THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1908 Local and General

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 379, 11 September 1908, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1908 Local and General

The well-known draught stallion Pihutukawa, will be at the disposal pf horse breeders at Mr Mackenzie’s fan p, Oparau, this season. Candidates for the Town Board not very plentiful, Messrs Jonathon and Pettit being the only two nomin<»ted so far. The s.s. Rothesay made a trip io Mirokopaon Friday lastj with a full cirgo, returning on Saturday with a g od quantity of timber, etc. The work of the erection of the Kifcv. hia Butter Factory has commenced, Mr Steed man, of Raglan, having • ikon he contract to do the brick and conaf nt work. T • fifth annual meeting of the 9Fe Rau a in -.a Dairy Company, and tbs first tn feting of ths Oparaußatepayers* Ass I'.ti >, are fixtures for to-morro«r (Bn u-.-L-.). r ig to reside at Oparau, Mr G has not had very good i; . •’ ' -L i been further demo b- ; I By tbo recent loss of two of hjs d y c ,ws and one farm horse. From th Auckland Manager of tlbe New Z uJanl Shipping Co., we have reoeivt I t handbook of information to passengers, which is interesting, beau(ifully i. rinied and altogether very will.

got up. Th i rate notices for the Kawbria Coun y ( . moil < ave been issued, and 1.-eady - ms noted prompt payers ba ve •net their deuiwds. We trust th»t ■ ’ p . v will pay promptly, so as to ..i kk ? ir-j that the subsidy of 10s in !• uid on all rates collected befoffe i d ■ 3) 'u iex will b? a large one. X ;•./ ly i/.cd' petition from the! 1 t i ' i ■ i! i Aw .kino and Maro- I It by Mr .L.mnin/p, P ,J i ;■ .. I'. -n to ibe Minisio inclurgobf It aids Department. Tbie* :i i ■; ; n.-k that, thodray road bp- . , n places ba completed. A • . ; hi - been placed on the table, ii ib m > i m of tho member for tin 'list ict, showing the position of the : ).nd in Awuki.no block. The price piid by tho Government, including i c -t of subdivision survey, but not iru'junt of original survey of the block l a whole was £21,0G1 17s 6d. The n ice at which the land was aoid to the i,tJers was £10,212; its present imu oved value is £88,064 ; present uu- : nproved £14,822. The total amount ! f accrued thirds is £1024, and the amount of same paid to the local body £414 The area of land still un-ccupi-d is 23,155 acres. < Persons who require a firat-elasg piano ou very eaey terms are advised ’ to read the new advertisement of the Loudon and Berlin Piauo Co., or oog hack page.* / I

The Marokopa and Kiri-pfeerc mail Will be sent from Te Kuili via Manga-o-hae, the change taking place as from the 6th of this mouth. A nice mob of 200 itheep, belonging io Mr D. Hulmes, of Kinohaku,” arn'ved from Waitara by the s a. Waitangi on Thursday morning ahd were discharged at Lemon Point. At the last meeting of the Auckland Land Board Ranger Jordan reported that for 85 holdings in Pirongia and Kawhia districts, for an area of 5845 acres, improvement fn fh vilue of £6910 had been eflt'C cd, a? ngains; h value of £1786 required. We have received from the Government Printer the annual report of tbe Department of Lands, with coloured

mips sh jwirg the different land tenures s etc., throughout tbe Dominion ; also reports for the year of tbe Survey Department and the Public Domains of tbe Dominion.

One of the most important meetings ever held at Marokopa is advertised for Saturday, October 3rd, upon which date settlers of Pomerangi, Marokopa Kiritebere and Te Anga are called together to consider joining an operative county and to discuss the improvements necessary for the navigation of the Marokopa River.

We are in receipt of tho September number of “Good Cheer", published in Wanganui. This New Zealand home journal, which is all that its title typifies is a really creditable production in every way, and we are notsurpiised (hat it haw proved very popular. It is cjrtaioly good value for ba!f*a crown per annum, iucludiog a free cut pattern with each issue. According to last week’s Govt. Gazette the following blocks of Native land in this district have been bought, and are now proclaimed Crown Lands: —Kinohaka East No 2 Section la, 27a 3r7p; Kinohaka East No 2a, Section 20. No 1,72 a 2r 23p; Pirongia West, No 3b, Section 2b, No. 2a, 120 a lrl4p; Pirongia West, No. 3b Section 2c, No. 1,969 a Ir 20p. Bureau communications may be had between Kawhia and the following placet Raglan, Wbatawhata, Teuku Waitetuna, Eureka, Frankton Junetion, Gordontou, Matangi, Newstoad, lawbaro, Ohaupo, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Auckland, Hamilton, Te Maika, .Kinohaku, Hautura, Oparau add Te Rau-a-mra. It is expected that in a few day’s time Te Kuiti and Otorohanga will be added to the list. The following example of Australian truthfulness is from the Sydney Newsintter“lt is said that a grave scandal occured in Auckland at the landing of the American officers. Admiral Sperry was introduced to Mahuta, the last of the Maori kings, and after friendly greetings the king whispered to the admiral, “You have’nt a bob on you, Cap, have you?” A dead block to the proceedings was prevented by the Governor diplomatically interfering and giving the Maori chieftain a plug of tobacco.

The second pi ugrossivo euchre party in aid of the Cottage Hospital Fund, took place in Scott’s hall on Saturday night last, about 50 person being present. After about two hours play, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all, it was found that Mesdames Newton, Wade and Miss Kahu had tied tor the ladies prize, the last named winning iu the play off, for which she received a very neat silver-mounted perfume bpttle. Mr J. K. Newton won the gentlemans prize, a silver pencil case. Tbe“boobys” were annexed by Mrs Chase and Mr H. J. Falwssser. The prizes were donated by Mra Roberts. Dincing was afterwards indulged in, tho music being supplied by Mrs Chase, Mr Pettit being M.C. “Progress” for September contains as usual a great amount of interesting matter for the scientist, mechanic, architect and builder. There are articles on the patent law of Great Britain the navies of the world, and the latest in regard to Brennan's Mono-rail, In the electrical department of a new phase in modern warfare, electric artillery, and to this interesting sectian must be added some new “wireless,” and an account of the great desideratum of all electricity users, the ideal primary battery. Several psges are devoted to building and invention, while the achievements of the pioneers in aerial navigation find fitting acknowledgement. In addition to literary merit shown, excellence of paper and printing go to produce a number highly creditable to the publishers, Messrs Baldwin and Bayward.

In the Lande report for 1907-8 it u s'ated that in (he Waitomo, Awakiuo, Kawhia, Raglan and West Taupo Counties there has been a considerable influx of settlers and an increase in the number of cattle and sheep, notably the latter. A large area of bush has been felled, and of open country large areas have been ploughed and | urasaed. The area sown in grass last [ season has given great satisfaction, I and there arc strong evidences that once the laud is fairly grassed the pasfares will bo permanent. Tho exten riv» hush fires that occured, while fsmporarily ombarneing to the settler of small means will ulfimately prove of great advantage, the tires baying thoroughly cleared the ground of all rubbish. Where grass-seed has been sown over the new burns really good jmstures will be tho result. Schools, dairy factories and flax-mills are being erected, aud there is every sign of a progressive district, and every indication that the settlers who have gone into the baokblocks arc satisfied withj i heir holdiugu, Thu greater number nf tliuHo arc residing on the laud, but iu a few instances some selectors are non-resident, owing to tbe isolated position of the sections. This latter disability will be removed as soon as the roads are made within a reasonable distance of such lands.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is 6d and 2b 6d.

Note Ohaae’s altered advertisement on our front page By advertisement 4he annual meeting of .the Kawhia Harbour Lawn Tennis Club is called for Thursday next, 13th inat. Mr Henry Thom notifies in this issue that he has opcuid a (drapery emporium, next to the Poat’offioe, and for a start is conducting a cash sale. . *Owing to pressure ou oar advertising space, Kawhia Town Board, Awaroa Farmers Union and Native Land Parch Reooi*'. w.l Im* found on our bwok page.

The Kawhia County Council in another cduiuo call tenders from authorised surveyors for the work of cutting np and preparing a plau of the Harbour Endowments.

In this issue tenders are invited for tbe carting of orearu to tbe Kawhia Butter Factory from tbe various places round tbe Harbour, and the purchase of the season’s buttermilk.

In aid of tbe 0 't'a/e Hospital Fund a Fancy Dress Ball will be held in Scott’s Hal), Kawhia, on Friday, Octo ber 2nd, and a Fancy Dress Football Match on Saturday, October 3rd. Liok out for details next week.

Some more properties are added io Messrs Falwasser and Pettit's Hst in another column. The first deal with outside buyers was effected on Thursday, when two Msori sections, amounting to about 500 acres, wero sold to Messrs Carino and Dent, re-

cent arrivals from South Africa. The purchsß'?re only arrived in Auckland last week aud'to place them on the land in such a short time is very good work. Our Marokopa correspondent advises that a match between the Oparau and Marokopa footballers wi’l take place at Kawhia ou the 12th (tomorrow), when the following players wiU represent Marokopa :—Full, Huri; ’threequarters, Wbitiora, Hane, R. Willison; five eighths, Papa, Ward; half, Dan Grey ; forwards, Rima (wing), Kapa, August, Tahatuku, Tapuariki, Armitage, Whanga, Charlie Maikuku. Em ergencier—Backs : Tuteao, Jerry, W. Armstrong; forwards, Wbare r Hemi, William, Jack Armstrong;, Iti.