortune to get struck on the shoulder and head by a falling tree. He was brought to Kawhia for medical attention, and on examination Dr Campbell Jenkins found that no bones were broken, but fears that Ake has been poured internally. SMOKERS READ THIS. The good thing at last ! DERBY Tobacco, FLAKE CUT, in TWO - OUNCE TINS. Try it. A man charged with taking liquor to Raetihi, a prohibited area, asked the policeman whether he would get three months for that lot—had be known it was going to turn out that way he would have got a waggon, taken a bi£ load through, made a rise and cleared out. The evidence showed there was a doubt in the case, and the accused was given the benefit cf it.

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Noticing that the Premier had promised Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P., to visit the King Country, we wired our future member as follows . —“See Pre rniet is to visit King Country. Arrange Kawhia in list please. Rjply me i( can do so.” On Thursday the follow ing reply was received : —“Will advise Premier visit Kawhia. He told me intends putting three weeks in outlying districts. Visit would be ab-iut the end of January.”

Once upon a time, when Mark Twain was editing a Virginian paper, a sub scriber wrote that he had f und a spider inside his paper, was it a sign of good luck or not ? Mark Twain replied : —“The finding of a spider in your copy of the Enterprise was neither good luck or bad. The spider was merely looking over our pages to find out what merchant was not adver Using, so that it could spin its web across his door, and lead a ifree and undisturbed existence for ever after.”

SMOKERS PLEASE NOTE. A rash on it. What ? DEBBY Tobacco, FLAKE OUT, in TWO OUNCE TINS. All tobßcewwW’