THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1908 Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 369, 17 July 1908, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1908 Local and General.

We acknowledge receipt of advance c ipies of Bills before the House from Mr W, T. Jennings, M.P. Now that the title to the swamp at the b ck < f the township ia secure, Messrs Davies Brcfs intend draining it at once, a start having been made this week.

Wo understand that the Governine I intend re valuing Te Puru and Karewa Native townships (Kawhia). and that the valuer will be here next week. It is thought that the powers that be will secure the towns named and dispose of the sections therein as f eebold.

At the last meeting of the Kawhia School committee a return of the attendances was read, and in view of the smallness thereof it was decided to issue warning notices to parents hose children did not attend the requisite number of days. Accounts were passed to D. Bircombe (£8 10 a) at d T. Wallace (£1 2s 6d,) Since our last issue two dances in aid of the cottage hospital fund have been held, onßaturday and Wednesday night-', both of which proved very enjoyable. The music on the first occa’i-m was provided by Mrs Chase, andon the second by Mrs Langley, a aisled by Mi fe i Langley and Cow .11 (piano) and W. Davies (flute). Messrs H, Armstrong and Pettit officiated as M.’aC.

There was an exceptionally heavy I-low (r rn the south on Thursday night. M‘ Bell’s yacht was blown und rth wharf, the mist being thus b ok-.n out, link: Wetere had a nar r.;w escape from drowning during the e. }{■• was going down the harbour is U-j launch when he noticed be anchor slipping off the bow, and sent forward to secure it. A heavy II Just then precipitated him into the iter, und be just managed to hang ■>j to the launch as it steamed past. i’.iG next morning on going for Mr L ngley’s punt, which was anchored in toe narbour with about 12 tons of ■ )(d in, it was found’.that the .ini had blown ib over, the whole of . e wood being lost. E r Bronchial Goughs tike Woods’ .real peppeimint Cuie. is fid and 2 01.

The Taranaki representative team defeated England by five points to nil. Cameron scored a try which was converted. The next of the New Zealand Shipping Co.’s fleet to leave Waiters fur London will be the s.s. Wbakatane on or atout August Ist.

Tne 8.8. Waitangi left here for Onehungn, via Raglan, on Thursday, but had to go right on, it beiug found im possible to negotiate the Raglan bar. One of the mosc enjoyable dances ever held at Oparau took p’ ci i i :h* “Chool room on Fcid.y uigo.. ia-i, i... occasion being a complimentary s.?c;. to Messrs A. and H. Schreiber. There was a very large attendance and throughout the function was very successful.

It is reported that during a speech recently made somowbore in Canteibury, the Hon. R. M‘Nab remarked that “Kawhia was on the eve of a big boom.” This is very sigifiemt, coming from a Minister. Perhaps the native land question is to be dealt with or the railway built or—what ? When the bush fires took place at Oparau, it was reported that the losses of stock had been yery great, more particularly so in the C:we of Mr A. W. Elliott. We learn that the settler named has had a full muster of bis sheep, and finds that there are only

1160 left out of a total of 2868. Mr Jonathan, Chairman of the Kawhia Town Board, has wired Sir Joseph Ward in reference to the works enumerated in our last issue, and has received the- following reply :—“ Your telegram relative to position on estim ites for roads in you. c unty to hand and will give it my consideration.”

A South Taranaki Farmer informs the Taranaki News that last year he took in milk cheques alone over £lOOO off bis farm of 123 acres. The previous season bis milk cheques totalled over £l3OO. With pigs and calves added, his turnover will we should think, stand a record for New Zealand, The Levin Farmer says : It is estimated that at the present time there are nearly 158 Chinamen in Otaki and Te Horn. A number of quite young boys are among the number. The Maori population cannot be much more. By and by theyoung Chinamen will marry Maori half castes, and a new race will spring up on this coast. The Prohibition party is sanguine in carrying no license in at least ten electorates next November. The districts where they expect to succeed, or go very close to doing so, are Gisborne, Waipawa, Hutt, Patea, Wellington suburbs, Hawera, Taranaki, Pabiatua, Masterton, Oroua, Selwyn, Chalmers, Taieri, Bruce, Awarua, and Wallace. Thia statement comes from Dunedin.

About a fortnight ago Mr Charles Stewart, of Oparau, brought*, some fine young draught colts from Taranaki, which were turned out on a bush clearing. The other day the owner found one of them dead, with a ff-ft. log lying on the body, The log formerly was leaning on a stump and it is surmised that the animal was rubbing its back along it when the log slipped with tbe result mentioned. The loss is a severe one.

One of the largest stores in America recently advertised for “red haired girls” to take charge of the luncheonro. m. When asked the reason for this the manager replied : “Because the red haired girl is more optimistic, energetic and adaptable than other girls. She is generally gifted with a clear complexion, and is always tbe picture of neatness. Nooneever heard of a lazy red haired girl. Sheisquickwitted and cheerful, andall men particularly appreciate these qualities. Recently a considerable amount of t ilk has been heard as to what tbe County Council has done,-many people still being of the opinion that little or no money has been spent on the roads. We have gone into this matter, and find that since October, 1906, thirds

to tbe amount of £143 2s 2d have been spent on the Okupata Road, totalling £173 16s 6d on the Pirongia West road, whilst the figures for the Awa-roa-Mahoe road and Maboenui-Kawhia road are £llO 16s 6d and £l2O 15s fid respeatively. Much has been written about telephones and telephone lines of late and still the Marokopa line hangs fire. If thp settlers were only to take a leaf out of Mr E. D. Hamilton’s book they would not be long without communications. One day last week he started to work on his mother’s farm and in less than four hours had telephonic communication in perfect working order from her house to the bouse g! MrN. Neilsen where the pose and telegraphoffice is, a distance of three quarters of a mile. If settlers knew how easily and cheaply they could establish a telephone few would be without it. A petition from Mr H, Thomas and a number of backbloek settlers has been presented to the Minister for

I üb’ic Works by Mr Greenslade, a-It-iog that a grant of money should b - voted on the Estimates for the pur pose of putting in order for vehicular ir.iffic that part of the Mahoenui Kawhia road, between the Pumorangi Junction and the Marokopa Valley Junction and on down tbe Marokopa Valley t ) Haylock’s The Minister has promised to carefully consider the matter.—Mr Greenslade has presented a petition to tbe Minis er for- Public Works from Mr N. G. Sbakespear and about 130 other settlers in and around the Kawhia and Te Rau a-moa di--t icts, urging the necessity of comple- • ing about 240 chains of reading on ibo w.*st bank of tbe Waipa River, ind a’ that sp it erect a bridge ucross the river, so that they may have direct access to the Kawa railway •a ion where stock trucking yards are already awaiting usage, and where tfapy c >uld entrain wool, etc., and re ceive manure, . seeds, etc., thereby bnrtening the distance by twelve miles to the nearest railway station, which is Kawa.