THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1908. Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 361, 15 May 1908, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1908. Local and General.

On Monday next, the 18th inst, the Kawhia County Council hold an ordinary meeting.

A rush on it. What? DERBY Tobacco, FLAKE CUT, in TWO OUNCE TINS. All tobacoonisto. It is pleasing to note that much needed improvements to Jervois Street are being done by the local Town Beard.

Members of the Kawhia Medical Club are reminded that a meeting will be held on ’Monday evening, the 18th i ist.

The s.s. Rothesay made a trip to Murokopa on Thursday, and as she got in and out on the one tide was able to return the same day.

Ratepayers (more especially of the Kawhia Riding) are reminded tnat the poll relativo to the Harbour Loan will be taken to-morrow (Saturday). The death (o k place last week in Auckland, of Mr Masefield, who was interested in the White Star Sawmill, at Oparau. Attend-, c is directed tn the new advwrl’s mont of the Kawhia Sawmill Co., (who have a timber yard a Kawliif») cn < ur third page. SMOKERS, ATTENTION PLEASE. —The best of all smokes is DERBY OUNCE FLAKE CUT in TWO TINS.

To-morrow (Saturday) the Oparau rtt.fi Kawhia footballers meetinamatch, nt Oparau. Afterwards a meeting to fn-io a Harbour Union will be held. Newton’s launch leaves the wharf at I• a.m.

Perilous who require a first-class pisno ou wry wy terms are advised tn r*-nd (he iifw advertisement of the London and Berlin Piano Co., on our bnck page. 1

SMOKERS, PLEASE NOTE.— The famous DERBY Tobacco is now sold in TWO OUNCE TINS, FLAKE CUT. Try it.

There wfts’no . ervioe at the Couizega ional Church on Sunday night I ;St, owing to the R-v. C. E. David >on not returning in time from Kinohaku. . Mr Bathe, District Roads Engineer, paid a visit to the Marokopa district during 'he week with the object of laying off work in connection with the erection of u bridge the K irira i Creek. Mr and Mrs A. C. M’f'udio ar.d family left Kawhia en route for Te Kuiti on Thursday morning by the s.p. Waitangi. Mr M‘Cardle intends k< epiug hi- i yn on this district and returning in a few yearn* time. Whilst we are going to press a very enjoyable dance is being held in Scott’s Hall, given by some young ladi-'s ot the district. There is a big attendance and judging by appearances all are having a really good time.

SMOKERS.—A first class tobacco is DERBY FLAKE CUT in the new TWO OUNCE TINS.

At a meeting of the committee of the Kawhia Races, held on Tuesday night (Mr Pettit presiding), an offer from Mr D. Galvan to prepare the course was accepted. Messrs T. Ash bolt and J. M‘Burney were appointed gate keepers. Mr A. C. M’Cardle has reaig ned his position as Government Valuer for this district, and we hear that he has recommended the appointment of Messrs T. B. Scott (Oparau) and J. Shaw (Kinohaku), so that the valuati iqb can be made without so much being incurred in expenses.

Au accident happened at the Wnite Star Sawmill, Oparau, during the week. A log, which was on a truck, came off, rolling on Mr Alf Symons, who was rathea severely bruised, necessitating two or three days retirement from from work. The tramline was also damaged to some extent, besides the truck on which the log was. Mr Jhs. Keville, of the Roads Department, returned from a fortnight’s trip on Thursday morning. He has been over the Main Trunk Line, aud a portion of Taranaki, and came back with the conviction that there are not many places to compare with Kawhia and as far as the climate is concerned thaCour district is first and the rest nowhere. At the Children's Social on Good Friday night, certificates (which were nicely framed) were presented to Misses Grace Falwasser, Dorothy Sircombe and Master Arthur Jonathan. These were awarded as prizes at the recent Sunday School examinations for Biblical knowledge, and the young people are to be congratulated on their successes.

SMOKERS. DERBY Tobacco in the new TWO OUNCE TINS is a delightful smoke—is MILD, but does not burn the tongue. Try it.

The s.s. Waitangi arrived here on Thursday morning, after being barbound in Waitara for over a week. A portion of this time was due to bad weather, but the balance on account of there not being sufficient water on the bar for the vessel to get out during neap tides. Even with the tides making the steamer had to “scrape” out, aud it is stated that the bar has never been so bad. The opinion is prevalent that the Waitangi will leaveber bones at this treacherous place.

A cover and stay from a life boat (presumed to be of the ill-fated s.s. Kia Ora) has been picked up along the Aoteu beach, and is now in the possession of a Maori at Pakirikiri. It is a great pity that such articles as thia could not be secured and placed in sonic public place in Kawhia, as a nucleus for a future museum. We hoar of many things connecting the old and new Kawhia boiog unearthed, and these will be for ever lost, unless some action is taken. It might be of interest to note that the bells in use in the Maori mission schools which were in this district about 70 years ago, are at present lying on a section a few miles from the town.

There is one form of crime that should be put‘down with a firm hand, and that is fhut of writing anonymous letters. The other day we were shown one, which as a sample of contemptible cowardice would indeed be hard to beat. Such actions, more paaticulariy when they are aimed with the specific purpose of taking the bread and batter out of people’s mouths, are beyond mora words, and for the benefit of Kawhia, we sincerely trust that the offender will be detected and the law set in motion, so that if the culprit cannot be punished that ot least they will be hounded out pr the place. Such people are a men ftg.r? to civilisation. We hayo prev : - oavly feoffered from a similar thing, therefore cau spoak feelingly.

Mr Stewart, School Inspector, paid a visit to the schools in this district during the week. Whilst at Kinohaku he endeavoured to make arrangements tor a site for the new school, but was not very successful. He informed us that there is a sum of money in the bank for the erection of the school, which cannot be used foranytbing else an-1 that it is likely it will remain th< re excepting some of the residents of i be place mentioned take a different view of things. One person has magnanimously consented to sell the B -ard l-md at £25 per acre, but unfor-tn-’ately tho Government have only g -ntftd the sum of £l5 for tho pur chase of a site. Meantime the erection uf tho school is delayed, and the result will eventually be that the Board will place tho school on some site that ie least expected. We trust that wise connsel will prevail, and that the stumbling block will be at once removed.

Fnr Bronchial Coughs take Woods’ Grea; Peppermint Cure. Is fid and 2s fid. We 'regret to announce the illness of Mr Hugh Campbell, of Kawhia, who has gone to Rotorua in order to recuperate.

The Oparau Lawn Tennis Club notify that a danoa will be held in the School r-.om ou Monday night, June

*The next of the New Zealand Ship ping C j’s flAot to leave Waitara Road -lead f h >-••! ■ ' -l ; '<? the t.ss. I'tirakin?), ai- ou, M iy 15. b.

Over 60 havl f cat. e and some horses were crossed by pontoon at Te Maika on Thursday morning, {the property of Mr M- Galvan, who purchased them from the natives ut Taharoa. Ran, who has only eiglifc wives, remarked sadly to apikeha acquaintance, “I am a pooAnan compared with Solomon.” It is a mistake even for a prophet to set Lie ideals too high.

Mr Burdett, dentist, of Hawera, will arrive in Kawhia on the 20inst, instead of Mr Bailey, who WiW previously advertised, that gentleman finding it imp )3oible to undertake the trip. Messrs Morgan and Newton crossed 2400 sheep by pontoon at the beads on Monday and Tuesday, the property of Mr C. King, whose lease of Taharoa has expired, The mob arc now on the road to Ohaupo. We might read the Bible and nothing but the Bible in the schools, read it all the time and overandover again, and yet have much juvenile criminality, if parental duties are neglected by fathers and mothers.—Napier Tele graph.

An Auckland firm received rather unique particulars from a farmer who .desired to sell his property. After stating its dimensions, he went on to say : “It’s God’s own country, and it’s bounded on three sides by good pious neighbours.” The term “district road” puzzled a Taranaki county councillor. “What is a district road, anyhow?” he asked. “Three feet and a-half of mud, as a general" rule.” promptly answered a colleague ; and another classed this as a very correct definition. The following lands have been permanently reserved : —Sec. 7, block IX, Pirongia, 15a, Ir. 84p., for stock; sec. 1 block XI, Town of Kawhia, 4a. Or. 37 p. public recreation ground ; sec. 8, block VII, Orahiri 8.D., sa. Ir, 24p., site for public school.

SMOKERS READ THIS. The good thing at last I DERBY Tobacco, FLA KE CUT, in TWOOUNCE TINS. Try it. The most successful dance ever held in Oparau eventuated on Friday night last, when there was a record atten dance. The evening was tendered’ to Miss A. Armstrong, one of the most popular residents of the district, prior to her marriage with Mr C. Mowatt, which took place on Wednesday.

A commotion was caused on the Boulevayd Hausmann when a Parisian lady got out of an elegant motor car, leading with a chain a tiny poodle dressed in the height of fashion, wearing a collar adorned with gold coins, and fur coat with side pockets, from one of which peeped a small lace handkerchief. In the poodle’s ears were diamond earrings. Peels ot laughter greeted the grave announcement of a candidate nominated for rhe Kaiapoi School Committee, who when his wife was later proposed as a candidate, wished to retire on the ground that one of'them at home to mind the children. The householders refused to bear of his withdrawal, and at the poll he was Ye turned, while his wife was not, the voters thus showing that they thought that the busband should attend to the school affairs and the wife stay at home.

Our readers, who are interested in land, will ba pleased to note the advertisements of the Waikato auctioneers on our third page, and for their sake, as well as our own, we hope that they will be continued. As has bean pointed out to both firms, it is not right that the sellers should be compel led to take outside papers to see stock reports, sales, etc., when a local journal is published. In future it is our intention to endeavour to get the latest quotations and entries from the Waikato, which will be available to all our country subscribers on the day after publication. A RUSH ON IT. -What? DERBY tobacco in the new TWO OUNCE TINS. It’s splendid. It is not merely the Maori himself who ie tho personification of “Taihoa,” (says the New Zealand Times.) Laws affecting the race eeem to have been framed in the same spirit, and there is often interminable delay in ing native matters to a conclusion Some years ago a Maori in the Tfi-jpo district was offered ’£lo an acre for five hnndrod acres of splendid flax which be owned. Being of an industrions tarn of mind, and believing that if the pak- ha coaid make money out of it after paying £lO an aero for it there was something in it for himself, he declined tho offer, aud proceeded to raise money by mortgage to erect flax mills for himself. It took him four years to get the matter Concluded and now that ho has erected bis flaxmill the price of hemp has fallen far below the paying point, and he is a rained man.

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