THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908 Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 365, 26 June 1908, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908 Local and General.

It is gratifying to note that interest io the Kawhia Harbour Main Trunk Railway movement is being aroused, and that united efforts are being made to biing this important question under the notice of not only the Government but i Iso of prominent people and local bodies over the whole Dominion. At a meeting of a few enthusiasts in Kawbia on Monday afternaon the whole question was gone into and it was decided to forward a letter to the Premier (as suggested in his speech here) giving all available data in connection with the proposal ; a circular on similar Hues is to be printed and distributed extensively throughout New Zealand. Tl e idea is an excellent one, and should be productive of good results. During the ."peee-h the Prime Minister made at Te Kuiti on Wednesday last bo referred to the Maia Trunk Line, and said : “It was the great -piaalcnrdof the North Island, and p.B entially a national undertaking. He hoped to see branch lines feeding it from all sides, and the active prosecution of such a policy meant helping ihaciuntryin the best possible way.” Surely ibis is very hopeful for the cons'motion of the line to the Kawhia Hurb.-ur, which would no doubt be about ihe chief feeder. The Hou. W. W. M'Card'e, M.L.C. attended the annual meeting of the Auckland Rail way League on Monday last, and urged the claims of this line with a gr. kt amount, of force, and wired us as f ilowf:—“Pleased to report that my iff rfts re line well supported by the eting and in an able manner by the Herald. I refer you to their report. You will find it worth your notice.” Resi dents of the district will see that every eff >rt is being made to have this line br-mgbt prominently before Parliament and the public, and wu trust that all wi’l combine and use their best endea Vuur to have a survey made ut once.

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A F‘ g Conn!, j nr "it., r .‘".ya the } iung man tr.’k foot') ’ r the vi.ek and play it on St iday ! We are pleased to be abre to recotd th it Mrs M Oarthy is making good progress towards recoveiy. Miss Coady, the Kawhia pot.mistress, returned du«/ this (Fa.day) evening, aft. r bc'ng away on her auuui ’ leave. Mr E. 0. Falw-isser’s a), ly 1 •.'•’£ will regret Li barn iha ’ne : s eg » confined to the bousa jh d tovero attack of asthma. This (Friday) afternoon a <fn of fool Li’lo-s from tbe K iwhi i <• left for Bagiau, where a mil uh Vi ba played to-morrow (Saturday). We acknowledge receipt of “Ag culture in New Zealand,” a’ b. ndy Pttle pamphlet compiled by the Hon. R. M‘Nab, Minister for Agr oi Uare. A move is being mads with the view of star lug a branch of tbe Oddfellows' Lodge in Kawhia. It is to be hoped that the movement will be successful. The site of the Kawhia Butler Factors baa not been definately arranged, but it is hoped that within a few days the negotiations vs .11 be satisfactor.ly completed.

Mr P f H. Basley, oiieitor, of Auck land, (who has numerous c eats in this district) has been orders lengthened holiday by his medic ad', -fees, and leaves for the Islands next week. One of the newly-appointed Justices of the Peace is named K) uaston Forster Water Lyons Montgomeiy. A man With a tifue like that shot d have no d fficr'ty in sitting heav y upon evil doors. We have received a letter from “Veiitas,” i i reply to a letter racently headed “A Candid Crit’c.” “Veritas” champions the Settlor, for which we thank him, but no good can be accomplished by publishing the letter.

The s.s. Rothesay went to Harihari on Monday, and r.’though there was a heaiy surf, 68 bs’ss of flax were put on board. The last trip the boat got swamped, and 14 bales we j wet ; the craft was thrown on to the rocks, but fortunately, was not damaged. The s.s. Waitangi is in charge of Captain Greenbe*g, Captain Dorl ng being away on h« .c • a. Mr Goaiz, second officer of the same ’ s. 4, has been transferred to the Ngaprhi, his place being taken by Mr Good?, o, formerly second of the Claymore. The weather de ig the past few days has been vary >ugh, heaiy ra n a id ha l, accompanied by thunder and i'ghtniug be ng expe encel. Owing to the heaiy sea running the s.s. Waitangi cov'd not negotiate the bar on Thursday, and is at present at New Plymouth, Next Monday, 29th inst, the Auckland written opera, “Tho Tea Gii w’l bestaged. Tae even .is inters iog to Kawbiaites, for on ihat occasion Miss R. D’Arcy Ham ’ton makes her debut. In a no.ice of tbe play, the Herald says :—Miss Hamilton, the poscsssor of a fine voice, w bs heard iu the part of Maude M‘Ca lister. Lady jouanalists must avoid J oa i. The pressiaws for the Mikaln’s e.npire prohibit women from becoming jishers or editors, as “the <’ -charge of such work by femr es is neither becoming nor de:.rable.” The fr> lets of the law are certain’y looking far into the fu are, for, as yet, Japanese damsels have given no s*gn of emulating their Western sisters in work.

On Saturday last tbe s.s. Waitangi called at Nukuhakeri on her way from Waitara. The s.e Rothesay also went to the same place from Kawhia, with a few tons of stores, wire ( etc. These were surfed off, and tbe passengers transshipped from the Waitangi to the Rothesay, and brought on to Kawhia. Tbe larger boat stayed there till dark, but only succeeded in getting 16 bales, the surf being too heavy.

The match Southland v. Britain, was not without its element of pathos, says the New Zealand Times. A poor dying lad was wheeled on to the ground in a chair just before tho game began. Inquiry elicted that tbe committee of Southland Union bad unanimously decided to have him conveyed to tbe ground from the hospital it their expense. Tbe lad bad always been a keen follower of football, and bad expressed a wish to see the Brit, sb team play Southland before be died. The proprietor of & certain res-rau-rant “leased” the reverse tide of his bill of fare to a carriage manufacturer, who piiuts advertisements thereon. The other day a customer, ' i a great hurry, ran into the restau ant, as. at a table and was handed a I 1 wrong side up by a flurried waiter. Tae cus tomer put on his pince-nez, cu .jd bis moustache with his left hand, and shouted in a voice of thunder; “Bring ma a fly, a landau, two victorias and a d g cirt. Got any funeral cars ?” The waiter fled.

What it means to run an ocean “flyer” under ord’nary conditions of wage paying may be understood when it is mentioned that 800 penons are employed on the Canard turbine, Mauretania. This vessel has eight officers, 40 seamen, two carpenters, one joiner, two Marconi operators. Tbe chief engineer has 29 engineers, three refrigerating- engineers, 22 greasers, 129 firemen, and 120 trimmers, or atoal of 360 The purser’s staff iu <3 hides three ad si 4 baits, chief steward and five assistants, two matrons, 40 cooks, two bakers, 805 stewards, 10 stewardesses, two typists, three mailsorterg, two barbers, and one inspector.

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