THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1908. Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 348, 14 February 1908, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1908. Local and General.

By the r.s. Waitnn ?i this (Friday) ■m- mini?, Messrs Newton B"«, of ’ Or :raa, landed five more nice Romney runs. Austr-k’ia won the fourth test rn • eh by 318 runs, the thus ‘ -i'lg again secund by the Kangaroolites. A lenuthy letter from M-" A. E Lutg|py in reply to criticisms by M*-f»ra Greet? and R .kb, han been unavoid -bly held over. O e dwy l»gt week, a Maori named T-thi, who was working at the HariHari fhxmill, had his whare destroyed by fire, losing everything, which he valued at £25. SMOKERS, PLEASE NOTE.— The famous DE RB Y To bacco is now sold ia TWO OUNCE i TINS, FLA-KE CUT. Try it. Messrs Jonathan Ltd have an alter- ! ed advertisement on out third page, : setting forth the fact that they repre- ■ bent a large Southern seed firm, and • can s apply choice seed at low prices, i The following wire has been received > frcn Sir J G. Ward : “Re ray visit to Kawhia 1 hope to do this between the 18th and 25th of March. I am corning in company with his Excell* ency the G jve-rnor.” Our readers, who ara interested in the election for the Auckland Land Board ore reminded (bat the papers ar, returnable on the 24 b inst. Mr W. J. Shaw is a candidate, and we treat ihat he will get every vote in this locality, as that is the only way a representative can ba successful.

There is a water famine in Kawhia jus- now, people having to take their washing to creeks, swamps, etc. The Town Board.have had tho pump in Tai ini street fixed up, and it has been largely "used, many residents having to keep their homes supplied therefrom. The Rakaunui Races on Saturday last, s'©re well attended, and the sport was gond. Kaiparu won the Hurdle Race, Paranga the Trial, Hornpipe the Pot y, Pitoitoi the Cup, and Kaikuku the Flying. A Chop was won by Kerapt Salvation had charge of the non b, whil-t Kerapa undertook the catoriag. We karn that tho gather- | n <4 was a financi d supoess. !;■ Haywood Arms'rjng has had Jin ■it Jia-I his share of losses by fire I hit- ’.y. Ab?nt s f >rtuight airo he |o«t I . vi T.«rn ou Irin section, together with i 4 valued n £l5, nud other article-; | Ihh' ■•<cek n fire -orred in the black ’a f-h >p a*, bis sawnill, do'ug 'in i -’’ d-i' i- , whilst on W«dneivtHy ‘-.is* ■ e ‘ ’ c mill, timbsr, etc. Such ar; of b.d luck is not of i- eu m* t with. ( s' ib i’ M Carthy vias called tn . K‘i if on Sunday lat-it,it being re j o-:. ; <i ihat ;i demented Maori was at : ir..**, uud that cat'le hud b -eu miim On arrival there the constable { that the Maori had been sent off ,)> .or«eback,and that he cattle maim .. was not very Revere, it, being the c of a cdnple of beys, who were • .7” d■: seeding aid who drove ♦,b uttie ahead, and bit them with . hoolt to make them travel faster ‘,TB')n.-< who require a first-class i piano on very eany terms are advised io f.-ad the uew ad Fortine meat of the I Loudon and Berlin Piano Co., on oar ' back page.*

-Tn-morr-)” (Saturd y) n meciing of > KuAl-ia C iin'y Ccuusil will be h *M. EnMe=i clasp m’rraw f Sa’ivd iv)f r h ’ ) r n ip 1 ev>n s tc» be run at t h Opariu Race? on VVtdo l9 ", The W.i'nng' nn M nd tv Intofr . MZcurg «h hi c uh- 1 70 »> >| r’«s <c. ’25 ht »• -if w ■-.••, q.' o' , d . k’> h '■■■■■■ r m -. . On March 25 b, the full wing roci >n will be nnen (nr xeleo'i m; —Sec •ion 6, h’ockVl, 108 •. 1- 1G •, 4 ml--fr m .Kawhia by road, valued at, 30 tier sore. There is no end, nowadays, to the hat in-hand attitude of our M.P/s in order to keep their constituents in good humour with them, so that they may continue to hold the dearly coveted distinction of a seat in Parliament Greymouth Argue. Representions made to Ministers for new roads meet with the excuses that there is not enough money or that labour is scarce ; yet therein abundant money and labour for luxurious bathhouses at Rotorua and for palatial ’jpftices in the Cities, and enough left to enable the Premier to b >ast of a record surplus.—New Plymouth Heuald. It is funny when you ask a man to advertise he generally declines faith the , statement that nobody will see it, says the Feilding Star. But if you advertise some little caper of his in the news c damn, gratis, he gets indignant over the certainty that everybody will see it, and, permit us to tdd, threaten to crush the life out of the “rag” by with drawing his subscription. Mr Morris, of Wellington, when-he came to Kawhia last week, brought with him a very bandy little boat, about which there is a history. Ou a voyage between England and New Zealand on of the Tyser line of steamers came across this boat in midocean, and it was put on hoard, taken to Wellington and sold, Mr Morris being the buyer. Where the craft came from, or how it came to be at sea, is acd will always remain a mystery. This month will be Leap February and some of our maidens will grow a year older, says the Free Lance. For the dances this year there is already a novelty dance spoken of, when the gentlemen will all sit. down and the ladies will say gracefully : “May I have the pleasure of this waltz ?” and walk ♦ ff her partner to ttirrihg strains and will look so bewitching that no min could let another summer come and go without being mardid for aye. Anyway, Leap Dance is jO9 of the ra jsc enjoyable of the year, Shoop continue to be brough* into »hi« di'trict. Last Saturday Messrtt Morgan and Newton crbnsed 4-53 fr -m 00-rau to Kit!-'h»ku, the loi luring be«u b ugho at Ohauoo by Messrs {.r rninu, Crr and B odeld. By ♦he Waiiftngi on Sunday Mr A. Wright brought up 100 f* m W*i'ar>». By the same b<-n' Mr W. A. Manon landed 64 pure bred Romney ewes, from Hankes B«y—a really fine lor. It is Mr Mason’s intention to establish a stud here, of which wo will have more t.> s«y later. Such enterprise is to be commended. We (Taumarunui Pres?) are given to understand that the registrar of electors for the the Taumarunui electorate wi)l be Mr Thomas Buchanan, of Wsitera, which place will be the electoral town. Mr Buchanan has been the registrar for the Egmont Electorate for many years, and as three-fourths of the old Egmont electorate is now included in the Taumarunui electoratethe appointment seems justified, although in the near future the electors will have a perfect right to demand that the regia trar be located in a more central town.

The New Zealand and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited Hamilton, write:—“We have received the following cable from our London Office. As compared with last sales closing rates prices are higher for about pnr to 5 perf cent for Greasy Merino Super and Greasy Merino Medium. L>wer for about 5 per cent Jambs, fine Crossbred and scoured Merino. Lower for about 10 per cent to 15 per cent for Coarse Crossbred and Medium Crossbred Wool and for coarse and Medium Crossbred Slips. Sales closed this day.

Cbristmastide brings its heavy burdens to charity in ail its forms. Philantrophy has an anxious tale to tell of claims and sorrows. Night and Day, the quarterly organ of Dr Barnado’s Homes, knocks at the heart of every feeliog man and woman. It deal-, with the sorrows of the sufierxng and tho pages of its December issue are full within and without with the cry of the destitute. Tbe pity of it that such woes should still exDt to disturb the glad messages of Yuh! It is cl“ar h t he Homes are do ng great work of rescue, and it ieclea% too, 'hat. thei needs are aa numerous as ever. Think ♦»f 2 091 rescues in no yes r, and of -nine new admissions from the depthof neglect every day 1

A contemporary snye : Tbere is a sq-’etl for mqra Mmii/pis! rCigfii Ministers, eighty odd M.a’P t id forty Depart nent- —'be latter iuu«t not b c infused with tbe “f >rty thieves”— make tip our total Should w-> have any m i-n minister-’, more M.s’P., or ip »ro Dsf?»ttments‘f Heaven forbid I For have we not one »f tho most; wasteful and extravagan• governments on the lace of the earth ? Should we make it-moreso? A strong corpd of billet-him tors cry, like tbe dmigh of the borsoie cb, “Give, gtv U’ Three fourths of the work no c >; !i u-d by our forty departments c-< d either be dispensed with alto getawr, or carried out more efficiently nnii nomically by local bodies. Bevan Ministers and seventy members ought to be able to ran the country; but New Zealand, as long as it is able to borrow huge sums of money, tax tbe people heavily, and live riotously, is no place Ur honest governments.